ha yea, i guess i worded this kind of poorly. I am always happy to help a friend out and discuss btc or anything crypto related if they are interested in learning, but taking on their money and doing my best to profit off an amount of money they are trusting me with is imo an entirely different beast all together. I only meant that I wasnt sure early on if I was prepared to handle the potential stress and other problems that may ensue with taking on such a task.

hey all,

at risk of getting flamed, hoping i can get some good advice for potentially starting a small pooled fund for investing/speculating in crypto. I've had a few friends get in touch with me (as i'm sure has happened to many of us) about the space and the crazy gains in the markets etc etc. Initially, I just kind of brushed them off because I knew it would be a nightmare explaining the particulars and wasn't sure if it was worth my time. I am now back to giving it some serious consideration and was hoping to get some questions from the community about how to go about it. While I'm sure ill get trolled anyway, lets assume for the sake of argument that everyone will be giving me money that they can afford to lose and understand very clearly the volatile nature of the crypto markets at this time. So while big gains may be possible, I've started nearly every discussion with trying to imprint very harshly into their minds to expect the most likely outcome to be losing their entire contribution (obviously this is mostly meaningless, but what can ya do!).

Anyway, I have no registered licenses or anything similar so just to clarify that from the beginning. I am merely looking to facilitate the requests for this small group of people while hopefully profiting for both myself and those involved. Looking to set this up the easiest way, while also being compliant with whatever regulations are in place. Thanks in advance for any contributions to this thread!