A list of all 2023 holidays, observances and events recognized throughout the year including important dates in crypto, federal, non-federal and religious holidays and more.
Crypto Calendar
New Year's Day | Sunday, January 1, 2023 |
Bitcoin Genesis Day/Bitcoin Birthday | Tuesday, January 3, 2023 |
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday | Monday, January 16, 2023 (3rd Monday) |
Presidential Inauguration Day | TBD |
Black History Month | Month of February |
Chinese New Year | Sunday, January 22, 2023 |
Groundhog Day | Thursday, February 2, 2023 |
Valentine's Day | Tuesday, February 14, 2023 |
President's Day | February 20, 2023, (3rd Monday) |
Women's History Month | Month of March |
Mardi Gras | Tuesday, February 21, 2023 |
Daylight Saving Time Begins | Sunday, March 12, 2023 |
St. Patrick's Day | Friday, March 17, 2023 |
Ramadan | March 22 to April 21, 2023 |
April Fool's Day | Saturday, April 1, 2023 |
Passover | April 5 to April 13, 2023 |
Good Friday | Friday, April 7, 2023 |
Easter | Sunday, April 9, 2023 |
Earth Day | Saturday, April 22, 2023 |
Satoshi Disappear Day | April 26, 2011 |
National Day of Prayer | Thursday, May 4, 2023 (1st Thursday) |
Mother's Day | Sunday, May 14, 2023 (2nd Sunday) |
Bitcoin Pizza Day | Monday, May 22, 2023 |
Memorial Day | Monday, May 29, 2023 (last Monday) |
U.S. Flag Day | Wednesday, June 14, 2023 |
National Flag Week | The week that includes June 14th |
Father's Day | Sunday, June 18, 2023 (3rd Sunday) |
Juneteenth | Sunday, June 19, 2023 |
Independence Day | Tuesday, July 4, 2023 |
Labor Day | Monday, September 4, 2023 (1st Monday) |
Patriot Day/September 11th | Monday, September 11, 2023 |
Constitution Day | Sunday, September 17, 2023 (Observed) |
Constitution Week | September 18 -22, 2023 |
Hispanic Heritage Month | September 15 to October 15, 2023 |
Rosh Hashanah Begins (at sunset) | September 15, 2023 to September 17, 2023 |
Breast Cancer Awareness Month | Month of October |
Yom Kippur | September 24 to September 25, 2023 |
Columbus Day | Monday, October 9 (2nd Monday) |
Halloween | Tuesday, October 31, 2023 |
Daylight Savings Time Ends | November 5, 2023 (2:00 AM) |
Election Day | Tuesday, November 7, 2023 |
Veterans Day | Saturday, November 11, 2023 |
Diwali | Sunday, November 12, 2023 |
Thanksgiving Day | Thursday, November 23, 2023 (4th Thursday) |
#GivingTuesday | Tuesday, November 28, 2023 (Tuesday after Thanksgiving) |
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day | Tuesday, December 7, 2023 |
Hanukkah | December 7 to December 15, 2023 |
Christmas Day | Monday, December 25, 2023 |
Kwanzaa | December 26, 2023 to January 1, 2024 |
New Year's Eve | Sunday, December 31, 2023 |
Timeline of the History of Cryptocurrency and NFTs
Event | Date |
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Reservation of the domain name bitcoin.org. | August 18, 2008 |
Satoshi Posts Bitcoin P2P e-cash Paper | October 31, 2008 |
Bitcoin Genesis Block | January 3, 2009 |
First Person-to-Person Bitcoin Transaction | January 11, 2009 |
The first bitcoin exchange -- Bitcoin Market -- was established | October 31, 2009 |
Bitcoin Pizza Day | May 22, 2010 |
Bitcoin starts trading at an estimated price of $0.0008 to $0.08 per coin. | July 2010 |
Satoshi Nakamoto's Last Message | December 12, 2010 |
Satoshi Disappear Day | April 26, 2011 |
Coinbase was founded by Brian Armstrong | June 2012 |
The first Bitcoin Halving | November 28, 2012 |
Bitcoin crosses the $100 barrier for first time | April 1, 2013 |
Silk Road Shuts Down | October 2, 2013 |
HODL Become a Term I AM HODLING | December 18, 2013 |
One of the largest Bitcoin exchanges, Mt. Gox, collapses | February 2014 |
Kevin McCoy mints the first NFT, "Quantum" | May 3, 2014 |
Ethereum network goes live | July 30, 2015 |
The Second Bitcoin Halving | July 9, 2016 |
Bitcoin surpasses $2,000 for first time | May 20, 2017 |
CryptoPunks are released for free | June 23, 2017 |
Bitcoin passes $5,000 for first time | September 1, 2017 |
The Third Bitcoin Halving | May 11, 2020 |
OpenSea NFT marketplace launches | December 28, 2021 |
Bitcoin soars past $40,000 for the first time | January 8, 2021 |
Bitcoin Passes $50,000 for first time | February 16, 2021 |
Bitcoin Passes $60,000 for first time | April 10, 2021 |
Coinbase IPO Date | April 14, 2021 |
Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT mint date | April 23, 2021 |
El Salvador becomes the first country to use Bitcoin as legal tender | September 7, 2021 |
The SEC approves Bitcoin futures ETFs for the first time | October 15, 2021 |
Bitcoin Passes $66,000 for first time | October 20, 2021 |
The next expected Bitcoing Halving | 2024 |