Register now for a new class of the Grayscale Institute, Grayscale’s educational platform for both new and experienced digital asset investors:
In Practice: How to Integrate Digital Assets into Traditional Portfolios
Wednesday, November 11, 2026 | 11:00 AM ET
1 Continuing Education (CE) Credit
This class—the final of Grayscale's five-class Digital Asset Investing Fundamentals course—provides a framework for investors to consider when integrating digital assets into a portfolio of traditional assets. The session will discuss:
Deploying “core digital assets,” including Bitcoin and Ethereum
Deploying “satellite digital assets”
Assessing portfolio impact of allocations to core and satellite assets
Optimizing traditional portfolios by modeling allocations to core and satellite assets
The first four classes of the course are available here on demand. Also: Download our Primer Series on the fundamentals of investing in digital assets. First 7 are ready. Primer 8 releases on November 11.
Grayscale Institute was created with a clear mission: To educate both new and experienced investors on the intricacies of investing in digital assets. As a pioneer with a decade-plus track record in digital asset investing, Grayscale believes that sharing knowledge is essential to advancing the discovery, understanding, and demystification of this rapidly evolving asset class.
Presenter
Keith Black, PhD
Adjunct Faculty, University of Massachusetts
Dr. Black has over three decades of financial market experience. He has published many articles and white papers and is more recently the author of “Investing in Cryptocurrencies and Digital Assets,” a book that focuses on the technologies, business models, and valuation of digital assets. He currently teaches a course on Digital Asset Investing at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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