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 −45.59% over the past year and −26.42% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 11, 2015, GBTC is up +10,102.84% in nominal total return, or +50.90%/yr, and is currently −48.90% below its total-return high on Oct. 6, 2025.

Data ending Fri Aug. 7, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2015-05-11💬 to Fri 2026-08-07 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
GBTC
×
+10,102.84%
+50.90%/yr
+53.42%/yr
R2=0.782
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (BTC) Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 2015-05-11💬 to Fri 2026-08-07 Start
Value
End
Value
GBTC
×
$10,000.00
2015-05-11
$1,020,283.98
2026-08-07

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-07

  YTD YoY
GBTC
×
−26.42% −45.59%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
GBTC
×
−48.90%
on 2026-08-07
from 2025-10-06 peak
−89.91%
on 2018-12-14
from 2017-12-18 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-07 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
GBTC
×
−45.59% +15.18%
+7.32%/yr
+190.62%
+42.71%/yr
+54.63%
+9.11%/yr
+5,568.24%
+49.74%/yr

Annual Returns

Year GBTC
2026 (YTD) −26.42%
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%