Bitcoin’s price history: From its 2009 launch to its 2025 heights
Here’s how Bitcoin has risen and fallen over time and some of the trends driving those moves.
9 min read
Mar 12, 2025
Erin Kennedy
Senior editor, Investing
EXPERTISE
- Investing
- Personal finance
- Retirement
EDUCATION
- Bachelor's degree in history, University of Michigan
Bankrate senior investing editor Erin Kennedy has spent over a dozen years editing and publishing in the financial media space. Her longtime goal has been to help educate people on topics in finance that can seem dull or too complex, and she embraces a reader-centered mindset.
Kennedy has worked on stock recommendations, newsletters, articles, reports and commentaries, in addition to managing several sites. She likes investing in relatively boring equities and ETFs, with the occasional spicy stock thrown in for good measure.
Erin's latest articles
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What are binary options? The key risks and rewards
Here’s what binary options are, as well as their major risks and rewards.
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Options trading is surging — what’s driving the interest?
Here are the key factors affecting the growing popularity of options trading.
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If you’d invested $1,000 at Microsoft’s IPO, here’s how much you’d have now
This is what a $1,000 investment in Microsoft at its IPO would be worth today.
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Best crypto in 2025: 8 top-performing cryptocurrencies year-to-date
When investing in crypto, it helps to look at the top performers to get a sense of what’s going on in the market.
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How to invest in gold: 5 ways to buy and sell it
Investors like gold for many reasons, but it comes with a number of risks.
6 min read Mar 03, 2025 -
The Best Gold IRA Companies: Where To Set Up A Gold IRA
A gold IRA takes full advantage of all the benefits of an IRA, and it does so while letting you invest in gold and potentially other precious metals.
6 min read Feb 28, 2025 -
4 things that drive the price of gold higher and lower
Wonder why gold prices are rising or falling? It could be one of these four reasons.
2 min read Feb 27, 2025