December 2021 Bitcoin price in December 2021
Bitcoin opened December 2021 at about $57,230. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $57,230
- Change on previous month
- −6.2%
- Change on a year earlier
- +204%
The price in context
On Dec 1, 2021, Bitcoin was priced at about $57,230. That is down 6.2% from November, when it started the month at $61,004.
In 2021, first-of-month prices ranged from $29,374 in January to $61,004 in November.
A year earlier, in December 2020, the price was $18,803, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 204%.
Twelve months later, in December 2022, the price was $16,967 (−70%).
By this month, Bitcoin had been through 3 halvings.
Compared with the latest price in our data ($84,853, Oct 2026), one bitcoin bought at this month’s price would be worth 1.5 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
Price by month in 2021
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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