A short video by Ben Simpson describing his personal cryptocurrency portfolio returns across five years, highlighting high volatility, large gains in 2021 and recent strong returns (2023–2024), and advising long-term perspective and emotional control during down years. He notes percentages are accurate while dollar figures are approximate and the data were audited by his tax agent.
Here are my crypto returns over the last five years, audited by my tax agent in a chart. So you guys can see how I've made money in crypto and how it differences to other markets. So as you can see, back in 2020, 2022, I actually lost in portfolio value. That is very normal in crypto. You're going to have years where the markets don't perform. But what's most important here is you take advantage of the big years. In 2021, I made the most amount of money I ever have in and this was the top of the Metaverse era. This is when I sold a lot of my altcoins based on huge momentum of a altcoin season that a lot of people are still waiting for. But I was able to take advantage of that. The biggest lesson I had was the years before 2020, I wasn't able to make any money because I round trip the entire thing. The key point I want to take home here is that you will have years where you don't make money. That is okay. It's the other years where you make up for it. And over the last three years, 2023 and 2024, we're making close to 100% returns year on year, which is absolutely wild. You don't get that in any other marketplace. Now, in terms of the dollar figures here, these aren't my exact dollar figures. The percentages are. The point I'm trying to make here though is it is volatile. So if you're not ready for this, crypto isn't for you. The reason you can make this sort of returns is because you're going to have that volatility. So as long as you have a plan you can execute accordingly, you can make good money. But please, please, please don't panic when you have years of downturns.
