What would $1,000 invested in Bitcoin in 2015 be worth today?

$1,000 invested in Bitcoin (BTC-USD) in 2015 would be worth approximately $315,032 today, representing a total return of +31403.2% and an annualized return of 66.8%.

How does Bitcoin compare to the S&P 500 since 2015?

$1,000 invested in the S&P 500 in 2015 would be worth approximately $4,048 today (+304.8%), compared to $315,032 for Bitcoin (+31403.2%).

What was the annualized return for Bitcoin since 2015?

Bitcoin has delivered an annualized return of 66.8% since 2015, based on split-adjusted price data.

What if you invested in Bitcoin in 2015?

BTC-USD · Crypto · Data through 2026-03-01

If you invested $1,000 in Bitcoin in 2015

$315,037today

+31403.7% total return|+66.8% annualized

The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $4,048(+304.8%)

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Bitcoin vs. S&P 500, 2015 to present

Year-by-Year Returns

$1,000 invested in Bitcoin starting January 2015

Year	Price	Value	Annual	Cumulative	S&P 500 Value
2015	$217.46	$1,000	-	-	$1,000
2016	$368.77	$1,696	+69.6%	+69.6%	$991
2017	$970.40	$4,462	+163.1%	+346.2%	$1,189
2018	$10,221.10	$47,001	+953.3%	+4,600.1%	$1,502
2019	$3,457.79	$15,901	-66.2%	+1,490.1%	$1,466
2020	$9,350.53	$42,998	+170.4%	+4,199.8%	$1,780
2021	$33,114.36	$152,275	+254.1%	+15,127.5%	$2,086
2022	$38,483.12	$176,963	+16.2%	+17,596.3%	$2,570
2023	$23,139.28	$106,405	-39.9%	+10,540.5%	$2,359
2024	$42,582.61	$195,815	+84%	+19,481.5%	$2,845
2025	$102,405.02	$470,906	+140.5%	+46,990.6%	$3,591
2026	$78,621.12	$361,536	-23.2%	+36,053.6%	$4,178

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