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Our latest whitepaper reveals that many traditional portfolio models may be underestimating Bitcoin’s potential role.

By applying a Stable Risk Framework, we demonstrate how advisors can allocate 3–10% to Bitcoin—far beyond the conventional 1–2%— with the potential to deliver enhanced returns and reduced drawdowns.

3 Key Takeaways:

  • Bitcoin is no longer a footnote in portfolios and may be a strategic holding. Our Stable Risk Framework shows 5% Protected Bitcoin allocation can improve risk adjusted returns vs traditional 60/40 portfolios.
  • Protection preserves diversification. Unlike other hedged strategies, our approach maintains Bitcoin's low correlation to traditional assets.
  • Implementation finally matches innovation. This isn't theoretical. These strategies can be delivered through ETF structures, making them as easy to implement as buying SPY.

From our vantage point, advisors can now use bitcoin as a portfolio building block, not just a volatility add-on. You can download the complete white paper here:

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The performance shown in the whitepaper is hypothetical in nature and does not represent the performance and/or investment risk characteristics of any specific client. While the performance listed for each respective strategy is based on actual performance, the aggregate portfolio performance, allocations listed and account comparisons shown are hypothetical in nature, as no actual clients are invested in these strategies. Hypothetical performance results have many inherent limitations, including those described below: • Hypothetical performance results are generally prepared with the benefit of hindsight. • There are limitations inherent in model results, such results do not represent actual trading and that they may not reflect the impact that material economic and market factors might have had on the advisor's decision making if the advisor were actually managing clients' money. • The hypothetical performance shown does not involve financial risk, and no hypothetical performance calculation can completely account for the impact of financial risk on an actual investment strategy. • The ability to withstand actual losses or to adhere to a particular investment strategy in spite of losses are material points which can adversely affect actual performance results. There are distinct differences between hypothetical performance results and the actual results subsequently achieved by a particular investment portfolio. No representation is being made that an account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown, and any investment may result in loss of principal. As with any hypothetical illustration there can be additional unforeseen factors that cannot be accounted for within the illustrations included herein.

The Target Outcome may not be achieved, and investors may lose some or all of their strategy. The strategy is designed to achieve the Target Outcome only if an investor buys on the first day of the Outcome Period and holds a strategy until the end of the Outcome Period. While the strategy seek to provide 100%, 90% or 80% protection against losses experienced by the price of Spot bitcoin for investors who hold the strategy for an entire Outcome Period, there is no guarantee a strategy will successfully do so. If a strategy has increased significantly, an investor that purchases the strategy after the first day of an Outcome Period could lose their entire investment. An investment in the strategy is only appropriate for investors willing to bear those losses. There is no guarantee the Capital Protection and Cap will be successful, and an investor investing at the beginning of an Outcome Period could also lose their entire investment. Digital Assets Risk: The Bitcoin network was first launched in 2009 and bitcoins were the first cryptographic digital assets created to gain global adoption and critical mass. Although the Bitcoin network is the most established digital asset network, the Bitcoin network and other cryptographic and algorithmic protocols governing the issuance of digital assets represent a new and rapidly evolving industry that is subject to a variety of factors that are difficult to evaluate. Moreover, because digital assets, including bitcoin, have been in existence for a short period of time and are continuing to develop, there may be additional risks in the future that are impossible to predict as of the date of this prospectus. Digital assets represent a new and rapidly evolving industry, and the value of the Underlying ETPs’ shares depends on the acceptance of bitcoin. The realization of one or more of the following risks could materially adversely affect the value of the Underlying ETPs’ shares.

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