A crypto research analyst who bought his first bitcoin at $1,700 and ethereum at $180 breaks down the 2 altcoin sectors he’s bullish on

• Armando Aguilar is a digital asset strategist at research boutique Fundstrat Global Advisors.
• Aguilar, who started trading crypto in 2014, shares two sectors of altcoins that he is bullish on.
• He also explains how he mines HNT tokens of the Helium network with a $429 high-efficiency hotspot.

Like many early bitcoin investors, Armando Aguilar saw the potential for cryptocurrencies to solve real-world problems.

Born and raised in Mexico, Aguilar moved to the United States for college before working for two French investment banks.

“I had to do remittances for my parents back in the day,” he recalled in an interview. “It used to be extremely costly, I had to go through a lot of paperwork, and there were always problems with the ACH wire transfer system delays.”