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Ethereum and Cardano lag under monthly DCA since early 2022
A $100 monthly DCA into Ethereum from January 2022 to August 2026 would have totaled $5,600 but ended near $4,898, a 12.5% loss, while Tron, Bitcoin, XRP and Solana finished higher at different points.
CryptoSlate reports that the common buy-the-dip approach, using fixed monthly purchases, did not deliver gains for investors who stuck with Ethereum and Cardano since early 2022. Using CryptoRank data, an investor who put $100 into Ethereum each month from January 2022 through August 2026 would have contributed $5,600 and ended up with about $4,898, a 12.5% loss.
The same monthly strategy applied to Cardano would have left the investor with $2,616, a 53.3% decline. CryptoSlate said the results highlight that dollar-cost averaging can reduce the impact of poor entry timing but still does not guarantee a profit if the asset underperforms over the period.
Elsewhere, the hypothetical outcomes were stronger. CryptoSlate calculated that $5,600 invested in Tron’s TRX would have grown to $16,521, a 195% return, while Bitcoin, XRP and Solana would have produced gains of more than 40% based on ending values of $8,660, $8,465 and $8,025, respectively.
CryptoSlate also linked the stronger performance to a 2024 rally that followed major steps toward regulated access to crypto, including the SEC approval of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded products in January and spot Ethereum products in May. It noted that a later downturn erased much of the accumulated gains, citing Solana falling from $17,728 at the end of 2024 to $8,025 by August 2026.
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