WHITE PAPERS

The Case for Diversification Within Crypto Investing

Many crypto investors only hold a single coin, like bitcoin. This white paper lays out why that’s a suboptimal strategy. This report explores the value of diversification for cryptocurrency investing. It quantifies the relationship between the performance of different large-cap crypto assets through a number of measures: variability of monthly returns, correlations, and performance during …

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The Blockstream/ ETF Trends 2021 Benchmark Survey of Financial Advisor Attitudes Toward Crypto Assets

Annual survey of 400+ advisors with charts and data on their views, their clients’ views, and allocation activity. Bitstream joined forces with ETF Trends, a leading provider of news and analysis in the ETF space, to conduct the third annual Bitstream /ETF Trends 2021 Benchmark Survey of Financial Advisor Attitudes Toward Crypto Assets. The survey’s …

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Crypto Equities: A Picks and Shovels Approach to Investing in Bitcoin and Crypto

We examine the case for allocating to crypto equities, both as a proxy for crypto assets exposure and as unique stand-alone investments. The crypto industry is supported by a growing array of publicly traded companies that build and maintain the infrastructure that allows the ecosystem to thrive. These include crypto mining companies, mining equipment manufacturers, …

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Decentralized Finance (DeFi): A Primer for Professional Investors

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is one of the most exciting corners of crypto. The goal of DeFi is to create a more accessible, efficient, and transparent financial system by leveraging one of crypto’s greatest breakthroughs: programmable money. In this white paper, we put the DeFi movement into context, contrast it to the incumbent alternative, and explore …

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