Crypto Returns Swung From Deep Losses to Triple-Digit Gains Through 2025

Four major crypto assets posted sharply different annual results through 2025, with euro-denominated returns ranging from losses of 93.8% to gains of 888.5%, illustrating the scale of year-to-year movement. Bitcoin (BTC) fell 72.1% in 2018 and 62% in 2022. It then rose 146.8% in 2023 and 135% in 2024, before posting a 17.2% decline in 2025. The latest annual loss followed two years of gains, after an earlier steep decline in the period. Ether (ETH) gained 423.5% in 2020 and 436.3% in 2021, then dropped 65.5% in 2022.