Five cryptocurrency investments offer potent potential, especially if President Trump’s announcement on Sunday, March 2, about creating U.S. strategic reserve of key cryptocurrencies comes to fruition.
The cryptocurrencies that President Trump mentioned he expected to include in the strategic reserve would consist of Bitcoin, Ether, Ripple’s XRP, Solana’s SOL and Cardano’s ADA. The news initially triggered a price increase in those various cryptocurrencies but was followed by a pullback on Monday.
An unanswered question is whether the U.S. government would build its cryptocurrency holdings through confiscations in criminal cases or through new purchases that would add to existing demand. The news came after Bitcoin fell more than 17% in February to mark its biggest monthly slide since June 2022. Bitcoin recently had lost more than one-third of its value since topping $109,114.88 on Jan. 20.
Five Cryptocurrency Investments offer Potent Potential: Post-Heist Hype
The five cryptocurrency investments offering potent potential also are vulnerable to periods of dramatic dips as occurred in February when a $1.5 billion heist occurred. The misfortunate befell cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, which reported on Friday, Feb. 21, that a cyber-attacker gained control of an ether wallet and transferred about $1.5 billion worth of holdings to an unidentified address.
Only one ether cold wallet was hacked, while all other wallets of the exchange were unaffected with their withdrawals proceeding normally, Bybit CEO Ben Zhou posted on X, which was previously known as Twitter.
Cryptocurrency can be highly volatile and the up-and-down action of Friday, Feb. 28, is a perfect example, with Bitcoin falling in value by thousands of dollars, then recovering by day’s end. Bitcoin plunged to $78,974.48 at 9 a.m. EST that day before rallying to $83,985.68 by the market’s close at 4 p.m. EST.
Cryptocurrencies rose after President Trump’s announcement of the strategic fund on March 1, before dipping on Monday, March 2. The cryptocurrencies that will be part of the U.S. government’s strategic reserve recovered slightly on Tuesday, March 4.
Five Cryptocurrency Investments offer Potent Potential: Bitcoin Rebound?
“Gold and bitcoin are long-term hedges against inflation and geo-political instability,” wrote Mark Skousen, PhD, in the March 2025 issue of his Forecasts & Strategies investment newsletter. Skousen, a Chapman University presidential fellow who has been named “America’s economist” by the MoneyShow, has been writing Forecasts & Strategies for 45 years and has selectively begun to invest in cryptocurrencies.
Skousen teamed up with his award-winning documentarian son Tim Skousen to trade both Bitcoin and Ethereum successfully in the TNT Trader advisory service that they collaborate on together. TNT Trader produced an average gain of 85% when recommending options in Ethereum in November 2023 before selling them in two parts by the end of the following month. TNT Trader is up more than 171.76% in Bitcoin, which remains a recommendation.
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“We are also several years into a very positive bull run since late 2022, so it shouldn’t be a huge surprise that stocks are retreating after an overbought period,” Skousen wrote in the March 2025 issue of his Forecasts & Strategies. “This has also included cryptocurrencies.”
Mark Skousen, head of Forecasts & Strategies and a scion of Ben Franklin, meets with Paul Dykewicz.
Five Cryptocurrency Investments offer Potent Potential: TNT Trader Tips
In January 2025, TNT Trader predicted that Bitcoin would likely trade sideways or even retreat for a period of weeks or months. The advisory service projected that Bitcoin would drop below $90,000, which it already has done.
It has only been 10 months since the last halving event in April 2024 of the amount of Bitcoin that is left to mine. In previous Bitcoin cycles, the cryptocurrency has not hit its new all-time high until at least 12 months after a halving, TNT Trader reported. In the last three cycles, the all-time high has been reached closer to 18 months later, the publication continued.
“So, let’s be patient,” TNT Trader advised. “It’s hard to watch anything take a drop, but this is part of owning cryptocurrencies. Patience is hard, but it pays off in the end.
“And don’t forget that Bitcoin has done this during every bull cycle on its way to new highs. Let’s hold on for the big payoff before exiting the space later this year.”
Five Cryptocurrency Investments offer Potent Potential: Ethereum
Ethereum is another cryptocurrency recommendation in TNT Trader. It is one of those that President Trump personally said he likes and would include as part of the U.S. Strategic Reserve.
Bargain hunters may like that Ethereum fell 15% in just the past 24 hours, as of the evening of March 4. That plunge dropped Ethereum to its lowest level since November 2023.
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Five Cryptocurrency Investments offer Potent Potential: BLOK
Investors may want to buy shares in equities that are tied to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. A speculative recommendation that adds alpha to the Forecasts & Strategies newsletter portfolio is Amplify Transformational Data Fund (NYSEArca: BLOK). The fund invests in crypto and blockchain technology.
So far this year, Amplify Transformational Data Sharing Fund is up 3% year, Forecasts & Strategies reported in its March 2025 newsletter. BLOK invests in companies that finance cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.
TNT Trader notched an average 120.54% gain in BLOK late in 2024 by buying call options in the fund and selling them in three different segments. The exposure to blockchain technology helps the fund diversify beyond a pure play in Bitcoin.
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Five Cryptocurrency Investments offer Potent Potential: STCE
Bob Carlson, the head of the Retirement Watch investment newsletter and his proprietary IRA Calculator that helps investors assess whether a traditional IRA should be converted into a Roth IRA, recommended Schwab Crypto Thematic (STCE) to his subscribers in the publication’s March 2025 issue. Carlson wrote that STCE has a diversified portfolio of about 40 securities of companies involved in various aspects of blockchain technology, digital asset and digital currencies. About 62% of the fund is in the 10 largest positions.
“The government pays the debts with currency that has reduced purchasing power,” Carlson advised. “Investors worry the perpetual deficits in the U.S. could lead to this result.”
Bob Carlson heads Retirement Watch and his proprietary IRA Caculator
The fund’s largest positions are MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN), Hut 8 (NASDAQ: HUT), Cipher Mining (NASDAQ: CIFR) and Iris Energy (NASDAQ: IREN). STCE, launched in mid-2022, has paid dividends every six months since then. Its latest dividend yield is 0.21%.
The fund’s track record in the past year shows the high volatility that accompanies price swings in cryptocurrencies and the related blockchain companies. It jumped 3.42% on Friday, Feb. 28, but is down 20.86% in the past month, 30.85% in the last three months, 14.96% so far this year. However, it advanced 2.78% during the last 12 months, as shown in the chart below.
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For more about digital assets and currencies, Carlson addressed the opportunity in his Spotlight Series episode of May 2024, “Bitcoin, Digital Assets and Your Retirement Finances: What You Need to Know.”
Five Cryptocurrency Investments offer Potent Potential: HODL
Since the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was forced by courts to approve Bitcoin ETFs, it now is easy and inexpensive to invest in Bitcoin, Carlson said. One of the ETFs that he recommends using to own spot Bitcoin is VanEck Bitcoin (BATS: HODL).
“At most brokers, you won’t pay a trading fee,” Carlson said. “Most of the Bitcoin ETFs have very similar fees and returns.”
Carlson recommends VanEck Bitcoin (BATS: HODL). The fund is down 12.02% for the last month, 12.34% in the past three months, 7,07% for the year to date but up 28.03% during the past 12 months.
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Another fan of cryptocurrency investments is Jim Woods, who co-heads the Fast Money Alert trading service with Professor Skousen, as well as leads his own Crypto and Commodities Trader. Woods, who also leads the Investing Edge investment newsletter, has successfully traded in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in Crypto and Commodities Trader.
Paul Dykewicz meets with Jim Woods, head of Investing Edge and co-lead of Fast Money Alert.
Yet one more investment professional with a crypto portfolio is Bryan Perry, who recommends such investments in his Micro-Cap Trader Trader advisory service. He expressed optimism for cryptocurrencies to bounce back this year.
Bryan Perry heads Micro-Cap Trader Trader
Five Cryptocurrency Investments offer Potent Potential: Summary
The five cryptocurrency investments offering potent potential are candidates for purchase. Investors who are interested in equities that have gone on sale at discounted prices may be rewarded, especially with rising geopolitical risk as wars rage around the world and the market seeming to have plateaued recently.
Paul Dykewicz, www.pauldykewicz.com, is an accomplished, award-winning journalist who has written for Dow Jones, the Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, USA Today, the Journal of Commerce, Seeking Alpha, GuruFocus and other publications and websites. Paul, who can be followed on Twitter @PaulDykewicz, is the editor of StockInvestor.com and DividendInvestor.com, a writer for both websites and a columnist. He further is editorial director of Eagle Financial Publications in Washington, D.C., where he edits monthly investment newsletters, time-sensitive trading alerts, free e-letters and other investment reports. Paul previously served as business editor of Baltimore’s Daily Record newspaper. Paul also is the author of an inspirational book, “Holy Smokes! Golden Guidance from Notre Dame’s Championship Chaplain,” with a foreword by former national championship-winning football coach Lou Holtz. The book is great as a gift and is endorsed by Joe Montana, Joe Theismann, Ara Parseghian, “Rocket” Ismail, Reggie Brooks, Dick Vitale and many others. Call 202-677-4457 for multiple-book pricing.
