This solution uses automated cryptocurrency investing technology provided by Animus Technologies while Equity Trust serves as a custodian for your IRA.
According to a white paper by Animus, its technology continuously evaluates market conditions and provides trading instructions based on its investment AI methodology.
No set-up or application fees
Minimum investment: For Equity Trust clients only: $25,000
Continuously monitors cryptocurrency markets
Rules-based automated trading
Institutional-grade security
Education
Curious how an Automated Crypto IRA works?
Check out this Q&A video where Animus Technologies co-founder & CEO Max Pace answers common questions about why the company uses algorithmic methodology to buy and sell cryptocurrency.
Watch the video below to learn how algorithmic trading works:
Watch: How Algorithmic Trading Works
Process
How the Automated Crypto IRA works
After opening a Universal IRA or Equity Trust Crypto IRA, you can enroll in the Automated Crypto IRA technology and fund your account. Once enrolled, select Animus Technologies Inc. to provide automated cryptocurrency investing technology for your account.
When Animus Technologies provides a trading instruction under its investment methodology, trades are executed within your account. Throughout the process, Equity Trust Company serves as the custodian for your IRA, providing secure account administration and convenient 24/7 online access through myEQUITY.
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OPEN AN ACCOUNT
Choose a Universal IRA or Equity Trust Crypto IRA, then enroll in the Automated Crypto IRA and complete the account setup process.
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FUND YOUR ACCOUNT
Fund your IRA through a contribution, transfer, or rollover. Equity serves as the custodian for your retirement account with 24/7 online access via myEQUITY.
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SELECT ANIMUS TECHNOLOGIES
Login to the myEQUITY account portal. From the main page select the WealthBridge tile. From here you can enroll, pause or exit the automated technology.
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AUTOMATED TRADING BEGINS
Automated trading will occur within your account when we receive an instruction to buy or sell on your behalf from Animus Technologies. You may pause or cancel enrollment in the technology at any time.
Investment Focus
Why Animus Technologies Focuses on Bitcoin and Ethereum
According to the Animus Technologies’ white paper, rather than attempting to trade hundreds of digital assets, the Automated Crypto IRA is intentionally focused on Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Because Bitcoin and Ethereum provide exposure to two of the most established areas of the cryptocurrency market, they offer broad institutional adoption, deep market liquidity, and the long-term market history needed to support a disciplined, rules-based investment approach. Together, the two digital assets represent what Animus describes as the two dominant investment themes within digital assets: sound digital money and programmable finance.
Bitcoin (BTC)
As the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, Bitcoin is widely recognized as the original digital asset.
Its fixed supply of 21 million coins has contributed to its reputation as “digital gold,” and it has become the most widely adopted cryptocurrency among institutional investors.
Today, Bitcoin is held by investment products, corporations, and sovereign entities around the world.
Ethereum (ETH)
Ethereum is the leading blockchain platform for decentralized applications and smart contracts.
Beyond serving as a digital asset, it provides the infrastructure for decentralized finance (DeFi), tokenized assets, and many Web3 applications.
Because its value is closely tied to network activity and utility, Ethereum offers a different investment profile than Bitcoin, providing exposure to a different segment of the digital asset ecosystem.
Technology
The Animus Difference
Data-driven decisions powered by AI and machine learning
According to the company’s white paper, Animus Technologies uses a proprietary AI engine that continuously collects and analyzes public and private market data from around the world. Because the process is fully automated, it continually adapts to market conditions 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The company’s AI and machine learning technology also:
Uses a consistent, rules-based methodology designed to reduce emotion from the trading process and respond objectively to changing market conditions.
Automatically allocates portfolios among Bitcoin, Ethereum, and cash based on its evaluation of market conditions and risk.
Continuously evaluates new market information and, when its predefined criteria are met, provides trading instructions to Equity Trust to execute transactions within your account.
The white paper also explains that the AI engine reevaluates market conditions every hour using data such as:
Investor Sentiment
150,000+ Global Data Sources
Macroeconomic & Geopolitical Events
Technical Indicators
Fit & Suitability
Is an Automated Crypto IRA Right for You?
The Automated Crypto IRA may appeal to investors who:
Are willing to have a provider direct trades on their behalf
Have a minimum investment of $25,000
Prefer a rules-based approach to cryptocurrency trading
Are interested in automated market monitoring
Want to invest in digital assets within a tax-advantaged IRA
Get Started
Ready to Explore an Automated Crypto IRA?
Learn how the Automated Crypto IRA, powered by Animus Technologies, works within your self-directed IRA. Our IRA Counselors can answer your questions and help you get started.
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