Bitcoin topped at $19,280 in Dec 2017. Then it fell for a year. The low was $3,232 in Dec 2018, down 83%.
Of every six dollars of worth at the top, about one dollar was left.
| Day | Price | Fall from the top |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2017 | $19,280 | The top |
| Feb 6, 2018 | $6,925 | Down 64% |
| Jun 29, 2018 | $5,878 | Down 70% |
| Nov 25, 2018 | $3,862 | Down 80% |
| Dec 16, 2018 | $3,232 | Down 83%. The low. |
The first drop was fast. Two thirds of the price was gone in seven weeks.
Then came the slow part: ten more months of grind, down to the low.
The low was not the end of the wait. The price first closed above the old top on Dec 1, 2020, at $19,710.
That is 1,080 days after the top. About three years, top to top.
This crash ended. That is a fact of the past.
It does not mean the next crash ends. No fall is owed an ending.
This page gives no buy or sell answer. For that question, read should I buy bitcoin?
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Prices are daily closes from blockchain.info, the same record the rainbow chart is fit to. The rainbow chart was first drawn by azop in 2014, on a growth line by trolololo. Blockchain Center made it famous. Facts as of Oct 31, 2026. This is learning, not financial advice.
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