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18 Jul 2010 - Major BTC exchange MtGox opens US$0.05
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31 May 2011 - Foundation of BTC payment service provider BitPay US$8.80
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10 Jun 2011 - Height of the first BTC 'bubble' – first legal concerns US$28.92
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28 Nov 2012 - Bitcoin has first "halving day." US$12.20
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28 Mar 2013 - BTC market cap surpasses USD 1 billion US$88.92
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11 Sep 2013 - Number of merchants accepting BTC exceeds 1,000 US$121.46
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2 Oct 2013 - FBI shuts down Silk Road, seizes colossal amount of BTC US$125.49
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29 Oct 2013 - First Bitcoin ATM starts operation in Vancouver US$187.87
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18 Nov 2013 - US Senate holds hearing on Bitcoin US$476.29
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19 Nov 2013 - Day after Senate hearing on Bitcoin US$781.83 (high)
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30 Nov 2013 - BTC market cap. exceeds USD 14.4 billion US$1,120.40
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11 Dec 2013 - Number of merchants accepting BTC exceeds 15,000 US$990.00
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24 Feb 2014 - Mt. Gox goes offline US$604.58
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28 Feb 2014 - Mt. Gox files for bankruptcy US$576.70
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25 Mar 2014 - IRS declares Bitcoin is property for tax purposes US$586.27
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14 Jan 2015 - Bitcoin prices hits nadir of bear market US$170.21
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15 Aug 2015 - Bitcoin fork Bitcoin XT released US$264.87
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14 Jan 2016 - Developer Mike Hearn quits Bitcoin US$432.04
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9 Jul 2016 - Bitcoin has second halving day US$664.74
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2 Aug 2016 - Bitfinex loses nearly 120,000BTC US$607.37
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8 Nov 2016 - Donald Trump elected U.S. president US$704.02
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10 Mar 2017 - SEC denies Winklevoss ETF US$1,191.81
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1 Apr 2017 - Japan recognises Bitcoin as legal tender US$1,079.75
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4 Sep 2017 - China bans ICOs US$4,631.69
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15 Sep 2017 - China shuts down cryptocurrency exchanges US$3,226.41
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31 Oct 2017 - CME announces plans to offer Bitcoin futures US$6,121.80
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11 Dec 2017 - Bitcoin futures start trading on CBOE US$15,036.96
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17 Dec 2017 - Bitcoin prices hit all-time high US$19,783.21
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8 Jan 2018 - CoinMarketCap removes South Korean data from prices US$16,178.49
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30 Jan 2018 - Facebook prohibits cryptocurrency ads US$11,158.39
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14 Mar 2018 - Google bans cryptocurrency ads US$9,144.15
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26 Mar 2018 - Twitter prohibits cryptocurrency ads US$8,449.83
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11 May 2018 - Authorities raid Upbit, South Korea's largest crypto exchange US$9,014.61
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10 Jun 2018 - Hackers steal nearly US$40 million from crypto exchange Coinrail US$7,497.34
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26 Sep 2018 - Crypto miner Bitmain files for IPO US$6,434.65
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15 Nov 2018 - Bitcoin Cash hard fork US$5,536.84
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15 Dec 2018 - Bitcoin hits 2018 low US$3,122.34
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31 Dec 2018 - Bitcoin finishes year at US3,690.19
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6 Jan 2019 - Bitcoin surpasses US$4,000
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2 Apr 2019 - Bitcoin climbs nearly 20%, surpasses US$5,000
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10 Apr 2019 - Bitcoin hits 400 millionth transaction
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25 Apr 2019 - NY AG announces Bitfinex/Tether court order US$5,054.90 (daily low)
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8 May 2019 - Bitcoin surpasses US$6,000, reaching highest since November 2018
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11 May 2019 - Bitcoin surpasses US$7,000
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13 May 2019 - Consensus, arguably the industry's largest cryptocurrency conference, begins
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13 May 2019 - Bitcoin exceeds US$8,000, reaching highest since July 2018
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