Explore my portfolio mix. Follow to see how I invest! Bitcoin was first created in early 2009, partly as a response to distrust of national governments and traditional financial institutions in the wake of the global financial crisis. As the oldest and most established cryptocurrency, bitcoin still accounts for the lion’s share of investor interest and assets, but there are now thousands of digital currencies on the scene.
In this series on portfolio basics, I’ll explain some of the fundamentals of putting together sound portfolios. I’ll cover a wide range of asset classes and walk through what you need to know to use them effectively in a portfolio. For cryptocurrency, our view is that it should occupy just a small slice of a diversified portfolio and only if you intend to hold on to it for at least a decade before selling.
