Bitcoin turns 16: How crypto coin went from zero to trillion-dollar asset, explained in 10 points

Happy Birthday Bitcoin! On January 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto created the first Bitcoin block. Bitcoin got off to a humble start in 2009, rose to $1 in 2011, and briefly crossed $100,000 in 2024. 2024 proved to be a landmark year for Bitcoin, culminating in an all-time high of $108,135 in December.