Bitcoin Investing Strategies: What’s Best Between ETFs, Stocks, Spot
Back in December of 2024, I decided to hop aboard the bitcoin train and add some crypto exposure to my portfolio.
Markets were flush off of the recent Trump victory, there were whispers of a national bitcoin reserve, and bitcoin had recently broken the $100,000 threshold for the first time. The cryptocurrency had gone mainstream enough for late adopters like myself to deem it investable.
For my first foray into bitcoin, I purchased a share of Blackrock‘s iShares Bitcoin Trust Trust (IBIT). I later added a share of Semler Scientific (SMLR), a healthcare technology company that holds bitcoin on its balance sheet. I wanted to try multiple methods of investing in bitcoin.
In hindsight, I realize I committed the…
