July 2016 Bitcoin price in July 2016
Bitcoin opened July 2016 at about $676.30. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $676.30
- Change on previous month
- +26%
- Change on a year earlier
- +162%
The price in context
On Jul 1, 2016, Bitcoin was priced at about $676.30. That is up 26% from June, when it started the month at $536.92.
In 2016, first-of-month prices ranged from $373.06 in February to $756.77 in December.
A year earlier, in July 2015, the price was $258.62, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 162%.
Twelve months later, in July 2017, the price was $2,435 (+260%).
The second Bitcoin halving took place this month, on Jul 9, 2016. See the 2016 halving.
Compared with the latest price in our data ($84,853, Oct 2026), one bitcoin bought at this month’s price would be worth 125 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
What happened this month
The second Bitcoin halving. On July 9, 2016, at block 420,000, the block reward fell from 25 BTC to 12.5 BTC.
Price by month in 2016
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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