Nas wrote:
Juiced wrote:
Nas wrote:
Where does ETC fit in all of this? Other crypto?
What do you mean NAS? There is Bitcoin and then alt coins. Eth is the king of the alt coins. Bitcoin is the OG of cryptocurrency.
Cryptocurrency forks off into different directions which all started with the Bitcoin whitepaper.
Eth is being challenged by several other alt coins for the crown. Eth rules the majority of kingdoms (smart contracts). Bitcoin is like the Rome to alt coins.
What's your view on Ethereum Classic (ETC) and some of the lesser known digital currencies that you didn't mention? There are thousands of them and someone somewhere swearing that their favorite penny digital currency will take off.
ETC in simple terms is like buying Playstation 4 when everyone else is playing on playstation 5 with all the new games coming out only for P-5. Sure P-4 has decent graphics and the games are not outdated ...yet, but all the cool kids moved on to P-5. ETC is built on old tech and will soon be left behind.
I only trade top 100 alt coins because I don't trust the small market cap coins. Most of them will go to zero in the next few years. Google Bitconnect if you want to see what happens in a unregulated market. Every alt coin in crypto is high risk. Bitconnect turned out to be a Ponzi scheme that cost its investors an incredible $3.45 billion!
If you want to gamble then throw 100 dollars at some of the micro market coins. You might hit on a few that 100X to make up for the majority that go to zero. Don't invest any money you can't afford to lose. Especially in meme coins like Dogecoin, Shibu Inu, Safemoon exc. These are pump and dump coins with no real projects behind them. Don't go to youtube to see which is going to the "moon" because many of the content creators are paid to "pump" the coin for the whales to short your investment and flush you out of your position.
Do your research and know what you are investing in and what they are working on in the future. Decide if you want to hold or trade your coins. If you are holding wait for the right entry point. Never enter in at ATH thinking you are going to miss the train if you don't hurry up and make that trade. Remember the market makers are looking to pump and dump the market. It will always come back down to the 50 day moving average at some point. Look at charts and learn how to do basic technical analysis. It will help you spot the top and bottom of price movement.
If you are trading, look at the top exchanges and look at the fees for trades and the coins they trade. Not all exchanges trade the same coins. Also, look at security for an exchange. While cryptocurrencies themselves are very secure, exchanges can be affected by a variety of vulnerabilities, making them a prime target for malicious actors. 2019 saw a record number of twelve crypto exchanges being hacked. If you are trading large amounts of crypto then invest in an offline wallet to store your crypto. Don't trade with Robinhood. You don't own your coins, you are borrowing from them.
I use Crypto.com exchange because they give you a pre-pay Visa card with up to 8% cash back depending on how much you invest. I went with the Ruby card that only cost me 400.00 of staked CRO coins. With that card I get 3% back in crypto when I use the Visa card. You have to stake the 400.00 dollars that you get back when you are done using the card. The 400 is converted in CRO coins that increase or decrease depending on the market. They also offer 15% APY on stablecoins (coins equal to the US Dollar) Much better then the banks rates.
If you have 50K to invest I would put it into Bitcoin and if you have 5K then ETH and 500 Cardano for the next 5-10 years. Those are my top 3 for long term holders. If you simply want a higher APY rate then convert your dollar into stable coins and earn 15% interest at the value of the dollar.