---
title: "Bitcoin Hits Highest Price in Its Entire History"
description: "The day after the cryptocurrency finally hit the New York Stock Exchange, Bitcoin has reached the highest price at any point in its 12-year history."
date: "2021-10-20"
modified: "2021-10-20"
authors:
  - name: "Jon Christian"
    job_title: "Executive Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jonc"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/bitcoin-highest-price-history"
categories:
  - "Bitcoin"
  - "Blockchain"
  - "Cryptocurrency"
  - "Future Society"
tags:
  - "bitcoin"
  - "cryptocurrency"
  - "finance"
  - "the digest"
---

# Bitcoin Hits Highest Price in Its Entire History

![The day after the cryptocurrency finally hit the New York Stock Exchange, Bitcoin has reached the highest price at any point in its 12-year history.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/bit-up.jpg>)
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## Bullish Bitcoin

The day after the cryptocurrency [finally hit the New York Stock Exchange](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/bitcoin-new-york-stock-exchange>), Bitcoin has reached the highest price at any point in its 12-year history, jumping up past a red hot $66,000 per coin on Wednesday morning.

"Bitcoin to the moon!" [tweeted](<https://twitter.com/tyler/status/1450825117454450688>) a rapturous Cameron Winklevoss, who along with his twin Tyler has bet much of his post-Facebook career on cryptocurrency.

## Wild Ride

Bitcoin's previous record was just south of $65,000 per coin, [back in April of this year](<https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/20/bitcoin-jumps-to-new-record-high-above-65000-after-landmark-us-etf-launch.html>). What happens next, of course is anybody's guess — and while crypto boosters are psyched, a striking number are urging caution. Previous price spikes of the volatile cryptocurrency, like April's, have [preceded steep dropoffs](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/bitcoin-crashes-below-30000-again>).

"The key here is whether we are able to establish support above $65,000," crypto adviser Jesse Proudman told *CNBC.* "If we can, the classic Q4 crypto rallies we’ve seen in most years could take bitcoin towards some of the loftier price predictions we’ve seen over the past several months. If sell pressure takes over, though, our next leg up could take a while to materialize."

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**READ MORE:** [Bitcoin jumps to new record high above $66,000 after landmark U.S. ETF launch](<https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/20/bitcoin-jumps-to-new-record-high-above-65000-after-landmark-us-etf-launch.html>) \[*CNBC*\]

**More on Bitcoin:** [*Harvard Professor: “In the Long Run, the Price of Bitcoin Will Collapse”*](<https://futurism.com/harvard-professor-in-the-long-run-the-price-of-bitcoin-will-collapse>)

## Author
I'm responsible for editing, assigning, and scouting at Futurism, as well as occasionally writing for the site. That work involves keeping an eye on a wide range of narratives and issues, but over the past few years I've become increasingly interested in how AI is shaping the future of media, the web, and information itself. My day-to-day often involves collaborating on reporting and commentary projects bylined by my colleagues, but I try to find time to do my own reporting as well; stories I've broken for Futurism have been cited by publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Wired, Ars Technica, New York Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, Bloomberg, and more. I grew up in Southern Vermont and attended Vanderbilt University. Prior to Futurism, I contributed to outlets including the Boston Globe, Vice, Wired, Slate, the Atlantic, the Outline, Ars Technica and more, and did stints in farming and food service. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York, and in my free time I enjoy pinball, word games, cycling, running, and music production.

### Author social links  
[Bluesky](<https://bsky.app/profile/jonchristian.net>)