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Rally · Jan 13, 2018

ICO boom peak

Ether reaches its highest close of the first crypto boom.

ETH close on Jan 13, 2018
$1,386
Source: Coinbase Exchange ETH/USD daily close, 2018-01-13

Hundreds of projects raised money in 2017 by selling tokens on Ethereum, which drove huge demand for ether. The date shown is ether's highest daily close in January 2018 in our fetched series.

The ICO wave collapsed during 2018 as many projects failed and regulators stepped in, and ether lost more than 90 percent from this close by December 2018.

Ethereum price, USD
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Source: Coinbase Exchange ETH/USD daily closes 2016-05-18 to 2026-10-14. Fetched Oct 14, 2026 from free public APIs. Click a dot for the event and its price on that day.

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