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Month Twenty-Three – UMonth Thirty – Up +153%
The 2023 Top Ten Crypto Index Fund Portfolio is BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, BUSD, DOGE, ADA, MATIC, DOT, LTC.
June highlights for the 2023 Top Ten Portfolio:
- All red or flat month
- XRP takes the monthly victory (barely)
- Overall: XRP maintains a slim lead over second place BTC. MATIC/POL is in last place and along with DOT, the only two cryptos in negative territory.
June Rankings
Here’s a look at the movement in the ranks thirty months into the 2023 Top Ten Index Fund Experiment: 40% of the projects have dropped out of the Top Ten since January 2023.
June Winners and Losers
June Winners – XRP eked out the smallest of victories this month, gaining 0.5% versus second place BTC’s +0.4%
June Losers – ADA and DOT were the worst performers, dropping -20% and -19% respectively.
Overall Update: XRP ahead followed by BTC in second. MATIC is in last place. 80% of cryptos in the green.
After years stuck in the middle of the pack, XRP (+568%) continues to perform well in 2025. BTC is securely in second place (+537%) and not far behind the leader.
The initial $100 invested in XRP thirty months ago is worth $669 today.
80% of the 2023 Top Ten cryptos are in positive territory this year. Only MATIC/POL (-77%) and DOT (-24%) are in negative territory.
Overall return on $1,000 investment since January 1st, 2023:
The 2023 Top Ten Portfolio ended June up +153%. The initial $1000 investment on New Year’s Day 2023 is now worth $2,533.
Combining the 2018 – 2025 Top Ten Crypto Portfolios
The 2023 Top Ten is one of eight concurrent experimental portfolios. Where do we stand if we combine all of the Top Ten Crypto Index Fund Experiments?
- 2018 Top Ten Experiment: up +46% (total value $1,457)
- 2019 Top Ten Experiment: up +668% (total value $7,683)
- 2020 Top Ten Experiment: up +867% (total value $9,674) (best performing portfolio)
- 2021 Top Ten Experiment: up +301% (total value $4,015)
- 2022 Top Ten Experiment: down -18% (total value $824) (tied for worst performing portfolio)
- 2023 Top Ten Experiment: up +153% (total value $2,533)
- 2024 Top Ten Experiment: up +44% (total value $1,444)
- 2025 Top Ten Experiment: down -18% (total value $824) (tied for worst performing portfolio)
Taking the eight portfolios together:
After a $8,000 total investment in the 2018 – 2025 Top Ten Cryptocurrencies, the combined portfolios are worth $28,453.
That’s up +256% on the combined portfolio. The peak for the combined Top Ten Index Fund Experiment Portfolios was November 2021’s all time high of +533%.
Here’s the combined monthly ROI since I started tracking the metric in January 2020 for those who do better with visuals:
In summary: That’s a +256% gain by investing $1k on whichever cryptos happened to be in the Top Ten on January 1st (including stablecoins) for eight straight years.
Comparison to S&P 500
I’m also tracking the S&P 500 as part of my Experiment to have a comparison point to traditional markets.
The S&P 500 is up +61% since January 2023, compared to the Top Ten Crypto portfolio’s +153%. The initial $1k investment into crypto on New Year’s Day would be worth $1,614 had it been redirected to the S&P.
Taking the same invest-$1,000-on-January-1st-of-each-year approach with the S&P 500 that I’ve been documenting through the Top Ten Crypto Experiments, the yields are the following:
- $1000 investment in S&P 500 on January 1st, 2018 = $2,319 today
- $1000 investment in S&P 500 on January 1st, 2019 = $2,473 today
- $1000 investment in S&P 500 on January 1st, 2020 = $1,919 today
- $1000 investment in S&P 500 on January 1st, 2021 = $1,650 today
- $1000 investment in S&P 500 on January 1st, 2022 = $1,300 today
- $1000 investment in S&P 500 on January 1st, 2023 = $1,614 today
- $1000 investment in S&P 500 on January 1st, 2024 = $1,299 today
- $1000 investment in S&P 500 on January 1st, 2025 = $1,054 today
Taken together, the results for a similar approach with the S&P:
After eight $1,000 annual investments on January 1st into an S&P 500 index fund from 2018 to 2025 my portfolio would be worth $13,629.
That is up +70% since January 2018 compared to a +256% gain of the combined Top Ten Crypto Experiment Portfolios.
The visual below shows a comparison on ROI between a Top Ten Crypto approach and the S&P as per the rules of the Top Ten Crypto Experiments:
Conclusion:
To the long time followers of the Top Ten Experiments, thank you for sticking around so long. For those just getting into crypto, I hope these reports will help prepare you for the highs and lows that await on your crypto adventures. Buckle up, go with the flow, think long term, and truly don’t invest what you can’t afford to lose. Most importantly, try to enjoy the ride.
A reporting note: I’ll focus on 2025 Top Ten Portfolio reports + one other portfolio on a rotating basis this year, so expect two reports per month. June’s extended report is on the 2023 Top Ten Portfolio. For more data, you can check out the latest 2018-2024 Top Ten reports as well.
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