In 2024, bitcoin returned 120.98% in US dollar terms based on a buy-and-hold approach of buying the "opening" trade on January 1, 2024, and selling the "closing" trade of December 31, 2024. Those trades were, respectively, $42,280.23 and $93,429.20. And that 120.98% return was on the back of an 155.41% return in 2023.
Bitcoin also had a new high-water mark in 2024. On December 17, 2024, bitcoin crested with a trade of $108,268.45.
2024's Bitcoin Return: a Torrid Pace
Try our our bitcoin return calculator to see return between any two arbitrary dates. You can optionally adjust for inflation, measured by CPI.
This last year, we added a number of other (awesome - I mean, I'm biased, but perhaps you'll agree...) calculators for bitcoin, as well:
- Bitcoin Daily Moving Average (DMA) Calculator
- Bitcoin Drawdown Calculator
- USD to Bitcoin Calculator
- Bitcoin to USD Calculator