With a market cap of about $1.4 trillion, Bitcoin (BTC 4.34%) is responsible for 58% of the crypto sector’s market cap. Assets don’t reach that size unless they’re capable of growing for years on end, and most other cryptocurrencies simply can’t compete.

In that vein, here are four reasons Bitcoin remains the smartest long-term bet in the entire crypto sector.

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1. It’s the reserve asset of an entire sector

Every crypto ecosystem needs a stable unit of account that participants trust to hold value. Although stablecoins are an increasingly popular option, Bitcoin largely fills that role the way the dollar fills it in global trade, mostly because a critical mass of participants chose it.

For instance, Wrapped…