January 2026 Bitcoin price in January 2026
Bitcoin opened January 2026 at about $88,732. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $88,732
- Change on previous month
- +2.8%
- Change on a year earlier
- −6.0%
The price in context
On Jan 1, 2026, Bitcoin was priced at about $88,732. That is up 2.8% from December, when it started the month at $86,322.
In 2026, first-of-month prices ranged from $60,004 in July to $88,732 in January. January was the highest monthly price of the year so far.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the price was $94,420, so over twelve months Bitcoin was down 6.0%.
By this month, Bitcoin had been through 4 halvings.
Compared with the latest price in our data ($84,853, Oct 2026), one bitcoin bought at this month’s price would be worth 1.0 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
Price by month in 2026
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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