BSV Price History & Market Milestones: A Complete Record
From its launch at approximately $90 in November 2018 to its all-time high above $490 in April 2021, BSV's price history reflects both the broader cryptocurrency market cycle and the specific events of the BSV ecosystem. This is a factual record with specific dates, figures, and context.
BSV at Launch: November 2018
Bitcoin SV launched on 15 November 2018, when it forked from Bitcoin Cash at block height 556,766. In the days immediately following the fork, BSV traded at approximately $90–$100 USD. This initial price reflected the value assigned to BSV by the market relative to BCH at the time of the fork — every BCH holder received an equal quantity of BSV. The fork was accompanied by significant controversy, including a 'hash war' between the BCH and BSV mining camps, during which both sides directed substantial hash rate at their respective chains. The hash war lasted approximately ten days before both chains stabilised. BSV was listed on several exchanges in the weeks following the fork, including Bittrex, Poloniex, and OKEx.
2019: Volatility and the CoinGeek Conference Era
Throughout 2019, BSV traded in a wide range, reaching a notable spike to approximately $250 in late April 2019. This spike coincided with a period of intense media coverage around claims made by Craig Wright — a prominent BSV proponent — regarding his identity as Satoshi Nakamoto, and with the announcement of the first CoinGeek Conference in London. The spike was short-lived; BSV retraced to approximately $60–$80 by mid-2019. For most of 2019, BSV traded between $80 and $130. The year saw significant ecosystem development, including the launch of HandCash's handle-based wallet system and the first major BSV hackathons organised by the BSV Association (then called the Bitcoin Association).
2020: The Third Halving and Pandemic Market Crash
On 11 May 2020, the third Bitcoin halving reduced the block reward from 12.5 to 6.25 coins across all Bitcoin-derived chains, including BSV. In the weeks before the halving, BSV traded at approximately $170–$200. The broader cryptocurrency market had experienced a sharp crash in March 2020 — the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a global risk-off selloff that pushed BSV to a low of approximately $55 on 13 March 2020. Recovery was rapid; by the end of 2020, BSV had recovered to approximately $170. The year also saw BSV delisted from Binance in April 2019 (carried over into 2020 trading patterns) and Shapeshift, following controversy around Craig Wright's legal actions against BSV critics. Despite delistings, BSV remained listed on MEXC, Bitget, Uphold, and several other exchanges.
2021: All-Time High of $491 — April 2021
BSV reached its all-time high of approximately $491 on 16 April 2021, during the broader cryptocurrency bull market of early 2021. This peak coincided with Bitcoin (BTC) reaching its own then-all-time high of approximately $64,000 on 14 April 2021. The BSV all-time high represented a gain of approximately 445% from its January 2021 price of approximately $90. The bull market of 2021 was driven by institutional adoption of BTC, the launch of BTC futures ETFs, and significant retail interest following the 2020 halving. BSV, like most altcoins, followed BTC's price trajectory with amplified volatility. After the April 2021 peak, BSV retraced sharply, falling to approximately $100 by July 2021 and approximately $60 by the end of 2021.
2022: Bear Market and Ecosystem Resilience
2022 was a severe bear market for all cryptocurrencies. BSV began 2022 at approximately $130 and fell steadily throughout the year. The collapse of the Terra/LUNA ecosystem in May 2022 triggered a broader market selloff; BSV fell to approximately $45 in June 2022. The collapse of FTX in November 2022 — one of the largest cryptocurrency exchange failures in history — caused a further market-wide decline. BSV ended 2022 at approximately $35–$40. Despite the price decline, BSV ecosystem development continued: Certihash launched its Sentinel Node enterprise security product in 2022, and the BSV Association continued to run developer conferences and hackathons. The bear market period demonstrated that BSV's on-chain activity — transaction volume, data storage, and application usage — was not purely correlated with price.
2023: Recovery and the Teranode Milestone
BSV began a gradual recovery in 2023, rising from approximately $35 in January to approximately $60–$80 by the end of the year. The broader crypto market recovery was driven by anticipation of the 2024 BTC halving and the approval of spot BTC ETFs in the United States. A significant technical milestone for BSV in 2023 was nChain's demonstration of Teranode — a next-generation BSV node implementation — processing over 1 million transactions per second in controlled testing. This was a landmark result for on-chain scaling and was widely cited in BSV technical literature. The year also saw continued growth in BSV's on-chain data storage use cases, with Certihash and other enterprise clients using the blockchain for tamper-proof audit logs.
2024: The Fourth Halving — 20 April 2024
The fourth Bitcoin halving occurred on 20 April 2024, reducing the block reward from 6.25 to 3.125 coins across all Bitcoin-derived chains. For BSV, this halving was notable because BSV's high transaction volume means that miner revenue from transaction fees is a more significant proportion of total miner income than on BTC or BCH — a structural feature that BSV proponents argue makes BSV's long-term miner economics more sustainable. In the months surrounding the halving, BSV traded between $60 and $100. The halving did not produce the dramatic price spike seen in previous cycles, partly because the broader market had already priced in the event following the approval of spot BTC ETFs in January 2024.
Key Exchange Listings and Delistings
BSV's exchange availability has been shaped by both market forces and controversy. Listed (as of October 2026): MEXC (BSVUSDT pair, high liquidity), Bitget, Uphold, Changelly, Ramp Network, Beymo, OKX, Gate.io, Bitfinex. Delisted: Binance delisted BSV on 22 April 2019, citing concerns about conduct by BSV proponents. Shapeshift delisted BSV in April 2019. Kraken delisted BSV in November 2021. These delistings reduced BSV's liquidity on major Western exchanges but did not eliminate trading — MEXC and Bitget have maintained active BSV markets throughout. The delistings are a documented part of BSV's market history and are relevant context for understanding BSV's price performance relative to other cryptocurrencies.
BSV Price vs BTC: Relative Performance
Measured against BTC, BSV has declined significantly since its 2018 launch. At launch, 1 BSV was worth approximately 0.015 BTC. At BSV's April 2021 all-time high of $491, with BTC at approximately $60,000, 1 BSV was worth approximately 0.008 BTC. As of October 2026, the BSV/BTC ratio is approximately 0.001–0.002 BTC, reflecting BTC's dominant position in the cryptocurrency market. BSV proponents argue that this ratio reflects market sentiment and exchange availability rather than technical merit, and that BSV's utility metrics — transactions per day, data stored on-chain, active applications — tell a different story. Critics argue that market cap and liquidity are the most relevant measures of a blockchain's success.
Where to Check the Current BSV Price
The current BSV price in USD and 29 other global currencies is available on our BSV Price Converter at truebitcoinsv.com/convert. The converter sources live price data from MEXC (BSVUSDT pair) and refreshes every 30 seconds. It supports bidirectional conversion — enter a BSV amount to see its fiat value, or enter a fiat amount to see how much BSV it would buy. Supported currencies include USD, GBP, EUR, JPY, INR, AUD, CAD, CNY, BRL, ZAR, and 20 more. For historical price data, CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap both maintain complete BSV price histories from the November 2018 launch date.
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