If you invested $500 in Bitcoin in 2014
$500 on January 1, 2014 would be worth
$53,421
- Return
- +10,584%
- Multiple
- 107x
- BTC bought
- 0.662339 BTC
- Buy price
- $755
Bitcoin opened 2014 at $755. Buying $500 worth on January 1, 2014 would have got you 0.662339 BTC. At today's price of $80,656, that holding is worth $53,421: life-changing, at 107x your money.
Holding on wouldn't have been easy. The position peaked at $82,612 on October 6, 2025, and today it sits 35% below that high. Along the way Bitcoin went through several drawdowns of more than 50%.
What if you'd spread it out instead? Investing $41.67 a month through 2014 ($500 total) would be worth $80,112 today (160x). Dollar-cost averaging would have beaten the lump sum here.
Value at the start of each year
| Year | Value of your $500 | Multiple |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $208 | 0.4x |
| 2016 | $287 | 0.6x |
| 2017 | $661 | 1.3x |
| 2018 | $8,904 | 17.8x |
| 2019 | $2,532 | 5.1x |
| 2020 | $4,755 | 9.5x |
| 2021 | $19,475 | 38.9x |
| 2022 | $31,645 | 63.3x |
| 2023 | $11,005 | 22x |
| 2024 | $29,267 | 58.5x |
| 2025 | $62,517 | 125x |
| 2026 | $58,768 | 118x |
| Today | $53,421 | 107x |
Frequently asked
- How much Bitcoin would $500 have bought in 2014?
- On January 1, 2014 Bitcoin closed at $755, so $500 would have bought 0.662339 BTC.
- What is $500 of Bitcoin from 2014 worth today?
- At today's price of $80,656, it would be worth about $53,421. That is a profit of $52,921, or +10,584%.
- What was the most it was ever worth?
- It peaked at $82,612 on October 6, 2025.