BITCOIN HISTORICAL HIGH
Bitcoin all-time high: highest price and date
What is the highest Bitcoin price recorded in US dollars, and when was it recorded? The panel shows the selected source’s historical high alongside today’s reference price. The high is a past record, not a target or prediction.
Content updated: Oct 3, 2026Historical-high context · USD / BTC
$82,557.81
Updated:
Historical high reported by CoinGecko in this currency; coverage varies by source.
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Bitcoin reference price over the selected period · 1 year
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Low and high are approximate values from the chart samples, not every market transaction.
Data sources: CoinGecko · Coinbase Exchange · Frankfurter · FX 2026-10-09
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What is an all-time high?
An all-time high is the highest historical Bitcoin price recorded in a particular currency by a particular data source. Because markets and exchange rates differ, another source may show a slightly different figure or timestamp.
How the distance is calculated
When today’s reference price is below the recorded high, the page divides the difference by the historical-high price and displays it as a percentage. The comparison updates with the current price.
Does 20% below the high mean a 20% return to it?
No: the two calculations use different starting values. In an illustrative example with a recorded high of $100,000 and a current price of $80,000, the current price is 20% below the high: (100,000 − 80,000) ÷ 100,000 × 100.
The same $20,000 difference is 25% of $80,000. This is only an explanation of percentage arithmetic; it does not suggest that the price will return to the high.
Why can another website show a different record?
Check the currency, data source and recorded date. A brief peak in one market may differ from a provider’s sampled or aggregated value. A record in another currency can also occur on a different date because exchange rates change. This page’s reference is not a claim that every market recorded the same high.
Why this is context, not a signal
The previous high is simply one point in the historical record. Being near or far from it says nothing certain about a later price, so the site presents the comparison without directional prompts.