Matt Piccolella https://paragraph.com/@mattpic undefined Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:14:09 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html https://github.com/jpmonette/feed en Matt Piccolella https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/898b828366a2413ab722e5c0b498fbb04db60ff8f944884c3b29cd08b29eba29.jpg https://paragraph.com/@mattpic All rights reserved <![CDATA[A Diversified, Living Crypto Portfolio]]> https://paragraph.com/@mattpic/a-diversified-living-crypto-portfolio AaRDl7id3KErleA0fMIH Thu, 25 Nov 2021 02:45:23 GMT As a part of my dive into the web3 space, I’m writing this doc to understand what it means to invest in a crypto portfolio. At present, I don’t know about anything past {BTC, ETH, SOL} and one or two more coins. But, there’s lots more to invest in. I’m figuring this out here - if you’re like me, this post might be useful. Inspired partially by this post.

Areas to invest in:

  • Layer one chains (staple): main blockchains -- namely Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH)

  • Layer one chains (emerging): new, competing blockchains with benefits over BTC and ETH -- Solana is picking up steam, Avalanche, etc.

  • Layer two protocols: new protocols to take pressure off the computation all being done on layer one chains today (Stacks, Polygon, etc.)

  • DeFi protocols: Aave, Compound, Uniswap, etc.

  • Storage protocols: Filecoin, Arweave

  • Privacy-based: Zcash, Monero

  • DEXes: Uniswap, SushiSwap, Curve Financial, etc.

  • Stable coins: pegged to USD -- Tether (USDT), USD Coin (USDC), etc.

  • CEXes: Binance, FTX, Huobi, OKex

DeFi Protocol

Source: St. Louis Fed
Source: St. Louis Fed

NFT

Content Platforms -- Monetization Strategies

NFT Stack -- Map of the Web

Web3

Largely just a map of the ecosystem -- mapping I found to be useful

References

Thanks to the authors of these posts -- they helped me pull this together.

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