Crypto Long & Short: The crypto question isn't what to own — it's what you can survive holding
This article discusses the importance of risk management and position sizing for institutional crypto investors rather than focusing solely on asset selection. It suggests that systematic, trend-following strategies can help investors survive market volatility.
Why it matters
As crypto becomes more integrated into traditional financial systems, institutional-grade risk management is becoming essential for market stability.
Welcome to our institutional newsletter, Crypto Long & Short. This week:
Convexity or Survival: What Allocators Should Know About Sizing Crypto Risk
- By Gregory Mall , chief investment officer, Lionsoul Global
Most crypto allocation debates focus on what to own. The harder question, and often the more useful one, is what an investor can actually survive holding.
For most of its history, crypto sat outside the financial system, but that has changed. Spot bitcoin and ether exchange-traded products opened a regulated distribution channel, drawing institutional capital into the asset class while also letting it leave quickly when sentiment turns. Stablecoin flows now reach into short-term Treasury markets. Crypto has become wired into the same macro plumbing as traditional asset classes.
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