Bitcoin purchasing power, year by year

What did one bitcoin buy in 2013? In 2017? In 2021? Each year card below summarises BTC's USD endpoints and how many troy ounces of gold and silver one BTC bought at year-open and year-close. Sourced from the public dataset.

2026

BTC start → end

$88,686 → $63,296

-28.6%

1 BTC in gold

20.51 oz → 14.14 oz

1 BTC in silver

1,230 oz → 856.61 oz
2025

BTC start → end

$95,064 → $87,623

-7.8%

1 BTC in gold

35.99 oz → 20.29 oz

1 BTC in silver

3,252 oz → 1,223 oz
2024

BTC start → end

$44,255 → $93,316

+110.9%

1 BTC in gold

21.48 oz → 35.55 oz

1 BTC in silver

1,868 oz → 3,229 oz
2023

BTC start → end

$16,659 → $43,512

+161.2%

1 BTC in gold

9.10 oz → 21.11 oz

1 BTC in silver

694.92 oz → 1,834 oz
2022

BTC start → end

$46,028 → $16,625

-63.9%

1 BTC in gold

25.29 oz → 9.10 oz

1 BTC in silver

1,989 oz → 694.04 oz
2021

BTC start → end

$29,725 → $45,933

+54.5%

1 BTC in gold

15.56 oz → 25.11 oz

1 BTC in silver

1,117 oz → 1,974 oz
2020

BTC start → end

$7,081 → $29,170

+311.9%

1 BTC in gold

4.65 oz → 15.36 oz

1 BTC in silver

394.81 oz → 1,105 oz
2019

BTC start → end

$3,837 → $7,194

+87.5%

1 BTC in gold

2.99 oz → 4.74 oz

1 BTC in silver

247.39 oz → 402.97 oz
2018

BTC start → end

$14,736 → $3,729

-74.7%

1 BTC in gold

11.21 oz → 2.91 oz

1 BTC in silver

860.49 oz → 240.65 oz
2017

BTC start → end

$1,001 → $14,614

+1359.2%

1 BTC in gold

0.867 oz → 11.15 oz

1 BTC in silver

62.12 oz → 856.17 oz
2016

BTC start → end

$431.62 → $981.01

+127.3%

1 BTC in gold

0.405 oz → 0.851 oz

1 BTC in silver

31.17 oz → 61.18 oz
2015

BTC start → end

$315.96 → $430.50

+36.3%

1 BTC in gold

0.267 oz → 0.406 oz

1 BTC in silver

20.09 oz → 31.10 oz
2014

BTC start → end

$781.20 → $316.89

-59.4%

1 BTC in gold

0.644 oz → 0.268 oz

1 BTC in silver

39.67 oz → 20.22 oz
2013

BTC start → end

$13.28 → $753.52

+5574.1%

1 BTC in gold

0.00788 oz → 0.626 oz

1 BTC in silver

0.427 oz → 38.77 oz