Where you stand

I want exposure to crypto

If that is you, here is what this situation usually involves, in the order it usually comes up: the things worth checking, what each one is, and where the arithmetic for it lives. None of it says what to do.

1. A network, a token, and a bet on other people's enthusiasm are different things with different risks, and most coins are more than one of them.
2. Custody: an exchange balance is a claim on a company, and self custody means nobody can help when the keys are lost. Which one a holding is sits on the statement.
3. Supply and issuance: an asset that prints more of itself dilutes every holder, and the schedule is usually public.
4. A total loss is on the table for this asset class, which is the fact that sets the position size in the diversification guide.
5. Every transaction is a taxable event in the United States, so records from day one are what a CPA needs at tax time.

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