$1,000 in Ethereum in 2016 → $2.38M today
If you'd invested $1,000 in Ethereum (ETH-USD) on January 1, 2016 — at the December 2015 month-end close of $0.95 — and held to the latest close (2026-08-), you'd have $2.38M. That's a +237598.6% total return — beating the S&P 500, where the same $1,000 became $3,771.
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FAQ
How much is $1,000 invested in ETH-USD in 2016 worth today?
$1,000 invested in Ethereum (ETH-USD) at the month-end close of 2015-12- would be worth $2.38M at the latest month-end close (2026-08-), a total return of +237598.6% with dividends reinvested.
Did $1,000 in ETH-USD in 2016 beat the market?
Over the same span, $1,000 in the S&P 500 index would be worth $3,771 — so Ethereum (ETH-USD) beat the index by +62931.0%.
What does "month-end close" mean for this calculation?
The scenario invests at the December 2015 month-end close (the price entering 2016) and values the position at the most recent month-end close (2026-08-). Intra-month extremes are shown on the ETH-USD calculator page.
Is the 2016–2026 return in ETH-USD typical?
No single year is typical. ETH-USD's best calendar-year return since 2015 was about +9212.5%, and its worst was -82.4%.
Methodology
Ethereum (ETH-USD) total-return data from January 2016 through the latest month-end close (2026-08-).
The entry price is the 2015 December month-end close and the exit is the latest available month-end close, both from adjusted (split and dividend) Yahoo Finance historical data, with pre-exchange history from Coin Metrics.
Month-end resolution, no taxes or fees, and history never guarantees the future. For exact-date precision (including buying at a panic low), use the ETH-USD calculator page.
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Data: Yahoo Finance + Coin Metrics. As of 2026-08-. Not financial advice.