Bitcoin calculator
How much is your bitcoin worth in dollars?
Enter bitcoin or dollars, converted at today's price. Below, see what an amount or a monthly payment since a start month would have become.
Convert bitcoin to dollars
1 bitcoin is 100 million satoshis, so 1,000 satoshis are $0.68. Price from CoinGecko.
What would your money have become?
Choose a start month, enter an amount or a monthly payment. Uses bitcoin's daily values in dollars.
Value today
$2,558
Daily value on 12 Nov 2026
Gain
+$1,558
+155.8% on the amount paid in
Value since January 2021
- Paid in
- Growth
- Below the amount paid in
The MSCI World for comparison
With the same amounts in the iShares Core MSCI World, you would have $1,989 today, +12.4% a year, with a largest decline of −25.9%.
Daily values from CoinGecko up to 12 Nov 2026. The MSCI World in dollars at the ECB reference rate of each day. Fees, spreads and taxes are not deducted. Bitcoin is very volatile and has fallen by more than three quarters several times. Past prices say nothing about future ones. Not a forecast, not a recommendation.
How it is calculated
- The current price comes from CoinGecko, an average across many exchanges, and is refreshed every minute.
- Converting: dollars divided by the price gives bitcoin, bitcoin times the price gives dollars. 1 bitcoin is 100 million satoshis.
- For the look back, the last daily value of each month counts. The lump sum buys at the value at the end of the month before the start, each monthly payment at the end of its month.
- The value today is all bitcoin bought times the latest daily value. The return per year is the internal rate of return of all payments, to the day.
- The largest decline is the deepest fall of the price below an earlier high in the period, on daily values. For comparison, the MSCI World runs with the same amounts, using the iShares Core MSCI World on Xetra converted to dollars.
Assumptions and notes
- Past prices say nothing about future ones. With bitcoin, the result depends heavily on the start month.
- Fees, spreads and taxes are not deducted. At crypto exchanges and brokers, buying and selling often costs between 0.1 and 1.5%.
- The daily values are averages across many exchanges. A single exchange may quote slightly differently at the same time.
A worked example
Anyone who bought $1,000 of bitcoin at the start of January 2017 received 1.034587 BTC. At the daily value on 12 Nov 2026 it is worth $76,533, +7,553.3% on the amount paid in.
In between came a decline of −83.6% from the high on 16 Dec 2017 to the low on 16 Dec 2018. Anyone who had to sell then had lost a large part of the value.
Frequently asked questions
How much is 1 bitcoin worth in dollars?
Most recently $68,221 (13 Nov 2026). The price changes around the clock, because bitcoin also trades at night and at weekends. MEQIRI takes the price from CoinGecko, an average across many exchanges.
What is a satoshi?
The smallest unit of bitcoin, named after its creator Satoshi Nakamoto. 1 bitcoin is 100 million satoshis, so 1 satoshi is 0.00000001 BTC. At today's price, 1,000 satoshis are worth $0.68.
What would $1,000 in bitcoin have become?
Bought at the start of January 2017, it would have grown to $76,533 by today, +7,553.3% on the amount paid in. With $100 a month from the same start, $11,800 paid in would be worth $88,386 today. Along the way, though, the price fell by up to −83.6%.
How far has bitcoin fallen before?
Since January 2017, by as much as −83.6%, from the high on 16 Dec 2017 to the low on 16 Dec 2018. The old high was only reached again on 17 Dec 2020. Bitcoin has fallen by more than three quarters several times.
Do I have to pay tax on bitcoin gains?
That depends on where you live. In the US, bitcoin is taxed as property: gains on coins held for more than a year count as long-term capital gains with lower rates. In Germany, a sale after more than one year of holding is tax-free. The calculator shows amounts before tax.
How does bitcoin compare with the MSCI World?
Since January 2017, a lump sum in bitcoin returned +55.2% a year, the MSCI World in dollars +12.8%. In exchange, bitcoin fell by up to −83.6% along the way, the MSCI World by −33.8%. Past returns say nothing about future ones.
Where do the prices come from?
The current price comes from CoinGecko and is refreshed every minute, along with the daily values of the last ten years. The MSCI World comparison converts euros to dollars at the European Central Bank's reference rate of each day.