The Lost Decade Test: $50 a Week Since the 2013 Peak
Weekly $50 buys starting November 30, 2013, within a week of that year’s high (about $1,137 on December 5 in the price history this page uses) and before a fall of about 85% by January 2015.
Buying $50 of Bitcoin every week from November 30, 2013 works out to $33,600 put in across 672 purchases. Those buys total 23.1306 BTC, worth $1,908,007 at a bitcoin price of $82,489, a return of +5,579%.
That price was quoted by Coinbase on Oct 12, 2026 at 22:44 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
$33,600
672 purchases of $50
Value
$1,908,007
At $82,489 per BTC, Oct 12, 2026
Profit
+$1,874,407
+5,579% ROI
BTC stacked
23.13 BTC
2,313,057,428 sats
Annualized (XIRR)
+56.9%
Max drawdown
−83.5%
Purchases
672
Best buy
$208.13 · Jan 17, 2015
Year-by-year breakdown
| Year | Total invested | Value at year end | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $250.00 | $230.97 | -7.6% |
| 2014 | $2,850 | $1,754 | -38.5% |
| 2015 | $5,450 | $6,681 | +22.6% |
| 2016 | $8,100 | $19,894 | +146% |
| 2017 | $10,700 | $301,093 | +2,714% |
| 2018 | $13,300 | $81,603 | +514% |
| 2019 | $15,900 | $161,338 | +915% |
| 2020 | $18,500 | $660,330 | +3,469% |
| 2021 | $21,100 | $1,055,248 | +4,901% |
| 2022 | $23,750 | $379,237 | +1,497% |
| 2023 | $26,350 | $974,109 | +3,597% |
| 2024 | $28,950 | $2,154,273 | +7,341% |
| 2025 | $31,550 | $2,021,402 | +6,307% |
| 2026 (YTD) | $33,600 | $1,908,007 | +5,579% |
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 $82,489 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 12, 2026 at 22:43 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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This page assumes $50 every week and zero fees. Change any of it in the live calculator: amount, cadence, dates, fees, all backtested against the same historical data.
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How much would $50 per week in Bitcoin since November 30, 2013 be worth today?
Investing $50 every week from November 30, 2013 totals $33,600 across 672 purchases. At a bitcoin price of $82,489 (Oct 12, 2026, UTC) that stack is worth $1,908,007, a return of +5,579%. This page is rebuilt about once a day.
How much BTC would $50 per week since November 30, 2013 accumulate?
About 23.1306 BTC (2,313,057,428 sats), at an average cost of $1,453 per BTC.
What is the annualized return of this DCA schedule?
The money-weighted annualized return (XIRR) is +56.9% per year. Along the way the stack's value fell as much as 83.5% 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.