May 2011 Bitcoin price in May 2011
Bitcoin opened May 2011 at about $3.03. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $3.03
- Change on previous month
- +294%
- Change on a year earlier
- –
The price in context
On May 1, 2011, Bitcoin was priced at about $3.03. That is up 294% from April, when it started the month at $0.77.
In 2011, first-of-month prices ranged from $0.30 in January to $15.40 in July.
Twelve months later, in May 2012, the price was $4.98 (+64%).
No halving had taken place yet.
Compared with the latest price in our data ($84,853, Oct 2026), one bitcoin bought at this month’s price would be worth 28,004 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
Price by month in 2011
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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