crypto investing - do it or no?

[Anonymous]

No. It’s for criminals.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I read Jeff’s front page article on crypto and its harms.

Yeah, I totally agree with all of it. But I hate to say it, I’m still buying bitcoin stocks because I like money. I’m buying ether ETFs because they are producing money. It’s here to stay. All of it. Congress has three new bills codifying new rules and sht. You might as well buy regular stocks but also crypto. But only Bitcoin, eth and Solana. Bitcoin will prob go to a million in time.

A word of caution - I love what Jeff has created via this site but there is a non-zero chance he receives special interest $ to promote certain viewpoints to his readers. There’s a lot of banking association $ flowing to bloggers, large BlueSky and X accounts, etc. to speak out against crypto right now.

I’d love for this NOT to be the case - would be great if he had a page listing the funding sources for this site for transparency.

I can assure you that nobody pays for my viewpoints (well, other than those who pay through their suffering from having to read them). I put a lot of effort into my blog posts and don’t really appreciate your allegation.

All revenue from the site comes through advertising. Advisers don’t influence the content beyond the normal requirements that advertisers have regarding adult content and a few other sensitive topics.

[Anonymous]

Nope. VOO is enough risk for me and it’s based on real (successful) companies.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I read Jeff’s front page article on crypto and its harms.

Yeah, I totally agree with all of it. But I hate to say it, I’m still buying bitcoin stocks because I like money. I’m buying ether ETFs because they are producing money. It’s here to stay. All of it. Congress has three new bills codifying new rules and sht. You might as well buy regular stocks but also crypto. But only Bitcoin, eth and Solana. Bitcoin will prob go to a million in time.

A word of caution - I love what Jeff has created via this site but there is a non-zero chance he receives special interest $ to promote certain viewpoints to his readers. There’s a lot of banking association $ flowing to bloggers, large BlueSky and X accounts, etc. to speak out against crypto right now.

I’d love for this NOT to be the case - would be great if he had a page listing the funding sources for this site for transparency.

I can assure you that nobody pays for my viewpoints (well, other than those who pay through their suffering from having to read them). I put a lot of effort into my blog posts and don’t really appreciate your allegation.

All revenue from the site comes through advertising. Advisers don’t influence the content beyond the normal requirements that advertisers have regarding adult content and a few other sensitive topics.

I mean maybe Jeff will prevail in time. It’s only a matter of when the crypto house of cards melts down in insane Enron style, dot.com bubble, or 2008 housing crisis type of way. So much of it is insane. I know. I’ve bought everything from Trump coin to Bitcoin. But the big players are here to stay. That’s definitely Bitcoin. That said who cares anyway. None of us can control anything. Might as well go with the flow. I’m buying MSTW next week when it comes out. It’s a covered call etf that will prob pay out a sht ton in distributions each week and uses MSTR for its volatility. Might as well enjoy the market risk while it lasts now before Mamdani style democrats come in and put a bunch of rules in place for a years that crack down (like when they banned interest only loans for speculating post 2009) that ultimately get reversed in another 10 years when republicans come back and blah blah we see saw again and the gaaaaame goooooes on.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I read Jeff’s front page article on crypto and its harms.

Yeah, I totally agree with all of it. But I hate to say it, I’m still buying bitcoin stocks because I like money. I’m buying ether ETFs because they are producing money. It’s here to stay. All of it. Congress has three new bills codifying new rules and sht. You might as well buy regular stocks but also crypto. But only Bitcoin, eth and Solana. Bitcoin will prob go to a million in time.

A word of caution - I love what Jeff has created via this site but there is a non-zero chance he receives special interest $ to promote certain viewpoints to his readers. There’s a lot of banking association $ flowing to bloggers, large BlueSky and X accounts, etc. to speak out against crypto right now.

I’d love for this NOT to be the case - would be great if he had a page listing the funding sources for this site for transparency.

I can assure you that nobody pays for my viewpoints (well, other than those who pay through their suffering from having to read them). I put a lot of effort into my blog posts and don’t really appreciate your allegation.

All revenue from the site comes through advertising. Advisers don’t influence the content beyond the normal requirements that advertisers have regarding adult content and a few other sensitive topics.

Thanks! I appreciate the transparency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. VOO is enough risk for me and it’s based on real (successful) companies.

Voo is risky because you don't choose the companies. 490 of them are no good.

[Anonymous]

Buy a little bit of Bitcoin for long term, like forever and Solana for now before it starts running.

[Anonymous]

If I were going to make an investment in crypto, it would be bitcoin, which seems like the least speculative of a hugely speculative field.

That said, you really have to believe in it to stick with it long-term. I bought two bitcoins at $14,000 on or around New Year’s Day in 2018. During 2017, it went from $2,000 to $20,000, so $14,000 seemed like a steal.

However, then it kept dropping all the way down to $3,000. When it got back up to $11,000, I decided to cut my losses and sell. Of course, it would be worth a lot more now. But, at the time, I actually had something else I wanted to do with the money—it wasn’t even a fear-based decision; it’s just hard to hold onto something with such wild swings unless you really believe in it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Buy a little bit of Bitcoin for long term, like forever and Solana for now before it starts running.

Yeah buy and HODL!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. VOO is enough risk for me and it’s based on real (successful) companies.

Voo is risky because you don't choose the companies. 490 of them are no good.

The problem is if you bought the top 10 companies in one decade, almost none will remain in the top 10 the following decade. If you could consistently predict which companies will be in the top 10 of the S&P over multiple decades, you’d be a billionaire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. VOO is enough risk for me and it’s based on real (successful) companies.

Voo is risky because you don't choose the companies. 490 of them are no good.

The problem is if you bought the top 10 companies in one decade, almost none will remain in the top 10 the following decade. If you could consistently predict which companies will be in the top 10 of the S&P over multiple decades, you’d be a billionaire.

VOO is not risky because it’s weighted. That means no matter which companies are at the top, you will be invested in them without your own active management.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Buy a little bit of Bitcoin for long term, like forever and Solana for now before it starts running.

I’d go with ETHA etf over Solana. Ethereum is supposed to be in the clarity act as a commodity, same with bitcoin. Solana won’t get the same favorable treatment. I have no idea buy both. I buy the crypto stocks like upexi and sbet.

I’m also buying a lot of US mineral company type stuff like MP materials, uuraf, uuuu, and others for rare earth stuff.

I’m pretty convinced there will be a second part of 2025 recession but for now the market is booming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. It's not an investment. It does nothing productive and has zero intrinsic value.

It is speculation that someone dumber than you will pay more than you did for it. It has some uses for organized crime, too, if you are into that.

If you are a non-criminal risk-averse investor, you should stay far away from crypto.

But do your own research. Getting your investment advise from random strangers on the Internet probably isn't the best way to achieve financial security and wealth.

This. Yes I’m jealous of this Ponzi scheme but I’d never invest in it.

[Anonymous]

My job prohibits investing in crypto. When I leave, I would consider investing in a tiny amount relative to my portfolio in crypto just because I have been denied the choice to do so for years.

[Anonymous]

Etherum and Solana will move more now than Bitcoin--Invest 5 percent of your portfolio (can do via etfs). Of that 5 percent, 40 percent ETH 40 percent SOL 20 percent BTC.

Forget about it. You will be happy in ten years.