Crypto covers digital assets, blockchain networks, tokens, and decentralized financial systems. For investors, crypto can offer high growth potential but also carries volatility, regulatory, custody, and security risks.
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Crypto and Portfolio Context
Crypto is a word that describes digital money, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin, that use math to protect transactions and create new units.
Crypto is also short for cryptocurrency, which is a kind of digital asset that runs on a network of computers, without the need for middlemen or central authorities.
