If I'd invested in Ethereum since 2019
$1,000 put into Ethereum at the end of 2019 would be worth about $13,006 today — a 13.0× return, or roughly 49.1% a year. Change the amount below to run your own number.
You'd have
$13,006
from $1,000 invested — up 1201%.
The story behind the number
Ethereum since 2019 has been a white-knuckle rollercoaster. $1,000 put in at the end of 2019 grew to $13,006 — a 13.0× return, or about 49.1% a year. That beat the S&P 500, which turned the same $1,000 into $2,305 — you'd have come out roughly 5.64× ahead of simply buying the index.
The ride mattered as much as the destination. The strongest single year was 2020, up 471%; the worst was 2022, down 45%.
Holding on took nerve: the position fell as much as 77% from its 2021 peak to its 2022 low, before climbing back above that high by 2024. Inflation takes a bite, too — consumer prices rose about 29% over the period, so in today's money the result is closer to 10.1× what you put in.
Common questions
- How much would I have if I'd invested $1,000 in Ethereum in 2019?
- $1,000 invested in Ethereum at the end of 2019 would be worth about $13,006 today — a 13.0× return, or roughly 49.1% per year.
- What were the best and worst years for Ethereum since 2019?
- The best year was 2020, up about 471%. The toughest was 2022, when it fell about 45%. Across the window, 30 of 59 years finished lower than they started.
- What was the biggest drop along the way?
- The steepest decline was about 77%, from a peak in 2021 to a low in 2022, with the value recovering above its prior high by 2024.
- Would I have done better in S&P 500?
- No — the S&P 500 turned $1,000 into about $2,305 over the same window, while Ethereum reached $13,006. Ethereum came out ahead.
The chart above shows the whole journey, not just the destination. Try switching to a bit each year to see how spreading your buying would have changed the outcome — or skip the latte to find out what a small daily habit could have grown into instead.
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