Wisdom from a crypto billionaire, plus a risk-free bitcoin trade that could pay double-digit returns

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In three-and-a-half years, Sam Bankman-Fried has quietly transformed from an ETF trader into a cryptocurrency legend and one of the world’s youngest billionaires, with an estimated net worth of almost $9 billion.

On a recent podcast, he discussed a strategy that secured 10% daily returns on million-dollar trades. He also shared how correctly evaluating risk in cryptos can lead to moneymaking opportunities.

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A 29-year-old self-made billionaire breaks down how he achieved daily returns of 10% on million-dollar crypto trades, and shares how to find the best opportunities



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Bitcoin futures are in contango, which presents a risk-free opportunity that’s recently offered an 11% return for investors willing to do the legwork. The trade is designed to exploit the discrepancy between bitcoin’s spot and futures prices.

We break down how it works, and experts explain why this arbitrage opportunity even exists in the first place – and is unlikely to go away anytime soon.

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Bitcoin is a headache to store, and that’s created an investment opportunity that could theoretically pay determined traders big risk-free returns by December



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We spoke to Joel Greenblatt, the co-CIO of Gotham Asset Management, where he averaged 50% annual returns from 1985 to 1994. He told us how he locates “creative” opportunities in a market where everyone always scrambles to buy the same things.

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Investing legend Joel Greenblatt averaged 50% annual returns over 10 years. He told us his strategy for individual investors to find ‘creative’ opportunities in an increasingly crowded and ever-changing market.


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