RULES:
- UPVOTE/RESTEEM in order for your submission to be considered
- LEAVE A COMMENT describing how you plan to fight off the BEAR MARKET (or how you would do so if you're bullish)
- MOST UPVOTED bear market strategy WINS payout of 20 SBD
Stipulations: Must be minimum 10 participants for contest payout to be awarded. The contest will last for 3 days, beginning 7/12/2017 @ 12:00 AM EPT. Only legitimate investing strategies will be considered.
My Bear Market Strategy:
I have been investing in a diversified portfolio of blockchain assets for some time now. I got in just before the market started to take off and made big gains very quickly. For the past month or so, however; it has become increasingly difficult to make a decent return in the crypto market. My research suggests that the down-turn in the market is due to apprehension about the future of Bitcoin leading up to its proverbial day of reckoning on Aug 1 of this year. That's when the mining community plans to make a decision as to whether they will come together and implement segregated witness technology, or split into two separate factions; effectively creating two separate kinds of Bitcoin.
It has become apparent to me through my experience, that the cyclical behavior of a traditional market is accelerated exponentially in the crypto market. This is due, in part, to the fact that the markets do not close and they currently remain unregulated. That being said, I have chosen not to shrug off the signs pointing toward the coming bear market as mere conjecture from your run-of-the-mill cryptocurrency doomsayer. Accordingly, and rather than simply taking my money out of the market and waiting for the harsh winter to blow over, I have decided to protect my assets (while continuing to make a return) by diverting funds to more fixed-income style investments. My choices are outlined below. Let me know what you think of them in the comments:
Monaco VISA Debit Card - Monaco (MCO) is a company built on the Ethereum blockchain that recently issued a successful ICO which raised over $20M. Their product is a debit card, paired with a wallet application that can hold ETH and BTC. Through the application, customers are able to send/receive the two cryptocurrencies and delegate a portion of the funds in the wallet to be accessible via the Monaco debit card. A 1% fee is charged in the form of ERC20 tokens every time the card is used. The funds collected are held in a secure account controlled by Monaco and later distributed to all who hold the token through a specialized smart contract created during the ICO.
Polybius (PLBS) - In many respects, Polybius is no different than a traditional banking institution. What seperates them from the pack when it comes to the decision between ordinary bank stocks or cryptocurrencies is the fact that they are both (kind of). Polybius resembles the next step toward bringing our antiquated banking system into the blockchain era. By participating in their recent ICO, contributors were granted PLBS tokens. These represent rights to the profits of the business (similar to stock). At the end of the year, Polybius will utilize blockchain smart contract technology to issue 20% of its profits to the holders of the tokens in the form of ETH. Unfortunately for those looking to acquire some of these "Polybius Blockchain Shares" now, it is not possible. 100% of the available tokens were sold to those who contributed in the ICO. The argument could be made that - in a way - the business model which Polybius has chosen to adopt is simply paving the banking cow-path, however; whether that is true or not is irrelevant. They still represent a better store of wealth than traditional banks and cryptos when fighting off a bear.
Genesis Mining- A more well-known company than the previous two, Genesis offers cloud-based cryptocurrency mining services. Simply put, customers have the ability to rent mining equipment by engaging in a contract which entitles the customer to the revenue generated from the mining equipment in the form of the particular token that is being mined. You are able to choose which tokens you would like to mine based on personally preference. This is important, because choosing the wrong token could cost you. For example: engaging in a two bitcoin mining contract tomorrow might not be the best idea, being that the future of the currency is being called into question. In a way this is still betting on the market, but it is similar in nature to purchasing bonds.
Only time will tell if these investments serve as an effective means of protecting one's portfolio! Let me know what you think of my ideas and tell us how you plan to FIGHT THE BEAR in the comments below!
THANKS FOR READING and PARTICIPATING! :)
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