What if I invested in crypto?
Pick a coin, an amount and a date. The calculator shows what it is worth today, where it peaked, and how far it fell along the way.
Buys at that day's close. Fees and taxes are not included.
$1,000 in Bitcoin on Oct 19, 2021 is worth $1,289 today. Holding through it meant sitting through a 76.6% drop at the worst point.
$1,000 five years ago, by coin
Bought Oct 19, 2021 or first available day, valued Oct 19, 2026| Coin | Bought | Worth today | Return | Annualised | Worst drawdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRON TRX | Oct 19, 2021 | $3,293 | +229.3% | +26.9% | -59.6% |
| BNB BNB | Oct 19, 2021 | $1,490 | +49.0% | +8.3% | -69.9% |
| Bitcoin BTC | Oct 19, 2021 | $1,289 | +28.9% | +5.2% | -76.6% |
| XRP XRP | Oct 19, 2021 | $1,205 | +20.5% | +3.8% | -76.0% |
| Pepe PEPE | May 5, 2023 | $1,099 | +9.9% | +2.8% | -91.2% |
| Sui SUI | May 3, 2023 | $721 | -27.9% | -9.0% | -87.7% |
| Solana SOL | Oct 19, 2021 | $679 | -32.1% | -7.4% | -96.3% |
| Ethereum ETH | Oct 19, 2021 | $628 | -37.2% | -8.9% | -79.3% |
| NEAR Protocol NEAR | Oct 19, 2021 | $621 | -37.9% | -9.1% | -95.2% |
| Aave AAVE | Oct 19, 2021 | $504 | -49.6% | -12.8% | -85.4% |
| Stellar XLM | Oct 19, 2021 | $478 | -52.2% | -13.7% | -82.8% |
| Chainlink LINK | Oct 19, 2021 | $470 | -53.0% | -14.0% | -85.2% |
| Bitcoin Cash BCH | Oct 19, 2021 | $450 | -55.0% | -14.8% | -87.6% |
| Dogecoin DOGE | Oct 19, 2021 | $325 | -67.5% | -20.1% | -85.2% |
| Litecoin LTC | Oct 19, 2021 | $318 | -68.2% | -20.5% | -85.3% |
| Uniswap UNI | Oct 19, 2021 | $285 | -71.5% | -22.2% | -91.2% |
| Toncoin TON | Aug 8, 2024 | $257 | -74.3% | -51.2% | -82.6% |
| Hedera HBAR | Oct 19, 2021 | $226 | -77.4% | -25.7% | -91.9% |
| Polygon POL | Sep 13, 2024 | $226 | -77.4% | -50.8% | -90.4% |
| Shiba Inu SHIB | Oct 19, 2021 | $180 | -82.0% | -29.1% | -94.8% |
| Avalanche AVAX | Oct 19, 2021 | $172 | -82.8% | -29.7% | -95.6% |
| Arbitrum ARB | Mar 23, 2023 | $151 | -84.9% | -41.1% | -96.8% |
| Ethereum Classic ETC | Oct 19, 2021 | $147 | -85.3% | -31.8% | -90.0% |
| Aptos APT | Oct 19, 2022 | $108 | -89.2% | -42.7% | -97.2% |
| Cardano ADA | Oct 19, 2021 | $105 | -89.5% | -36.3% | -93.7% |
| Optimism OP | Jun 1, 2022 | $103 | -89.7% | -40.4% | -98.3% |
| Internet Computer ICP | Oct 19, 2021 | $66.83 | -93.3% | -41.8% | -96.3% |
| Cosmos ATOM | Oct 19, 2021 | $49.89 | -95.0% | -45.1% | -97.2% |
| Polkadot DOT | Oct 19, 2021 | $27.16 | -97.3% | -51.4% | -98.6% |
| Filecoin FIL | Oct 19, 2021 | $16.63 | -98.3% | -55.9% | -99.1% |
Survivorship is the catch
Every coin on this page is still traded on a major exchange today. Thousands that were bought with the same hopes are not, and they do not appear in any table like this. Treat the top rows as what was possible, not what was likely.
The drawdown column is the real test
A position that ends up 300% ahead usually spent months down 70% or more first. The worst drawdown tells you what holding through it actually felt like, which is the number that decides whether anyone really collected the return in the first column.
Frequently asked questions
- How is 'worth today' calculated?
- Your amount buys coins at the closing price on the date you pick. Those coins are valued at the most recent daily close. Fees and taxes are left out so the number is comparable across coins.
- Why does the date default to the first day of data?
- Because that is the most extreme version of the question. Move the date to any day you actually had in mind; the result and chart update instantly.
- What is annualised return?
- The compound annual growth rate: the steady yearly return that would turn the starting amount into today's value over the same period. It makes a 2-year and a 7-year result comparable.