6 Reasons You Need 8DC for the Upcoming Bull Run
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.)
Typically we’re posting market updates and commentary, but we wanted to take this post to talk about why we feel 8DC is uniquely positioned to help grow your crypto portfolio.
1 — Don’t Miss the Top
Don’t miss out on gains again by holding through highs and lows. Many investors didn’t minimize exposure at cycle tops. Crypto has been very cyclical, historically speaking. We agree this is a long term investment, but when the space is overbought and frothy it’s prudent to realize gains. We maximize upside on cycle moves up, and minimize exposure on downside, so you keep your gains, and exponentially increase those gains over time.
Likely you believe in crypto as an innovation, you probably held through last cycle, and want to take advantage of this next cycle. We will manage this timing for you.
2 — Seasoned Experts
We have been deeply involved in the crypto space since 2015. We have been early adopters and users of cryptocurrencies, dApps and DeFi. We have founded several crypto companies and invested in some of the best crypto projects alongside some of the most well known crypto VCs. Together we’ve managed Cluster Capital, a Decentralized Venture Fund that invested over $50M in early blockchain projects and generated a 24x ROIC over 3 years. This vast network continues to provide access to great deals and allows us to maintain a finger on the pulse of a rapidly evolving industry.
Since fund inception 8DC has outperformed a BTC/ETH buy-and-hold benchmark by over 50%.
3 — Get a Fresh Portfolio (Why do you still hold XLM, ADA or XRP?)
We see many portfolios stuck with tokens from the 2017–2020 range. We get it, you identified an asset class and want to hold for the long term. But the top 25 market cap coins cycle out every few years. The upside potential continually changes with new emerging tech. DeFi wasn’t even around in 2017/18. L2s, Gaming, NFTs have made strides in the last few years. The space continues to move forward, the assets you hold should as well. While we always maintain exposure to foundational assets like BTC and ETH, we also identify the best up-and-coming crypto projects that have potential for outperforming BTC and ETH. Our fund not only gives you asset diversification, but we aim to identify the right ones at the right time.
4 — Crypto is Hard to Keep up with
We live and breathe crypto. The crypto ecosystem is constantly changing and expanding. It’s a full time job to keep up with all the new technology, price action, regulation, and more. We stay on top of all of this for you so you can focus on living your life.
We actively manage the portfolio. We follow market indicators to drive decisions. We track momentum indicators on different time frames, broader financial news, industry specific news, and chart trading ranges across many assets. All this to ensure our LPs aren’t being left behind.
5 — Remove Emotions (lows and highs)
Media headlines can drive decision making when you’re not paying attention to the industry and tracking everything on a daily basis. Media headlines tend to exaggerate fear on the lows, and excitement on the highs. We speak with countless investors who either get scared and sell crypto at the lows, or get caught up in the hype at the highs and end up round tripping all their gains. Partnering with 8DC allows you to avoid falling into these emotional traps.
6 — Remove Exchange Risk (Celsius, BlockFi, Voyager, FTX, Binance)
With 8DC as your crypto partner, you can sleep soundly at night knowing your crypto assets are securely stored.
In 2022 we saw numerous crypto hacks and bankruptcies, even from supposedly well established players. At 8DC we’ve internalized the mantra “not your keys, not your crypto”. We use enterprise grade self-custodian wallets and interact with centralized third parties as little as possible.
Exchange risk continues to be an issue. If you’re a long term holder, we do the work to make sure your assets are always safe.
As we’ve mentioned before, we believe now is the time to increase exposure to crypto assets. We’ve broken out of the macro downtrend, and historically that means we’ve got plenty of upside ahead. We have Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs that are pending approval. Fundstrat are projecting that the BTC ETF would add an additional $100M of daily demand, which would have a multiplier effect in the 4–5x range.
We’d love to be your professional crypto managers. We believe the window for optimal crypto asset investment entries is quickly closing. We will only be taking new investments in the Foundation + Frontier Fund through Q3 2023. Now is when we position for the best returns over the next couple years.
