比特币（BTC -2.46％）几乎在每个投资者的投资组合中都赢得了一席之地。

比特币正在全球采用，希望投资于菲亚特货币以及金融机构中的某些东西

Bitcoin (BTC -2.46%) has earned a place in almost every investor's portfolio. As the anchor for the entire cryptocurrency sector, the coin is also becoming increasingly integrated into the traditional world financial system. And, with a few major catalysts in progress, there's no time like the present for investors who are considering starting a new position.

比特币（BTC -2.46％）几乎在每个投资者的投资组合中都赢得了一席之地。作为整个加密货币行业的锚点，硬币也越来越多地整合到传统的世界金融体系中。而且，随着一些主要的催化剂的进行，对于正在考虑开始新职位的投资者来说，没有时间像现在这样。

In fact, if you had to choose just one cryptocurrency out of all of them to invest in this year, there's a compelling argument for why it should be Bitcoin.

实际上，如果您只需要在今年中选择一个加密货币来投资，那就有令人信服的论点，说明为什么应该是比特币。

Clearer regulations and new policies could drive a boom

清晰的法规和新政策可能会推动繁荣

Bitcoin is undergoing worldwide adoption among individuals looking to invest in something that's distinct from fiat currency, as well as among financial institutions looking to get exposure to cryptocurrency as an asset class or to provide financial products with that exposure for their customers. The main reason that those financial institutions are willing to dabble in the coin today is that its regulatory status is in the process of being clarified in major economies, particularly the U.S.

比特币正在全球采用，希望投资于与法定货币不同的事物，以及希望获得加密货币作为资产类别的金融机构，或者向其客户提供这种曝光率的金融产品。这些金融机构愿意涉足今天硬币的主要原因是，其监管状况是在主要经济体中澄清的，尤其是美国

That process is likely to conclude relatively soon. The new leadership of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will probably take a pro-cryptocurrency stance and issue new guidelines for competition and conduct within the industry. Therefore, the capital from institutional investors and financial players now holding back is likely to flow into Bitcoin with gusto once that occurs.

该过程很快就会相对得出。美国证券交易委员会（SEC）的新领导层可能会采取亲密货币立场，并针对行业内的竞争和行为颁布新指南。因此，一旦发生这种情况，机构投资者和财务参与者的资本很可能会带着比特币。

Another major green light to buy Bitcoin is that the U.S. government has resolved not to sell any of the coins that it accumulates from asset forfeitures, opting instead to hold them in the planned Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR). If that policy is implemented and then maintained by future administrations, it would represent an ever-increasing portion of the coin's supply that's off the market, thereby leaving buyers to compete in the form of higher prices for the remaining supply. Over a long enough period, that probably will pay off for those who buy the coin today.

购买比特币的另一个主要绿灯是，美国政府已决定不出售其从资产没收中累积的任何硬币，而是选择将其固定在计划中的战略比特币储备（SBR）中。如果该政策是由未来的管理部门实施，然后维护的，则代表硬币供应中不断增加的部分，从而使买家以更高的价格竞争剩余供应。在足够长的时间内，这可能会给今天购买硬币的人带来回报。

It can deliver even if the best-case scenario doesn't play out

即使最好的场景不发挥作用，它也可以交付

Don't take the above to mean that Bitcoin prices won't gain if regulators don't produce the perfect set of policies, or if the government backtracks or bungles its plans for the SBR. These catalysts, although certainly nice to have, are necessary for the coin to pay off as an investment over the long term.

不要将上述内容表示，如果监管机构不制定完美的政策，或者政府回避或爆炸了其SBR计划，则比特币价格将不会上涨。这些催化剂虽然肯定很高兴拥有，但要使硬币从长远来看作为一项投资，这是必要的。

Thanks to its halving cycle, which occurs roughly every four years, Bitcoin's mining difficulty doubles at fairly regular intervals. That means investors have an incentive to buy it today, because in the future supply growth will slow as it become more difficult to produce new coins. The result may be less supply available to purchase at any given moment. As more investors awaken to that dynamic over time, new capital inflows may well send the price higher.

由于其减半周期大约每四年发生一次，比特币的采矿难度在相当定期的间隔增加了一倍。这意味着投资者今天有动力购买它，因为在未来的供应增长会变慢，因为生产新硬币变得越来越困难。结果可能在任何给定时刻购买的供应量较低。随着随着时间的流逝，越来越多的投资者唤醒了这种动态，新的资本流入很可能会使价格更高。

But why not invest in other cryptocurrencies that might have stronger growth drivers, like blockchain ecosystems or wider institutional adoption? In a word, risk. Bitcoin is the purest cryptocurrency play on the market; it isn't trying to be a home for decentralized finance (DeFi) or other cryptocurrency growth niches. That means it can avoid the risk of declining value as a result of losing a competitive fight on the basis of its technology or its user-friendliness.

但是，为什么不投资其他可能具有更强大增长动力的加密货币，例如区块链生态系统或更广泛的机构采用呢？一言以际，风险。比特币是市场上最纯粹的加密货币游戏。它并不是要成为分散融资（DEFI）或其他加密货币增长壁ni的家。这意味着它可以避免由于其技术或用户友好性而失去竞争性战斗而导致价值下降的风险。

Furthermore, while other leading cryptos are exposed to similar sets of regulatory catalysts as well as their possible inclusion in the Digital Asset Stockpile, the (still unimplemented) sibling of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, they're simply much smaller than Bitcoin and much more volatile. So, even if they might have a chance at growing faster, they're nowhere near as established.

此外，尽管其他领先的加密货币也暴露于类似的监管催化剂中，并可能包含在数字资产库存中，而战略比特币储备的兄弟姐妹（仍未实现）兄弟姐妹，它们比比特币小得多，比特币要小得多，而且更易变。因此，即使他们可能有机会更快地增长，它们也远不及确定。

If you do end up making Bitcoin the only cryptocurrency you invest in this year, remember that you'll still need to use good investing practices. Set up a series of purchases and pursue dollar-cost averaging (DCA), wherein you're consistently buying a small amount of the coin over time rather than making a big lump-sum purchase. Don't buy unless you're ready to hold for years and years, and don't bother checking the price every day.

如果您最终将比特币成为今年投资的唯一加密货币，请记住，您仍然需要使用良好的投资实践。建立一系列购买并追求美元成本平均（DCA），其中您始终会随着时间的推移购买少量硬币，而不是进行大量的一次性购买。除非您准备好多年，否则不要购买，也不要打扰每天检查价格。

Commit, and the odds are fairly good that you won't need to worry about buying other coins, provided you're patient enough.

提交，如果您足够耐心，您就不必担心购买其他硬币。