Want to track your crypto portfolio inside Home Assistant? In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to display cryptocurrency values as sensors, add history graphs to your dashboard, and automatically track highest and lowest values using helpers and automations.

Even if you don’t own Bitcoin or any crypto, this is a great tutorial to learn how to work with numbers, YAML, Jinja templates, helpers, and automations in Home Assistant.

Note: The crypto values in this guide are examples and not based on my personal portfolio.

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What We’re Building

By the end, you’ll have:

• Crypto sensors (Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ripple) showing portfolio value in EUR
• A dashboard with:
  • Tile cards per coin
  • History graph cards
  • Min + Max tiles per coin
• Helpers to track:
  • Bitcoin Min / Max
  • Litecoin Min / Max
  • Ripple Min / Max
  • Crypto Total + Crypto Total Max
• Automations to keep min/max updated continuously

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Step 1: Install Cryptoinfo Advanced via HACS

1. Go to HACS
2. Search for Cryptoinfo Advanced
3. Download and install
4. Restart Home Assistant

If you don’t have HACS yet, install HACS first (it’s required for this integration).

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Step 2: Create Crypto Sensors in YAML

Install a text editor add-on like Studio Code Server, then:

1. Open configuration.yaml
2. Add:

sensor: !include sensors.yaml

3. Create sensors.yaml

Example sensors (edit multipliers to match your own holdings):

- platform: cryptoinfo_advanced
  id: "bitcoin"
  cryptocurrency_name: "bitcoin"
  currency_name: "eur"
  unit_of_measurement: "€"
  multiplier: 0.4
  update_frequency: 15

Repeat for Litecoin and Ripple (or any coin you want). The multiplier is what makes this a portfolio sensor instead of just the market price.

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Step 3: Build the Crypto Dashboard (Tiles + Graphs)

Create a dashboard view using Sections, then for each coin:

• Add a Heading (e.g., Bitcoin)
• Add a Tile card for the sensor
• Add a History Graph card for the same sensor
• Set the tile name + precision (2 decimals)

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Step 4: Create Helpers (Min/Max + Total)

Create:

• Number helpers for each coin:
  • Bitcoin Min, Bitcoin Max, Litecoin Min, Litecoin Max, Ripple Min, Ripple Max
• A “Combine sensors” helper:
  • Crypto Total (Sum of all crypto sensors)
• One more Number helper:
  • Crypto Total Max

Set step size to 0.01 and unit to €.

Then set initial min/max helper values manually to the current sensor values to create a baseline.

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Step 5: Automations for Max Values (YAML + Jinja)

Create one automation with:

• Triggers for each coin sensor + Crypto Total
• “Choose” actions with “Triggered by” conditions
• An input_number.set_value action that updates Max when the new value is higher

Set automation mode to Queued to avoid collisions.

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Step 6: Automations for Min Values (and prevent 0 values)

Duplicate the max automation and modify it:

• Remove Crypto Total (optional)
• Add numeric condition Above 0 to avoid overwriting with 0 when data fails
• Use < comparison for min logic

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Step 7: Add Min/Max to the Dashboard

For each coin section:

• Add two Tile cards for Min and Max helpers
• Place them next to the main coin tile

For totals:

• Add Crypto Total and Crypto Total Max as badges

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Known Issue: Input Numbers and Decimals

Input number helpers don’t always show two decimal places nicely (e.g., showing “12.5” instead of “12.50”). Home Assistant currently doesn’t allow setting precision for input numbers. The clean workaround is to create template sensors that format the values correctly.

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Final Thoughts

This Home Assistant crypto dashboard is:

• A great exercise in YAML, helpers, and automations
• Practical (if you track your portfolio)
• Educational (even if you don’t)

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