New to crypto – how would you allocate 10k?

Hey everyone,

As the title says, I’m pretty new to crypto and investing overall, so apologies if this is a basic question. I’ve been investing $250 a month into the S&P 500 for about a year now, and I’m thinking about putting another $250 a month into Bitcoin. I’m also considering taking on a bit more risk with Solana, maybe investing around $500 right now and holding that long term. I understand it’s on the riskier side though.

If you had $10K in cash to start with, how would you allocate it? Curious to hear how others would balance between safer, long term options like index funds and more speculative plays like crypto.