In a space defined by noise, an experiment in silence can be surprisingly revealing. To test that, one journalist designed a minimalist approach and stepped aside.
So, over three months, they committed $10,000 to simple system to take over: ten coins, equal allocation, weekly auto-investments, no interference.
ANd also: no trading, no chart-watching, no last-minute reallocations. Just a quiet script running in the background, converting fiat to crypto with clockwork regularity.
The rules were deliberately boring:
$1,000 per coin across 10 tokens - a mix of majors and mid-caps
12 equal buys per coin, automated weekly via a custodial DCA feature
No manual trades, no reaction to news, no cherry-picking timelines
The coins ranged from foundational assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum to ecosystem plays like AVAX and WBT. The goal wasn't to "win" with a single narrative, it was to see what a neutral, systematic approach would yield across categories.
As you can see, after 12 weeks, the portfolio had diverged - some assets fell behind, others pulled ahead. A few names posted strong double-digit growth. Others stayed roughly even or slid downward. But the outcome was less important than the experience of not touching the process.
There was no urge to overanalyze, no impulse to panic-sell at the first sign of volatility. Instead, there was a quiet sense of rhythm - a kind of internal pace that didn't need validation. Discipline replaced noise, and with time, things that once felt chaotic began to make sense. Clarity didn't arrive all at once, but it did arrive - steadily, like a horizon coming into view.
When markets move, narratives shift and signal gets buried under performance theatre, systems like these offer something rare: consistency. Not the kind that guarantees returns, but the kind that guarantees sanity.
Crypto will always attract adrenaline. But there's room, too, for quiet confidence. For traders who don't need to be right every hour. For systems that work because no one's poking at them.
So no, this wasn't a test of which coin "won". It was a test of what happens when you step back and let the market speak.
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