What if you invested in Ethereum in 2017?
ETH-USD · Crypto · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Ethereum in 2017
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $3,852(+285.2%)
The S&P 500 returned $3,852 on the same $1,000. Ethereum beat the market by $544.
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Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Ethereum starting January 2017
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $447.11 | $1,000 | - |
| 2018 | $1,118.31 | $2,501 | +150.1% |
| 2019 | $107.06 | $239 | -90.4% |
| 2020 | $180.16 | $403 | +68.3% |
| 2021 | $1,314.99 | $2,941 | +629.9% |
| 2022 | $2,688.28 | $6,013 | +104.4% |
| 2023 | $1,586.54 | $3,548 | -41% |
| 2024 | $2,282.54 | $5,105 | +43.9% |
| 2025 | $3,298.27 | $7,377 | +44.5% |
| 2026 | $2,445.09 | $5,469 | -25.9% |
What this return means
Putting $1,000 into Ethereum (ETH-USD) in 2017 returned $4,396. That is a +339.6% gain, a little over 4.4x your money, measured to 2026-06-01.
In compound terms that is roughly 16.9% a year, well above what a broad index has historically returned. A plain S&P 500 fund would have turned that $1,000 into about $3,852 instead, leaving Ethereum ahead by around $544. The index compounded at about 15.3% a year over that period.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2021 at +629.9%, and the worst was 2019 at -90.4%. At its lowest point the position was down about 90% from an earlier high. Ethereum price history used here starts in 2017; 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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* Ethereum price data from Yahoo Finance begins in 2017. 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.