Forget Bitcoin: Here Are 3 Stocks You Should Buy Instead

Amid the chaos of 2020, it's not just tech stocks that have been a pleasant surprise. The most popular and valuable cryptocurrency on the planet, bitcoin, ended Saturday, Oct. 10, having gained 57% on a year-to-date basis.

There are a number of reasons for bitcoin's ascent in 2020. For example, bitcoin's block rewards -- i.e., the amount of bitcoin awarded to cryptocurrency miners for proving the validity of transactions across its blockchain -- were halved on May 11. Historically, bitcoin has run up substantially prior to a halving event. 

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