In terms of portfolio allocation, I would generally recommend: 65-80% large caps (>1 billion), 25-30% and 5% small/µ caps. BUT, it also depends on when you start investing. Even more so than in the stock market, it is the large caps that rise first. As the rally matures, more and more capital rotates out of the large caps and into the small caps. In the final phase of the bull run, it is the micro caps that undergo completely grotesque price spikes - so only 5% of the portfolio is enough here. ..... therefore makes perfect sense to invest in BTC and Eth at the beginning of the run. Surprisingly, the current bull run was led by Solana. But you have to understand that the demand for Solana was driven by the memes - we will see how sustainable that will be. I like and hold Solana but I would definitely not buy it at a market cap of 80MRD. Instead, I would rather look to add the crypto's that have proven to generate a lot of interest to the portfolio. I.e. depin and ai, gaming and, as sorry as I am to have to recognize and accept this myself: meme coins. We are still early in the bull run but we are no longer at the beginning - with Solana there will be no more 10x from here. With good large caps that have not yet made a significant run, this is still easily achievable. I'll refrain from mentioning ICP here, but I see HBAR at USD 1.5-2 in a year's time. The absolute high-flyers so far have been Akash and Render and various other coins in the cloud computing or gpu power-providing sector. There is a banging use case here in a market area that will expand seemingly without limits. AETHIR will launch in the next few days. Aethir essentially does what Render and Akash promise, only with significantly more compute power and therefore cheaper. The best thing is that the intial market cap will be around USD 750 million - given the extremely high general interest, I think the coin will rise very quickly. There will be a whole flood of new coins during and after the halving, which, if the bull run is similar to the last one, will offer the highest returns - yes, in the crypto space people love "the new and shiny" and often only for a short time. 99.99% of all cryptos are not buy and hold! ....in volatile markets it is essential to buy and sell in the bear market if even the last skeptic wants to get in - this is where the rabbit is in the hole. One would think that it would be easy in the Kyoto market, as it has offered an almost perfect 4-year rhythm so far. However, it is not easy to "let go" when you have become "accustomed" to 10% per day. Now we are no longer in the bear market, so you should be careful to find good entries. Never buy what is being hyped. Capital rotates - from layer ones to Depin to games to memes, etc., and vice versa. Always invest in the area that is not in demand. I would currently build up my gaming position. Crypto profits don't want to be taxed - so it's about time to be in the market. Apart from price targets that I have set myself, there is one date on which I am definitely out. It's not important to hit the top of the market - you won't make it anyway. It's important to make substantial profits in order to start the next bull run with more capital. The resulting performance in combination with the tax advantage beats any equity portfolio. Cryptos that I have on my radar and that I will possibly switch to, which have not yet been launched - Aethir, Eigenlayer, Fuel network, RDYX, IO.net, Peaq, Gensyn, Caldera, Eclipse. As a memecoin I will add Coq Inu to my portfolio - I don't like meme coins but you have to listen when the market speaks. I know ICP is hated by most people because almost all investors have burned their fingers on this coin. However, ICP is the best product on the market in terms of technology. The opportunity lies in getting in before the other market participants realize or understand it. However, I have to concede that this may well take another cycle.
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@MrBlueSky If you had to focus on around 5 coins, which would you name because they could still have potential for strong performance in the 2024/2025 bull market?
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@MrBlueSky.... What I really want to get rid of - if you invest in brand new coins, you shouldn't buy them immediately at launch! Yes, it can happen that the coin takes off immediately - then you're just not there. You often see an initial rise followed by a 20-50% retracement over several days - this is the "sweet spot to buy".
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•@Krush82 Well, as already mentioned, we will see the best performance from coins that are not yet on the market. These will only be launched in the coming weeks. But, for example, Shrapnel is a gaming coin that will do very well despite catastrophic tokenomics, in my opinion. The "gamer coin" covers both gaming and depin - with a market cap of 180 million - a lot of potential.
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•@MrBlueSky....shrpnel and gamercoin definitely belong in the speculative low cap portfolio - no "all in"!
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@MrBlueSky @PowerWordChill Which exchanges (also without kyc) can you recommend in terms of low cost and high number of small and micro cap coins?
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@Krush82 MEXC and KuCoin. Are you familiar with chart technology?
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@MrBlueSky I had already set my sights on MEXC. But the advertising is a bit annoying. If I have seen this correctly, no FIAT deposit is possible without KYC, is that correct? So only the transfer of coins (USDT) to the wallet is possible?! Is it the same with KuCoin? I'm still thinking about the best / "safest" way to make the purchases, as I used to buy and store BTC and Co via Bitvavo. Do I buy all the coins I can buy from Bitvavo there and then only buy the small/micro caps via a DEX?
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@Krush82 Yes, no fiat without KYC. But I would use a "proper" exchange licensed in Europe as an on-&-off ramp anyway, as you do with Bitvavo.
The disadvantage of Bitvavo is that you can only send USDT as ERC20 via ETH.
However, MEXC is the cheapest. If you want to make transactions of less than 1000Eur in the Ethereum network, I advise against Dexes. It's far too expensive. Swaps can easily cost three-digit amounts.
It's best to send USDT to MEXC.
The disadvantage of Bitvavo is that you can only send USDT as ERC20 via ETH.
However, MEXC is the cheapest. If you want to make transactions of less than 1000Eur in the Ethereum network, I advise against Dexes. It's far too expensive. Swaps can easily cost three-digit amounts.
It's best to send USDT to MEXC.
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