What if you invested in Bitcoin in 2023?
BTC-USD · Crypto · Data through 2026-07-01
If you invested $1,000 in Bitcoin in 2023
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $1,916(+91.6%)
The S&P 500 returned $1,916 on the same $1,000. Bitcoin beat the market by $605.
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Growth of $1,000
Bitcoin vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2023 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Bitcoin starting January 2023
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $23,139.28 | $1,000 | - |
| 2024 | $42,582.61 | $1,840 | +84% |
| 2025 | $102,405.02 | $4,426 | +140.5% |
| 2026 | $78,621.12 | $3,398 | -23.2% |
What this return means
$1,000 invested in Bitcoin (BTC-USD) in 2023 is worth $2,521 today. That is a +152.1% gain, a little over 2.5x your money, measured to 2026-07-01.
In compound terms that is roughly 29.4% a year, well above what a broad index has historically returned. By comparison the S&P 500 returned about $1,916 on the same stake, putting Bitcoin ahead by close to $605. The index compounded at about 19.9% a year over that period.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2025 at +140.5%, and the worst was 2024 at +84.0%. 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.
What if you invested $100 a month instead?
Most people do not drop a lump sum in on day one. They add a fixed amount every month. Putting $100 into Bitcoin at the close of every month from January 2023 through July 2026 means 43 buys and $4,300 contributed over about 3.6 years.
$100/month, dollar-cost averaged
$4,804
+11.7% on $4,300 in
Same $4,300, all in at the start
$10,842
+152.1% on $4,300 in
Going all in at the start beat spreading the buys out by $6,037. That is the usual result when a stock trends up: each monthly buy pays a higher price than the last, so the average cost climbs. Averaging in also meant an average buy price of $52,217.28 per share across the whole stretch, so the monthly buyer never had to time a single low. Neither number counts dividends, taxes, or trading costs.
Illustrative fixed $100/month example, not a recommendation. Figures are computed from BTC-USD split-adjusted monthly closes through July 2026. 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.