If I'd invested in Bitcoin since 2022
$1,000 put into Bitcoin at the end of 2022 would be worth about $3,893 today — a 3.89× return, or roughly 48.9% a year. Change the amount below to run your own number.
You'd have
$3,893
from $1,000 invested — up 289%.
The story behind the number
Bitcoin since 2022 has been a fairly steady climb. $1,000 put in at the end of 2022 grew to $3,893 — a 3.89× return, or about 48.9% a year. That beat the S&P 500, which turned the same $1,000 into $1,940 — you'd have come out roughly 2.01× ahead of simply buying the index.
The ride mattered as much as the destination. The strongest single year was 2024, up 44%; the worst was 2025, down 18%.
Holding on took nerve: the position fell as much as 44% from its 2025 peak to its 2026 low and had not fully reclaimed that peak by the end of the window. Inflation takes a bite, too — consumer prices rose about 12% over the period, so in today's money the result is closer to 3.48× what you put in.
Common questions
- How much would I have if I'd invested $1,000 in Bitcoin in 2022?
- $1,000 invested in Bitcoin at the end of 2022 would be worth about $3,893 today — a 3.89× return, or roughly 48.9% per year.
- What were the best and worst years for Bitcoin since 2022?
- The best year was 2024, up about 44%. The toughest was 2025, when it fell about 18%. Across the window, 17 of 42 years finished lower than they started.
- What was the biggest drop along the way?
- The steepest decline was about 44%, from a peak in 2025 to a low in 2026, a level it had not fully recovered by the latest data.
- Would I have done better in S&P 500?
- No — the S&P 500 turned $1,000 into about $1,940 over the same window, while Bitcoin reached $3,893. Bitcoin 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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