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Bitcoin trades at $77,329. The high of $126,200 came in October 2025, the low of $2,817 in September 2017. The price sits between those edges, −38.7% from the upper one.
From low to high
Over 9 years the price of Bitcoin has moved between $2,817 and $126,200. The low came in September 2017, the high in October 2025. From the bottom the price has risen 27× — which is what someone would have made buying at the worst possible moment and holding to today.
The deepest fall on monthly closes was −75.0%: from the peak in December 2017 to the bottom in January 2019, taking 13 months. A useful number: it shows what holding through would have meant.
It has been 15 months since that high, and the price has not returned to it.
What the years show
The best full year was 2020 at +302%. The worst was 2018 at −73.0%. Of 8 full years, 5 closed up and 3 closed down.
Rising years outnumber falling ones — but the spread between the best and worst year matters more than the count: that is what tells you what to be ready for.
The current year stands at −11.8%, ranging from $57,800 to $97,925.
Months: how many closed up
Of 109 closed months, 58 finished up and 51 finished down — 53% of months were rising ones. The average month returned +4.6%.
The strongest month on record was May 2019 at +60.8%; the hardest was June 2022 at −37.3%.
Does BTC have a seasonal pattern
On average BTC did best in October: +18.1% across 9 observations, 7 of them positive. It did worst in June: −5.3% across 9 observations.
We print the number of observations next to the percentage for a reason. 9 observations is 9 observations: on a sample that size a pattern cannot be told apart from coincidence. Interesting to look at, not something to plan around.
How to use this
Everything above is the past. It does not say where the price goes next, but it does show the range to be ready for: $2,817 to $126,200, with a drawdown of −75.0%.
What is useful right now is this: BTC costs different amounts on different exchanges, and that gap is visible in the cross-exchange scanner. Before a large purchase it is worth checking the order books — they show how much you can actually take at a given price, not just the best offer. And if the coin has to move between venues, the transfers section shows which network is cheaper.
