October 2013 Bitcoin price in October 2013
Bitcoin opened October 2013 at about $127.54. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $127.54
- Change on previous month
- −2.4%
- Change on a year earlier
- +950%
The price in context
On Oct 1, 2013, Bitcoin was priced at about $127.54. That is down 2.4% from September, when it started the month at $130.67.
In 2013, first-of-month prices ranged from $13.30 in January to $948.00 in December.
A year earlier, in October 2012, the price was $12.15, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 950%.
Twelve months later, in October 2014, the price was $383.61 (+201%).
By this month, Bitcoin had been through 1 halving.
Compared with the latest price in our data ($84,853, Oct 2026), one bitcoin bought at this month’s price would be worth 665 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
What happened this month
The Silk Road shutdown. On October 1, 2013, US authorities shut down Silk Road, a darknet marketplace that accepted Bitcoin, and arrested its operator.
Price by month in 2013
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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