Ethereum Classic (ETC)

Rank #63 · Layer 1 · launched 2015-07-30 · data since 2016-07-24 · last close 2026-07-26

24h
+5.87%
7d
+2.08%
30d
-1.97%
YTD
-38.13%
1y
-68.85%

Ethereum Classic (ETC) monthly returns (%)

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026-15.0-11.1-5.61.8-1.9-15.73.0·····
20257.1-27.1-14.3-1.52.5-2.023.90.5-10.8-14.0-13.5-16.3
202411.018.618.7-25.716.4-20.0-8.1-15.55.8-4.575.8-23.3
202338.3-4.3-0.1-6.4-7.216.1-11.6-16.05.27.06.617.6
2022-24.619.055.4-45.5-8.1-36.9142.2-10.7-14.5-12.7-16.3-22.7
202130.840.036.1157.492.8-17.9-10.523.9-26.315.6-11.1-29.5
2020152.0-35.1-32.930.57.8-17.529.1-10.9-18.1-3.229.2-16.1
2019-21.78.212.822.346.8-10.8-21.63.9-25.12.8-18.213.6
20182.717.2-57.450.9-29.45.20.9-21.2-11.4-20.8-48.89.7
2017-14.1-9.3124.4114.0198.612.3-31.617.4-24.4-12.0166.1-0.7
2016······136.1-33.39.0-26.8-19.4110.5
Avg16.61.613.729.831.8-8.722.9-6.2-11.1-6.915.14.3

Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).

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Seasonality — average by calendar month

MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg+16.6%+1.6%+13.7%+29.8%+31.8%-8.7%+24.9%-6.2%-11.1%-6.9%+15.1%+4.3%
Win rate60%/1050%/1050%/1060%/1060%/1030%/1050%/1040%/1030%/1030%/1040%/1040%/10

Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.

Risk & extremes

Max drawdown
-95.1%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±45.9%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
45%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+198.56%
2017-05
Worst month
-57.36%
2018-03
Longest streaks
7▲ / 7▼
Consecutive up / down months

Drawdown & rolling returns

-90%-45%0%

Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.

About Ethereum Classic

The Ethereum that stayed behind. When the chain forked over the DAO hack, this side chose “code is law”. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2016) would be about $395 today.

Did you know?

  • It's the original, unforked Ethereum chain kept alive after the 2016 DAO hack rollback.
  • Its community motto — “code is law” — is a direct rebuke of that rollback.
  • Its best month on record was May 2017 at +198.56%; its worst, March 2018 at -57.36%.

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