August 2018 Bitcoin price in August 2018
Bitcoin opened August 2018 at about $7,625. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $7,625
- Change on previous month
- +19%
- Change on a year earlier
- +181%
The price in context
On Aug 1, 2018, Bitcoin was priced at about $7,625. That is up 19% from July, when it started the month at $6,386.
In 2018, first-of-month prices ranged from $4,215 in December to $13,657 in January.
A year earlier, in August 2017, the price was $2,718, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 181%.
Twelve months later, in August 2019, the price was $10,400 (+36%).
By this month, Bitcoin had been through 2 halvings.
Compared with the latest price in our data ($84,853, Oct 2026), one bitcoin bought at this month’s price would be worth 11 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
Price by month in 2018
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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