Bitcoin has had a very volatile trading history since it was first created in 2009. The digital cryptocurrency has seen a lot of action in its fairly short life. Bitcoins initially traded for next to nothing. The first real price increase occurred in July 2010 when the valuation of a bitcoin went from around $0.0008 to $0.08 for a single coin.
The currency has seen some major rallies and crashes since then. Interest in bitcoin is surging in 2020 as it has regained its losses and pushed past its previous all-time high. Bitcoin has now surpassed its last all-time high of $19,783 and has pushed to over $23,000 as of Dec. 17, 2020. There are currently more than 18.5 million Bitcoins in circulation and it now has a market capitalization of over $428 billion.