Optionality is exciting, but successful investments typically have more to offer than optionality alone. If you’re looking to deploy $1,000 of your capital into a leading cryptocurrency today, that distinction is key, because there are plenty of blockchains that claim to offer numerous options for how they might grow in the future, and only a few that can make a strong case to support the premise that they will actually durably grow in value over time.
That’s the divide between Bitcoin (BTC 1.16%) and Cardano (ADA 2.39%). So which asset is the better choice to invest $1,000 in?
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