Crypto has grown into a serious asset class, with a vocabulary of its own. Below we explain the key concepts one by one: sober, factual and written for the discerning investor.
Crypto explained15 articles
The basics
4Start here: what crypto is, how a blockchain works, and the two networks that carry the market.
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What is crypto?
What crypto is, why investors are paying attention, and what to watch for.
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Beyond Bitcoin
3Other coins, coins with a fixed price, and financial services that run without a bank.
Owning and storing
3Where crypto sits, who holds the keys, and where trading takes place.
Under the bonnet
3How a network without a central party records and secures transactions, and what that costs.
Market and rules
2Why prices move so sharply, and which European framework applies to crypto and to funds.
Crypto and tax10 articles
The main lines
3Where crypto lands in the tax return, how box 3 taxes wealth, and what changes in 2026.
Privately or through a company
2The routes for holding crypto, with the tax trade-off for each.
Special situations
2Income from staking and lending, and the tax consequences of gifting and inheritance.
Filing and reporting
2What has to be declared, and which data platforms pass on from 2026.
More in this section
1Recently added and not yet placed in a block.
Systematic investing11 articles
The approach
3What a systematic strategy is, how trend-following works, and how it differs from investing on judgement.
The signals
2The measures a system enters and exits on, and how momentum compares with holding.
Managing risk
3Position sizing, diversification, and limiting the depth of a drawdown.
Discipline and evidence
3Why rules beat instinct, what a backtest does and does not prove, and what the four-year cycle is worth.
