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 −33.98% over the past year and −15.02% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 11, 2015, GBTC is up +8,519.35% in real purchasing-power return, or +48.35%/yr, and is currently −40.85% below its real 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 × 		+8,519.35%
+48.35%/yr 		+47.99%/yr
R2=0.745
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 		$861,935.15
2026-08-28

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-28

  YTD YoY
GBTC × 		−15.02% −33.98%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
GBTC × 		−40.85%
on 2026-08-28
from 2025-10-06 peak 		−90.12%
on 2019-02-06
from 2017-12-18 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-28 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
GBTC × 		−33.98% +20.22%
+9.64%/yr 		+246.45%
+51.31%/yr 		+38.64%
+6.75%/yr 		+5,177.12%
+48.68%/yr

Annual Returns

Year GBTC
2026 (YTD) −15.02%
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%