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Realised price in 2021

The average price at which every bitcoin last moved on chain, against the market price.

Realised price opened 2021 at $9,307 (January 1, 2021) and closed at $24,893 (December 31, 2021), up 167.5%. The high was $26,052 on December 28, 2021 and the low $9,155 on January 2, 2021.

Realised price, month by month in 2021

MonthMonth end
January 2021$12,066
February 2021$14,888
March 2021$17,419
April 2021$18,697
May 2021$19,156
June 2021$19,338
July 2021$19,852
August 2021$20,742
September 2021$20,881
October 2021$22,984
November 2021$24,699
December 2021$24,893

Realised price values each coin at the price it last moved on chain rather than at today’s price. It is the cost basis of the whole network. When the market price falls below it, the average holder is under water; that has happened at the bottom of every cycle and rarely lasted long.

Other years: 2026 · 2025 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · 2017 · 2016 · 2015 · 2014 · 2013

Also in 2021: Bitcoin price · Distance from the all-time high · 200-day and 200-week averages · Network hashrate · Mining difficulty · Difficulty adjustments · Fees paid to miners · Transactions per day · Hashprice · Miner revenue · Bitmain releases and the bitcoin price · Break-even electricity price

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