If you invested $1,000 in Bitcoin at the start of 2025, here is your return now

Last year was a bit of a rollercoaster for Bitcoin (BTC), with the flagship cryptocurrency seeing a fair share of both highs and lows. So would a $1,000 investment in Bitcoin at the start of 2025 have been worth it?

BTC went into 2025 on a somewhat solid footing but ended up struggling throughout the first quarter. It eventually rebounded over the summer and reached new all-time highs above $126,000 in October, but it soon went on another downward trend.

The fourth quarter’s sharp reversal was the most damaging, dragging the full-year Bitcoin price firmly into negative territory. 

Accordingly, investing $1,000 in Bitcoin at the start of 2025 would have resulted in a somewhat unremarkable outcome by the time of writing, January 5, 2026. 

How much would a $1,000 Bitcoin investment at the start of 2025 be worth now?

Namely, at press time, BTC was trading at $92,640, down 5.82% on the yearly chart.

Exactly a year ago, on January 5, 2025, the flagship crypto was changing hands at $98,000. In other words, a hypothetical $1,000 Bitcoin investment a year ago would now be worth approximately $945.

Had you invested four days earlier, on January 1, 2025, when Bitcoin was priced at $94,930, you would now have around $975. On New Year’s Eve 2025, for comparison, hat investment would have been worth $923.

Comparing these scenarios, although they are all negative, it becomes evident how seemingly irrelevant timing discrepancies can influence long-term outcomes in such a volatile asset, especially during a year as volatile as 2025.

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