Price at start of March 2020
$8,549.38
Closed month at $6,423.61
Change during the month
-24.9%
Range $4,916.78 – $9,160.39
Current price
$78,979.00
+823.8% vs start of March 2020
What happened next
1 month later
$6,663.63
-22.1%
6 months later
$11,926.69
+39.5%
1 year later
$49,635.07
+480.6%
Context
March 2020 was the COVID liquidity crash. Bitcoin briefly traded near $4,000 on March 12 — one of the largest single-day drops in its history — before recovering through the rest of the month.
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