4 Charts Showing Why Bitcoin Is an Alternative Risk Asset

Alternative assets, such as bitcoin and gold, provide investors with “non-traditional” (uncorrelated) returns. Large funds that invest in alternatives are starting to view bitcoin as an attractive risk bet in their portfolios.

Here are four charts that illustrate bitcoin’s use as an alternative risk asset. As a result, the “Fed put” (a belief the Fed is always there to rescue the economy and financial markets) has boosted the appeal of bitcoin as an alternative risk asset.

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