How You Hold Bitcoin Matters as Much as How Much You Hold, Study Shows
Gregory Mall of Lionsoul Global has conducted a backtest examining bitcoin's role within a traditional 60/40 portfolio across different market conditions. The analysis builds on an earlier essay Mall wrote about sizing cryptocurrency risk in investment portfolios. Mall compared three distinct approaches: a direct bitcoin position, a large-cap crypto basket, and a trend-managed allocation sleeve. The backtest was run across bull, bear, and sideways market regimes to assess how each strategy performed under varying conditions. The findings suggest that the method used to hold bitcoin can be just as consequential as the size of the allocation itself.



















