If You Bought $1,000 in Bitcoin 3, 5, and 10 Years Ago, Here's How Much You Would Have Now
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) recently hit a new all-time high, and while we certainly can't turn back the clock and buy it cheaper, we can look at how Bitcoin got to this point and why. In this video, I take a look at the last three-, five-, and 10-year periods and why Bitcoin was such a big winner in all of them.
*Stock prices used were the morning prices of Oct. 8, 2025. The video was published on Oct. 9, 2025.
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