Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency ever and was initially traded without crypto exchanges after its release, so looking at the price at that time is a bit difficult. However, Bitcoin Pizza Day represents an important event. On May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC for 2 pizzas worth around $30. Today, those 10,000 Bitcoins would be worth around $300 million (as of May 13, 2022).

Bitcoin set a price milestone in 2013 when the cryptocurrency broke through the $1,000 mark for the first time. At the same time, Bitcoin has been affected by major fluctuations. After its temporary peak, the price plummeted another 80 percent before rising to $20,000 for the first time in 2017. Before its bull run in 2020, bitcoin suffered repeated downturn phases in which it fell to as low as 3,000 US dollars. At almost 69,000 US dollars, it reached its maximum to date; in mid-May 2022, the BTC was quoted at around 30,000 US dollars.

Ethereum, on the other hand, has only existed since 2015 and experienced a much faster development than Bitcoin, especially in its early days. Just 2 years after its founding, Ether reached a price of 1,000 U.S. dollars for the first time and fell again to just under 80 dollars by the end of 2018. Through an upward trend starting in 2020, the Ethereum price recovered strongly and in 2021 cracked the $1,000 mark for the first time in 3.5 years. Ethereum reached its previous all-time high of $4,900 in November 2021. Meanwhile, ETH is trading at around $2,100 (as of May 13, 2022).