Although Bitcoin officially launched on January 3, 2009, it was difficult to find standardized price data until the middle of 2010.

This is because there were no cryptocurrency exchanges in the modern sense at that time. However, starting in July 2010, market data gradually improved and has continued to this day.

Here are some significant events for BTC at different points in time:

From 2009 to 2012, Bitcoin was just a concept, and its value was only equivalent to the electricity cost required for mining, with very few miners at that time, and miners earned 50 Bitcoins for each block.

On May 22, 2010, someone in Florida purchased two pizzas for 10,000 BTC. This is regarded as the first record of a purchase of real-world goods using virtual currency.

From Christmas 2012 to 2013, BTC rose from $13 to a peak of $680.

2017 can be considered a cryptocurrency milestone, with Bitcoin reaching a high of $19,546, and the total cryptocurrency market cap increasing to $740 billion.

In 2020, the price surged to $24,664, mainly due to institutions starting to increase their investments in BTC and the demand for digital safe-haven assets.

In 2022, this pressure continued, as inflation and the Federal Reserve's aggressive interest rate hikes caused Bitcoin to drop to the $20,000 range. Subsequently, after the FTX collapse, the price fell below $16,000.

In 2023, Bitcoin's price heated up due to expectations of ETF approval, rising to $42,000 by the end of the year.

In January 2024, after months of anticipation, the SEC finally approved the Bitcoin spot ETF, with 11 funds granted approval to list. Bitcoin rose to nearly $49,000 before the announcement, and then cooled down.

In 2024, capital continued to flow into ETFs, pushing Bitcoin to a new high of $73,000+ in March. It then experienced fluctuations, dropping to the $60,000 range in the summer, and fell below $55,000 in September.

In December 2024, after Trump's election, his friendly attitude towards crypto assets led Bitcoin to reach a new high, breaking through $100,000 for the first time.

In January 2025, Trump signed an executive order on digital assets.

In March 2025, the U.S. announced its "strategic Bitcoin reserves."