#CryptoStocks **Crypto Stocks: The Proxy Gambles**

Crypto stocks are the backdoor plays—when you can’t buy Bitcoin directly, you bet on the picks-and-shovels guys. Coinbase, MicroStrategy, miners like MARA and RIOT—they’re all leveraged bets on crypto’s mood swings.

Coinbase? A regulatory punching bag that prints cash when markets roar. MicroStrategy? A corporate hedge fund with a Bitcoin addiction. Miners? Energy hogs that moon when BTC does—and crash twice as hard when it tanks.

But here’s the catch: these aren’t pure plays. They’re at the mercy of SEC lawsuits, energy costs, and corporate drama. When crypto sneezes, they get pneumonia.

Want exposure without holding crypto? Fine. But remember—you’re not buying decentralization. You’re buying Wall Street’s watered-down version. Trade accordingly.