During the great Bitcoin boom of late 2017, every office had a #CryptoBro.

You know, the guy who would tell you all about what the market was going to do in the weeks to come, adding that he was about to sell his car to buy some new, obscure cryptocurrency that was going to help him retire at 35.

I don’t know how that’s going for him, but there is still plenty of buzz around cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin and blockchain.

By this point you’ll know that cryptocurrencies are considered very volatile (which might be why the office #CryptoBro has been quiet this year), which means they make for rather high-risk investments.

Cool, but how about the start-up world saying that goes “you can mine for gold or you can sell shovels”? For some background, during the California Gold Rush of the early 1850’s, mining gold was considered a very exciting and glamorous path.

That being said, some of the most successful businesspeople of the times made their fortunes selling supplies like shovels, tents, wheelbarrows and pickaxes to the miners.

What are we getting at? Well, you don’t always have to take the risk to reap the rewards, if you have a little foresight and advice to guide you. Rather than try and ride the rollercoaster that is investing in cryptocurrencies themselves, why not invest in companies associated with the industry?

EasyEquities have constructed a Crypto bundle containing proven companies with associations with the crypto industry, which is an investment option that offers a far safer ride.

Here are the companies included in their Crypto bundle, and a little bit about each. A reminder that EasyEquities makes it very easy to invest in American companies at the heart of the cryptocurrency game, so you’re playing with the big guns here.

Time to check out the 10 companies making up the Crypto bundle:

AMD

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets.

CyberArk

CyberArk is a publicly traded information security company offering Privileged Account Security. The company’s technology is utilised primarily in the financial services, energy, retail and healthcare markets.

Intel

Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, in the Silicon Valley.

Micron

Micron Technology, Inc. is an American global corporation based in Boise, Idaho, which produces many forms of semiconductor devices, including dynamic random-access memory, flash memory, and solid-state drives.

Microsoft 

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and services.

Nvidia

Designs graphics processing units (GPUs) for the gaming, cryptocurrency, and professional markets, as well as ‘system on a chip’ units (SoCs) for the mobile computing and automotive market.

Overstock.com

Initially sold exclusively surplus and returned merchandise on an online e-commerce marketplace, liquidating the inventories of at least 18 failed dot-com companies at below-wholesale prices

PayPal Holdings, Inc.

An American company operating a worldwide online payments system that supports online money transfers, and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods like cheques and money orders.

Shopify 

A Canadian e-commerce company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. It is also the name of its proprietary e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems.

Zynga.com

An American video game developer running social video game services founded in July 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company develops social games for mobile phone platforms such as Apple iOS, Android, Windows Phone and on the Internet through its website, Zynga.com.

Next time an older person tries to tell you that you spend too much time on Facebook, remind them about the million Farmville requests they sent you.

If you spread your investment around those major American companies, like the EasyEquities Crypto Bundle does for you, you can ensure consistent long-term returns without worrying about the risk of cryptocurrencies themselves.

Portfolios with this risk number are targeting an annual return of inflation +8.84%, or approximately +14.84%.

Shall we get you set up, with a little bonus in the account? It’s all pretty simple – you just register an EasyEquities account HERE before the end of the week (August 3).

Make sure you select ‘2OceansVibe’ under the ‘How did you hear about us’ drop-down menu on sign-up, and you’ll score a sweet $5 on the house to fast track your crypto hustle.

You can invest as much or as little as you want, rather than buying entire shares, which makes it perfect for everyone from first-timers right through to old pros.

Happy investing, and be sure to let that office #CryptoBro know all hope is not lost.