An all-time low (ATL) is the lowest price a coin or other asset has ever been recorded at. When the price falls below its previous low, it is said to have set a new all-time low. The opposite is an all-time highAll-time high (ATH)The highest price a coin or other asset has ever reached. (ATH).
How is it measured?
Crypto all-time lows are usually measured in US dollars. The exact figure can differ slightly between exchanges and price sites. In krónur, the low can fall on a different day, because the króna's exchange rate against the dollar moves too.
The figure also depends on how far back the price history goes. Some price sites show bitcoin's all-time low as about 68 dollars in July 2013. Yet bitcoin was far cheaper in its early years: in May 2010, a programmer paid 10,000 bitcoin for pizza.
So for established coins, the all-time low is often from their first years. For others it can be recent. When the StablecoinStablecoinA cryptocurrency designed to keep a steady price, usually by tracking the US dollar or another currency. TerraUSD collapsed in May 2022, the price of its sister coin LUNA fell to almost zero within days. LUNA had reached its all-time high only just over a month earlier.
Why does it matter?
In a bear marketBear marketA long period when market prices mostly fall and investors are pessimistic., new lows can come one after another. News of them can stoke fear, and some people sell in a hurry, exactly when the price is at its lowest.
An all-time low says nothing about the future. A price near its all-time low doesn't make a coin cheap, because the price can keep falling. Many coins have become almost worthless. Price sites often show how far the current price is above the all-time low. That number tells you how much the price has moved, not where it is heading.
Everything in Myntkaup Learn is written and regularly reviewed by the Myntkaup editorial team. It is for education and is not investment advice. Editorial policy. Updated 18 October 2026.