Want To Invest $1,000 In Bitcoin, ETH, XRP? Here’s The Data On The ‘Ideal’ Portfolio
Crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen warns against the common mistake of going “all-in” on crypto investments, recommending an 81% Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), 19% Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) portfolio allocation for optimal risk-adjusted returns.
What Happened: In a podcast episode on Tuesday, Cowen said the ideal crypto portfolio isn’t based on opinion, but hard data.
He recommended an 81% BTC, 19% ETH allocation, determined using modern portfolio theory and the Sharpe ratio from historical performance since 2015.
He emphasized that this shift leans more toward Bitcoin than previous years, where Ethereum played a larger role.
The model, Cowen stressed, is purely quantitative: “This has nothing to do with my opinion. You can throw it out the window, it’s just based on …