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$250 per month in Bitcoin since 2013

Buying $250 of Bitcoin every month from January 1, 2013 works out to $41,500 put in across 166 purchases. Those buys total 80.7557 BTC, worth $6,808,313 at a bitcoin price of $84,308, a return of +16,306%.

That price was quoted by Coinbase on Oct 21, 2026 at 23:26 UTC. This page is rebuilt about once a day, so the price can be a day or more old. The calculator runs the same plan on current prices.

Total invested

$41,500

166 purchases of $250

Value

$6,808,313

At $84,308 per BTC, Oct 21, 2026

Profit

+$6,766,813

+16,306% ROI

BTC stacked

80.76 BTC

8,075,569,542 sats

Annualized (XIRR)

+66.4%

Max drawdown

−83.7%

Purchases

166

Best buy

$13.58 · Jan 1, 2013

Year-by-year breakdown

YearTotal investedValue at year endROI
2013$3,000$39,995+1,233%
2014$6,000$18,752+213%
2015$9,000$30,906+243%
2016$12,000$75,486+529%
2017$15,000$1,096,932+7,213%
2018$18,000$293,641+1,531%
2019$21,000$573,557+2,631%
2020$24,000$2,329,271+9,605%
2021$27,000$3,716,126+13,663%
2022$30,000$1,331,184+4,337%
2023$33,000$3,410,176+10,234%
2024$36,000$7,532,851+20,825%
2025$39,000$7,062,932+18,010%
2026 (YTD)$41,500$6,808,313+16,306%

Each row takes the bitcoin held at the end of that year and values it at the price for December 31 (UTC). ROI is the gain on everything paid in up to then. The current year, marked YTD, is valued at $84,308 per BTC, the same price as the figures above.

How this is calculated: purchases are simulated on UTC calendar days. Days before July 20, 2015 are priced at blockchain.info's daily market price, an average across exchanges. From July 20, 2015 each day is priced from Coinbase: one close per UTC day. The price history was fetched on Oct 21, 2026 at 22:38 UTC, and a row dated that day is the latest trade at that moment, not a close. Amounts are in USD, and no exchange fees are applied. ROI is the gain as a percentage of what you put in. XIRR is the annualized return, meaning the yearly rate of growth, adjusted for money going in a bit at a time. Max drawdown is the deepest fall the stack's value took from its own earlier peak, checked on every day of the plan and not only on purchase days. One price a day cannot show a fall that happens inside a single day. The full methodology covers the rest.

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Common questions

How much would $250 per month in Bitcoin since January 1, 2013 be worth today?

Investing $250 every month from January 1, 2013 totals $41,500 across 166 purchases. At a bitcoin price of $84,308 (Oct 21, 2026, UTC) that stack is worth $6,808,313, a return of +16,306%. This page is rebuilt about once a day.

How much BTC would $250 per month since January 1, 2013 accumulate?

About 80.7557 BTC (8,075,569,542 sats), at an average cost of $513.90 per BTC.

What is the annualized return of this DCA schedule?

The money-weighted annualized return (XIRR) is +66.4% per year. Along the way the stack's value fell as much as 83.7% from an earlier peak, checked on every day of the plan at that day's price.

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Not financial advice. This is a historical simulation for educational purposes; past performance does not guarantee future results. Bitcoin is volatile and you can lose money.