Jul 17 – Jul 23, 2017
▲ +41.5%Bitcoin closed at $1,930 on Sunday, Jul 16, and at $2,730 on Sunday, Jul 23, up 41.5%.1 No single dated primary-source event inside this week is cited here.
Bitcoin’s Biggest Weekly Gains and Drops
The twenty largest weekly moves in bitcoin since 2014, ten up and ten down, ranked by size. A week runs Monday to Sunday and is measured from one Sunday’s daily close to the next.
Data as of · 629 complete weeks, Sep 21, 2014 to Oct 11, 2026 · Sunday daily closes (UTC) from Yahoo Finance, cross-checked against Blockchain.com
| Rank | Week (Mon – Sun) | Type | Change | Start close | End close | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jul 17 – Jul 23, 2017 | Gain | ▲ +41.48% | $1,930 | $2,730 | 2017 |
| 2 | Dec 4 – Dec 10, 2017 | Gain | ▲ +36.49% | $11,323 | $15,455 | 2017 |
| 3 | Nov 13 – Nov 19, 2017 | Gain | ▲ +35.07% | $5,950 | $8,036 | 2017 |
| 4 | Mar 9 – Mar 15, 2020 | Drop | ▼ −33.49% | $8,108 | $5,392 | 2020 |
| 5 | Feb 12 – Feb 18, 2018 | Gain | ▲ +29.79% | $8,130 | $10,552 | 2018 |
| 6 | Jan 29 – Feb 4, 2018 | Drop | ▼ −29.77% | $11,786 | $8,277 | 2018 |
| 7 | Nov 19 – Nov 25, 2018 | Drop | ▼ −28.69% | $5,624 | $4,010 | 2018 |
| 8 | Dec 18 – Dec 24, 2017 | Drop | ▼ −27.25% | $19,141 | $13,926 | 2017 |
| 9 | Aug 7 – Aug 13, 2017 | Gain | ▲ +26.74% | $3,214 | $4,073 | 2017 |
| 10 | Apr 1 – Apr 7, 2019 | Gain | ▲ +26.64% | $4,105 | $5,199 | 2019 |
| 11 | Mar 13 – Mar 19, 2023 | Gain | ▲ +26.51% | $22,164 | $28,039 | 2023 |
| 12 | Feb 8 – Feb 14, 2021 | Gain | ▲ +25.23% | $38,903 | $48,717 | 2021 |
| 13 | May 17 – May 23, 2021 | Drop | ▼ −25.15% | $46,456 | $34,771 | 2021 |
| 14 | Dec 28 – Jan 3, 2021 | Gain | ▲ +24.78% | $26,272 | $32,782 | 2021 |
| 15 | Dec 11 – Dec 17, 2017 | Gain | ▲ +23.85% | $15,455 | $19,141 | 2017 |
| 16 | Jul 10 – Jul 16, 2017 | Drop | ▼ −23.37% | $2,518 | $1,930 | 2017 |
| 17 | Jun 13 – Jun 19, 2022 | Drop | ▼ −23.20% | $26,763 | $20,553 | 2022 |
| 18 | Nov 7 – Nov 13, 2022 | Drop | ▼ −21.85% | $20,926 | $16,353 | 2022 |
| 19 | Feb 22 – Feb 28, 2021 | Drop | ▼ −21.55% | $57,540 | $45,138 | 2021 |
| 20 | Jan 12 – Jan 18, 2015 | Drop | ▼ −20.82% | $265.66 | $210.34 | 2015 |
Change = the UTC daily close on the week’s final Sunday ÷ the close on the Sunday before, minus 1.1 Every one of the 629 complete weeks since September 21, 2014 was measured; the ten largest rises and ten largest falls are shown, ranked together by size. Each change is within 2.3 percentage points of the same calculation on Blockchain.com’s daily average price.7 Weeks are Monday to Sunday in UTC. Observed facts, not a forecast.
The top 8
Of the eight largest moves, 4 were falls and 4 were rises. Where a primary source dated an item inside the same week, it is named below; many weeks have none, and a shared week is not evidence that an item caused the move. For single days, see bitcoin’s biggest one-day drops and gains, and for months, its best and worst months.
Dec 4 – Dec 10, 2017
▲ +36.5%Bitcoin closed at $11,323 on Sunday, Dec 3, and at $15,455 on Sunday, Dec 10, up 36.5%.1 A dated item inside the same week: on Dec 4, 2017, Cboe Futures Exchange announced it would launch bitcoin (XBT) futures on Sunday, Dec 10, 2017.2 The two are listed together because they share a week; the data does not show that one caused the other.
Nov 13 – Nov 19, 2017
▲ +35.1%Bitcoin closed at $5,950 on Sunday, Nov 12, and at $8,036 on Sunday, Nov 19, up 35.1%.1 No single dated primary-source event inside this week is cited here.
Mar 9 – Mar 15, 2020
▼ −33.5%Bitcoin closed at $8,108 on Sunday, Mar 8, and at $5,392 on Sunday, Mar 15, down 33.5%.1 A dated item inside the same week: on Mar 15, 2020, the FOMC lowered the target range to 0 to 1/4 percent in a Sunday statement.3 The two are listed together because they share a week; the data does not show that one caused the other.
Feb 12 – Feb 18, 2018
▲ +29.8%Bitcoin closed at $8,130 on Sunday, Feb 11, and at $10,552 on Sunday, Feb 18, up 29.8%.1 A dated item inside the same week: on Feb 14, 2018, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported January consumer prices up 0.5% on the month and 2.1% over 12 months.4 The two are listed together because they share a week; the data does not show that one caused the other.
Jan 29 – Feb 4, 2018
▼ −29.8%Bitcoin closed at $11,786 on Sunday, Jan 28, and at $8,277 on Sunday, Feb 4, down 29.8%.1 A dated item inside the same week: on Jan 31, 2018, the FOMC kept the target range at 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 percent.5 The two are listed together because they share a week; the data does not show that one caused the other.
Nov 19 – Nov 25, 2018
▼ −28.7%Bitcoin closed at $5,624 on Sunday, Nov 18, and at $4,010 on Sunday, Nov 25, down 28.7%.1 No single dated primary-source event inside this week is cited here.
Dec 18 – Dec 24, 2017
▼ −27.2%Bitcoin closed at $19,141 on Sunday, Dec 17, and at $13,926 on Sunday, Dec 24, down 27.2%.1 A dated item inside the same week: on Dec 22, 2017, the President signed Public Law 115-97, the tax and reconciliation act (H.R. 1).6 The two are listed together because they share a week; the data does not show that one caused the other.
Sources
- Yahoo Finance, Bitcoin USD (BTC-USD) daily history, daily closes (UTC) on Sundays, September 21, 2014 to October 11, 2026, retrieved 2026-10-17.
- Cboe Futures Exchange, Cboe Bitcoin Futures Product Launch Date and December Transaction Fee Waiver, notice of Dec 4, 2017.
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement, 2020-03-15.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, January 2018 (released Feb 14, 2018).
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement, 2018-01-31.
- U.S. Government Publishing Office, Public Law 115-97, dated Dec. 22, 2017.
- Blockchain.com, Market Price (USD), daily average USD price across major exchanges, via the charts API, retrieved 2026-10-17 (cross-check).
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