In January 2009, Bitcoin was officially born and the first exchange transaction at the end of the year was priced at approximately $0.00099 per item, at a time when there was a lack of mature trading mechanisms and no standard record of prices.

In 2010, the first physical transaction (10,000 bitcoins for two pizzas) marked its first actual payment, at an annual price of less than $0.40.

In 2011, prices went through $1; in May, they soared to $8; in June, after touching nearly $30, they fell by 90 per cent; at the end of the year, they were $4.70; and for the first time, they experienced a bubble burst.

In 2012, prices were set at a steady level, and in November, for the first time, “miners' incentives were halved” (by half), at the end of the year, at $13.50, to keep up with subsequent increases.

In 2013, the first bitcoin ATM landed, with prices breaking $20 at the beginning of the year, with sharp fluctuations following a sharp rise to $230 in April; and $1,200 in November, at the end of the year, when the Central Bank of China banned the use of bitcoin by financial institutions, collecting $805.

In 2014, the collapse of the Mt. Gox Exchange (740,000 bitcoins lost) led to a sharp fall in prices to 111.60 dollars, then rebounded to $593 and received $318 at the end of the year.

Prices rebounded slowly in 2015, showing a moderate upward trend throughout the year, with a year-end collection of $430 and the official launch of the bitcoin symbol “single” in November.

In 2016, the first half of the year was rolled, the second half broke $700, and the end of the year approached $1,000, paving the way for the next year's outbreak.

In 2017, prices surged after breaking $1,000, touching $19,000 in December and collecting $13850 at the end of the year; the Chicago Futures Exchange launched bitcoin, boosting public interest.

In 2018, after a “year of recall”, the market entered a cooling period with a drop of 73 per cent throughout the year, with an end-of-year collection of $3709.

In 2019, prices fluctuated between $400,000 and $13,000 at the end of the year at $7,200, with an overall recovery.

In 2020, a single-day fall in March from $39 to $4826 was followed by a global easis of liquidity rebound, a breakthrough of $2000 in November and a year-end recovery of $289,49.

In 2021, it reached $64,000 in April and in November it reached a record high of $68,789; at the end of the year, prices were reversed with risk assets as a result of the Fed ' s tightening policy.

In 2022, under the influence of interest rate hikes and the bankruptcy of the FTX exchange, prices fell near $16,000 and market confidence was frustrated.

In 2023, as the technology unit rebounded by more than 50 per cent, at the end of the year it was expected to rise to $42,000 with bitcoin ETF, and the market mood warmed up.

In 2024, bitcoin ETF was officially launched in January, with a new price of $73,000 in March and a price of $100,000 in late-year Intramp (which is friendly to encrypted currency).

In 2025, Trump signed an executive order on digital assets in January; in March, prices fell short of $110,000 in May, $120,000 in August and $126,000 on 6 October, due to the vagueness of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.