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What is cryptocurrency?
Cryptocurrency is a broad category. Knowing which type you are holding is the first step in judging its risk.
A working definition
A cryptocurrency is a digital asset issued and transferred on a blockchain, secured by cryptography rather than by an institution's promise. Beyond that shared mechanism, the category contains assets with wildly different purposes and risk profiles.
The main categories
Monetary assets
Bitcoin and similar assets designed primarily as a store of value with a fixed issuance schedule.
Platform assets
Networks such as Ethereum, where the token pays for computation and secures the network.
Stablecoins
Tokens pegged to a currency such as the US dollar. Their safety depends entirely on the quality of the reserves behind them.
Application tokens
Tokens tied to a specific protocol or service. Value depends on real usage, which is often far smaller than claimed.
Where value comes from
Value in this market comes from scarcity, genuine network usage, the security of the underlying chain and the credibility of the issuer where one exists. Marketing volume is not a value driver, even though it frequently moves prices in the short term.
How Ploutx approaches it
We concentrate exposure in assets with deep liquidity and long operating histories, treat newer assets as a small and explicitly higher-risk sleeve, and assess every venue and custody arrangement before allocating to it.
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