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If You're Not Allocating 1% of Your Portfolio to This Group of Cryptocurrencies in 2025, Strongly Consider It

Cryptocurrencies often get a bad rap for being risky, and many are. With that in mind, let's take a look at three cryptocurrencies you've definitely heard of and take a minute to appreciate why it's worth placing at least a sliver of your portfolio's value into them as a group. As a trio, Bitcoin, (CRYPTO: BTC) Dogecoin, (CRYPTO: DOGE), and Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) offer a useful mixture of risk that walks the line between making an aggressive yet measured set of investments, and swinging for the fences with reckless abandon.

Trump is back. What's next for crypto?

With Donald Trump set to be inaugurated as President of the United States on Monday, cryptocurrency stands as an unlikely part of his path back to power. The story of his return to the White House cannot be told without acknowledging how digital assets helped boost his political fortunes after his departure in 2021. Since his victory in November, Bitcoin rose from $75,000 to an all-time high of $108,135 on December 17, 2024, a 44% jump.

Hold Bitcoin? You Need to Understand These Charts Right Now

If you're holding or planning to buy Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), there's a chart you need to see and understand. Bitcoin is a financial asset. While it's true that in the long term, the value of Bitcoin is influenced very heavily by the constraints defined by its protocol, in the shorter term it's influenced by all manner factors, just like other assets.