Bitcoin Price on February 28, 2014

2014-02-28

Market Data

Close
$551.89
Open
$584.7
High
$591.39
Low
$541
1-day change
-5.34%
7-day change
-5.07%
30-day change
-30.51%
1-year change
+1545.96%
All-time high as of this date
$1,132.01
Drawdown from ATH
-51.25%
Cycle stage
Bear market

Halving Era 2

Block reward
25 BTC
Days since last halving
457
Days until next halving
862

On-Chain

Hash rate
35.66 TH/s
Difficulty
3,815,723,798.815
Active addresses
145,370
Transactions
70,290

Major Event

  • Mt. Gox Files for Bankruptcy

    Mt. Gox files for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo, disclosing the loss of approximately 850,000 BTC (about 7% of all bitcoin then in circulation), worth roughly $473 million. CEO Mark Karpeles issues a public apology. The collapse reshapes exchange security practices industry-wide.

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