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Crypto Plays in a Different League

Annualized volatility over a recent decade-long stretch — how much an asset's price swings, year to year. The higher the bar, the wilder the ride.

Annualized volatility · higher = more turbulent

Cash

0.6%

U.S. core bonds

4.1%

U.S. large-cap stocks

15.4%

Emerging-market stocks

21.9%

Bitcoin

72.1%

Ether

98.3%

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Because crypto swings so violently, even a tiny slice of your portfolio carries an outsized share of its risk. That's why — whichever way you size it — a sensible crypto allocation lands somewhere small.

Volatility figures are historical, based on a recent ~decade-long period; bitcoin and ether also saw peak-to-trough declines of roughly 73% and 88%. Illustrative, not a forecast. Past performance never guarantees future results. This is financial education, not personalized advice.

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