Crypto Cafe · by Ayesha Khan · 2026-09-03

beginner portfolio question: btc only or tiny alt basket too?

I'm new, have mostly been buying bitcoin, and part of me likes the simplicity. Another part of me keeps thinking maybe I should have a little ETH and maybe one or two others just so I'm not learning with tunnel vision.

How did you approach this in your first year?

73 sparks · 7 comments

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Mango Marauder · 14 likes

I went 70/20/10 and still decided the 10 created 80% of my stress.

Hana Choi · 12 likes

If you do alts, keep the number small. Beginner mistake is building a zoo.

Giulia Rossi · 7 likes

'building a zoo' lmao

Ayesha Khan · 2 likes

I can absolutely see myself adopting too many weird coins out of curiosity

Aoife Murphy · 6 likes

BTC only is the easiest to understand emotionally. Fewer tabs open in your brain.

Hugo Martin · 1 likes

What crushed me early wasn't being wrong, it was owning too many tiny random things to follow properly.

Jisoo Park · 1 likes

A tiny ETH position makes sense if you actually want to learn how the ecosystem differs.