2022 has been a challenging year for most, given that the world is still dealing with the after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war, multiple supply chain shocks and many other crazy once-in-a-lifetime events that have left us where we sit today.

Due to these unforeseen events, the global economy is dealing with elevated inflation levels - the likes that have not been seen in decades. All these factors tend to spill over into financial markets, which have seemingly struggled to provide much growth and stability. All of this leaves investors with no real place to hide.

At Altify, we have recently released our monthly Crypto Bundle factsheets to show investors all the necessary information about their constituents and the performance they have delivered over the month of July.  

Below you can see how a simple $100 investment has performed in each of our Altify Crypto Bundles against Bitcoin.

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While beating Bitcoin is certainly no easy feat, the Top10 Bundle (+57.6%), the Smart Contract Bundle (+32.5%), the Payments Bundle (+30%) and the DeFi Bundle (+17.8%) all managed to outperform their Bitcoin benchmark (+16.8%) over the month of July. This once again helps investors see that diversification is one of the smartest ways to invest in any asset, including cryptocurrencies.

Let Altify help you fight inflation

During this tumultuous year, we noticed that many investors cited heightened inflation as the leading cause for concern in their fight to grow their wealth. So, we at Altify wanted to develop a product to help them combat this.

Welcome to the Inflation Shield Bundle - a Bundle designed for anyone wanting to protect their wealth against inflation while minimising the volatility that comes with investing in Bitcoin alone.

Much like the rest of our Bundles, the Inflation Shield Bundle (+2.2%) also managed to outperform its Gold benchmark (-2.1%). This shows investors that by including the inflation hedge of tomorrow, Bitcoin, the Bundle achieved excess returns for the month of July.

What are Altify Crypto Bundles?

“Why search for the needle in the haystack when you can just buy the haystack?”

It is extremely challenging to pick winners in a market with over 20,000 assets.

One way to lower your risk when investing is to own a diversified basket of assets rather than just investing in one asset outright - the same holds for cryptocurrencies.

These Bundles enable you to effortlessly gain exposure to the world’s largest and, by default, most successful cryptocurrencies without having to build and manage a crypto portfolio yourself. 

Altify currently offers five Bundles:

1. The Top 10 Bundle is like the JSE Top 40 or S&P 500 for crypto and provides equally weighted exposure to the top 10 cryptocurrencies making up more than 75% of the crypto market.
   
   
2. The Payment Bundle provides equally weighted exposure to the top 5 payment-focused cryptocurrencies looking to make payments cheaper, faster and more global.
   
   
3. The Smart Contract Bundle provides equally weighted exposure to the top 5 smart contract-focused cryptocurrencies like Ethereum, Solana and Polkadot that enable developers to build applications on top of their blockchains, similar to how Apple builds apps on top of its OS operating system.
   
   
4. The Inflation Shield is an algorithmically optimised investment basket, giving you the protection of gold with the performance of Bitcoin through a single investment. The ratio of gold to Bitcoin within the bundle is based on historic risk vs return data aimed at maximising returns while taking on the least amount of downside risk possible.
   
   
5. The DeFi Bundle provides market capitalisation weighted exposure to the top 10 most prominent DeFi-enabled cryptocurrencies. These innovative blockchain-based applications have created a financial ecosystem for everyone - capable of bypassing banks, brokers, exchanges and the other intermediaries who traditionally manage and process financial services.