What if you invested in Coinbase in 2023?
COIN · Financial · Data through 2026-09-01
If you invested $1,000 in Coinbase in 2023
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $1,967(+96.7%)
The S&P 500 returned $1,967 on the same $1,000. Coinbase beat the market by $1,163.
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Growth of $1,000
Coinbase vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2023 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Coinbase starting January 2023
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $58.48 | $1,000 | - |
| 2024 | $128.20 | $2,192 | +119.2% |
| 2025 | $291.33 | $4,982 | +127.2% |
| 2026 | $194.74 | $3,330 | -33.2% |
What this return means
Putting $1,000 into Coinbase (COIN) in 2023 returned $3,129. That is a +212.9% gain, a little over 3.1x your money, measured to 2026-09-01.
That is a compound rate of about 35.6% a year, an extreme pace that few holdings sustain for 3.8 years. The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund over the same span would be about $1,967, so Coinbase beat the index by roughly $1,163. The index compounded at about 19.8% a year over that period.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2025 at +127.2%, and the worst was 2024 at +119.2%. At its lowest point the position was down about 33% from an earlier high. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
This is historical math, not financial advice. 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 Coinbase at the close of every month from January 2023 through September 2026 means 45 buys and $4,500 contributed over about 3.8 years.
$100/month, dollar-cost averaged
$5,766
+28.1% on $4,500 in
Same $4,500, all in at the start
$14,083
+212.9% on $4,500 in
Going all in at the start beat spreading the buys out by $8,317. 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 $142.83 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 COIN split-adjusted monthly closes through September 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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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.