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Ethereum Classic ETC

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Price History

$3.95$26.04$48.13$70.22
2017-11 · DCA start$28.19

Time underwater

How far below its previous all-time high the price sat, each month. 0% means a new high.

-91.1%-60.7%-30.4%0.0%
2017-112026-08 · -91.1%

Worst drawdown: −91%, peaking May 2021 and bottoming Aug 2026 — still unrecovered after 63 months.

DCA Backtest

Invested
$10,600
Value today
$5,731
Return
-45.9%
Months invested
106

Scenarios

Inflation — the same contributions merely keeping pace with CPI would be $12,432 today, so the real (inflation-adjusted) return is -53.9%.

Lump sum instead — $10,600 all at once in Nov 2017: $2,344 (-77.9%) — DCA came out ahead.

Worst timing — same monthly amount started at the all-time high (May 2021): $2,192 on $6,400 invested (-65.7%).

Backtests use monthly closing prices. Stock dividends aren’t reinvested, so long-run equity returns are understated.

If this saved you a spreadsheet — buy me a coffee.

Every start month at once

Each cell is the return-to-date of £/$/€100-a-month DCA started that month. Click a cell to load it in the backtest above. The ringed cell is the all-time-high start — the worst timing scenario.

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Legend:−50%−20%0%+50%+200%+1000%worst timing (ATH)Selected 2017-11: -45.9%

About Ethereum Classic

Ethereum Classic (ETC) is a cryptocurrency categorised under layer 1, with a market cap of about $1.2B.

It rates Medium-Low Risk at 2.0/5, meaning the rated factors are mostly sound, with one or two areas worth watching.

What pushes the score up: market / volatility (3.0/5) and systemic / correlation (3.0/5).

Scoring well: regulatory at 1.0/5.

Ratings summarise sourced facts against fixed rules — not investment advice, and no substitute for your own diligence.

Risk Profile

Medium-Low Risk(2.0/5)100% rated

How these ratings work

Market / Volatility3.0/5 · weight 30%
  • Annualised volatility (3yr)2/559.3
  • Max drawdown from ATH5/591.1
  • Beta vs BTC2/50.89
Liquidity2.0/5 · weight 10%
  • 24h volume / market cap3/52.7
  • Top exchange % of volume2/520.2
  • Significant listings1/532.0
Supply & Concentration2.0/5 · weight 15%
  • Top 10 wallets % of supplynot yet researched
  • Unlocks in next 6mo, % of supplynot yet researched
  • Annual supply growth %2/52.5
Smart Contract / Technical1.7/5 · weight 12%
  • Audit status3/5unaudited long track record
  • Admin key / upgradeability1/5none immutable
  • Share of its mining algorithm (PoW)1/592.0
Custody / Bridge1.0/5 · weight 10%
  • Bridge reliance1/5no bridge dependency
Governance / Team1.0/5 · weight 10%
  • Team1/5doxxed track record
  • Largest staking operator, % of stakenot yet researched
Regulatory1.0/5 · weight 10%
  • Regulatory profile1/5organic no history
Systemic / Correlation3.0/5 · weight 3%
  • Correlation to BTC3/50.58

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