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 −31.77% over the past year and −12.21% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 11, 2015, GBTC is up +12,072.41% in nominal total return, or +52.95%/yr, and is currently −39.03% below its total-return high on Oct. 6, 2025.

Data ending Fri Aug. 28, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2015-05-11💬 to Fri 2026-08-28 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
GBTC
×
+12,072.41%
+52.95%/yr
+53.08%/yr
R2=0.782
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (BTC) Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 2015-05-11💬 to Fri 2026-08-28 Start
Value
End
Value
GBTC
×
$10,000.00
2015-05-11
$1,217,241.38
2026-08-28

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-28

  YTD YoY
GBTC
×
−12.21% −31.77%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
GBTC
×
−39.03%
on 2026-08-28
from 2025-10-06 peak
−89.91%
on 2018-12-14
from 2017-12-18 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-28 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
GBTC
×
−31.77% +27.84%
+13.07%/yr
+277.88%
+55.76%/yr
+69.68%
+11.15%/yr
+7,235.29%
+53.65%/yr

Annual Returns

Year GBTC
2026 (YTD) −12.21%
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%