Comparison Of Bitcoin’s Start Of The Year From 2012 To 2020

I suggest going back to 2012 for this comparison and taking into account the first 20 days of each year.

Beginning Of Year 2012

As of January 1, 2012, the Bitcoin price was $5.27. The year had started well as Bitcoin had seen its price increase by 23% to reach $6.49 by January 20, 2012:

The Bitcoin price then followed this upward trend to end the year 2012 at $13.51.

The whole representing an increase of +156% driven notably by the first Halving of Bitcoin which took place on November 28, 2012.

Beginning Of Year 2013

As of January 1, 2013, Bitcoin price was $13.30. The beginning of the year started with a less pronounced increase than in 2012.

Nevertheless, the Bitcoin price increased by +18% to reach $15.70 on January 20, 2013:

The Bitcoin price then followed this upward trend to end the year 2013 at $757.50. This represents a phenomenal increase of +5,800%.

Beginning Of Year 2014

As of January 1, 2014, the Bitcoin price was $770.44. The beginning of the year started with an even less pronounced increase than in 2012 and 2013.

Thus, the Bitcoin price increased by +13% to reach $871.05 on January 20, 2014:

This slightly less successful start to the year for Bitcoin was a sign of a year of strong correction.

The Bitcoin price fell by 58.5% to finally reach the price of $319.70 at the end of 2014.

Beginning Of Year 2015

As of January 1, 2015, the Bitcoin price was $313.92. The beginning of the year started with a 33% drop which brought the Bitcoin price down to $210.48:

This sharp drop in the Bitcoin price in the first days of 2015 did not impact the general trend for the year 2015.

Indeed, after a rollercoaster year, the Bitcoin price increased sharply at the end of the year to reach $430.05. This represents a +37% increase in the Bitcoin price.

Beginning Of Year 2016

Bitcoin starts the year 2016 with a price of $434.46. As of January 20, 2016, Bitcoin is priced at $418.74. This represents a slight decrease of 3.5%:

Despite this slightly bearish start to 2016 for Bitcoin, the rest of the year is marked by Bitcoin’s second Halving.

This second Halving starts a bull market for Bitcoin which brings its price to $968.23 by the end of 2016, an increase of 123%.

Beginning Of Year 2017

As of January 1, 2017, Bitcoin price is $997.69. Bitcoin Price then experiences a small correction at the beginning of the year following the bull market at the end of 2016.

As of January 20, 2017, Bitcoin price was $891.62, a decrease of 10.5%:

The rest of 2017 was marked by a very strong bull market that followed this of 2016 which was the consequence of the second Bitcoin Halving.

On December 17, 2017, Bitcoin reached its historical price of $20K before ending the year at $13,860.14.

This represents an annual increase of 1,450%, which is simply phenomenal:

Beginning Of Year 2018

Bitcoin starts the year 2018 with a price of $13,412.44. Bitcoin price is extremely volatile in the early days of the year.

On January 6, 2018, Bitcoin has a hot streak that brings its price to $17,135.84.

As of January 20, 2018, Bitcoin price has finally dropped to $12,759.64, a 5% drop from its price at the beginning of the year:

After two years of strong growth, a bubble had formed around Bitcoin price.

This bubble burst in the year 2018 with a prolonged bear market. This led Bitcoin price to $3740.50 at the end of 2018, a gigantic drop of 72%.

Beginning Of Year 2019

The year 2019 starts on the aftermath of the bear market in Bitcoin price that started at the beginning of 2018. As of January 1, 2019, Bitcoin price is $3,869.47.

The market is in doubt and the first 20 days of 2019 are rather calm. As of January 20, 2019, Bitcoin price is $3,552.89, a decrease of about 8%:

A market turnaround will take place from April 2019 and Bitcoin will once again enter a bull market.

Its price soared to an annual record of $12,907.14 on June 26, 2019.

The rest of the year is more contrasted and Bitcoin ends the year with a price of $7,182.40, an increase of 85%.

Beginning Of Year 2020

We are now at the beginning of the year 2020 where Bitcoin had a price of $7,188.46 as of January 1st, 2020.

The beginning of the year was marked by the strong tensions between the United States and Iran with the risk of war which proved that Bitcoin was now well considered as a global store of value.

As of January 20, 2020, Bitcoin price was around $8.7K which represents an increase of 22%: