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Bitcoin in 2024: up 120.8%, from $42,289 to $93,354
Bitcoin opened 2024 at $42,289 on Coinbase and closed the year at $93,354, a gain of 120.8%. It rose on 191 of the year’s 365 daily closes.
Two months did most of the work
Most of the gain came in two bursts. Bitcoin rose 43.8% in February and another 16.5% in March. It then went sideways for seven months, with a 15% fall in April and an 8.7% fall in August. From its March peak to its low point on September 6, it fell 26.2%.
The second burst came in November, when bitcoin rose 37.4%. Its highest daily close of the year was $106,137 on December 17, the same day it touched $108,389. It gave back 3.2% in December.
The year’s best day was August 8, up 11.9%. The worst was March 19, down 8.4%, a day when ether fell 10.3% and solana 13.4%.
Ether lagged
Ether gained 46% across 2024, from $2,281 to $3,330. Its highest close came early, at $4,066 in March, and it never closed above that again during the year. Between March and September it fell 45.3%, and August alone took 22.3% off its price. A 47.4% rise in November recovered part of that.
Solana and XRP
Solana rose 85.7%, from $101.70 to $188.82. It swung harder than bitcoin in both directions, rising 61% in March and falling 37.4% in April. Its highest close was $257.23 in November.
XRP had the most uneven year of the four. It fell 18.3% in January, drifted to a low of $0.38 in July, and then gained 283.8% in November alone. It finished the year at $2.08, up 237.9%.
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