Bitcoin price history: peak, drawdown and the log-scale view

What this video covers

Bitcoin since December 2014 on a log scale from the FRED Coinbase series, with the latest close, the October 2025 record and today’s drawdown. A bar chart shows why a 50% fall needs a 100% gain to recover.

Sources and the longer explanation: Bitcoin Price History: Chart, Drawdown and Monthly Data.

Numbers shown on screen

• $75,091: Bitcoin close, November 9, 2026
• $124,720: Highest close, Oct 5, 2025
• -39.8%: Below that high
• -29.5%: One-year change
• Fall: −50%
• Gain needed: +100%
• 52-week low: $58,586
• 52-week high: $106,071

How the visuals were made

In 0:51 the video moves through 6 scenes, including an animated line chart, “Bitcoin, USD, log scale”, drawn from FRED series CBBTCUSD (full history) on a log scale; a column chart, “The recovery math”; a bar chart, “52-week range of daily closes”. All graphics were rendered frame by frame by UXS; no stock footage, logos or faces are used.

Chapters

• 0:00 Bitcoin close, November 9, 2026
• 0:07 Bitcoin, USD, log scale
• 0:15
• 0:29 The recovery math
• 0:35 52-week range of daily closes
• 0:43 Risk note

Transcript

Bitcoin closed at $75,091 on Coinbase on November 9, 2026.

On a log scale, equal distances mean equal percentage moves, from a few hundred dollars in 2014 to six figures.

The highest close was $124,720, on October 5, 2025. The latest sits 39.8% below it, and 29.5% below a year earlier.

Deep drawdowns are normal here. A 50% fall needs a 100% gain to recover.

Over the past year, daily closes ranged from $58,586 to $106,071.

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