The bitcoin crash of 2022

Bitcoin topped at $67,562 in Nov 2021. Then it fell for just over a year. The low was $15,760 in Nov 2022, down 77%.

About one dollar in four was left at the low.

The fall, step by step

DayPriceFall from the top
Nov 9, 2021$67,562The top
Jan 22, 2022$36,481Down 46%
Jun 19, 2022$18,978Down 72%
Nov 10, 2022$15,857Down 77%
Nov 22, 2022$15,760Down 77%. The low.

The last drop came in Nov 2022, the month a big exchange, FTX, failed. Lots of people sold at once.

The climb back

The price first closed above the old top on Mar 5, 2024, at $68,378.

That is 847 days after the top. About 2 years and 4 months, top to top.

What this page is not saying

This crash ended. That is a fact of the past.

It does not mean the next crash ends. One day, a fall may not come back.

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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