Do you ever think

[squatz1]

Do you ever think there's going to be a Bitcoin / Other Cryptos index fund? Which means you'll be able to invest money into the entire crypto market (obviously only like top 50 coins or so) instead of having to pick and choose different coins which you don't know about. This seems like the best idea to get mass amounts of people involved in investing and would get money flowing in like crazy.

Thoughts on this?

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[krigger]

I think you do not know enough about crypto and exchanges. There are plenty of exchanges which you can invest into many coins like NovaExchange has hundreds of coins.

[hastag_80]

Do you ever think there's going to be a Bitcoin / Other Cryptos index fund? Which means you'll be able to invest money into the entire crypto market (obviously only like top 50 coins or so) instead of having to pick and choose different coins which you don't know about. This seems like the best idea to get mass amounts of people involved in investing and would get money flowing in like crazy.

Thoughts on this?

This is not the way of bitcoin of investing money into entire crypto market, because its digital currency you need to exchange your fiat money into bitcoin in order to buy other altcoins and used it for trading.you must follow the market cap  or other news,forum about cryptoworld and find the potential coins that  someday will get high profit in the market thars the process of bitcoin and not as what you said cryptos index fund.bitcoins is finding a great coins having a potential in the market value to have gain a big profits.

[AngelOnCrypto]

Of course, indexes will come, but the market is still not ready for such an instrument.

[trecore4]

Yes we need to see this kind of engagement at first place. We must gather together and let know the world which are the best investment opportunities in terms of alt coin crypto. However that would artificial pumping if everyone starts investing into single or a group of coins. But if it is going to get us some good profitability then that would be great to do in the first place but we also need unity for that purpose.

However it would be difficult to achieve a same market cap as bitcoin for any other crypto currency and we may not see another bitcoin in the future and anywhere int he time. This would be really hard to digest as people will never let go the bitcoin and thus they will keep bitcoin as the bitcoin and nothing else.

[Hydrogen]

Alts function similar to an index fund imo. A massive percentage of alt value is derived from bitcoin. If bitcoin's price increases, alts usually follow in its wake. The opposite is also often true. It may be possible to make an investment similar to a crypto currency index fund by buying bitcoin. Btc being one of the main driving forces determining overall increase/decrease in crypto market capitalization, allows targeting of average market movement to a decent degree.

If an index fund were implemented an interesting conversation might be had regarding how crypto index funds were divided. Bitcoin being a worldwide phenomena could there reasonably be dividing lines via geographic location? There might be a discussion on whether there's a point in dividing or categorizing crypto via some abstraction to make value easier to track. It could have long term potential in terms of legitimizing crypto and being a nice topic to talk about.

[kokoliso1]

Do you ever think there's going to be a Bitcoin / Other Cryptos index fund? Which means you'll be able to invest money into the entire crypto market (obviously only like top 50 coins or so) instead of having to pick and choose different coins which you don't know about. This seems like the best idea to get mass amounts of people involved in investing and would get money flowing in like crazy.

Thoughts on this?

An index is just a basket of stocks or in this case cryptocurrencies.

If you want you can design your own basket, for example the top 10 with 50% in bitcoin, 20% in the second in the top 10, etc... just buy that and bingo you have your own index.

[Biscutard]

Do you ever think there's going to be a Bitcoin / Other Cryptos index fund? Which means you'll be able to invest money into the entire crypto market (obviously only like top 50 coins or so) instead of having to pick and choose different coins which you don't know about. This seems like the best idea to get mass amounts of people involved in investing and would get money flowing in like crazy.

Thoughts on this?

An index is just a basket of stocks or in this case cryptocurrencies.

If you want you can design your own basket, for example the top 10 with 50% in bitcoin, 20% in the second in the top 10, etc... just buy that and bingo you have your own index.

This is not how the market works each cryptocurrency depends on every users which allow the fluctuation in the market. So if you'd like it to put in a basket, it will not work that way. It will create an imbalance of the demand and supply. I hope you get my point.

[staywoke081]

Of course I do think this will happen one day. CME is launching their futures on Dec 18 with NASDAQ also piling in sometime next year. You have tons of funds also vying to get into the bitcoin space and they will start small but once they realize cryptocurrencies are here to stay I imagine they will expand their indexes, have more futures for more coins, and last not but not least they will have ETFs which I believe are on the horizon and will come in 2018 if not 2019 for sure.

[tunctioncloud]

Of course, indexes will come, but the market is still not ready for such an instrument.

I think it will come, it is just something sure, tied to the growth of the market in the future. And I also think it will come sooner than what you think.

[LastBlockMined]

Do you ever think there's going to be a Bitcoin / Other Cryptos index fund? Which means you'll be able to invest money into the entire crypto market (obviously only like top 50 coins or so) instead of having to pick and choose different coins which you don't know about. This seems like the best idea to get mass amounts of people involved in investing and would get money flowing in like crazy.

Thoughts on this?

I don't think this is going be even possible, unless you invest in some exchanger, because each crypto has their own market, these can be on one single group.

[bitcoinmaniac52]

Alts function similar to an index fund imo. A massive percentage of alt value is derived from bitcoin. If bitcoin's price increases, alts usually follow in its wake. The opposite is also often true. It may be possible to make an investment similar to a crypto currency index fund by buying bitcoin. Btc being one of the main driving forces determining overall increase/decrease in crypto market capitalization, allows targeting of average market movement to a decent degree.

If an index fund were implemented an interesting conversation might be had regarding how crypto index funds were divided. Bitcoin being a worldwide phenomena could there reasonably be dividing lines via geographic location? There might be a discussion on whether there's a point in dividing or categorizing crypto via some abstraction to make value easier to track. It could have long term potential in terms of legitimizing crypto and being a nice topic to talk about.

Yeah most altcoins crash hard when Bitcoin crashes. I think BTC is overall a much, much better investment in the long run because of multiple reasons.

Altcoins tend not to pump as much when Bitcoin does, but they do crash hard with BTC which means you get less upside and more downside. Also, they are harder to trade (less exchanges off them) and cash out for USD (almost impossible these days, only BTC can be cashed out for USD and that is even hard in itself).

Finally, there are often forks of the Bitcoin chain which essentially give us free money where we can just dump them whereas altcoins don't have forks and don't give free money. Based on these factors I think holding Bitcoin is hands down the number one option by a long shot.

[kokoliso1]

Do you ever think there's going to be a Bitcoin / Other Cryptos index fund? Which means you'll be able to invest money into the entire crypto market (obviously only like top 50 coins or so) instead of having to pick and choose different coins which you don't know about. This seems like the best idea to get mass amounts of people involved in investing and would get money flowing in like crazy.

Thoughts on this?

An index is just a basket of stocks or in this case cryptocurrencies.

If you want you can design your own basket, for example the top 10 with 50% in bitcoin, 20% in the second in the top 10, etc... just buy that and bingo you have your own index.

This is not how the market works each cryptocurrency depends on every users which allow the fluctuation in the market. So if you'd like it to put in a basket, it will not work that way. It will create an imbalance of the demand and supply. I hope you get my point.

I get your point but an index is just an index, you can build one anytime you want, it is just a number calculated with some rules.

It, being virtual, doesn't affect the market, only if it gets famous and influences the traders. If you want to replicate it you can with as little as 1000$, that wouldn't influence the market and would give you exactly the performance of your index. (You can trade each Top10 crypto in different markets if you want but it is not necessary).

[@theman]

This is a good idea. But coins with a large capitalization will not increase dramatically in value. Can it be better to buy unknown coins?

[Kim Ji Won]

If that would be the case, then i don't quite see the essence of being a trader. If you do that, let's say by investing to the whole crypto market, you will be assured that you will earn profits from it because you invested to the top 50 coins out there which has a high of price increasing, but that means that most of us will trade the same way so you'll probably earn a little compared when you search an undervalued coin by yourself and discover its potential in the future. You'll earn hundred times although it is riskier than the former strategy.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

If that would be the case, then i don't quite see the essence of being a trader. If you do that, let's say by investing to the whole crypto market, you will be assured that you will earn profits from it because you invested to the top 50 coins out there which has a high of price increasing, but that means that most of us will trade the same way so you'll probably earn a little compared when you search an undervalued coin by yourself and discover its potential in the future. You'll earn hundred times although it is riskier than the former strategy.

That’s what happens in the stock market. You can buy index funds but you can trade as well. With index funds you get more security and with trading you get high potential rewards but at a high risk.

[labs0918]

Do you ever think there's going to be a Bitcoin / Other Cryptos index fund? Which means you'll be able to invest money into the entire crypto market (obviously only like top 50 coins or so) instead of having to pick and choose different coins which you don't know about. This seems like the best idea to get mass amounts of people involved in investing and would get money flowing in like crazy.

Thoughts on this?

Im not pretty sure in investing on bitcoin or trading that's why I don't want to get involved with it . But I do interested in bitcoin so im just joining some bounty campaigns

[Jonsnowstark]

Do you ever think there's going to be a Bitcoin / Other Cryptos index fund? Which means you'll be able to invest money into the entire crypto market (obviously only like top 50 coins or so) instead of having to pick and choose different coins which you don't know about. This seems like the best idea to get mass amounts of people involved in investing and would get money flowing in like crazy.

Thoughts on this?

Well if you're having a hard time choosing which coins to choose from which exchanges, it pays to read. Investment is a risk. But you lessen that risk by reading and researching on that coin you're eyeing on. Read reviews. Many people talk about the coin they experienced holding and tell you how the coin behave. Learn to read charts. Charys are trends of the coin you're eyeing so you'll know if its the best time to buy or not.

[Dudeperfect]

Yes, I thought it is an excellent idea as far as the investment management company is genuine and having high calibre and experience which required for the crypto industry. I met a person called Mr Mohit Mamoria, he has his own investment company called Authorito capital and he is doing the same job. He has given talks on what blockchain is all about in India and many other countries. His company issues PIE tokens based on the ETH smart contracts. There are some other funds too in the market doing it on behalf of their customers.

[KorakPawon]

Do you ever think there's going to be a Bitcoin / Other Cryptos index fund? Which means you'll be able to invest money into the entire crypto market (obviously only like top 50 coins or so) instead of having to pick and choose different coins which you don't know about. This seems like the best idea to get mass amounts of people involved in investing and would get money flowing in like crazy.

Thoughts on this?

Essentially from the explanation you describe, you are less understanding about bitcoin, or maybe I think you've misread an article or misconstrued an information, it's not about what you think because bitcoin investing is not like that.