Why Crypto Stocks Are Performing Worse Than Cryptocurrencies
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Here's your money briefing for Thursday, April 21st. I'm J.R. Whalen for The Wall Street Journal. Anyone investing in cryptocurrencies probably knows they're in for a roller coaster ride. Companies that provide services in the crypto sector are often seen as a safer bet. But so far this year, crypto stocks are doing worse than crypto itself.
directionally cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency stocks the companies are they're going in the same direction which is down unfortunately for investors this year the real difference is in the magnitude of the losses so what's behind this split and is there a safer way of having crypto in your portfolio we'll check in with our crypto reporter paul vina after the break
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Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are famously volatile, so investors looking for a steadier way of dipping their toe into the crypto sector might instead turn to buying stocks of the companies that provide the backbone of the industry, like crypto exchanges or companies that process transactions. But that hasn't proven to be such a safe bet lately. The combined market value of publicly traded crypto companies stood at $100 billion back in November and has since fallen by 40% to just $60 billion.
What is the episode introduction and why are crypto stocks in the headlines?
So what's going on? The WSJ's Paul Vigna has written extensively about the crypto market, and he joins me now. Paul, thank you so much for being with us.
Yeah, JR, I'm always happy to come on the show.
So, Paul, can you just clarify this distinction for us, the difference between cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum or even Dogecoin and the crypto companies we're going to be talking about today?
Well, the cryptocurrencies you could think of as the asset or the commodity that the industry is focused around. Think of gold and the gold industry. Think of oil and the oil industry. Cryptocurrencies are the things and these companies have built services around the things. And some of those companies are companies like Coinbase Global, Riot Blockchain, Marathon Digital, Silvergate, which is a bank, actually. So those are sort of the big ones. And there's just a bunch of different ones that over the last year or so have found their way onto the public markets.
Now, if these cryptocurrencies and the crypto companies have the relationship that you talked about, why is there such a divergence in how they've performed?
Well, directionally, cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency stocks, the companies, they're going in the same direction, which is down, unfortunately, for investors this year. The real difference is in the magnitude of the losses. And cryptocurrencies themselves are down. Bitcoin's down around 10 percent. Ethereum's down around 15 percent. Those are the two biggest ones. Those are the ones that really matter. The stocks of the companies we're talking about are down anywhere from 10, 11 percent to as much as 60 percent. Coinbase is the largest U.S. publicly traded crypto focused stock by far, by a long shot.
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