If you had invested $1,000 in Bitcoin
Bought on the first day of 2011, $1,000 of Bitcoin would be worth $269,384,256 today. Pick a year for the details: the best and worst day to buy, the yearly return and a monthly plan since then.
| Bought in | Price on 1 Jan | $1,000 is worth today | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $88,839 | $907 | 0.9× |
| 2025 | $94,592 | $852 | 0.9× |
| 2024 | $42,250 | $1,906 | 1.9× |
| 2023 | $16,527 | $4,874 | 4.9× |
| 2022 | $46,250 | $1,742 | 1.7× |
| 2021 | $28,983 | $2,779 | 2.8× |
| 2020 | $7,168 | $11,236 | 11× |
| 2019 | $3,752 | $21,466 | 21× |
| 2018 | $13,796 | $5,838 | 5.8× |
| 2017 | $998 | $80,729 | 81× |
| 2016 | $432 | $186,305 | 186× |
| 2015 | $316 | $254,769 | 255× |
| 2014 | $732 | $110,035 | 110× |
| 2013 | $13 | $6,010,847 | 6,011× |
| 2012 | $5.50 | $14,644,876 | 14,645× |
| 2011 | $0.30 | $269,384,256 | 269,384× |
$1,000 bought at the first daily price of each year, valued at today's price. No fees.
Monthly instead: DCA calculator
Questions
Which year was the best to buy Bitcoin?
Measured by today's value, the earlier the better: only 4 of 15 years (2014, 2018, 2022, 2025) are worth less today than the year after them. What the table hides is the path: buyers went through drops of 50% or more along the way.
Is it too late to buy Bitcoin?
Nobody knows. What we can say: today Bitcoin is 30% below fair value of $116,000, a model estimate of where the long-term trend runs. Buying in steps, for example monthly, takes the timing question away; the DCA calculator shows how that worked from every start year.
Model estimates, not a promise: past behaviour is no guarantee for the future. Not financial advice.