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it would be worth today
$2,418
+$1,418 profit2.42x37.9% a year
The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund: $1,666
Aftertax on the gain, you’d keep$2,206
US federal long-term rates: 15% for most people, 0% on lower incomes, 20% + 3.8% on high incomes. No state tax included; none inside a Roth IRA.
Growth Over Time
Performance Metrics
Total Invested
$1,000.00
Current Value
$2,418.26
Total Profit
$1,418.26
Multiplier
2.42x
CAGR
37.9%
Max Drawdown
-49.9%
Inflation-Adjusted
$2,330.73
Benchmark Comparison
How does $1,000.00 invested in 2024 compare across different asset classes?
| Asset | Value Today | Return |
|---|---|---|
| BNB | $2,418.26 | 2.42x |
| S&P 500 | $1,666.43 | 1.67x |
| Gold | $2,036.45 | 2.04x |
| Savings (2% APY) | $1,055.88 | 1.06x |
Back in 2024
- In April 2024, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison; prosecutors had asked for three years. coindesk.com
- In 2024, a gallon of gas averaged $3.30 and the new iPhone 16 Pro started at $999. eia.govapple.com
- During 2024 itself, BNB rose 124%, #11 of the 114 investments we track. The best was Palantir (+353%); the worst was Intel (−57%). Full 2024 results →
$1,000 in BNB, year by year
Of the 114 investments we track that were available at the start of 2024, BNB ranks #20 by growth to today — just behind Google and ahead of XRP. See the full 2024 ranking →
BNB started 2024 39% below its start-of-2022 high, after rising 27% in 2023. It has been worth more than the $1,000 put in at every January since, and still is today. Its best January was 2026, at $2,763. Today it's 12% below that, so selling then would have beaten holding. It rose in 2 of the 2 full years since. It has been ahead of the same $1,000 in the S&P 500 at every January since, and still is. Month by month, the deepest fall ran from Oct 2025 ($3,484) to Jun 2026 ($1,746), a drop of 50%.
| When | Worth | Change | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of 2024 | $1,000 | — | $1,000 |
| Start of 2025 | $2,244 | +124% | $1,250 |
| Start of 2026 | $2,763 | +23% | $1,474 |
| Today | $2,418 | −12% | $1,666 |
Values at the start of each year (first trading day for stocks). The S&P 500 column includes reinvested dividends, like the stock values.
Historical Context
At the start of 2024, BNB was priced at $312.39. $1,000 would have bought about 3.20 BNB. BNB is the coin of the BNB Chain, created by the Binance exchange in 2017.
Measured from one January to the next, BNB's best year since then was 2024 (+124%) and its weakest was 2025 (+23%).
Frequently Asked Questions
A $1,000 investment in BNB at the start of 2024 would be worth approximately $2,418.26 today — a 2.42x return ($1,418.26 profit) over 2.7 years.
Methodology & Sources
Price data: Historical prices are the January 1 opening price, from CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap and Yahoo Finance historical data. Current prices come from Yahoo Finance (CoinGecko as a backup) and refresh hourly; if that source is unavailable, the last saved price is used.
Calculation: Assumes a single purchase at the start of 2024 (or the first trading day, for companies that listed that year), held until today. No transaction fees, taxes, or slippage are included.
Benchmarks: The S&P 500 comparison uses the S&P 500 Total Return index (dividends reinvested, like an index fund) at the start of2024 and today. Gold uses the price per troy ounce. Savings account assumes a 2% APY compounded annually.
Inflation adjustment: Uses U.S. CPI-U annual averages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 2026 CPI value is estimated.
Educational purposes only. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Not financial advice.
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