Bitcoin price in India by year: every year from 2011 to 2026, in rupees
By BtcMedia Research · Updated · Latest close 2 November 2026: ₹72,77,153
"What was the bitcoin price in 2012?" or "in 2015?" This page keeps bitcoin’s real rupee price for every calendar year: the first and last close, the highest and lowest close with dates, and the change over the year. It also checks where someone who bought at that year’s very top stands today.
From real prices: In the 14 full years from 2012 to 2025, bitcoin closed higher in rupees in 10 and lower in 4. Even someone who bought at the highest close of any year from 2011 to 2023 is in profit at the 2 November 2026 close. Only buyers at the 2024, 2025, 2026 tops are under water.
Years up in ₹
10/14
Best year
2013
+6,124%
Worst year
2018
-71.0%
Bitcoin price every year (2011-2026)
"Change" = from the previous year’s last close to this year’s last close. "Bought at the top, today" = bitcoin bought at that year’s highest close, up or down at the 2 November 2026 close. Last column: ₹1,000 at the year’s first close, today.
| Year | First close | Last close | Change | High | Low | Bought at the top, today | ₹1,000 now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011from 18 Aug | ₹499 | ₹243 | -51.3% | ₹53519 Aug | ₹11220 Oct | +13,60,116% | ₹1.46 crore |
| 2012 | ₹266 | ₹728 | +199.6% | ₹74916 Aug | ₹20818 Feb | +9,71,483% | ₹2.74 crore |
| 2013 | ₹727 | ₹45,313 | +6,124% | ₹70,66729 Nov | ₹7112 Jan | +10,198% | ₹1 crore |
| 2014 | ₹46,731 | ₹20,284 | -55.2% | ₹57,2216 Jan | ₹19,71918 Dec | +12,618% | ₹1.56 lakh |
| 2015 | ₹19,830 | ₹28,505 | +40.5% | ₹31,07415 Dec | ₹10,66014 Jan | +23,319% | ₹3.67 lakh |
| 2016 | ₹28,699 | ₹65,631 | +130.2% | ₹66,62728 Dec | ₹24,40415 Jan | +10,822% | ₹2.54 lakh |
| 2017 | ₹67,767 | ₹8,86,599 | +1,251% | ₹12,28,82416 Dec | ₹53,25111 Jan | +492.2% | ₹1.07 lakh |
| 2018 | ₹8,58,711 | ₹2,57,176 | -71.0% | ₹10,86,7756 Jan | ₹2,28,83815 Dec | +569.6% | ₹8,475 |
| 2019 | ₹2,66,238 | ₹5,11,692 | +99.0% | ₹8,93,48126 Jun | ₹2,40,1117 Feb | +714.5% | ₹27,333 |
| 2020 | ₹5,12,429 | ₹21,18,416 | +314.0% | ₹21,18,41631 Dec | ₹3,59,55212 Mar | +243.5% | ₹14,201 |
| 2021 | ₹21,48,363 | ₹34,36,916 | +62.2% | ₹50,06,6628 Nov | ₹21,48,3631 Jan | +45.3% | ₹3,387 |
| 2022 | ₹35,53,159 | ₹13,66,204 | -60.2% | ₹35,95,06929 Mar | ₹12,88,55521 Nov | +102.4% | ₹2,048 |
| 2023 | ₹13,73,396 | ₹35,14,598 | +157.3% | ₹36,86,1388 Dec | ₹13,73,3961 Jan | +97.4% | ₹5,299 |
| 2024 | ₹36,75,033 | ₹79,93,414 | +127.4% | ₹90,17,40017 Dec | ₹32,85,96322 Jan | -19.3% | ₹1,980 |
| 2025 | ₹80,79,613 | ₹78,63,266 | -1.6% | ₹1,10,73,3526 Oct | ₹65,73,7588 Apr | -34.3% | ₹901 |
| 2026to 2 Nov | ₹79,73,985 | ₹72,77,153 | -7.5% | ₹87,53,86314 Jan | ₹55,40,08730 Jun | -16.9% | ₹913 |
Prices: Bitstamp BTC/USD daily close (UTC) × ECB USD/INR; on weekends and holidays the previous ECB rate. 2011 starts on 18 August 2011, Bitstamp’s first trading day; volumes were tiny in the early months.
If you had bought in that year, what is it worth now?
₹10,000 of bitcoin (1 January 2015, ₹19,830 per BTC) is worth ₹36.7 lakh at the 2 November 2026 close.
- Price paid per BTC
- ₹19,830
- Bitcoin bought
- 0.504286 BTC
- Worth today
- ₹36,69,770
- Multiple
- 367×
- Tax if sold today (31.2%)
- ₹11,41,848
- In hand after tax
- ₹25,27,921
Assumptions: resident individual, everything sold today in one go. 30% + 4% cess = 31.2% on the gain, only the purchase cost is deducted, a loss can’t be set off against other income, 1% TDS is credited in your return. No exchange fees or surcharge.
Before 2011: 2009 and 2010
- 2009: no market price. Bitcoin started on 3 January 2009 and only a handful of people mined it; there was no exchange.
- 22 May 2010: 10,000 bitcoin for two pizzas (about $41, roughly ₹1,925). Those 10,000 bitcoin are worth ₹7,277 crore today.
- February-April 2011: bitcoin first reached $1, about ₹45. Bitstamp opened in August 2011, where the table above starts.
What the numbers say
- Down years: 2014 (-55%), 2018 (-71%), 2022 (-60%), 2025 (-2%). 2014, 2018 and 2022 each came right after a year that set a new rupee record.
- A buyer at the 2017 top (₹12,28,824 on 16 December 2017) was -81% down by late 2018, and is +492% up at the 2 November 2026 close.
- One bitcoin cost ₹727 at the start of 2013 and ₹45,313 at its end. Nothing says that kind of year repeats.
Need one exact day? Crypto price on any date in INR · Daily BTC/INR since 2013 (CSV) · Last 12 months, day by day
FAQ
What was the bitcoin price in India in 2009?
There was none. In 2009 bitcoin was mined and sent between a few enthusiasts, with no exchange. Wikipedia’s price history lists it as "basically nothing" from January 2009 to March 2010. No reliable rupee price exists, so we don’t make one up.
What was the bitcoin price in 2010?
On 22 May 2010 a programmer paid 10,000 bitcoin for two pizzas worth about $41. At the ECB rate of the time (₹46.945), that is about ₹1,925, or roughly ₹0.19 per bitcoin. The same 10,000 bitcoin would be worth ₹7,277 crore at the 2 November 2026 close.
What was the bitcoin price in INR in 2012?
About ₹266 on 1 January 2012 and ₹728 on 31 December 2012. The year’s highest close was ₹749 (16 August 2012) and the lowest ₹208 (18 February 2012).
What was the bitcoin price in 2015 in India?
About ₹19,830 on 1 January 2015 and ₹28,505 at the year’s end, with a low close of ₹10,660 on 14 January 2015. ₹10,000 of bitcoin at the start of 2015 is worth ₹36.7 lakh on 2 November 2026.
What was bitcoin’s best and worst year?
Among full years, the best was 2013 (+6,124%) and the worst 2018 (-71.0%), in rupees, measured from the previous year’s last close.
Why do other sites show different old prices?
Prices here are Bitstamp’s daily close (UTC) times that day’s ECB USD/INR rate. Indian exchanges often traded a few percent above or below that (the INR premium), and many sites use IST closes or another exchange. Differences of a few percent are normal.
Sources: Bitstamp BTC/USD daily OHLC · ECB USD/INR reference rates (Frankfurter) · Wikipedia: History of bitcoin (2009-2011) · Our methodology · Income Tax Dept: tax on VDAs (115BBH). 2009-2011 facts checked on 1 November 2026.
Not investment advice. Past returns don’t promise future ones. Bitcoin has fallen over 70% in a year (2018). Talk to a chartered accountant about your tax.
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