Newbie thoughts about altcoin investments.

[KingsGambet19]

There are many altcoins being listed in this site https://coinmarketcap.com. Still there are lot of coins that are not listed due to low marketcap volume and others too that are being created for scamming purposes and project were dead.

If you are new in cryptocurrency and will going to check what crypto you might be into in which you think will put a good use especially if you wanted to integrate it in your exisiting business then make a good use of bitcoin. The problem is that chosing between those coins is already a difficult task. What could be more when you wanted to check the coins one by one? It will be a load of work with the huge number of the altcoins in the market the common scenario that has happen with altcoins

1. There is no assurance that you can earn investing on altcoins unlike investing in bitcoin. Other altcoins liquidity are questionable so it can't get your money back whenever you wanted to.

2. Pump and dump scheme, Altcoins could be easily pump up especially the low total supply and this could be mean a trap where many people will going to anticipate the pump scheme investing more believing that it will go high. The next thing happe is that it will be going to dump for no certain reasons or just being told big investors pulling out the project.

3. Team abondone the project. Once the project is dead it can really be difficult to regain for project is abandon already. I think that most of the scammers are like this always creating new projects because it is more easy to get money from the crowd through ICO or DEFI crowdfunding projects.

4. All altcoins market are mostly dependent on bitcoin market. Seldom to see in the list that it could move on its own without being influenced with the bitcoin market. Meaning that all altcoins had no value if it will not be paired to bitcoin directly or using other altcoins that is being paired with bitcoin. So, all of altcoins value are peg to bitcoin which sounds like as coins name after alt coins.

5. Most altcoins value falls down after it gets listed to an exchange if compared to their ICO price as I checked the projects that can be found on gecko sites regarding the ICO price of the tokens.

Most of the coins are set up to failed (Not all). If this is the trend in these altcoins then why invest such that can make you more losses? I suggest  not to believe on the bounty hunters stating that the project is good, team is good, gathered funds is good and or at the part where low cap was achieve and project is good to go. Yet, the tokens will be listed in a cheap exchange or no listing at all due to the common reasons such as

1. The project is still being developed an promised within next 6 mos. to.deliver. But nothing has changed after 6 mos. (false hope)
2. That one of the member of the team had been replaced or there is a misunderstanding within their team and they are still couping up with that problem.
3. That they are following the regulations of the government where project was basing and that the cause of project delayed.
4. The listing will get delayed due to pandemic.
5. The project is doing great with new affiliates which they are waiting for something great to happen but it weren't (you will again a victim of false promise)
6. There was no funds collected at all and it was just a false claim that they had claim much funds to trick you to trust them and invest in their projects.

There are so many reasons why you should chose to be careful with altcoins or investing in projects. If you do not want your money to be wasted then invest directly on bitcoin or to establish altcoins and not the new projects that are only good in making false hopes.

You or we as a newbie in investment would you rather care to invest in altcoins even with the current conditions stated?

Are you still willing to take the risk?

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[TravelMug]

And most of them fall on the category of scam projects. And even if you do your due diligence and investigate the team behind, it's not an assurance as well that's why altcoin investments is very risky specially for newbies.

Of course for veterans in the market, specially the pump-and-dump, they can get away with it and make a huge profits. And that's why there are still a lot of groups doing this because it's a very successful methods and many newbies still fall for this groups, and they didn't know that they are the victims here until it was too late for them.

[Yogee]

Think of investing in new projects or low cap coins as playing in a casino. You can do your research and study just like how you prepare a strategy before you play BUT you never really know what you are going to get. A few people will get lucky and win big while more people will lose or get rekt.

Take the risk only if you have enough money to spare.

[WalkerIVIV]

If you have ever joined in the icodrops telegram group and you will what's the real purpose of people were buying altcoin. It's about the game. let's say if you wanna play in altcoin and you should not take it for long term.
It looks like you are also taking the whole altcoin without try to make the exceptions for those scam new altcoins.

I have participated in some new icos like velo, oin, avax and many more and then you know what these altcoins brought me very big ROI.
DYOR is a must but we should always remember to see the fundamental from the project whether is has backed by venture capital, create a real partnership with major companies or etc.

I do agree for the newbies that was looking for the safe place and they must stick to the bitcoin and old altcoins like ether but remember this more risk more profit and otherwise less risk and less profit.

[maydna]

You don't have to invest in altcoin if you are worried if the altcoin can't profit. You can only select bitcoin for your investment and never check on the altcoin market. You can buy bitcoin as many as possible because that is the best investment in the crypto market. You don't have to analyze more about the altcoin because you already have the best investment.

But if you are willing to invest in the altcoin, that can give you additional profit in the future because the altcoin will rise after bitcoin touch the high price. I suggest you to try to analyze the top 10 coin list at the coinmarketcap or coingecko, so you can get the good coin to invest.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

You can use https://www.grammarly.com/ to proofread your grammar and vocabulary mistakes.
You can use the screener from https://messari.io/screener and add the % Down from ATH to your filter (click on Metrics & Filters, and search with the phrase). You need to have a free account to customize your filter. % down from ATH can help you to screen safe altcoins for your portfolio. You can get safer altcoins if they already were down too much from ATH and with the filter, you can avoid to buy tokens or coins with price in ATH range.

[maxreish]

A newbie will make a research first for sure.
 
 

You or we as a newbie in investment would you rather care to invest in altcoins even with the current conditions stated?
 
 Are you still willing to take the risk?
 

 If I were at the newbie's shoes, of course I wouldn't take a risk for an altcoin that has unsure progress or has a problems stated above.
 I would rather risk my time and money in altcoins that are already established and have a good feedbacks.
 
 Anyway, let me share this article to a newbie that surely  help the newbie how to invest in altcoins and which altcoins should they put their money into it;
 
 -  What to Consider in Investing Altcoins

[RussianEnglishTranslation]

There are many altcoins being listed in this site https://coinmarketcap.com. Still there are lot of coins that are not listed due to low marketcap volume and others too that are being created for scamming purposes and project were dead.

If you are new in cryptocurrency and will going to check what crypto you might be into in which you think will put a good use especially if you wanted to integrate it in your exisiting business then make a good use of bitcoin. The problem is that chosing between those coins is already a difficult task. What could be more when you wanted to check the coins one by one? It will be a load of work with the huge number of the altcoins in the market the common scenario that has happen with altcoins

1. There is no assurance that you can earn investing on altcoins unlike investing in bitcoin. Other altcoins liquidity are questionable so it can't get your money back whenever you wanted to.

2. Pump and dump scheme, Altcoins could be easily pump up especially the low total supply and this could be mean a trap where many people will going to anticipate the pump scheme investing more believing that it will go high. The next thing happe is that it will be going to dump for no certain reasons or just being told big investors pulling out the project.

3. Team abondone the project. Once the project is dead it can really be difficult to regain for project is abandon already. I think that most of the scammers are like this always creating new projects because it is more easy to get money from the crowd through ICO or DEFI crowdfunding projects.

4. All altcoins market are mostly dependent on bitcoin market. Seldom to see in the list that it could move on its own without being influenced with the bitcoin market. Meaning that all altcoins had no value if it will not be paired to bitcoin directly or using other altcoins that is being paired with bitcoin. So, all of altcoins value are peg to bitcoin which sounds like as coins name after alt coins.

5. Most altcoins value falls down after it gets listed to an exchange if compared to their ICO price as I checked the projects that can be found on gecko sites regarding the ICO price of the tokens.

Most of the coins are set up to failed (Not all). If this is the trend in these altcoins then why invest such that can make you more losses? I suggest  not to believe on the bounty hunters stating that the project is good, team is good, gathered funds is good and or at the part where low cap was achieve and project is good to go. Yet, the tokens will be listed in a cheap exchange or no listing at all due to the common reasons such as

1. The project is still being developed an promised within next 6 mos. to.deliver. But nothing has changed after 6 mos. (false hope)
2. That one of the member of the team had been replaced or there is a misunderstanding within their team and they are still couping up with that problem.
3. That they are following the regulations of the government where project was basing and that the cause of project delayed.
4. The listing will get delayed due to pandemic.
5. The project is doing great with new affiliates which they are waiting for something great to happen but it weren't (you will again a victim of false promise)
6. There was no funds collected at all and it was just a false claim that they had claim much funds to trick you to trust them and invest in their projects.

There are so many reasons why you should chose to be careful with altcoins or investing in projects. If you do not want your money to be wasted then invest directly on bitcoin or to establish altcoins and not the new projects that are only good in making false hopes.

You or we as a newbie in investment would you rather care to invest in altcoins even with the current conditions stated?

Are you still willing to take the risk?

a1. There are no assurances you will earn money investing in any cryptocurrencies, not just Bitcoin. Yes, a lack of liquidity can make it difficult to trade but projects with lower liquidity may provide a greater opportunity for arbitrage/profit.

a2. All cryptos are subject to pnd schemes, in Bitcoin we call it a "bart". The market is unregulated.

a3. Agree, there are a lot of pump and dump schemes, rug-pulls, exit scams in crypto ICOs and DeFi, that's why I only invest in established projects like $0xMR. It's POW and the dev team doesn't control the supply so they can't dump on investors.

a4 Somewhat agree, most cryptos now have USD trading pairs and not all cryptos have BTC trading pairs. It's normally the BTC trading pair bots that dump altcoins when Bitcoin moons. $0xMR has DAI and ETH trading pairs and there are no BTC trading pair bots to manipulate the price.

a5. Agree, ICO investors run to dump tokens on exchanges as soon as they are listed. It's best to avoid investing in cryptos that held an ICO without a vesting period for investors. $0xMR had no ICO and all tokens must be mined into existence.

b1. Somewhat agree, depending on what the team is building, sometimes it can take longer than 6 months to release a product. For example, $0xMR is still building xTip and 0xMixer but they have succeeded in platform integrations, partnerships with casinos and a DeFi platform, and token bridges during that time period.

b2. Agree, often times there are disagreements between team members that can destroy a project, just like any business. $0xMR is a leaderless community project and although there is a team behind it, anyone can develop or promote the project. $RVN is similar in that regard.

b3. Somewhat agree, if a project held an ICO it is subject to regulation. POW projects like $0xMR that had no presale or ICO are not subject to the same restrictions.

b4. Disagree, I haven't seen cryptocurrency projects delay due to covid, if anything development speed has increased because devs are stuck in their homes.

b5. Agree, there are a lot of pie in the sky promises when it comes to crypto. That's why it's important to invest based on fundamentals like tokenomics and a business use case rather than "the tech".

b6. Agree, I suspect many ICOs are falsifying their fundraising volumes to make it appear more people have invested funds; people want to invest in a successful project. $0xMR does not want your money, the devs work for the benefit of the Ethereum ecosystem.

[laryuska666]

You don't have to invest in altcoin if you are worried if the altcoin can't profit. You can only select bitcoin for your investment and never check on the altcoin market. You can buy bitcoin as many as possible because that is the best investment in the crypto market. You don't have to analyze more about the altcoin because you already have the best investment.

But if you are willing to invest in the altcoin, that can give you additional profit in the future because the altcoin will rise after bitcoin touch the high price. I suggest you to try to analyze the top 10 coin list at the coinmarketcap or coingecko, so you can get the good coin to invest.

Bitcoin is the most stable cryptocurrency and it is impossible to get more profit on Bitcoin.
Altcoins are much more volatility. There are some promising altcoins of the projects that offers a prospective technologies. But a lot of depends how these technologies will be realized.
Also many altcoins now use staking system to attract the community and pay users rewards for holding tokens.
This is an article about different kinds of staking systems and their advantages - https://medium.com/bonfiorg/introducing-bonfi-web-staking-7368467d18cc

[Geleve]

From my point of view, altcoins are not yet ready as long term investment. Before i was also thinking about finding gems and hold them for long term. But the fact is this market is not enough stable yet for think about long term investments. But altcoins are good option for daily traders and scalpers for sure.

[adzino]

Sounds like you are saying all altcoins are shit, which isn't true. There are altcoins that are well established and known with active community and developers. You can invest in those and hold them for making profit in the long run. Not all altcoins are pumped and dumped!

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If you are new in cryptocurrency and will going to check what crypto you might be into in which you think will put a good use especially if you wanted to integrate it in your exisiting business then make a good use of bitcoin. The problem is that chosing between those coins is already a difficult task. What could be more when you wanted to check the coins one by one? It will be a load of work with the huge number of the altcoins in the market the common scenario that has happen with altcoins

There are "businesses" that are accepting multiple altcoins and are doing fine. I doubt it is going to be a "load" of work. If you have been following the market, you can easily know which ones are the "real" altcoins and which ones are scam coins.

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1. There is no assurance that you can earn investing on altcoins unlike investing in bitcoin. Other altcoins liquidity are questionable so it can't get your money back whenever you wanted to.
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There is no assurance you will be earning any profit investing in bitcoin too!

[raidarksword]

Investing on low cap altcoin projects is a suicide hence there are no guarantee that profit is inevitable even it's still in development phase because some of them just give false hope. There are some top tier altcoins by they way that is really promising to put venture with. As to newbie, always put self discretion before anything else because investment is a double blade sword wherein you can profit or take loss in the end.

[plvbob0070]

We should bear in mind that every investment is associated with risk, therefore, learn to invest your funds with awareness and knowledge. Personally, I am willing to take risks, considering some altcoins have great potential. The risk of losing your funds depends on how you make choices, like choosing a coin to invest. But if follow the process of evaluating the details of a project, then you will see there are also good opportunities in an altcoin.

[leea-1334]

I don't think I agree with saying Altcoins are not an option, they all have no fundamentals. In fact, many of the top 10 altcoins on coinmarketcap are great choices. It is true that Altcoins are still very dependent on BTC but in fact Yearn Finance has broken it by giving a surprise to all

Not all of them don't have fundamentals. I always stick to my Monero and my Litecoin just because of this, but yes,,, fair to say almost any altcoin bought up since 2019 has shit value because of zero fundamentals. If not for centralized efforts to push, market and promote them they would never be anywhere.

[Atang Sulaeman]

in any investment it is true for beginners it is better to invest in altcoins that are really trusted and proven to be profitable in investing,
such as Bitcoin or ETH, because these coins are truly proven and are not in doubt. still we have the initial capital to invest.

[benthach]

one thing newbie need to know, altcoin investments is very high risky

[Jocuserious]

in any investment it is true for beginners it is better to invest in altcoins that are really trusted and proven to be profitable in investing,
such as Bitcoin or ETH, because these coins are truly proven and are not in doubt. still we have the initial capital to invest.

Top altcoins are always best for beginners if they are willing to invest very early. Because there are many beginners who rush to invest in crypto without any kind of research. Such like BTC and ETH is best if a beginners want invest in first time.

[criket]

I don't think I agree with saying Altcoins are not an option, they all have no fundamentals. In fact, many of the top 10 altcoins on coinmarketcap are great choices. It is true that Altcoins are still very dependent on BTC but in fact Yearn Finance has broken it by giving a surprise to all

Not all of them don't have fundamentals. I always stick to my Monero and my Litecoin just because of this, but yes,,, fair to say almost any altcoin bought up since 2019 has shit value because of zero fundamentals. If not for centralized efforts to push, market and promote them they would never be anywhere.

but at least this year there have been several market price returns for altcoins and bitcoins. when we bought altcoins while the market was completely still after the market crashed, at the moment I think we've got a pretty good return. for people who don't have big capital like me. of course, playing with the small pumps that occur in the market really helps to grow the value of the assets held.

[bitgolden]

What I really love about newbies is that they gather a lot more information about projects than older people did when they were newbies. A newbie in 2015 wasn't this well informed and did this much research, whereas newbies in 2020 do a lot more research and know tons of more information. This is why they know that a project doesn't even need to be a scam, it can be just a bad project that fails and it really doesn't matter, it doesn't change anything just because it is a legit and not a fake one, if it fails it still is as hurtful to your economy as a scam one, in the end result you are not making anything at all.

So long story short, newbies of today are going to make the altcoin world a lot better in the future when they become veterans, and new newbies will be even better than todays' newbies, future of altcoin looks a lot more bright to me than it used to be.

[South Park]

And most of them fall on the category of scam projects. And even if you do your due diligence and investigate the team behind, it's not an assurance as well that's why altcoin investments is very risky specially for newbies.

Of course for veterans in the market, specially the pump-and-dump, they can get away with it and make a huge profits. And that's why there are still a lot of groups doing this because it's a very successful methods and many newbies still fall for this groups, and they didn't know that they are the victims here until it was too late for them.

Which is why I have always thought that money management skills are the most important in this market, lets suppose that there is a newbie without those skills and another one with them, and both of them invest in a pump and dump scheme, the one without this knowledge invest all his capital while the one with the knowledge invest 2% of his capital, both are scammed and they lose half of what they invested, but in the case of the newbie with no money management skills he lost 50% of his capital while the one with the money management skills only lost 1% and still has 99% of his capital.

[Lite_bro]

You don't have to invest in altcoin if you are worried if the altcoin can't profit. You can only select bitcoin for your investment and never check on the altcoin market. You can buy bitcoin as many as possible because that is the best investment in the crypto market. You don't have to analyze more about the altcoin because you already have the best investment.

But if you are willing to invest in the altcoin, that can give you additional profit in the future because the altcoin will rise after bitcoin touch the high price. I suggest you to try to analyze the top 10 coin list at the coinmarketcap or coingecko, so you can get the good coin to invest.

Bitcoin is the most stable cryptocurrency and it is impossible to get more profit on Bitcoin.
Altcoins are much more volatility. There are some promising altcoins of the projects that offers a prospective technologies. But a lot of depends how these technologies will be realized.
Also many altcoins now use staking system to attract the community and pay users rewards for holding tokens.
This is an article about different kinds of staking systems and their advantages - https://medium.com/bonfiorg/introducing-bonfi-web-staking-7368467d18cc

It is still possible to make good money on bitcoin, look even at the latest rise in the rate. And for permanent earnings on this asset, there is margin trading. As for staking, you are right, there are good altcoins that provide this opportunity.

[albon]

You don't have to invest in altcoin if you are worried if the altcoin can't profit. You can only select bitcoin for your investment and never check on the altcoin market. You can buy bitcoin as many as possible because that is the best investment in the crypto market. You don't have to analyze more about the altcoin because you already have the best investment.

But if you are willing to invest in the altcoin, that can give you additional profit in the future because the altcoin will rise after bitcoin touch the high price. I suggest you to try to analyze the top 10 coin list at the coinmarketcap or coingecko, so you can get the good coin to invest.

Bitcoin is the most stable cryptocurrency and it is impossible to get more profit on Bitcoin.
Altcoins are much more volatility. There are some promising altcoins of the projects that offers a prospective technologies. But a lot of depends how these technologies will be realized.
Also many altcoins now use staking system to attract the community and pay users rewards for holding tokens.
This is an article about different kinds of staking systems and their advantages - https://medium.com/bonfiorg/introducing-bonfi-web-staking-7368467d18cc

It is still possible to make good money on bitcoin, look even at the latest rise in the rate. And for permanent earnings on this asset, there is margin trading. As for staking, you are right, there are good altcoins that provide this opportunity.

Yes, there are altcoins that can make the investor reap a lot of profits from them because of their volatility and because they have not reached their highest level, but you need to be an expert in order to be able to identify these promising altcoins with the large number of projects that appear every day, as it will become difficult for a Newbie in this field and he does not have enough experience, the bitcoin in my opinion is safer than risking your money in projects that you do not know who is standing behind them.

[kawetsriyanto]

The basic ways to invest especially for newbies:
1. Never follow the hype
2. Never follow what your friends are investing in. Many newbies fall into the condition where they only follow their friends to invest in certain coins. unfortunately, their friends also only follow the hype without understanding the crypto very well. This really happens often and it is very risky for them
3. If you are newbies, it is better to choose the top coins, it is to make you avoid more risks. Although top coins also always have the potential of risks, at least, it is not as high as others.
4. Always try to do research although you are newbies. The ways by reading more information. this forum really gives much information and also experience sharing about it

[lienfaye]

Altcoins are not as reliable like bitcoin however there are altcoins that can be a good for short or long period investment particularly the establihed coins that we can see in the market.

Although it has risk, the chances to lose your money is less compared if you chose to invest in new coins.

For newbies its a must to know what you are getting into. Gather information that can help you understand crypto. Investing is risky (no matter what kind of investment it is) but if you have knowledge about it then you can avoid bad and scam projects.

[gundala]

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For newbies its a must to know what you are getting into. Gather information that can help you understand crypto. Investing is risky (no matter what kind of investment it is) but if you have knowledge about it then you can avoid bad and scam projects.

newbies should also know that while crypto offers great opportunities, the risks are huge. So don't try just because "people say", you really need to know what you are getting into and the risks. well, compared to other investment products, crypto is more unpredictable and full of surprises, the market is very volatile, so you have to really prepare a mature strategy.

[Johnyz]

Not all altcoins are worth investing for, so newbies have to find a way to sort things out and invest only with the legit project.

Yes, there’s a lot of new altcoins in the market and its too risky if you’re going to invest on that easily so make sure to invest wisely as a newbie, and rely on good projects. If you’re a conservative newbie, then better to invest on the reputable coins it can give you a chance to take profit without taking too much risk.

[maydna]

Bitcoin is the most stable cryptocurrency and it is impossible to get more profit on Bitcoin.
Altcoins are much more volatility. There are some promising altcoins of the projects that offers a prospective technologies. But a lot of depends how these technologies will be realized.
Also many altcoins now use staking system to attract the community and pay users rewards for holding tokens.
This is an article about different kinds of staking systems and their advantages - https://medium.com/bonfiorg/introducing-bonfi-web-staking-7368467d18cc

It is still possible to make good money on bitcoin, look even at the latest rise in the rate. And for permanent earnings on this asset, there is margin trading. As for staking, you are right, there are good altcoins that provide this opportunity.

Yes, there are altcoins that can make the investor reap a lot of profits from them because of their volatility and because they have not reached their highest level, but you need to be an expert in order to be able to identify these promising altcoins with the large number of projects that appear every day, as it will become difficult for a Newbie in this field and he does not have enough experience, the bitcoin in my opinion is safer than risking your money in projects that you do not know who is standing behind them.

All of you are right. But before you invest in bitcoin or even altcoin, you need to make sure that you analyze the trend, so you can know when the best time to buy. But as we know that the altcoin still follows bitcoin price, the volatility will happen many times because if bitcoin is down for a small price, the altcoin can get down deeper, and hard to back to the current price.

Perhaps, you should choose bitcoin as the one investment that you have, and don't invest in the altcoin, especially if you don't know how to analyze the fluctuate of the altcoin price. That will be less risky for you because you don't have to analyze many coins, and you don't feel confused.

[Dessy88]

You already have the best investment so you probably don't need to analyze much because you've found the right way. Altcoins always play pump and dump games where you can't make any profit from investing unless you have an idea. Bitcoin is always the best investment currency for newborns and you can invest according to your needs if you want. Because bitcoin is the best currency where you don't have to take risks.

[Salauddin1994]

I agree that bitcoin is the best currency to invest in and the risk is lower as the demand for altcoins is low no one can say which way to turn so the risk will be higher even if the price goes down the chances of it going up areless. But of bitcoin even if the price goes down it will pump a lot its demand is high and the prices of other currencies bitcoin's price increases based on the price increase it is much easier to make a profit by investing in bitcoin but more risk of altcoin newcomers.

[NoG-NoG]

I that is you think many times before getting involved in investing to a new crypto project most important if you are just new in the crypto industry because it can avoid you from being scam or getting fraud by some advantage takers/scammers.

[Google+]

I that is you think many times before getting involved in investing to a new crypto project most important if you are just new in the crypto industry because it can avoid you from being scam or getting fraud by some advantage takers/scammers.

The world of cryptocurrency will indeed have a very high risk of losing assets immediately or you can also get a lot of profit, meaning that no investment of any kind will be able to guarantee a profit, stay aware of the steps you take in cryptocurrency.

[Lordhermes]

Obviously, investing in altcoin is really a waste of resources and money, time and data, I would never advise newbie to find time and go into investing in newly project especially defi ones, many had complaints and lamented the scam things that happened to them during defi presales and all of that, to me looking into altcoin is really not advisable.

I can only tell newbies to consider top altcoin like ETH, monero, ripple, Binance, and other top ones to avoid big loss and be at safer side, the altcoin mentioned have been doing great for a period of time now and possible will be a greater investing plans.

[santouao]

My thoughts about altcoin investment is to never rely under no circumstances invest in something you don't really know anything about or on something you don't understand. Because there are altcoins out there that are worth to invest in, and in relation to others almost safe. There's also plenty of options out there, just do some extensive research before you decide whether to invest or not to invest in an altcoin.

[btc78]

I don't think I agree with saying Altcoins are not an option, they all have no fundamentals. In fact, many of the top 10 altcoins on coinmarketcap are great choices. It is true that Altcoins are still very dependent on BTC but in fact Yearn Finance has broken it by giving a surprise to all

Supporting this because i believe that Altcoin at some point can grow in future without depending in Bitcoin movement.
there might be some altcoin that has no future but there are also very futuristic and can make someone rich just by holding like what we tend to do In bitcoin.

I have already bought my altcoin set and i don't care what others says but i am confident that in the end of all i will be making good amount of money.

Many shitcoins are circulating but if we know and trust our coins,at some point we will be making Money.

[darkphoenix2610]

There are lots of projects coming nowadays, legit and scam projects are always on the go. Too bad newbies got hype most of the time and they didn't tend to do depth research on the project they are investing in. So it's really advisable to warn the newbies about the dos and don'ts in investing in a new project.

[Genemind]

Altcoin investment is guaranteed to be riskier than bitcoin investment. New projects fail and even some projects who were able to survive has no assurance that it will remain stable. Only a few survive the market and even those who are on the top took years before they become established. Investing in crypto is a gamble, and it may take years and a lot of patience before you can find a good project to invest in.

[dobol]

Altcoin investment is guaranteed to be riskier than bitcoin investment. New projects fail and even some projects who were able to survive has no assurance that it will remain stable. Only a few survive the market and even those who are on the top took years before they become established. Investing in crypto is a gamble, and it may take years and a lot of patience before you can find a good project to invest in.

There will be always risk, but if you really can find sickas projects i think it will be for longterm, but ngl that most of the projects today only last for 1 year, not really sure why that's happens even with big team

[qomariah95]

The idea of a beginner in investing is only thinking about profits, without thinking about the risks or losses that will be experienced. That's what beginners or new to altcoins should know. I would rather invest in older coins, than new born altcoins that are still doing ICOs and the like.

[kotajikikox]

There are lots of projects coming nowadays, legit and scam projects are always on the go.

But majority is scam admit it lol

Too bad newbies got hype most of the time and they didn't tend to do depth research on the project they are investing in. So it's really advisable to warn the newbies about the dos and don'ts in investing in a new project.

every section has a Pinned Topic in which will save them if they will only spend some time to read and ask.
This community is very helpful that each question you lay will receive a hundred replies.
With that then you can be saved if greed won't come to your mind and not only looking for faster profit.

[Distinctin]

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Are you still willing to take the risk?[/b]

The reason why many had come into cryptyo investment because they think being profitable secured. They are willing to take the risk because they have driven by their positive mindset and that is to gain profit.
High-risk = big profit

I often think it as well before but as I decided to enter the market and invest in Bitcoin (not altcoin), I'd found difference, and I don't feel such a thing but the confidence that I can money in here.

Most altcoins have done no good, most of them turn to dead which I neglected to consider them when investing crypto instead, to focus on Bitcoin and some known altcoins, not for the new projects.

[mianvicky1]

as i see the market now a days i dont want to give any opinion to newbie for investment in altcoins .
or if anyone want to invest then start with little amount .

[sulendra12]

every section has a Pinned Topic in which will save them if they will only spend some time to read and ask.

And guess what? They didn't even bother to check those sticky threads and pinned topics. That's why the view counts are really low on every pinned topics because they are so lazy to read and blame everything down once they got scammed which is really stupid in my opinion.

or if anyone want to invest then start with little amount .

Yes, they should start with the lowest amount as possible so you can get the basic grasp of trading.

[bassbity]

I don't think I agree with saying Altcoins are not an option, they all have no fundamentals. In fact, many of the top 10 altcoins on coinmarketcap are great choices. It is true that Altcoins are still very dependent on BTC but in fact Yearn Finance has broken it by giving a surprise to all

I agree with you, basically bitcoin is the parent of altcoins, but it is possible because with the reformers in the last few years bitcoin has felt a little displaced by project defi which has almost 40% become a trend in the crypto market.
then we also don't forget that the top 10 on the coinmarketcap list signifies the role altcoins are taken into account in any market.

[Dragonfund]

I will not buy Altcoins( new ones) until I can see their performance because of challenges they face at early stage, volatility is something else. It can grow by hundreds of percentage as well as the opposite. So many con teams in this space, one have to be gallant and open eye when investing otherwise, you will fall victim to most of these new tokens.
I will make an example of one recent altcoin that was launched on September, Markaccy promised heavens as Decentralized market internet stuffs, they canceled IEO after the scheduled presale ended and made direct listing on 4 top exchange (as they claimed), Lbank, Hoo, Hotbit and bit exchange. The team decideed to distributed only 13% to every presale investors with reasons unknown to me but did that stop the market from bleeding?
Mkcy made listing at $0.02 and skyrocketed to $1.2, after a couple of days, the price began to crash and the current price is at $0.079 as I'm writing.


Today, mkcy has made amazing increase by 29%


If you had bought at the bottom, selling back is another challenge and problem, the order book is so thin as the sum isn't upto $800. What below are bots.


These are the challenge we face investing in altcoins sometimes, it's better to buy top coins than waste hard earned funds on unrealistic projects. There are other hundreds of similar projects on CoinGecko and coinmarketcap.

[isaac_clarke22]

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Worst would be turn into a shitcoin.
I think turning into shitcoin hurts more than just getting purely scammed because you'll just end up being on watch in the projec, throwing a lot of money into it but then turning out you didn't earn anything.
Some projects exist just for hypes and that's to be avoided.

[darewaller]

There are lots of projects coming nowadays, legit and scam projects are always on the go. Too bad newbies got hype most of the time and they didn't tend to do depth research on the project they are investing in. So it's really advisable to warn the newbies about the dos and don'ts in investing in a new project.

Fake articles or I shall maybe call paid articles play a big role in convincing newbies and new investors into trap set by the scam projects because deep inside we all regret not investing when BTC was in it's early days and similar for a lot of altcoins so when we see and get hyped for a new coin we start to feel like we must not miss this chance and a lot of scammers do take advantage of this FOM and make sure to pay some marketing people and get the hype spread all around.

The best way for a newbie or even veteran is by looking how useful the product is being built because the price and the value of the token will be temporary without a solid product being build around.

[dunfida]

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Worst would be turn into a shitcoin.
I think turning into shitcoin hurts more than just getting purely scammed because you'll just end up being on watch in the projec, throwing a lot of money into it but then turning out you didn't earn anything.
Some projects exist just for hypes and that's to be avoided.

You do get some point but to think off that it is just really the same feeling since you had lost money in both ways.They do differ on the duration though but there are people who do get hurt too much when theydo really
trust up into something and do become a shit coin as the days passed by but overall it just really a waste of money.About on newbie thoughts about alt investments?They do just get dragged along
into those show offs of massive profits which had been displayed by somebody where they do believe that they can make out the same results too which would really lead into
desperation or into rush action which really in result into careless selection of projects which are totally shit.

[darkphoenix2610]

There are lots of projects coming nowadays, legit and scam projects are always on the go.

But majority is scam admit it lol

Too bad newbies got hype most of the time and they didn't tend to do depth research on the project they are investing in. So it's really advisable to warn the newbies about the dos and don'ts in investing in a new project.

every section has a Pinned Topic in which will save them if they will only spend some time to read and ask.
This community is very helpful that each question you lay will receive a hundred replies.
With that then you can be saved if greed won't come to your mind and not only looking for faster profit.

I never said it's all legit, I emphasized though that lots of projects coming nowadays legit and scam are always on the go. That's why I am saying g to warn the newbies with the dos and don'ts so they will get avoid getting scammed. And I agree with you that newbies must spend time reading and ask about the topics that being pinned here, that's a great help for them. Greediness is no room in this kind of work otherwise you will lose everything.

[gamer4156]

I will face challenges, considering some altcoins have extraordinary potential. The danger of losing your assets relies upon how you settle on decisions, altcoins while the market was totally still after the market slammed, right now I think we have a very decent return. Crypto is more eccentric and brimming with shocks, the market is unstable, so you need to truly set up a develop procedure.

[darkphoenix2610]

There are lots of projects coming nowadays, legit and scam projects are always on the go. Too bad newbies got hype most of the time and they didn't tend to do depth research on the project they are investing in. So it's really advisable to warn the newbies about the dos and don'ts in investing in a new project.

Fake articles or I shall maybe call paid articles play a big role in convincing newbies and new investors into trap set by the scam projects because deep inside we all regret not investing when BTC was in it's early days and similar for a lot of altcoins so when we see and get hyped for a new coin we start to feel like we must not miss this chance and a lot of scammers do take advantage of this FOM and make sure to pay some marketing people and get the hype spread all around.

The best way for a newbie or even veteran is by looking how useful the product is being built because the price and the value of the token will be temporary without a solid product being build around.

You are right, many projects now right now are getting so hype with their marketing promotions. They put so much on it to lure investors, newbie or veteran. So it is better to make depth research on every project that we are eyeing to invest in. It is important also to look at the team and the people who are handling the project. This is just a simple method to check whether it is legit or not but it could help a lot.

[mirgo1791]

with different views of appeals, pupils might defines customs of personal strategy as referring decision on entry as ordering market and release of resource on investment with the new project on crypto to avoid waste of expends and manage to lasts with constant on returns as expecting limit of results with investment project.

[acdc]

Investing in new projects can bring you great returns, but it can also cost you money. The talented investors always know how to make money even in the most difficult conditions, the inferior just watch and complain.
For those new and inexperienced investing in the top currencies in the market is less risky and safer. Most of my investments are on big projects, because I'm not good at investing.

[konflikkastil]

This was the same thought that runs through my mind when I first considering of investing in cryptocurrencies. I was scared and at the same time wanted to take the risks. Then, I asked myself if what I'm willing to invest, is what I can actually do away with. After making some findings, I was able to come up with a good plans, with the help of some expert in the field. No doubt cryptocurrencies investment has a great return on investment. It could make you become a millionaire overnight if your investment go right. I have made quite a hundreds of dollars from altcoins. And I'm still investiting heavily till today. And I also have few people I have taught on how to invest in altcoins and to know when to invest and when not to invest. Good way to invest is to look for new projects, and conduct a check and invest the amount you can.

[H1N1]

Yeah and that's why most of new altcoin projects are not good or just wasting our time and money of course.
Newbie maybe better to buy some existing altcoins with established value in the market.
When we buy some good coins, there will be low possibility that we will lose the value of the coin, so it is safer.

[antsam]

Not all of them don't have fundamentals. I always stick to my Monero and my Litecoin just because of this, but yes,,, fair to say almost any altcoin bought up since 2019 has shit value because of zero fundamentals. If not for centralized efforts to push, market and promote them they would never be anywhere.

but at least this year there have been several market price returns for altcoins and bitcoins. when we bought altcoins while the market was completely still after the market crashed, at the moment I think we've got a pretty good return. for people who don't have big capital like me. of course, playing with the small pumps that occur in the market really helps to grow the value of the assets held.

just look at Etherum is currently still surviving even though the transaction has become expensive and slow but there are still many new projects emerging with the Eth platform, even though the price has not been able to catch up with BTC but this is proof that it is still a cheap option besides BTC

Supporting this because i believe that Altcoin at some point can grow in future without depending in Bitcoin movement.
there might be some altcoin that has no future but there are also very futuristic and can make someone rich just by holding like what we tend to do In bitcoin.

I have already bought my altcoin set and i don't care what others says but i am confident that in the end of all i will be making good amount of money.

Many shitcoins are circulating but if we know and trust our coins,at some point we will be making Money.

I agree with you

I agree with you, basically bitcoin is the parent of altcoins, but it is possible because with the reformers in the last few years bitcoin has felt a little displaced by project defi which has almost 40% become a trend in the crypto market.
then we also don't forget that the top 10 on the coinmarketcap list signifies the role altcoins are taken into account in any market.

Because the reality is like that we can see on Coinmarkercap and Coingecko

[Greatdev]

You are right that many new altcoins are only very good at making false hopes but be remind that few altcoins are worth investing on, have you seen Avalanche? Have you send Chainlink? Or DIA? Very few altcoins like these have a purpose, not some false hope projects, they have what it takes to keep getting better and better, it's all about the team and the use case

[luckyflop]

You are right that many new altcoins are only very good at making false hopes but be remind that few altcoins are worth investing on, have you seen Avalanche? Have you send Chainlink? Or DIA? Very few altcoins like these have a purpose, not some false hope projects, they have what it takes to keep getting better and better, it's all about the team and the use case

Chainlink has done so well . from around 0.6$ it is now around 11.5$, also Dia, from around 1$ it is around 1.5$, patience is the key, If you are an investor, not a flipper, you can expect some logical profit after a while, getting rich in one nigh is mostly scam and a Ponzi scheme, I believe that making money in cryptocurrency could be very easy, but not getting rich through it, you can expect to get enough money for your college, etc, but to buy a penthouse in London , you need to take a huge risk in it and it would be a difficult decision.

[Byakuga]

I have this view that many so called crypto CEO are just random people like me who have no idea how blockchain works, just because it's easy to build a ERC20 tokens doesn't mean I should build one, for what reason exactly? To take advantage of other people like myself? This is why we should be very careful where we put our money, know where your risk taking deserves.

[Chicky213]

Beginners should concentrate on the top 10 altcoins cause I doubt if newbies can do some research and study the fundamentals of the new altcoins springing up. Most or the new altcoins don't survive for long term. ETH, BNB, LINK etc are long term projects that will survive the test of time

[santiPOGI]

I doubt that altcoins is not an option, for me it is an options. Because as far as I know most of the altcoins are good options for us to earn here in a good way in terms of doing trade in the market. Although I cannot deny there is a high risk and I think that's normal anyway if We decide to invest any of them.

[Winscosinally]

This was the same thought that runs through my mind when I first considering of investing in cryptocurrencies. I was scared and at the same time wanted to take the risks. Then, I asked myself if what I'm willing to invest, is what I can actually do away with. After making some findings, I was able to come up with a good plans, with the help of some expert in the field. No doubt cryptocurrencies investment has a great return on investment. It could make you become a millionaire overnight if your investment go right. I have made quite a hundreds of dollars from altcoins. And I'm still investiting heavily till today. And I also have few people I have taught on how to invest in altcoins and to know when to invest and when not to invest. Good way to invest is to look for new projects, and conduct a check and invest the amount you can.

I'm glad things are this easy for you, many newbies can't seek for advice and they hate learning , I'm guessing you are someone who takes things very slow and careful in the process, many don't do this, they just want to make money fast and that's what's killing majority, my own investment strategy is different, i have full confidence in investing on binance IEO, I make enough money through this

[max6575]

as developer works on customs with modulation, pupils of public audience on field to gains with reference of ideal masses of message to qualify with uses of different occupation with tools and application and secure of option on decision with the involvement on project with the bitcoin finance.

[pelumi20]

You case is different and that is because you have the patience and time to seek for knowledge, which many newbies don't have. They just invest in any project without doing research and hope it turns out profitable.
I prefer to trade than invest but when I want to invest, I invest only on binance IEO or launchpad.

[South Park]

I agree with you, basically bitcoin is the parent of altcoins, but it is possible because with the reformers in the last few years bitcoin has felt a little displaced by project defi which has almost 40% become a trend in the crypto market.
then we also don't forget that the top 10 on the coinmarketcap list signifies the role altcoins are taken into account in any market.

Such tendency is not going to last and bitcoin will once again impose itself as it always does, people get too excited about those DeFi coins and in a way I get it but like always scammers have began to take advantage of the hype and now are scamming people left and right and if this continues, and I do not see why it should not continue, then slowly people will begin to lose faith in those projects even the good ones and they will either get off the market for good or they will invest their money back in bitcoin.

[naikturun]

My advice is to be safe investing in major top rated coins that depend on btc prices, such as eth xrp and others. because these alt always follow the btc price movement, and never experience a rapid pump / dump like some other alt.

[odukoyaewatomi27]

The thing is that you cannot take away the place of research while investing in cryptocurrency. but it is only a few newbies that gets it. Most of them just see cryptocurrency as a get rich quick scheme, that you just invest in a get rich over night. it is better to invest in existing coins that are more secured than to invest in new coins that are not sure.

[Kasabus]

The thing is that you cannot take away the place of research while investing in cryptocurrency. but it is only a few newbies that gets it. Most of them just see cryptocurrency as a get rich quick scheme, that you just invest in a get rich over night. it is better to invest in existing coins that are more secured than to invest in new coins that are not sure.

Don't let yourself invest in new coins that have no assurance that they will lasts longer in the market or might only end up as dead altcoins. Instead, go for the best investment that even skilled investors are up to and that is bitcoin. I know bitcoin is a very risky investment but atleast you know in the long run that you will make huge profits from it once its price reaches its peak.

[Nanda Dewi277]

My advice is to be safe investing in major top rated coins that depend on btc prices, such as eth xrp and others. because these alt always follow the btc price movement, and never experience a rapid pump / dump like some other alt.

Bitcoin is an altcoin price benchmark, just like Usd which is a benchmark for other banknotes. If you really want to invest, invest in altcoins that have strong stability because then, the risk of losing will be small.

[Boov]

It is true, the number of new altcoin projects caused me difficulties and doubts when I wanted to do research(although it looks like a good project and seems worth holding). and yes, choosing bitcoin as an investment in the crypto space seems like the best. but here there is no guarantee (crypto investment), be it for a newbie or an expert, because we ourselves have to protect and guarantee it.

Due to a more altcoin rises this year, the confusion for the member of community in the crypto currency been grown. As per taking some research of mine in other altcoins, it seems that each and every altcoin has a similarities which is to give a certain services in the investors like giving a worth it investment. But supposedly only 2 altcoins were still in favor on my taste and this is Ethereum and Binance. I still did some research and background checking to other altcoins.

[nurilham]

My advice is to be safe investing in major top rated coins that depend on btc prices, such as eth xrp and others. because these alt always follow the btc price movement, and never experience a rapid pump / dump like some other alt.

I think all Altcoins, their prices follow Bitcoin. For example, the price of Bitcoin goes up, most Altcoins will go down and if Bitcoin is stable then the altcoin price will slowly rise again.

[Boov]

My advice is to be safe investing in major top rated coins that depend on btc prices, such as eth xrp and others. because these alt always follow the btc price movement, and never experience a rapid pump / dump like some other alt.

I think all Altcoins, their prices follow Bitcoin. For example, the price of Bitcoin goes up, most Altcoins will go down and if Bitcoin is stable then the altcoin price will slowly rise again.

As what i have also observed that the price of bitcoin really matters in all altcoins. The movement of price of bitcoin does affect also the price movement of altcoins. When i was a newbie i thought that altcoin was last on my priority when in comes of investment. Of course i would rather be sure to invest in bitcoin but later on i have observed that there are some altcoins that was worth it to invest with like Ethereum, Binance and XRP.

[nomenclatur]

Many beginners think investment in Altcoin can make profits in a fast time but in fact, it is not easy to need time and patience without it all investments in Altcoin will be in vain because the price of Altcoin is also a long time to wait for Bitcoin to be more stable for Altcoin to rise rapidly.

[Gotumoot]

Back when I was a newbie in altcoin investment I would only choose the altcoin that are on the top 10.
I wouldn't go with the altcoin that doesn't belong in the top 10 since they are on the top 10 for a reason and I would try to look into their details before investing.
The problem with newbie's this days are they would easily jump into new project because of the promise of profit by others that the new altcoin price would go up.
They are gullible they could easily be scam by those promises and be blinded by greed.

[Pintadj]

Many beginners think investment in Altcoin can make profits in a fast time but in fact, it is not easy to need time and patience without it all investments in Altcoin will be in vain because the price of Altcoin is also a long time to wait for Bitcoin to be more stable for Altcoin to rise rapidly.

Alcoins are more volatility and it is possible to earn money on volatility of altcoins. Also altcoins use statiking system to pay rewards for token holders for holding tokens. Here some information about staking https://medium.com/bonfiorg/introducing-bonfi-web-staking-7368467d18cc

[riso2015]

Many beginners think investment in Altcoin can make profits in a fast time but in fact, it is not easy to need time and patience without it all investments in Altcoin will be in vain because the price of Altcoin is also a long time to wait for Bitcoin to be more stable for Altcoin to rise rapidly.

Usually It is because they see other people who have already got huge returns from Crypto investments, as in the defi project recently which can give you quick profit when their token listed on Exchange. But not all Altcoins can give you profit, choose Altcoins that really have a good team and community.

[NewRanger]

Many beginners think investment in Altcoin can make profits in a fast time but in fact, it is not easy to need time and patience without it all investments in Altcoin will be in vain because the price of Altcoin is also a long time to wait for Bitcoin to be more stable for Altcoin to rise rapidly.

Usually It is because they see other people who have already got huge returns from Crypto investments, as in the defi project recently which can give you quick profit when their token listed on Exchange. But not all Altcoins can give you profit, choose Altcoins that really have a good team and community.

most of begineer investors tempted by another trader that already earn profit from trading, they thinking its look easy to do meanwhile risk that may occur not calculate yet. holding altcoin need deep research, we must understand its behaviour if compared to bitcoin price movement. although we know its coin was good project , but finding best entry position was obligation for us.

[fosco333]

It can be confusing if we see coinmarketcap coin list before we want to buy some coins because coinmarketcap has listed many coins there.
I recommend us to see the announcement section in this forum, so we can see new coins and tokens on new projects.
Altcoin investment have more risk than bitcoin because the value of altcoin is not stable as bitcoin, particularly on new altcoins.

[Lite_bro]

Many beginners think investment in Altcoin can make profits in a fast time but in fact, it is not easy to need time and patience without it all investments in Altcoin will be in vain because the price of Altcoin is also a long time to wait for Bitcoin to be more stable for Altcoin to rise rapidly.

Alcoins are more volatility and it is possible to earn money on volatility of altcoins. Also altcoins use statiking system to pay rewards for token holders for holding tokens. Here some information about staking https://medium.com/bonfiorg/introducing-bonfi-web-staking-7368467d18cc

Sometimes the volatility of altcoins is very large and this scares many novice investors. It seems to me that it is for staking that you need to look for an altcoin with minimal volatility!

[mezzaluna]

My advice is to be safe investing in major top rated coins that depend on btc prices, such as eth xrp and others. because these alt always follow the btc price movement, and never experience a rapid pump / dump like some other alt.

I think all Altcoins, their prices follow Bitcoin. For example, the price of Bitcoin goes up, most Altcoins will go down and if Bitcoin is stable then the altcoin price will slowly rise again.

This is actually what is happening even before in the year 2017-2018. Most alternate Cryptocurrencies had their values boosted by Bitcoin but really shown their true values after Bitcoin's values stabilizes. Its still a risk but its worth it since most Alternate Cryptocurrencies have low values and you can learn how to play with that investment.

[redsun114]

When you have something like ETH that was over 400 dollars just a few months ago and ever since going down it couldn't recover for one reason or another while bitcoin made it from 9k to 13k during the same period and on top of all of this reason to see ETH going up soon, we are talking about 2.0 coming in the next 12 months at the very latest? Probably under 6 months?

I think it is vitally important to make sure newbies realize they have to invest into things that are this "guaranteed" (not like anything could be guaranteed in crypto) in crypto investment over things that would make sure you have nothing in the end and scam you. Too many people pass up these great 10-20% even 30 returns in a year because they want to make double or triple the amount they have instead of making sure they get less risk.

[mace15]

It can be confusing if we see coinmarketcap coin list before we want to buy some coins because coinmarketcap has listed many coins there.
I recommend us to see the announcement section in this forum, so we can see new coins and tokens on new projects.
Altcoin investment have more risk than bitcoin because the value of altcoin is not stable as bitcoin, particularly on new altcoins.

Checking the announcement section could really help. Many listed altcoins in coinmarketcap and this is a guide to check the coins listed there. Before investing it is necessary to do your research first. Not all altcoins are profitable so we also have to consider the top altcoins in the market. The above post is also helpful especially to the newbies in this industry.

[Danslip]

Very well explained and I wanna add few more things for new traders who are willing to learn more. Before joining the ICO, don't get HYPED and look for the cheap ways in order to collect more with pre-sales or bonus rounds. The pre-sale rates are discounted but there is no guarantee the projects will continue the rest of the token sale in case of lower collected funds. 

[24Kt]

Very well explained and I wanna add few more things for new traders who are willing to learn more. Before joining the ICO, don't get HYPED and look for the cheap ways in order to collect more with pre-sales or bonus rounds. The pre-sale rates are discounted but there is no guarantee the projects will continue the rest of the token sale in case of lower collected funds. 

If you will look at past ICOs, it is better to buy when they hit the exchanges. Because few days or couple of weeks after they are being traded, their price goes down even about 10% of their ICO price. So if you do really believe the potential of the project, for me, better to wait for them in the exchanges, as their hunters usually dump it to a very cheap price.

[goaldigger]

Very well explained and I wanna add few more things for new traders who are willing to learn more. Before joining the ICO, don't get HYPED and look for the cheap ways in order to collect more with pre-sales or bonus rounds. The pre-sale rates are discounted but there is no guarantee the projects will continue the rest of the token sale in case of lower collected funds. 

I'd rather choose the altcoins already listed on the exchange and wait for its cheaper price, this happen many times and this is indeed profitable. Newbie have to assess their risk tolerance since not everyone are willing to take risk that much. When I was a newbie, I'm not investing into any altcoin honestly and hold only Bitcoin simply because my knowledge about altcoins is not enough for me to invest so I took my own research about the altcoins and despite of those risk, i invested on my first ETH altcoin and on many good ICO before, the golden era of ICO.

[lienfaye]

It can be confusing if we see coinmarketcap coin list before we want to buy some coins because coinmarketcap has listed many coins there.
I recommend us to see the announcement section in this forum, so we can see new coins and tokens on new projects.

Thats right check the announcement section here to know the details about the new coins. Fill your mind with information to be aware if the coin is good or not.

Altcoin investment have more risk than bitcoin because the value of altcoin is not stable as bitcoin, particularly on new altcoins.

Indeed, compared to btc altcoins are more risky due to scam or the coin to turn as shitcoin. This is the risk of investing in new coins that are launching nowadays.

[Hemady17]

most of begineer investors tempted by another trader that already earn profit from trading, they thinking its look easy to do meanwhile risk that may occur not calculate yet. holding altcoin need deep research, we must understand its behaviour if compared to bitcoin price movement. although we know its coin was good project , but finding best entry position was obligation for us.

Because of glamorous words, we are all driven by other people specially if we trusted them at first. This is why some of crypto promoters had been paid by large projects because they bring up many investors in the project. If a trusted guy in your group said that this coin will replace ethereum soon and has better development then everybody will buy it. Newbies tend to buy because they still have no idea where to buy. They just depend on others thought.

[motun01]

the issue with Altcoin investments is that they are destined to be more dangerous than bitcoin investment. New projects fizzle and even a few projects who had the option to endure has no affirmation that it will stay stable. A couple endure the market and even the individuals who are on the top took a long time before they become set up. Investing in crypto is a bet, and it might take years and a great deal of persistence before you can locate a good project to invest in.

[TopT3ns]

the issue with Altcoin investments is that they are destined to be more dangerous than bitcoin investment. New projects fizzle and even a few projects who had the option to endure has no affirmation that it will stay stable. A couple endure the market and even the individuals who are on the top took a long time before they become set up. Investing in crypto is a bet, and it might take years and a great deal of persistence before you can locate a good project to invest in.

I think altcoins have a more dangerous risk than bitcoin because of the large supply influence and not necessarily altcoins have a good development, and the highest risk is that altcoins have price movements depending on the project they have, when the project is useful it will make a lot of altcoins who are interested and still have a sale value on the exchange, but when the project is not widely used and there is no good development the altcoins will collapse instantly.

[erikoy]

A crypto fan or knowledgeable in crytpo will never get to invest directly into something which there is no assurance for earning profit. Most likely investors will not invest in altcoins instead they go always on bitcoin. However, there are instances especially if being ask to become part of the investing team that will earn profit after the token sale. Meaning they can just use the money for the project to work but after that they will get the money. This is my theory why altcoins price after listed will either pump up or fall down because of these kind of investors.

[ansarose1]

It is difficult and risky to invest with new altcoins in the market since it has no liquidity. Some may have courage to invest with new altcoins as they want to blend new things that might lead to success and some are successful like yearn finance, uniswap and other more. But the majority who invest with new altcoins just fall into trap and not earning in the long run, some others are just victims of scams and frauds.

[South Park]

If we think only about the risks involved in crypto no one will invest in crypto, honestly crypto is worth the risk and sooner or later you will learn many things and adjust yourself along the way, mistakes will be made that's certain, the only thing that can drag you down is pushing learning aside, even after all that mistake you still decide not to learn from them, that's bad.

This is a little bit inaccurate, some cryptocurrencies are worth it the rest are trash made by scammers trying to get some fast money and developers that do not really know what they are doing, if you are going to become an investor then the most important lesson to learn before coming to this market is to learn to tell the difference between good and bad coins, some people may say to only invest in the coins at the top 10 so you are safe but out of those coins there are at least 5 coins I will never invest in and yet they are some of the most popular coins in the market just by looking at their market cap.

[Sebas.tian]

Many beginners think investment in Altcoin can make profits in a fast time but in fact, it is not easy to need time and patience without it all investments in Altcoin will be in vain because the price of Altcoin is also a long time to wait for Bitcoin to be more stable for Altcoin to rise rapidly.

Personally i don't always talk about investment to newbies becasue many of them think altcoins are the means to get profit from cryptocurrencies, but this is not. Investment with altcoins are just a waste of time IMO but some can be lucky while others might not, some projects that got me scammed were not bad initially but they turned bad overnight. My advise to newbies: don't invest in random altcoins projects but only choose to make your investment with Bitcoin for a start. 

[reliable]

It is difficult and risky to invest with new altcoins in the market since it has no liquidity. Some may have courage to invest with new altcoins as they want to blend new things that might lead to success and some are successful like yearn finance, uniswap and other more. But the majority who invest with new altcoins just fall into trap and not earning in the long run, some others are just victims of scams and frauds.

Out of hundred you may get couple of such instances which can give you that type of rise and for that we need to have that solid research based on which will be able to identify it and invest it. But not everyone will be able to get it and rest of them will lose if invested in any such coins will become worthless. So invest only in what you understand it and what you can lose it.

[GreenStox]

at least that is the picture that exists in the crypto world so if someone already knows about it, there is no need to question them they will know and understand what steps to take. I'm not sure everyone will immediately invest when new to crypto. usually looking for ways to get btc for free from airdrop or collect capchas and earn little by little. those who invest right away must have trusted friends or people or at least have a fair amount of experience in crypto.

[sgenuine]

at least that is the picture that exists in the crypto world so if someone already knows about it, there is no need to question them they will know and understand what steps to take. I'm not sure everyone will immediately invest when new to crypto. usually looking for ways to get btc for free from airdrop or collect capchas and earn little by little. those who invest right away must have trusted friends or people or at least have a fair amount of experience in crypto.

You think about some guys better that they are. Just believe: a LOT of guys invest in the cryptocurrencies much money even when they do not know anything about them. 10-30% only first think, and then spend their hundreds and even thousands on crypto.

[Alexmagn84]

bitcoin for your venture and never mind the altcoin market. You can purchase bitcoin however many as would be prudent on the grounds that that is the best interest in the crypto market. For this situation my point is, the point at which you put resources into another venture and they fall flat or more regrettable, they submit extortion, at that point there is no assurance for your cash back and you can't report it to lawful elements or the specialists.

[Benefactor]

I have consistently imagined that cash the executives abilities are the most significant in this market, lets guess that there is a beginner without those aptitudes and another with them, and the two of them put resources into a siphon and dump conspire. Altcoins that can cause the speculator to procure a great deal of benefits from them due to their unpredictability and on the grounds that they have not arrived at their most elevated level, however you should be a specialist so as to have the option to recognize these promising altcoins with the enormous number of activities that show up each day.

[ije07]

of the many new and old altcoins on the market, I personally only like and invest in the top altcoins. especially with ETH, BNB and TRX. These three altcoins are very suitable for future investment, so I think that for new investors it is better to invest only in the top altcoins.

[South Park]

Many beginners think investment in Altcoin can make profits in a fast time but in fact, it is not easy to need time and patience without it all investments in Altcoin will be in vain because the price of Altcoin is also a long time to wait for Bitcoin to be more stable for Altcoin to rise rapidly.

Personally i don't always talk about investment to newbies becasue many of them think altcoins are the means to get profit from cryptocurrencies, but this is not. Investment with altcoins are just a waste of time IMO but some can be lucky while others might not, some projects that got me scammed were not bad initially but they turned bad overnight. My advise to newbies: don't invest in random altcoins projects but only choose to make your investment with Bitcoin for a start. 

Simple advice and yet it is completely correct, all newbies in my opinion should begin their journey by investing in bitcoin and nothing more, if after one year they still have the majority of their money or they even earned some and they took the time to use that year to learn more about the markets then they can begin to invest in good altcoins like ETH, and then if another year passes and they are still in good shape then they can begin to invest in more exotic altcoins.

[Insomnia family]

depending on the project as well as capital. for me personally it doesn't matter to invest in the top altcoins in the market as most of them have further price developments and have proven to be profitable for investments like Ethereum and some of the top altcoins. if I have large capital then prioritize BTC and ETH as much as possible.

[Untomabur]

of the many new and old altcoins on the market, I personally only like and invest in the top altcoins. especially with ETH, BNB and TRX. These three altcoins are very suitable for future investment, so I think that for new investors it is better to invest only in the top altcoins.

I think the top altcoins are also very risky, indeed their background is very guaranteed,
but if you look at the ROI, these altcoins are very expensive,
so we have to be careful in choosing or investing.

[adekogbe]

Because of a more altcoin rises this year, the disarray for the individual from network in the crypto cash been developed. According to taking some examination of mine in different altcoins, it appears to be that every single altcoin has a likenesses which is to give a specific administrations in the investors like giving a justified, despite any trouble investment. Be that as it may, as far as anyone knows just 2 altcoins were still in favor on my taste and this is Ethereum and Binance. I actually did some exploration and foundation checking to different altcoins.

[CaptainDeFi]

no, i'm investing only in trustworthy projects with a great team and best devs.
New perspective projects take some time to explore and dive into it, but once you know it's 100% will be profit, you invest and earn money.
I was exploring DeFi area, gosh so many projects pumped, so now I decided to invest in PEAK before listing on OKEx and BSC staking... just to see what happens. Buying before listings is actually a good idea. Or buying before the announcemet.

[Shasha80]

Talking about altcoin investments does have a very high risk, if we are not careful in choosing coins to buy. Then there is a possibility that
we choose the wrong coins to buy and the coins we buy could be shitcoins, whose prices did not go up after being HODL in the long run.
But if we do the research properly before deciding to buy coins, should be able to pick potential coins. The easiest way to choose safe altcoins
to buy, choose altcoins which  are among the top 10 on the coinmarketcap site. Usually these coins have a high volume and also have
a good reputation.

[cyriljundos]

i think choosing the right ICOs will do but we cant assure the project you invested in, for newbies trading of alternative coins will also be effective in gaining income and even in small amount newbie can trade, unlike investing in ICO project, ico have minimum investment and waiting for so long when project would become successful.