All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)

Total Real Returns

GBTC: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

GBTC total return snapshot: GBTC returned −28.10% over the past year and −8.85% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 11, 2015, GBTC is up +12,538.95% in nominal total return, or +52.49%/yr, and is currently −36.70% below its total-return high on Oct. 6, 2025.

Data ending Thu Oct. 29, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2015-05-11💬 to Thu 2026-10-29 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
GBTC
×
+12,538.95%
+52.49%/yr
+52.27%/yr
R2=0.783
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (BTC) Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 2015-05-11💬 to Thu 2026-10-29 Start
Value
End
Value
GBTC
×
$10,000.00
2015-05-11
$1,263,894.52
2026-10-29

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-29

  YTD YoY
GBTC
×
−8.85% −28.10%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
GBTC
×
−36.70%
on 2026-10-29
from 2025-10-06 peak
−89.91%
on 2018-12-14
from 2017-12-18 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-10-29 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
GBTC
×
−28.10% +8.05%
+3.95%/yr
+175.14%
+40.13%/yr
+38.81%
+6.78%/yr
+5,946.58%
+50.71%/yr

Annual Returns

Year GBTC
2026 (YTD) −8.85%
2025 −7.65%
2024 +136.68%
2023 +317.61%
2022 −75.80%
2021 +7.03%
2020 +290.72%
2019 +106.56%
2018 −82.10%
2017 +1,568.40%
2016 +93.09%
2015 +26.00%