Plain-English guides on DeFi, taxes, AI trading, stablecoins, NFTs, halving cycles, and how to build a resilient crypto portfolio. Pick a topic and dive in.
This library is a working reference for retail investors who want to hold crypto as part of a broader portfolio rather than trade it full time. Each guide covers one decision you actually have to make — how large an allocation should be, when to rebalance it, which venue to custody it on, what a tax bill will look like at the end of the year, and how to tell a durable asset from a narrative that is running out of buyers.
They are written by the CryptoBull research team, which has published market calls and written analysis continuously since 2017 — a nine-year public record spanning two full market cycles, including the drawdowns. That history shapes the emphasis here: risk management and position sizing get more space than price targets, because those are the variables an individual investor can control.
No guide assumes prior experience with derivatives, on-chain tooling, or accounting. Where a topic has genuine unresolved risk — stablecoin backing, bridge security, unsettled tax treatment — the guide says so instead of smoothing it over. Start wherever your current question is; the guides cross-link and can be read in any order.
If you have decided to own crypto but not how much, allocation comes first and asset selection second. Our portfolio guide walks through sizing a sleeve against a drawdown you did not forecast, the four axes that actually diversify a book, and how many positions you can defend individually.
Crypto Portfolio StrategyMost unexpected crypto tax bills come from swaps, staking rewards, and DeFi activity that never touched a bank account. The crypto tax guide covers the 2026 reporting regime — Form 1099-DA and per-wallet basis — while the tax-loss harvesting guide covers the wash sale boundary and which losses are usable.
Crypto Tax GuideBitcoin's issuance falls by half at block 1,050,000, expected in the first half of 2028 — the exact date is a forecast, not a schedule. The halving countdown page tracks blocks remaining live; the halving guide covers the mechanism, all four completed cycles, and the pattern most coverage leaves out: each cycle peak has grown by less than the one before it.
Bitcoin Halving GuideA stablecoin is a credit exposure to whoever holds the reserves, not cash. The stablecoin guide compares how USDT, USDC and DAI are backed, what has caused past de-pegs, and how new regulation changes which issuers are safe to park size with.
Stablecoin GuideOnce you have target weights, the next decision is what triggers a trade. The rebalancing guide compares threshold bands against calendar rebalancing on cost and drift control, works out how wide a band should be in a taxable account, and covers the six situations where the correct action is no trade at all.
Crypto Rebalancing StrategiesSentiment is an input, not a signal, and two of its most-cited inputs can be manufactured. The market sentiment guide covers what the Fear & Greed Index measures, how to read funding rates and open interest as positioning data, and when to ignore the number entirely.
Crypto Market Sentiment GuideLearn the basics of decentralized finance — lending, staking, yield farming, and how to start safely.
Read guideCompare the safest, lowest-fee crypto exchanges and the essential tools every trader should know.
Read guideHow AI, machine learning, and trading bots are reshaping crypto markets — and how to use them.
Read guideWhat altcoin season is, how to identify it with live indicators, and proven rotation strategies.
Read guideThe first major US crypto legislation — what it regulates and what it means for stablecoins.
Read guideCapital gains, DeFi income, reporting forms, and legal strategies to reduce your crypto tax bill.
Read guideWhen the wash sale rule reaches a crypto position and when it does not, which lots per-wallet basis lets you harvest, and how much loss you can actually deduct.
Read guideUSDT, USDC, DAI — how stablecoins work, their risks, and how regulation is shaping their future.
Read guideWhat Web3 is, how NFTs work, and why smart contracts are reshaping digital ownership.
Read guideWhen the next halving lands, what happened in each of the four completed cycles, how much supply is left, and why the peak multiple has fallen every cycle.
Read guideLive countdown to block 1,050,000 — blocks remaining, the full halving schedule, the date estimates that disagree and why, and what actually changes at the block.
Read guideHow many assets a crypto portfolio actually needs, the four axes that diversify something, how to size a sleeve against a real drawdown, and what rebalancing does and does not fix. Updated October 2026.
Read guideRebalancing tips and strategies compared — threshold bands versus calendar rebalancing, how wide a band should be, after-tax cost math, and when the correct action is no trade.
Read guideHow to track crypto market sentiment across five layers — what the Fear & Greed Index actually measures, how to read funding rates and on-chain flows, and the situations where sentiment data is actively misleading.
Read guideMost retail investors are best served by a single-digit to low-double-digit allocation — commonly 1% to 10% of total investable assets — sized so a total loss would not change their financial plan. The right number depends on time horizon, income stability, and how much volatility you can hold through without selling. Position sizing, not prediction, is what determines whether an allocation survives a drawdown.
Quarterly rebalancing, or threshold rebalancing when a position drifts more than 5 to 10 percentage points from its target, works well for most portfolios. More frequent rebalancing increases fees and taxable events without meaningfully improving risk-adjusted returns. The point of rebalancing is to trim positions that have grown into oversized risks, not to time the market.
Correlation. In a broad risk-off move, most crypto assets fall together, so a portfolio of twenty tokens is often one concentrated bet rather than a diversified book. The second most underestimated risk is custody and counterparty failure — exchange, bridge, and stablecoin issuer risk have destroyed more capital than bad price calls.
In most jurisdictions, yes. Swapping one token for another, spending crypto, and many DeFi actions are disposals that realize a gain or loss even though no fiat left the account. Staking and lending rewards are usually taxed as income at the time they are received, at their value on that date. Rules vary by country, so treat this as a framework and confirm with a local professional.
Exchange education is a customer acquisition channel — it is measured in accounts opened and volume traded, so it rarely tells you to hold less, trade less, or skip a product. These guides come from a research operation with a nine-year published track record and no trading-volume incentive, so they cover position sizing, tax drag, and downside cases openly, including when the sensible answer is to do nothing.
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