The increasing number of investors continues choosing digital coins as an investment asset. Some of them invested in cryptos much earlier and watched their investments grow over time, despite the turbulences the crypto space witnessed throughout the years. As the world’s second-largest crypto coin by market cap, Ethereum proved an excellent investment choice with an impressive five-year return rate.
According to data presented by BlockArabia, a $1,000 investment in Ethereum five years ago would be worth nearly $195,000 today, bringing a whopping 19,400% gain.
Ethereum’s Price Soared 195 Times Since July 2016
As the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin, Ethereum was released on July 30, 2015, and priced at $0.75. By the end of July next year, its price surged by 1,500%, already making him a successful investment.
Assuming an investor bought $1,000 worth of ETH on July 20, 2016, they would have picked up 83 coins priced at around $12. Three years later, in January 2018, Ethereum’s price soared to $1,396, turning that $1,000 investment into $115,800.
After a deep price fall in the following months and throughout 2019, ETH price recovered in 2020, as the entire crypto market boomed amid the COVID-19 crisis. Between January and December 2020, ETH price surged by 411%, rising from $144 to $737.
However, after an outstanding performance throughout the last year, Ethereum’s price exploded in 2021. Between January and March, it soared by nearly 150% to over $1,800 and continued rising. On May 12, it hit an all-time high of $4,297, turning that $1,000 investment into $356,650.
Although ETH’s price dropped significantly over the last two months, reaching $2,347 this week, that is still 195 more than its price from July 2016.
Ethereum Market Cap Surged by 233% YTD, 7x Bigger Increase than Bitcoin
Since the start of the cryptocurrency phenomenon, Ethereum and Bitcoin have been the most digital coins in the crypto space. However, unlike Bitcoin, Ethereum’s market cap soared in 2021, despite the recent crypto price crash.
After an outstanding performance throughout the last year, Ethereum’s market cap surged by more than 400% in the five months of 2021, rising from around $84bn in January to $442bn in May.
After the crypto price crash, Ethereum’s market cap almost halved in just three weeks, falling to $222bn in the third week of May.
The CoinMarket cap data this figure rose to $274.5bn this week. Although significantly lower than an all-time high from May, this still represents an impressive 233% increase YTD, which is seven times more the growth rate of Bitcoin.
Statistics also show ETH was the third most-traded crypto in the last 30 days, with a monthly trading volume of $517.8bn.