Crypto · Ether (ETH) · daily since August 11, 2015
Ether price history
The price of ether, the coin of the Ethereum network, day by day: how much it grew, how deep its crashes went and how long it took to get back. Every figure can also be shown after US inflation.
The first weeks' prices come from a thin market, so the multiple is approximate.
Record close $4,831 on August 22, 2025
After inflation: $147,102 (×147)
Jan 2018 → Dec 2018
1 of them in the thin early market
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Open the Time Machine$0.99 → $2,234From August 11, 2015 to November 7, 2026 the price grew ×2,256, or 98.7% a year. US consumer prices rose by 40.9% over that time, so after inflation the gain is ×1,602.
The first prices are approximateEther began trading in August 2015 in very thin markets. The first 3 days of data repeat a stale price ($1.20), so this page starts on August 11, 2015, at $0.99. Returns measured from the first weeks are approximate.
2 falls of 70% or more after its first months2018 (−94.0%), 2021–2022 (−79.4%). Getting back above the old record took 3 years at best and 3.8 years at worst. In the thin early market: 2015 (−77.7%).
53.8% below the recordThe record close was $4,831 on August 22, 2025. After inflation, though, the record is still November 8, 2021: $5,812 in October 2026 dollars. The newer nominal high was 13.9% lower in real terms, and the latest close is 61.6% below the real record.
Against stocks and goldAverage return a year, monthly averages to Oct 2026: over 10 years ether +70.2%, the S&P 500 with dividends +15.5%, gold +12.5%; over 5 years ether −8.4%, the S&P 500 with dividends +13.2%, gold +18.2%.
Price chart
Daily close in US dollars, as quoted that day. With “After inflation” on, the bold line converts every day's price into October 2026 dollars with US consumer prices, and the quoted price stays as a gray dashed line.
Distance from the all-time high
How far each close was below the highest close so far; 0% is a new record. With “After inflation” on, the bold line measures records in today's dollars and the nominal one stays dashed: after a long slump the real record takes longer to beat.
The big crashes
Every fall of 50% or more from a record close; the record counts as regained at the first close above it. With “After inflation” on, the table is recalculated in today's dollars, where a newer nominal record can be lower than an older one.
| Peak | Peak close | Bottom | Bottom close | Fall | Fell for | Record regained |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2015* | $1.88 | Oct 21, 2015 | $0.42 | −77.7% | 2 months | Jan 23, 2016after 5 months |
| Jun 16, 2016 | $20.73 | Dec 5, 2016 | $6.73 | −67.5% | 6 months | Mar 11, 2017after 9 months |
| Jun 12, 2017 | $389 | Jul 16, 2017 | $155 | −60.1% | 1 month | Sep 1, 2017after 3 months |
| Jan 13, 2018 | $1,380 | Dec 15, 2018 | $82.83 | −94.0% | 11 months | Jan 19, 2021after 3 years |
| May 11, 2021 | $4,156 | Jul 20, 2021 | $1,785 | −57.0% | 2 months | Oct 23, 2021after 5 months |
| Nov 8, 2021 | $4,811 | Jun 18, 2022 | $993 | −79.4% | 7 months | Aug 22, 2025after 3.8 years |
| Aug 22, 2025 | $4,831 | Jun 6, 2026 | $1,565 | −67.6% | 9 months | not yetnow −53.8% from the peak15 months so far |
* Peak in the first months of trading (2015): thin markets; prices are approximate. Data: Coin Metrics (CC BY-NC 4.0) · inflation: US CPI, Robert J. Shiller.
Returns by calendar year
From the last close of one year to the last close of the next: 2015 from August 11, 2015, 2026 to November 7, 2026. Red bars are losses; with “After inflation” on, the bars show the change after inflation.
| Year | Last close | Change | After inflation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 from Aug 11, 2015 | $0.949 | −4.2% | −3.4% |
| 2016 | $8.13 | +756.4% | +739.0% |
| 2017 | $742 | +9,034.0% | +8,845.3% |
| 2018 | $131 | −82.4% | −82.7% |
| 2019 | $129 | −1.7% | −3.9% |
| 2020 | $739 | +475.1% | +467.3% |
| 2021 | $3,687 | +398.9% | +366.1% |
| 2022 | $1,195 | −67.6% | −69.5% |
| 2023 | $2,279 | +90.7% | +84.5% |
| 2024 | $3,332 | +46.2% | +42.1% |
| 2025 | $2,968 | −10.9% | −13.3% |
| 2026 to Nov 7, 2026 | $2,234 | −24.7% | −27.4% |
Compared with US stocks, gold and cash
What $1 became: ether, the S&P 500 with dividends reinvested, gold, and cash (dollar bills, no interest). Monthly averages of daily prices, Sep 2015 to Oct 2026, so the numbers differ slightly from the daily ones above. Cash stays at $1; with “After inflation” on, all four are in today's dollars and cash loses value.
| Period | Ether | S&P 500, dividends reinvested | Gold | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since Sep 201511.1 years | +102.5% a year×2,484 | +15.1% a year×4.77 | +12.4% a year×3.65 | 0.0% a year×1 |
| 10 yearsfrom Oct 2016 | +70.2% a year×204 | +15.5% a year×4.23 | +12.5% a year×3.24 | 0.0% a year×1 |
| 5 yearsfrom Oct 2021 | −8.4% a year×0.64 | +13.2% a year×1.86 | +18.2% a year×2.31 | 0.0% a year×1 |
| 3 yearsfrom Oct 2023 | +14.0% a year×1.48 | +23.4% a year×1.88 | +28.9% a year×2.14 | 0.0% a year×1 |
| 1 yearfrom Oct 2025 | −40.1% a year×0.6 | +15.9% a year×1.16 | +1.1% a year×1.01 | 0.0% a year×1 |
Average return a year and, below it, what $1 became (net of inflation with “After inflation” on). No fees or taxes. Exchange and custody risks are not in the prices either: Mt. Gox (2014) and FTX (2022) failed while holding their customers' money.
How it is calculated
- Prices: Coin Metrics Community Network Data, metric PriceUSD — the reference rate at 00:00 UTC that ends each day, in nominal US dollars. Data: Coin Metrics (CC BY-NC 4.0).
- Ether started trading in August 2015 in very thin markets. The first three days of data (August 8–10, 2015) repeat a stale price, so the series here starts on August 11, 2015; returns measured from the first weeks are approximate.
- After inflation (the switch at the top of the page): every price is converted into October 2026 dollars with US consumer prices (CPI-U) by month, from Robert Shiller's data — multiplied by the CPI of October 2026 and divided by the CPI of its own month; days after October 2026 use that latest value. The latest months are preliminary. Records, falls and returns are then measured on the converted prices.
- Crashes: the distance from the highest daily close so far. A crash is a fall of 50% or more from a record; it ends at the first close above that record. Records and crashes are found separately in nominal prices and after inflation.
- Calendar years: the last close of the year against the last close of the year before; the first year starts on the first day of data, the current year runs to the latest day.
- Comparison: monthly averages of daily closes, against Robert Shiller's S&P 500 total return index (dividends reinvested, also monthly averages), gold (World Bank, monthly average of the London fixing) and cash (a dollar bill that earns nothing). After inflation, all are deflated with the same CPI. No fees, taxes or custody risks.
- Charts: weekly closes for the whole history, plus the exact days of every peak and bottom in the crash table; daily closes for the last two years. The tables use every daily close.
- Not investment advice. Past returns, and past crashes, do not tell what will happen next.