Ethereum (ETH)
Rank #2 · Layer 1 · launched 2015-07-30 · data since 2015-08-07 · last close 2026-07-26
24h
+4.27%
7d
+4.42%
30d
+23.83%
YTD
-34.21%
1y
-47.75%
Ethereum (ETH) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -17.5 | -19.9 | 7.2 | 7.2 | -11.1 | -21.7 | 24.4 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | -1.1 | -32.2 | -18.6 | -1.6 | 41.0 | -1.7 | 48.8 | 18.7 | -5.6 | -7.2 | -22.3 | -0.7 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 46.3 | 9.1 | -17.3 | 24.8 | -8.6 | -6.0 | -22.3 | 3.5 | -3.2 | 47.0 | -9.9 |
| 2023 | 32.5 | 1.3 | 13.5 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 3.2 | -4.0 | -11.3 | 1.5 | 8.6 | 13.1 | 11.2 |
| 2022 | -26.9 | 8.8 | 12.3 | -16.9 | -28.8 | -44.8 | 56.7 | -7.4 | -14.5 | 18.4 | -17.7 | -7.6 |
| 2021 | 78.3 | 8.1 | 35.2 | 44.5 | -2.4 | -15.9 | 11.3 | 35.5 | -12.5 | 42.9 | 8.0 | -20.6 |
| 2020 | 39.3 | 20.7 | -38.9 | 55.3 | 12.4 | -2.6 | 53.5 | 25.3 | -17.0 | 6.9 | 60.3 | 19.4 |
| 2019 | -19.0 | 27.1 | 4.5 | 14.4 | 65.6 | 9.2 | -25.4 | -21.4 | 5.3 | 0.8 | -16.9 | -14.7 |
| 2018 | 48.6 | -24.1 | -53.9 | 70.3 | -13.9 | -21.4 | -4.9 | -34.8 | -17.2 | -14.7 | -42.7 | 15.4 |
| 2017 | 30.1 | 47.9 | 201.7 | 51.4 | 230.3 | 28.0 | -36.2 | 97.0 | -26.6 | 8.2 | 47.7 | 69.3 |
| 2016 | 167.8 | 131.8 | 94.9 | -30.0 | 60.9 | -4.2 | -4.5 | -6.7 | 17.6 | -13.8 | -26.4 | -3.6 |
| 2015 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | -61.6 | -49.3 | 43.4 | -9.6 | 11.9 |
| Avg | 30.2 | 19.6 | 24.3 | 16.4 | 34.5 | -7.3 | 10.3 | 1.0 | -10.4 | 8.2 | 3.7 | 6.4 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +30.2% | +19.6% | +24.3% | +16.4% | +34.5% | -7.3% | +8.9% | +1.0% | -10.4% | +8.2% | +3.7% | +6.4% |
| Win rate | 64%/11 | 73%/11 | 73%/11 | 64%/11 | 64%/11 | 27%/11 | 40%/10 | 36%/11 | 36%/11 | 64%/11 | 45%/11 | 45%/11 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-93.9%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±43.5%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
53%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+230.31%
2017-05
Worst month
-61.64%
2015-08
Longest streaks
7▲ / 7▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Ethereum
Crypto's world computer: half financial system, half science fair, permanently under construction. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2015) would be about $118,769 today.
Did you know?
- Vitalik Buterin published the whitepaper at 19 after Ethereum's ideas were rejected by the Bitcoin community.
- The 2014 crowdsale priced ETH around $0.31.
- The 2022 “Merge” to proof-of-stake cut its energy use by roughly 99.95%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.