| Date | Event | Price |
|---|
| Oct 31, 2008 | Satoshi Nakamoto publishes the Bitcoin whitepaper. | $0 |
| Jan 3, 2009 | The first Bitcoin block, known as the genesis block, is mined by Satoshi Nakamoto. | $0 |
| May 22, 2010 | The first real-world Bitcoin transaction takes place, when Laszlo Hanyecz pays 10,000 BTC for two pizzas. | $0.003 |
| Feb 9, 2011 | Bitcoin reaches parity with USD. | $1 |
| Jun 19, 2011 | The largest Bitcoin exchange at the time, Mt. Gox, suffers a security breach and loses over $8.75 million worth of bitcoins. | $17.77 |
| Nov 28, 2013 | Bitcoin surpasses $1,000. | $1,242 |
| Dec 5, 2013 | China bans Bitcoin for financial institutions. | $1,083 |
| Feb 7, 2014 | Mt. Gox halts all withdrawals, claiming a technical issue. The exchange later files for bankruptcy, revealing that it had lost 850,000 bitcoins, worth about $450 million at the time. | $692 |
| Aug 1, 2017 | Bitcoin experiences its first major hard fork, resulting in the creation of Bitcoin Cash (BCH). | $2,700 |
| Nov 15, 2018 | Bitcoin Cash undergoes another hard fork, resulting in the creation of Bitcoin SV (BSV). | $5,500 |
| Feb 8, 2021 | Tesla buys $1.5B worth of Bitcoin. | $46,321 |
| May 19, 2021 | Bitcoin plunges >30% amid market sell-off. | $30,000 |
| Jun 9, 2021 | El Salvador adopts Bitcoin as legal tender. | $33,483 |
| Aug 10, 2021 | The first Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the U.S., called ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF | $45,612 |
| Dec 4, 2021 | MicroStrategy accumulates 121,000 bitcoins. | $49,237 |
| Jan 15, 2022 | SEC approves first Bitcoin spot ETF in the U.S., called Valkyrie Bitcoin Trust ETF | $41,963 |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Twitter adds Bitcoin tipping feature. | $58,674 |
| Apr 23, 2023 | Bitcoin reaches 700,000 mined blocks. | $29,429 |
| May 18, 2023 | Bitcoin 2023, the world’s largest Bitcoin event, takes place in Miami, Florida, offering attendees three days with the brightest minds in Bitcoin. | $29,275 |