The Intelligent Crypto Investor

Outsmart Wall Street: the proven crypto investing strategy that has beaten traditional portfolios by 65% Crypto just crossed the tipping point, and everything you thought you knew about investing is about to change. The world's biggest institutions are pouring billions into bitcoin—while most mainstream investors are still sitting on the sidelines, frozen by fear. That's where The Intelligent Crypto Investor comes in. Backed by seven years of real-world results, this groundbreaking book shows how adding just a small slice of crypto (10% or less) to a balanced portfolio can dramatically improve long-term returns—outperforming traditional portfolios by more than 65%. Through the stories of legendary investors like Warren Buffett, Jack Bogle, and Cathie Wood, bestselling author John Hargrave unveils a clear, accessible strategy for adding bitcoin and other high-quality crypto assets to your portfolio—with minimal risk and maximum intelligence. You'll discover: The simple 60/30/10 portfolio strategy that has crushed Wall Street How legendary investors would think about crypto today The 3 metrics that separate crypto winners from the wannabes How to safely earn interest on your crypto through staking Why Wall Street is quietly investing billions into crypto—and how you can do it better The smart money is already moving. This is your proven playbook for building long-term wealth with global digital money—before the rest of the world catches up.

Introduction ix Part I The Plan 1 Chapter 1 A Roller Coaster Ride 3 Chapter 2 Bitcoin's Big Idea 15 Chapter 3 The Value Investor's Secret 31 Chapter 4 The Vanguard Visionary 43 Chapter 5 A New Way to Invest 59 Chapter 6 The Scuttlebutt Technique 79 Chapter 7 People: Measuring Daily Active Users 89 Chapter 8 Profits: Measuring Fees and Retained Revenue 101 Chapter 9 Price: Measuring Token Value 117 Part II The Picks 133 Chapter 10 Putting Your Crypto to Work 135 Chapter 11 The Search for Stability 151 Chapter 12 Avoiding Taxes and Fees 163 Chapter 13 The DiFi Disruption 175 Chapter 14 Navigating NFTs 189 Chapter 15 The World's Most Valuable Joke 201 Chapter 16 How Crypto Is Eating the World 215 Chapter 17 Finding the Next Big Thing 231 Chapter 18 Investing with a Conscience 245 Part III The Purpose 261 Chapter 19 The Bretton Woods Betrayal 263 Chapter 20 The End of Empires 275 Chapter 21 Who Controls the Money? 289 Chapter 22 Facebook's Financial Takeover 303 Chapter 23 The Monopoly Myth 313 Chapter 24 The Power of Programmability 325 Chapter 25 A Penny for the Planet 339 Chapter 26 One Money for One World 351 Appendix: The Crypto Investor Scorecard 359 Notes 363 Acknowledgments 385 About the Author 389 Index 391