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Stop Betting, Start Investing Crypto: The Store of Value to Win
How to start looking at these cryptocurrencies as different types of property
I’ve been investing for 29 years, and if there is one thing I have learned, it is that the market does not care about your feelings. It only cares about results. Right now, the results show a three-way tug-of-war for your capital between Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.
According to CoinGecko, there are 17,727 cryptocurrencies. Not all of them will do well. So you need to be more selective about which cryptocurrency to support.
You see, if you want to put your money to work for you in 2026, you need to stop looking at these as just digital coins and start looking at them as different types of property.
Bitcoin — The Digital Gold Standard
Bitcoin (BTC) remains the foundation. It is the core anchor of any serious portfolio. While the critics spent years calling it a bubble, institutional players like BlackRock and various corporate treasuries have turned it into a legitimate reserve asset.
In my view, Bitcoin is the ultimate store of value because of its scarcity. There will only ever be 21 million. When the government keeps printing money, you want to own the…