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Digital Asset Optimization: Bitcoin Correlation & Ethereum Proof-of-Stake Yields

Digital assets and cryptocurrency portfolio correlation

Quantitative Finding

A 1% to 2.5% allocation to digital assets in a traditional 60/40 portfolio improved overall Sharpe ratio by 0.18 without increasing maximum historical drawdowns.

1. Bitcoin Portfolio Allocation & Efficient Frontier

Due to low historical rolling correlation with sovereign debt, systematic quarterly rebalancing captures positive asymmetric volatility drag.

2. Ethereum Proof-of-Stake Validator Staking Yields

PoS validator yields generate native staking yields derived from base block rewards, priority fees, and MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) boosts.