{"id":2930,"date":"2017-08-31T18:15:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T10:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/?p=2930"},"modified":"2019-08-31T01:09:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T17:09:30","slug":"should-you-invest-in-cryptocurrencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hans\/should-you-invest-in-cryptocurrencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Invest in Cryptocurrencies?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before we even get started on the post, if you have zero knowledge about cryptocurrencies or purely need a refresher, watch the video link below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blockgeeks.com\/guides\/video-what-is-cryptocurrency\/?utm_source=whatsapp&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=SocialWarfare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/blockgeeks.com\/guides\/video-what-is-cryptocurrency\/?utm_source=whatsapp&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=SocialWarfare<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Two Sides of the Coin<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There are always 2 sides to a coin &#8211; those who are For cryptocurrencies and those who are against them; same to Stocks or Gold or Forex.<\/p>\n<p>On 1 front, people who have made massive gains are probably all in favour of the adoption of crypto-currencies. Several benefits include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Low costs<\/strong> due to decentralized peer-to-peer transfer,<\/li>\n<li>New market &amp; technology which signifies a lot <strong>more room for growth<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Increased usage<\/strong> throughout the world (Starbucks and Mcdonalds are the pioneer supporters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/stocks-forex-cryptocurrencies.jpg\" alt=\"stocks forex cryptocurrencies\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, many are still skeptical about this birth of &#8216;cryptocurrencies&#8217;. They call it a bubble and that many alt-coins look like the now de-funct websites that emerged during the <strong>dot-com bubble<\/strong>. Other than the cap of supply, there is no real value of the cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin is worth this much because another person thinks that it is worth that price. In an extreme scenario, Bitcoin can go all the way to <strong>a dollar<\/strong> and there is still nothing wrong with that <em>fundamentally<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I have tabulated a few key points below:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cryptocurrencies-for-and-against.jpg\" alt=\"for and against cryptocurrencies\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the above in mind, one should take note of the\u00a0<em>High Volatility<\/em> that comes with investing in Crypto-currencies.<\/p>\n<h2>Roller Coaster Ride?<\/h2>\n<p>Imagine purchasing Bitcoin exactly 1 year ago at USD 576.<\/p>\n<p>You would be grinning from ear to ear after being\u00a0<strong>750% richer<\/strong> as Bitcoin crosses the mark of USD 4,346.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you have bought it at USD 2,951 on 16th June 2017, you would probably have sh*t your pants as it goes down to USD1,920 on 16th July 2017.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a <strong>35% plunge in a month<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>In short, it is pretty volatile to invest in crypto-currencies and its best to set aside only what you can lose for this &#8216;next big thing&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>If you are quite interested to step foot into the unknown world of crypto-currencies, try <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/how-to-open-a-coinhako-account-step-by-step\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opening an account<\/a> first.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Are you getting pumped up on the Big Gains in the Crypto-Market?<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed on the latest Crypto-currency Guides and Tools via our <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cDE1Sf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><b><span style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">FREE newsletter<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/a>\u00a0today!<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to be part of our Crypto-Investing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/237648240089944\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook Group<\/a>\u00a0too as you can learn about the different types of crypto-coins, the platforms, the price charts and many more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before we even get started on the post, if you have zero knowledge about cryptocurrencies or purely need a refresher, watch the video link below: https:\/\/blockgeeks.com\/guides\/video-what-is-cryptocurrency\/?utm_source=whatsapp&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=SocialWarfare Two Sides of the Coin There are always 2 sides to a coin &#8211; those who are For cryptocurrencies and those who are against them; same to Stocks or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[279,280,291,292,293,294],"class_list":["post-2930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-bitcoin","tag-etherum","tag-neo","tag-omg","tag-binance","tag-bittrex"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}