If you invested $500 in Bitcoin in 2018
$500 on January 1, 2018 would be worth
$3,000
- Return
- +500%
- Multiple
- 6x
- BTC bought
- 0.037193 BTC
- Buy price
- $13,443
Bitcoin opened 2018 at $13,443. Buying $500 worth on January 1, 2018 would have got you 0.037193 BTC. At today's price of $80,656, that holding is worth $3,000: a strong result, at 6x your money.
Holding on wouldn't have been easy. The position peaked at $4,639 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 2018 ($500 total) would be worth $5,535 today (11.1x). Dollar-cost averaging would have beaten the lump sum here.
Value at the start of each year
| Year | Value of your $500 | Multiple |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $142 | 0.3x |
| 2020 | $267 | 0.5x |
| 2021 | $1,094 | 2.2x |
| 2022 | $1,777 | 3.6x |
| 2023 | $618 | 1.2x |
| 2024 | $1,643 | 3.3x |
| 2025 | $3,511 | 7x |
| 2026 | $3,300 | 6.6x |
| Today | $3,000 | 6x |
Frequently asked
- How much Bitcoin would $500 have bought in 2018?
- On January 1, 2018 Bitcoin closed at $13,443, so $500 would have bought 0.037193 BTC.
- What is $500 of Bitcoin from 2018 worth today?
- At today's price of $80,656, it would be worth about $3,000. That is a profit of $2,500, or +500%.
- What was the most it was ever worth?
- It peaked at $4,639 on October 6, 2025.