2024Bitcoin in 2024
2 key events this year.
2024 brought Wall Street into bitcoin. The SEC approved spot bitcoin exchange traded products on January 10, money flowed in, and bitcoin set a new record in March, before the fourth halving on April 20 cut the block reward to 3.125 BTC. Mt. Gox creditors began receiving repayments in July, a decade after the exchange failed.
Source: Bitstamp BTC/USD daily closes 2011-08-18 to 2026-10-14. Fetched Oct 14, 2026 from free public APIs. Click a dot for the event and its price on that day.
Events in 2024
- Jan 10, 2024legal
Spot bitcoin ETFs approved $46,681 (Bitstamp BTC/USD daily close, 2024-01-10)
The SEC approves the first US spot bitcoin exchange traded products. - Apr 20, 2024milestone
Fourth halving $64,990 (Bitstamp BTC/USD daily close, 2024-04-20)
At block 840,000 the reward falls from 6.25 to 3.125 BTC.
Spot bitcoin ETFs approved Jan 10, 2024
On January 10, 2024 the US Securities and Exchange Commission approved rule changes allowing 11 spot bitcoin exchange traded products to list, including funds from BlackRock, Fidelity and a converted Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. They began trading the next day, January 11.
Fourth halving Apr 20, 2024
The fourth halving happened at block 840,000, mined on April 20, 2024 (UTC). The reward fell to 3.125 BTC per block. It was the first halving to arrive after bitcoin had already hit a new record high, thanks largely to the ETF launch.
Updated
Sources
- SEC Chair Gensler statement on spot bitcoin ETPs
- SEC approval order (Release 34-99306)
- Wikipedia: Grayscale Investments
- Block 840,000 on mempool.space
- Wikipedia: Bitcoin
Facts written in our own words. Last checked Oct 14, 2026.