Elasticity and the Messy Middle

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Elasticity and the Messy Middle

What is the Messy Middle?

In the context of Money & Finance, the Messy Middle is a no-go zone with respect to traditional investing. Because returns are not considered to be justified with intermediate-risk assets, portfolio managers maximize returns by attempting to balance out No-Risk & High-Risk extremes. This is known as the Barbell Strategy:

And in the context of Mental Health, the Messy Middle can be conceptualized as the range of Moods between flat and labile

Note: Technically, “range” characterizes “affect” - which describes the momentary expression of emotions observed outwardly through a person’s demeanor. On the other hand, Moods are longer-term dispositions experienced subjectively by individuals; and this is the meaning ascribed above

If you’ve been “in crypto” long enough, there’s a chance your Mood has mirrored the Volatility of your token prices. Played in a bull market? you’ve likely seen the manic “blow-off top” where the euphoria makes anything and everything seem possible. Neglected to take profits? Well, then you’ve lived through a bear market where nearly every spike is stifled and a “cold winter” of a depression feels eternal. Sitting in Stablecoins? Might feel “comfy,” but the absence of variety is likely boring.

Nailing the Sweet SPOT

Instead, what if you found an “optimal” range of volatility? Not too hot; not too cold. Not Manic; but not Depressive. Conversely, not so euthymic either that your vibe is tranquilized into a state of dullness.  

What if you could ride just the right amount of volatility? A bit of variety to spice things up.

Thoda tikha 🌶️ ho jaye 

Accessible in Decentralized Finance (DeFi), enter the world’s first and only “Low Volatility Asset (LVA)” - SPOT:

Could SPOT usher a brand new class of Low Volatility Assets (LVAs)? https://www.spot.cash/

With Limited Downside and Predictable Upside, an LVA like SPOT upgrades the Messy Middle into a Sweet SPOT - pun intended

Plus, an ascending trend “up and to the right.” You will learn a lot more about it on this blog, but first…

What is Elasticity?

In our current context then, Elasticity resembles the capacity to adapt, accommodate, and optimize. Elasticity is the foundation that facilitates bending > breaking.

This applies to Digital Assets & Mental States (among many things); and fundamentally - a Philosophy towards Life.

As we navigate the “Messy Middle” of this decade during a shifting World Order, Elasticity - the ability to expand and contract in the midst of chaos - will alchemize your emergence of a thriving Anti-Fragility.

Elastic Money is the bedrock in a Messy Middle for the brand new class of Low Volatility Assets (LVAs)