If You’d Invested $1,000 in Dogecoin 5 Years Ago, Here’s How Much You’d Have Today

• Dogecoin’s five-year returns are a formidable 1,380%, properly forward of a number of different prime cryptocurrencies.

• Nonetheless, it hit an all-time excessive on Could 7, 2021, and has plummeted since then.

• Whereas a small variety of meme cash discover some success, this often does not final lengthy.

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Though Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) does not have a lot going for it as an funding, it has been one of the vital profitable cryptocurrencies. It is price about $21 billion (as of Jan. 22), making it one of many 10 largest cash by market cap.

This meme coin has additionally delivered staggering returns to those that obtained in early. Here’s how a lot it has grown in the final 5 years.

Over the past 5 years, Dogecoin’s worth has elevated by 1,380%. If you’d invested $1,000 in Dogecoin on Jan. 22, 2021, and held on till Jan. 21, 2026, your DOGE tokens could be price $14,750. That is higher than the return you’ll’ve gotten from Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and even tech large Nvidia.

Regardless of that, you may nonetheless be upset in the outcomes. Why? As a result of for a short interval in 2021 (across the time Dogecoin fan Elon Musk appeared on Saturday Evening Stay), your Dogecoin place would’ve been price over $75,000. And after the 2024 presidential election, it could’ve been price about $50,000. You’d nonetheless be sitting on sizable income as we speak, however most likely wishing you had taken the large cash if you had the possibility.

Cryptocurrencies in common are extraordinarily unstable, and that is very true with meme cash. As a result of their progress comes from hype moderately than basic worth, meme cash are inclined to have very short-lived peaks, if any. The height is often adopted by a sell-off and a steep drop.

For that motive, it is vital to be able to promote at a second’s discover should you purchase meme cash. In any other case, you might miss your alternative — and most crypto trades do. Dogecoin is now down over 80% from its all-time excessive of $0.74 in 2021 and has by no means come near that value since then. Some folks like to purchase meme cash for enjoyable or as a type of digital lottery ticket.

The higher choice, although, is to stay to cryptocurrencies with authentic use instances, as shopping for meme cash is way nearer to playing than investing.

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Lyle Daly has positions in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Nvidia. The Motley Idiot has positions in and recommends Bitcoin, Ethereum, Nvidia, and XRP. The Motley Idiot has a disclosure policy.

If You’d Invested $1,000 in Dogecoin 5 Years Ago, Here’s How Much You’d Have Today was initially revealed by The Motley Idiot