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Conservative Base
Stability-driven multi-asset portfolio of USDC, BTC and ETH.
Conservative Base targets long-term value stability with moderate growth expectations. Most of the capital sits in USDC as a liquidity and stability anchor, complemented by Coinbase-issued cbBTC for Bitcoin exposure and WETH for Ethereum participation.
Both risk assets are held natively on Base — no bridges, no synthetic constructs. That keeps the strategy technically simple and transparent: you can verify in your own Safe at any moment which real tokens you hold.
Rebalancing is deliberately conservative: a trade fires only when the largest drift exceeds 5%, typically every 3-6 weeks. That minimises friction from slippage and gas costs.
Risk profile
Target allocation
How the strategy aims to distribute capital
Backtest Dec 2024 – Apr 2026
500 days of real BTC + ETH market data · 7 rebalances at 0.1% swap fee · defillama (BTC + ETH daily closes); USDC modelled at $1.00
Total Return
-8.8%
CAGR
-6.5%
Max drawdown
-25.2%
Vol p.a.
19%
Walk-forward simulation of the strategy against real BTC and ETH daily closes. Rebalancing fires when drift > threshold, with a 0.1% swap fee as realistic friction. Past performance is no indicator of future results.
Where this strategy fits
- Proven multi-asset pattern: stable anchor + two major-crypto legs
- No bridge dependency — every asset lives natively on Base
- Low trade frequency minimises friction losses
- Suited to capital preservation with moderate growth ambition
Things you should know
- Crypto drawdowns of 30-50% in bear phases are possible — you take this risk through the 40% allocation to risk assets
- USDC sleeve carries no yield (Personal v1.0) — Aave lending lands in v2
- Does not outperform buy-and-hold in extreme crash phases