10-2-2016            Bitcoin Classic is released             
23-2-2016            Bitcoin Core version 0.12.0 is released    
11-6-2016            Bitcoin market capitalization reaches US$ 10 billion          
15-4-2016            Bitcoin Core version 0.12.1 is released    
02-8-2016            The Bitfinex hack is first announced         
23-8-2016            Bitcoin Core version 0.13.0 is released    
27-10-2016           Bitcoin Core version 0.13.1 is released    
17-11-2016          The Internal Revenue Service sends a request (a John Doe summons) to Coinbase "asking for the records of all customers who bought virtual currency from the company from 2013 to 2015"         
01-1-2017            As of the start of 2017, thirteen US states have "clearly defined positions and/or regulations in regards to the blockchain and digital currency industry" 
03-1-2017            Bitcoin Core version 0.13.2 is released    
27-2-2017            Coinbase announces that it will stop serving customers in Hawaii due to a regulatory change that requires the company to "hold cash reserves equal to any digital currency-denominated funds held for its customers"                
08-3-2017            Bitcoin Core version 0.14.0 is released    
10-3-2017            The United States Securities and Exchange Commission rejects the Winklevoss twins' application for an exchange-traded fund tied to the price of Bitcoin         
10-4-2017            The cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex announces it is suspending services in Washington State  
01-4-2017            A Japanese law that brings bitcoin exchanges under anti-money laundering and know your customer rules as well as recognizing bitcoin as a form of prepaid payment instrument comes into effect    
22-4-2017            Bitcoin Core version 0.14.1 is released    
13-6-2017            Gemini, the digital currency exchange started by the Winklevoss twins, begins operating in Washington State after it is granted a license to do so     
17-6-2017            Bitcoin Core version 0.14.2 is released    
30-6-2017            The People's Bank of China establishes a research institute dedicated to digital currencies              
01-7-2017            Binance is founded         
20-7-2017            Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 91, to trigger Segregated Witness (SegWit) activation, is locked in 
01-8-2017            A hard fork of bitcoin known as Bitcoin Cash occurs on this day   
02-8-2017            Bitcoin cash is already the third most valuable cryptocurrency –with a market value of US$7.6 billion, after Bitcoin (US$44.4 billion MV) and Ethereum (US$21 billion MV)         
04-8-2017            Bitcoin reaches record high valuation of US$3,000 per coin           
13-8-2017            Bitcoin breaks the US$4,000 mark             
15-8-2017            Blockstream, a Bitcoin software company, announces the launch of its Blockstream Satellite network, aimed at broadcasting bitcoin to people just about anywhere in the world irrespective of their internet connection — for free. The launch is expected to make the cryptocurrency more accessible to almost anyone, even in places where data costs are high and living standards and incomes are low       
17-8-2017            Australia announces plan to strengthen its anti-money laundering laws and regulate digital currencies such as Bitcoin, following a similar move by Japan             
02-9-2017            Bitcoin's price rises above US$5,000 for the first time      
08-9-2017            Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov announces plan to regulate the circulation of bitcoin and other crypto-currencies involving Russian citizens and firms          
14-9-2017            Bitcoin Core version 0.15.0 is released    
19-9-2017            Bitcoin Core version 0.15.0.1 is released 
29-9-2017            Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) issues operating licenses to 11 bitcoin exchanges 
11-10-2017          The Central Bank of Russia announces it would support moves to block websites dealing in bitcoin and other virtual currencies, amidst declarations of President Vladimir Putin denouncing the cryptocurrency as risky and used by criminals              
16-10-2017          IBM and a network of banks begin using digital currency and blockchain software to move money across borders throughout the South Pacific         
20-10-2017          Bitcoin breaks above US$6,000   
20-10-2017          Bitcoin market capitalization reaches US$100 billion         
24-10-2017          Upbit launches in South Korea    
02-11-2017          Bitcoin surpasses the US$7,000 mark for the first time    
11-11-2017          Bitcoin Core version 0.15.1 is released    
12-11-2017          Bitcoin Gold is launched as the second project to fork away from the Bitcoin blockchain to create a new coin in the year       
29-11-2017          Bitcoin value reaches US$10,000 for the first time, a more than 10-fold increase in value over the course of the year            
01-12-2017          Unites States regulator Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces it would let the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board Options Exchange trade in Bitcoin-related financial contracts. The news would render Bitcoin valuation rise further               
07-12-2017          The 16 millionth bitcoin is mined, with 5 million remaining            
17-12-2017          CoinDesk Bitcoin price index reaches an all-time high of $19,783.21           
28-12-2017          South Korea’s government announces imposition of additional measures to regulate speculation in cryptocurrency trading within the country. This would unleash a negative impact on Bitcoin's valuation across the globe     
12-1-2018            Amidst rumors that South Korea could be preparing to ban trading in cryptocurrency, the price of bitcoin depreciates by 12 percent             
16-1-2018            Bitconnect announces it would shut down its cryptocurrency exchange and lending operation after regulators from Texas and North Carolina issue a cease and desist order against it as it was suspected of being fraudulent          
17-1-2018            Bitcoin price falls to as low as $9,199.59, half its peak price, falling almost 19 percent within 24 hours, after Chinese authorities say they will strengthen a ban put in place late in 2017 to prevent its citizens from using cryptocurrency exchanges           
26-1-2018            Coincheck, Japan's largest cryptocurrency OTC market, is hacked. US$530 million of the NEM are stolen, and the loss is the largest ever by an incident of theft, which causes Coincheck to indefinitely suspend trading                
31-1-2018            Within its semiconductor business called Foundry, Samsung starts mass producing bitcoin mining chips in partnership with an unidentified Chinese mining company            
31-1-2018            Facebook bans people entirely from advertising bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies amid fears they are used for fraud            
19-2-2018            The Israeli government confirms that it would treat bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a kind of property instead of currency, making it therefore taxable as such               
06-2-2018            Payment processors Visa and Mastercard re-classifiy bitcoin purchases viewing them as “cash advances,” a category that brings an additional 5% fee to those virtual currency purchases on credit cards              
26-2-2018            Bitcoin Core version 0.16.0 is released    
27-2-2018            JPMorgan Chase Admits Cryptocurrency Is a ‘Risk’ to its Business for the First Time
14-3-2018            Google announces ban of all adverts for cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and initial coin offerings (ICOs), as it seeks to “tackle emerging threats”. Bitcoin valuation briefly falls below US$8,000 after the announcement                
26-4-2018            The 17 millionth of 21 million bitcoins is mined   
21-5-2018            Banco Masventas, a bank in Argentina, starts using Bitcoin for cross-border payments. [284]         
15-6-2018            Bitcoin Core version 0.16.1 is released    
22-6-2018            The Financial Services Agency (FSA), Japan’s top financial regulator, issues six new business improvement orders. The orders to Bitflyer, Tech Bureau, Bitpoint Japan, Btcbox, Bitbank, and Quoine follow the agency’s first rejection of a crypto exchange registration on June 7            
29-7-2018            Bitcoin Core version 0.16.2 is released    
28-9-2018            Bitcoin Core versions 0.15.2 and 0.14.3 are released        
20-9-2018            `A Bitcoin Cash developer discovers the vulnerability CVE-2018-17144 in the Bitcoin Core software that could allow an attacker to crash vulnerable Bitcoin Core nodes and exceed the 21 million coin limit   
14-9-2018            Hackers steal 6.7 billion yen (US$60 million) in Bitcoin and two other cryptocurrencies from Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Zaif        
09-10-2018          Bitcoin Core version 0.17.0.1 is released 
15-11-2018          A hard fork chain split of Bitcoin Cash occurs between two rival factions, Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV                
25-12-2018          Bitcoin Core version 0.17.1 is released    
02-5-2019            Bitcoin Core version 0.18.0 is released    
09-8-2019            Bitcoin Core version 0.18.1 is released    
18-10-2019          The 18 millionth bitcoin is mined              
24-10-2019          Bitcoin Core version 0.19.0.1 is released 
23-8-2017            Crypto wallet Exodus adds Aragon and EOS in latest release