Calculate compound interest on crypto investments. Enter principal, APR, compounding frequency, and time to project your future value and total earnings.
Compound interest is the most powerful force in crypto investing. When you stake tokens or provide liquidity in DeFi, your rewards can be reinvested to generate their own returns, creating exponential growth over time. Understanding exactly how much your position will grow requires accounting for the principal, rate, compounding frequency, and duration.
This Crypto Compound Interest Calculator projects the future value of any crypto position with compounding. Enter your initial investment, the APR or APY, how often compounding occurs, and the investment horizon. The tool shows your projected final value, total interest earned, and effective APY.
Whether you're modeling a staking position, evaluating an auto-compounding vault, or comparing DeFi strategies over different time horizons, this calculator gives you precise projections to guide your decisions.
Crypto traders, long-term holders, and DeFi participants benefit from transparent crypto compound interest calculations when planning entries, exits, or portfolio rebalances. Revisit this calculator whenever market conditions shift to keep your strategy grounded in accurate data.
Projecting compound growth by hand is error-prone, especially with crypto's unusual compounding frequencies. This calculator handles the math instantly, letting you compare scenarios and make informed decisions about where to deploy capital and for how long. Real-time recalculation lets you model different market scenarios quickly, so you can act with confidence rather than relying on rough mental estimates.
FV = P × (1 + r/n)^(n×t), where P = principal, r = annual rate as decimal, n = compounding periods per year, t = time in years. Interest earned = FV − P.
Result: $18,220.12 future value
A $10,000 investment at 20% APR compounded daily for 3 years grows to $18,220.12. The total interest earned is $8,220.12, and the effective APY is 22.13%. Without compounding, you would earn only $6,000 in simple interest.
At 20% APR compounded daily, $10,000 becomes $18,220 in 3 years, $33,198 in 6 years, and $60,488 in 9 years. Each period's growth is larger than the last because you're earning returns on an ever-growing base. This is why early entry into high-yield protocols can be so powerful.
Auto-compounding vaults handle reinvestment for you, typically once per day. Manual compounding requires you to claim rewards and restake them, costing gas each time. For small positions, gas fees can exceed the compounding benefit — making fewer, larger compounding events more efficient.
Most DeFi yields start high and decay as TVL increases. A more realistic model might assume 50% APR in month one, declining to 15% by month six. While this calculator uses a fixed rate, you can run multiple scenarios at different rates to bracket your expected range.
No — it calculates compound growth in token terms (or stable USD value). Token price appreciation or depreciation would be an additional factor affecting your USD returns.
Use the frequency at which rewards are actually reinvested. Auto-compounding vaults typically compound daily. Manual staking depends on how often you claim and restake rewards.
Most high APRs in DeFi are temporary. They decline as more capital enters the pool. For long-term projections, use conservative estimates (5-15% for established protocols). Yields above 50% rarely last more than a few months.
This calculator uses APR (the nominal rate before compounding). If you only know the APY, use our APR from APY calculator first to convert, then input the APR here.
Token inflation (new token emissions) can dilute the value of your holdings even as your token count grows. A 20% staking reward with 15% token inflation gives you only ~5% real growth in purchasing power.
This calculator models a single initial deposit with compound growth. For strategies with periodic additional investments (DCA), you'd need to calculate each deposit's growth separately and sum the results.