Here’s how a $1,000 investment in Cardano (ADA) vs. Solana (SOL) at their 2020 starting prices would look as of May 2, 2025:
Summary
If you’d placed $1,000 into ADA at $0.033585 on January 1, 2020, you’d have bought 29,782 ADA, now worth about $20,983 at $0.7048 per ADA. By contrast, $1,000 invested in SOL at its ICO price of $0.22 on March 24, 2020 would have bought 4,545 SOL, now worth roughly $686,484 at $150.88 per SOL. That’s a 21× return on ADA versus a 686× return on SOL—SOL dramatically outpaced ADA over this period.
Return Multiples
ADA: $20,983 / $1,000 ≈ 21×
SOL: $686,484 / $1,000 ≈ 686×
Key Takeaways
Solana Win: SOL’s 686× gain vastly outstrips ADA’s 21×, thanks to SOL’s explosive utility growth and early ICO access.
Risk vs. Reward: SOL’s higher volatility and ICO timing presented greater risk but rewarded early investors enormously.
Diversification Lesson: Even a split allocation could have turned $1K into $353K (50% SOL + 50% ADA) rather than $21K from ADA alone.
#DigitalAssetBill #AltcoinETFsPostponed #whatif #BTCRebound #BTC
