Data updated Jun 11, 2026

THE ACTUAL
NUMBERS

What crypto and stocks actually returned — adjusted for inflation, compared against the S&P 500. No hype, no cherry-picking.

WHAT $1,000 IN BITCOIN DID OPEN CALCULATOR

> BTC 2015 → $248,216 (×248)> ETH 2017 → $280,368 (×280)> SOL 2021 → $55,070 (×55)> DOGE 2020 → $53,629 (×54)> SHIB 2021 → $441 (×0.44)> ADA 2018 → $336 (×0.34)> US CPI since Jan 2015: +42.3%> S&P 500 since Jan 2015: $1,000 → $4,275> BTC 2015 → $248,216 (×248)> ETH 2017 → $280,368 (×280)> SOL 2021 → $55,070 (×55)> DOGE 2020 → $53,629 (×54)> SHIB 2021 → $441 (×0.44)> ADA 2018 → $336 (×0.34)> US CPI since Jan 2015: +42.3%> S&P 500 since Jan 2015: $1,000 → $4,275

Popular what-ifs

What a one-time $1,000 would be worth today — nominal and inflation-adjusted.

×248 · $174,466 in real terms

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×11 · $8,454 in real terms

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×280 · $204,512 in real terms

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×18 · $13,688 in real terms

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×55 · $43,315 in real terms

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×54 · $41,610 in real terms

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×0.44 · $355 in real terms

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×0.34 · $251 in real terms

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Why Actual Finance

Inflation-adjusted by default

A 10× since 2015 is not a 10× in purchasing power. Every result is shown nominal and real, deflated by US CPI.

Always vs the benchmark

Every result is compared against the S&P 500 with dividends reinvested — the boring alternative you could have bought instead.

Open data, open methodology

Free public sources: Coin Metrics, Binance, Yahoo Finance, FRED. Monthly grid, no cherry-picked entry points. The methodology is one click away.