All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

GBTC: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

GBTC real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, GBTC returned −28.64% over the past year and −11.63% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 11, 2015, GBTC is up +8,862.55% in real purchasing-power return, or +48.17%/yr, and is currently −38.50% below its real total-return high on Oct. 6, 2025.

Data ending Fri Oct. 16, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2015-05-11💬 to Fri 2026-10-16 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
GBTC × 		+8,862.55%
+48.17%/yr 		+47.37%/yr
R2=0.746
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (BTC) Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 2015-05-11💬 to Fri 2026-10-16 Start
Value 		End
Value
GBTC × 		$10,000.00
2015-05-11 		$896,254.87
2026-10-16

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-16

  YTD YoY
GBTC × 		−11.63% −28.64%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
GBTC × 		−38.50%
on 2026-10-16
from 2025-10-06 peak 		−90.12%
on 2019-02-06
from 2017-12-18 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-16 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
GBTC × 		−28.64% +9.15%
+4.48%/yr 		+191.30%
+42.82%/yr 		+19.88%
+3.69%/yr 		+4,863.74%
+47.77%/yr

Annual Returns

Year GBTC
2026 (YTD) −11.63%
2025 −10.05%
2024 +130.05%
2023 +304.08%
2022 −77.27%
2021 −0.01%
2020 +285.47%
2019 +101.94%
2018 −82.44%
2017 +1,533.87%
2016 +89.18%
2015 +26.27%