Bitcoin vs Ethereum: $1,000 invested since 2023
BTC-USD vs ETH-USD · Data through 2026-07-01
$1,000 invested in 2023 would be worth
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$2,521+152.1%
Ethereum
$986-1.4%
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $1,916(+91.6%)
Growth of $1,000
Bitcoin vs. Ethereum vs. S&P 500, 2023 to present
Year-by-year comparison
Bitcoin vs. Ethereum, 2023 to present
| Year | Bitcoin | Ethereum |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | $1,840 | $1,439 |
| 2025 | $4,426 | $2,079 |
| 2026 | $3,398 | $1,541 |
Which came out ahead
Starting in 2023, Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was the better of the two against Ethereum (ETH-USD). That $1,000 grew to $2,521 in BTC-USD versus $986 in ETH-USD as of 2026-07-01, roughly $1,535 more in the end.
One held up and the other did not. Bitcoin returned +152.1% while Ethereum returned -1.4%, so the same $1,000 ended up on opposite sides of break-even. Compounded, that is about 29.4% a year for BTC-USD against -0.4% for ETH-USD.
Bitcoin cleared a plain S&P 500 fund over the same span while Ethereum fell short of it. The index would have grown that $1,000 to about $1,916, compounding near 19.9% a year. The ride was not equally smooth. Bitcoin moved across a far wider band of yearly returns than Ethereum did. All figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
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