Bitcoin price in 2025
How bitcoin's price moved through 2025, month by month, and the events behind the moves.
Bitcoin started at $93,390 on January 1, 2025 and ended 2025 at $87,517, a fall of 6.3%. Its highest daily close was $124,824 on October 6, 2025 and its lowest was $76,351 on April 8, 2025.
2025 at a glance
- Open
- $93,390
- Close
- $87,517
- Change over the year
- −6.3%
- Highest daily close
- $124,824 (Oct 6)
- Lowest daily close
- $76,351 (Apr 8)
- Intraday high (StatMuse)
- $126,198
- Intraday low (StatMuse)
- $74,437
Bitcoin price by month in 2025
| Month | Close | High (daily close) | Low (daily close) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | $102,263 | $105,988 | $92,346 | +9.5% |
| February | $84,244 | $101,582 | $83,988 | −17.6% |
| March | $82,461 | $94,328 | $79,006 | −2.1% |
| April | $94,237 | $95,066 | $76,351 | +14.3% |
| May | $104,709 | $111,477 | $94,378 | +11.1% |
| June | $107,153 | $110,198 | $100,899 | +2.3% |
| July | $115,848 | $120,068 | $105,566 | +8.1% |
| August | $108,316 | $123,443 | $108,316 | −6.5% |
| September | $113,972 | $117,014 | $108,992 | +5.2% |
| October | $109,554 | $124,824 | $106,626 | −3.9% |
| November | $90,608 | $110,389 | $84,775 | −17.3% |
| December | $87,517 | $93,609 | $85,434 | −3.4% |
"Close" is the price at the end of the month's last day. Change is against the previous month's close.
What happened in 2025
- March 6: a US executive order creates a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve from bitcoin the government already holds.
- April: a global sell-off over US tariffs takes bitcoin to its lowest price of the year. July 18: the GENIUS Act, the first US federal stablecoin law, is signed.
- October 6: bitcoin reaches a record above $124,000 (about $126,000 at the intraday peak). On October 10, the largest liquidation of leveraged positions on record, about $19 billion, hits the market.
- Bitcoin ends the year about 6% lower, its first down year since 2022.
What $100 did in 2025
$100 of bitcoin bought at the start of the year ($93,390) would have been worth about $93.71 at the end of 2025, before fees and taxes. Bought at the year's high close instead, it would have been worth $70.11. Timing within a single year mattered a lot. To see what it would be worth today, use the Bitcoin investment calculator.
About these numbers
Prices are Coin Metrics' daily closing reference prices in US dollars. Other sources differ a little: the 2025 close was $87,509 on StatMuse and $87,640 on Coinlore, a gap of 0.1% from ours. See the method and cross-check for every year.
Frequently asked questions
What was the price of bitcoin in 2025?
It ranged from a low daily close of $76,351 to a high of $124,824. It started at $93,390 and ended the year at $87,517.
What was bitcoin's highest price in 2025?
The highest daily close was $124,824 on October 6, 2025. The highest intraday trade, per StatMuse, was $126,198.
Did bitcoin go up or down in 2025?
Down: it lost 6.3% from its opening price to the December 31 close.
Sources
- Coin Metrics free daily network data, PriceUSD (GitHub archive, CC BY-NC 4.0)
- Bitcoin price by year: open, high, low, close (StatMuse Money)
- Bitcoin historical data and yearly returns (Coinlore)
- Executive Order 14233: Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (American Presidency Project)
- U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (Wikipedia)
Written for beginners and checked against the sources listed. Last reviewed November 4, 2026. This page is educational and is not financial, tax or legal advice. How we write and check pages.