The stars have aligned for investors to consider the role they want crypto assets to play in their retirement portfolio to help reach their long-term goals.
Ethereum is the second-biggest cryptocurrency. Also called ETH or ether, it is the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain used to pay fees to secure the network.
Doge was created as a joke back in 2013 but its influence has since exploded, making its way into the investment portfolios of billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Cuban and onto brokerage platforms like Robinhood.
Solana is one of those emerging blockchains that have capitalized on Ethereum’s issues. Known as the “Ethereum killer” by some observers, Solana calls itself the “fastest blockchain in the world,” boasting 1,547 transactions per second (TPS).
Avalanche, which has been a beneficiary of Ethereum’s lofty gas fees as developers and creators have fled to cheaper blockchains, handles over 4,500 TPS. The Avalanche price has shot up very far very fast, rising 3,000%-plus so far this year.
Shiba Inu trades for a fraction of a penny but the market cap is an eye-popping $17.2 billion. Shiba Inu’s use case as a medium of exchange is on the rise, with merchants including AMC Entertainment adding support, which bodes well for future of the project.