What if you invested in Bitcoin in 2015?
BTC-USD · Crypto · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Bitcoin in 2015
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $4,581(+358.1%)
The S&P 500 returned $4,581 on the same $1,000. Bitcoin beat the market by $321,873.
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Bitcoin vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2015 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Bitcoin starting January 2015
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $217.46 | $1,000 | - |
| 2016 | $368.77 | $1,696 | +69.6% |
| 2017 | $970.40 | $4,462 | +163.1% |
| 2018 | $10,221.10 | $47,001 | +953.3% |
| 2019 | $3,457.79 | $15,901 | -66.2% |
| 2020 | $9,350.53 | $42,998 | +170.4% |
| 2021 | $33,114.36 | $152,275 | +254.1% |
| 2022 | $38,483.12 | $176,963 | +16.2% |
| 2023 | $23,139.28 | $106,405 | -39.9% |
| 2024 | $42,582.61 | $195,815 | +84% |
| 2025 | $102,405.02 | $470,906 | +140.5% |
| 2026 | $78,621.12 | $361,536 | -23.2% |
What this return means
A single $1,000 stake in Bitcoin (BTC-USD) at the start of 2015 is now $326,454. That is a +32,545% total return, or roughly 326x your money, measured through 2026-06-01.
That is a compound rate of about 65.4% a year, an extreme pace that few holdings sustain for 11.5 years. The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund over the same span would be about $4,581, so Bitcoin beat the index by roughly $321,873. The index compounded at about 14.2% a year over that period.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2018 at +953.3%, and the worst was 2019 at -66.2%. At its lowest point the position was down about 66% from an earlier high. Bitcoin price history used here starts in 2014; trading on other exchanges before that is not included. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
None of this is a recommendation. It is a record of what already happened, and past performance does not guarantee future results.
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* Bitcoin price data from Yahoo Finance begins in 2014. Earlier trading history from other exchanges is not included. For informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. All calculations are based on split-adjusted closing prices from Yahoo Finance and do not account for dividends, taxes, or trading fees. See our methodology and full disclaimer.