Has the popularity of bitcoins reduced interest of people in stocks?

[Zlantann]

Stocks give like 20-30% returns in an year but bitcoin and other crypto coins can give this much return in just one day. At such, do you think that increasing popularity of bitcoin has reduced interest of people in stocks.

I think in some countries, people are really shifting to crypto only and most of their investment portfolio is in the form of crypto instead of stocks. The awareness related to crypto is increasing day by day and this more people are getting included in this crowd. Stocks on the other hand become saturated, people have realized that these stocks are not as much profitable as bitcoins. Also, there are other benefits of bitcoins like it can be used for transactions. This cannot be done with stocks.

Bitcoin has given people an investment alternative because before now only the stock market offers such a platform. Before now every investor just have to invest in stock or nothing. 
But the younger generation now understands that the stock exchange can be easily manipulated to favor some set of businesses. Also, the need for freedom and privacy is making people flee from stock investment to Bitcoin.

Any investment that has high volatility is always very profitable and risky. The stock market has leaser volatility than Bitcoin which is why it is less profitable compared to Bitcoin. I think the stock exchange would even experience a reduction in its clients in the future because Bitcoin's popularity increasing daily.

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[Rruchi man]

I think in some countries, people are really shifting to crypto only and most of their investment portfolio is in the form of crypto instead of stocks. The awareness related to crypto is increasing day by day and this more people are getting included in this crowd.

New things have a tendency to attract people, that can be the reason more persons are becoming more interested in bitcoins. People still invest in stocks, some people investing in stocks and bitcoins at the same time.

Stocks on the other hand become saturated, people have realized that these stocks are not as much profitable as bitcoins.

Stocks are still popular with the older investors. The high volatility of bitcoin has made people consider it more profitable than stocks investments, but it also means the risks are higher as well.

Also, there are other benefits of bitcoins like it can be used for transactions. This cannot be done with stocks.

Not like I am speaking against bitcoin, but a mature discussion should consider both sides when a comparison is made. There are also other benefits with stocks that bitcoin cannot offer, an example is the ownership benefits to a business/company that it provides.

Both Bitcoins and stocks offer investment opportunities, and they are both beneficial in their own way.

[TheUltraElite]

Stocks on the other hand become saturated, people have realized that these stocks are not as much profitable as bitcoins. Also, there are other benefits of bitcoins like it can be used for transactions.

Dont be in the illusion that bitcoin makes stocks look inferior, the number of stock market investors is way bigger than the number of cryptocurrency investors, but there is also a significant group who are into both.

Stocks cannot be used as a currency, true, but investors are rarely interested in the currency part of bitcoin - they only want to make money and leave. Hence that function is mostly for common people investors or non-investors.

Stocks give you dividends too, which is not present in bitcoin and the major cryptocurrencies.

So you see both have their pros and cons and none is superior than the other. Invest in whichever you find yourself comfortable in.

[Artem Sereda]

I don't think. Crypto is now on the hype, and its popularity is higher, so the shares have now disappeared from the information field. But this is temporary. And many people are still investing in them. I will say more, some observe some kind of relationship between stock and crypto charts, and use it.

[Luzin]

So you see both have their pros and cons and none is superior than the other. Invest in whichever you find yourself comfortable in.

I don't delve deeper into Stocks. Even my first trade in investing was bitcoin. As long as I am close to crypto I have also heard some of its advantages. But until recently even I hadn't touched it.
Meanwhile, based on what I've read, there are stock people who trade in stocks and crypto. There are stock people who invest in stocks only. In addition there are people who only invest in crypto.
To date I don't have data for the whole world. But in my country for now, indeed crypto investments are greater than crypto investor stocks. The amount of data I have obtained has reached 15.1 million crypto while crypro is 9.54 million investors. 

[kryptqnick]

I think that answering this question requires turning to data. We should see if the number of stock investors fell at interest in Bitcoin has been growing. I found a chart on the percentage of adult US population investing in stocks. It was the highest in 2007 at 65% and has been 60+ from 2000 till 2007, but after the recession it never hit 60% again. The lowest point was in 2014 and 2016, and over the last 6 years, the percentage slightly increased. So the interest fell before Bitcoin, clearly due to the economic crisis, and then increased since 2016, when Bitcoin has also been getting more attention.
Given that not all people have historically been stock investors by any measurement, there's room for growth both for stocks and for Bitcoin. It's not a competition, and interest in one doesn't directly draw people away from the other.

[bitzizzix]

Maybe because buying and selling activities and investing in the crypto world, especially bitcoin, can be done at any time, and maybe this is certainly different from activities in the stock world which can only be done on working days and hours.
and bitcoin are included in high risk assets with high returns, and now for most millennial investors this is a challenge but also allows them to earn much higher returns compared to stocks.
and many also use both and make bitcoin their choice for long term and future investment.

[Yatsan]

I doubt. Investors has their own preferences and I also doubt they did not take an eye in this technology. For sure they are aware of the profit that can be earned from investing to Bitcoin and other ceyptos but if they prefer a less risky investment, for sure they'd still choose stockmarket over this blockchain. There's even a higher tendency for a stock market investor to also invest in crypto while maintaining his/her investments with stock market but it would be hard to day they are losing interest with stock. What's more possible is that they are just diversifying their assets which is why some stockmarket investors also has crypto holdings.

Stock market is always timely unlike with Bitcoin which has a profitable period (like consistent or continuous profitable movement) which is why we cannot blame those people who are more into stock and other type of investments. They just measure risks involved before engaging into something. Playing it safe I guess.

[cabron]

Crypto is easier to join than the Stock market. For you to be able to invest you need to have the capital while in crypto, people can just join airdrop and get some coins if lucky.

The stock market is full of wolves who keep taking money from new investors while in crypto, the newbies can just wait for the halving for the bull run to start. If I want someone to invest in, crypto would be the field.

[drwhobox]

Stocks provide more stability than bitcoin. Stock has been the best and most traditional way for people and businesses to build wealth for this century. Bitcoin investment is quite risky for traditional stock players, though it has a bigger chance to make big money in a short period of time. I think a small number of stock holders now hold crypto too but not that huge amount of investors.

[goldkingcoiner]

Stocks give like 20-30% returns in an year but bitcoin and other crypto coins can give this much return in just one day. At such, do you think that increasing popularity of bitcoin has reduced interest of people in stocks.

I think in some countries, people are really shifting to crypto only and most of their investment portfolio is in the form of crypto instead of stocks. The awareness related to crypto is increasing day by day and this more people are getting included in this crowd. Stocks on the other hand become saturated, people have realized that these stocks are not as much profitable as bitcoins. Also, there are other benefits of bitcoins like it can be used for transactions. This cannot be done with stocks.

Cryptocurrency trading is also much much easier to get into as a layman. You only need an internet connection to get started. With stocks the process is so overregulated in some countries that you need a third party to do everything for you, including buying stocks. This is the main reason I am not interested in stocks. Its just too much buerocracy you have to wade through in order to get what you want.

Also you can think of cryptocurrency as stocks too. Except nobody can freeze your wallet or lose your stocks because they were all in a centralized database somewhere. You are the only one you need to count on. And that's worth a lot.

[jostorres]

This I really believe. Especially when the world is in crisis from COVID-19 and now we are once again affected by the war in Ukraine. Stock markets are plummeting everywhere. World politics and power are currently at the highest level with many countries arming themselves for possible war anytime. The crypto market went down as well but at least it is decentralized. Bitcoin can be only affected indirectly.

In my country, I can feel that more and more people are shifting to crypto rather than stocks. Some are into both just like me but more stock investors are also investing now in Bitcoin. A few weeks ago I already started auditing my scattered stock holdings. I am planning to transfer most if not all of them into the crypto market. Our local stock market is too unstable, at least I am more confident that the crypto market will recover a couple of years from now.

I think it is not directly related but there is this distrust to stocks that caused this. I think stocks are not interesting anymore and people do not like to invest into them as much as they used to, or even if they do it is not the traditional way but more like gamestop saga where they attack the big traditional hedge funds.

This isn't because bitcoin, this is because hedge funds and all the other banks just screwed people so much that it feels like it is not really a shared love to each other and both sides hates each other a lot. This is why people looked for other alternative ways and bitcoin is one of that. That is why I think it is quite clear that we shouldn't really see stocks being valid investment after a while.

[buwaytress]

Nah, if anything interest in stocks has increased popularity in Bitcoin. Stock guy sees some kind of crypto or Bitcoin-tied stock, or futures or options, fancy derivatives probably gets all excited because he can use all kinds of financial facilities as a stock broker to get all kinds of fancy Bitcoin derivatives. It's a whole new market for them, stock people. Without even ever needing to actually touch Bitcoin.

Why do you think stock big guns like eToro went all hot and heavy on Bitcoin?

More seriously, I do get what you mean. But people interested in stocks are interested in speculating... so I don't think Bitcoin's the one really feeding the flames with a new asset to speculate on. It's the rest of crypto.

Flog the flokis and the SOLs, you know.

[Welsh]

Why do you think stock big guns like eToro went all hot and heavy on Bitcoin?

Once we start recovering from recent events both inside Bitcoin, and unrelated events outside of it. We'll see just as many investors investing in it, regardless how long it stays at this price. That's the reality, since people know Bitcoin has already achieved prices much higher than the current price, and therefore will always have that in mind when investing.

There's not many examples of that in the stock world, especially something which actually is designed to appreciate in value the longer it's around. You don't usually get that in stocks, and when you do it's usually not so volatile, meaning if you're good at predicting the market or have enough time, you can make a lot of money. It's a investors dream, basically.

[Digitalbitcoin]

Bitcoin is still in the development phase, it will definitely take time to come into the mainstream, but still, bitcoin has proven its existence, since it was born.

When it comes to profitability, comparing Bitcoin to equities is merely a thought.

Stocks give like 20-30% returns in an year but bitcoin and other crypto coins can give this much return in just one day. At such, do you think that increasing popularity of bitcoin has reduced interest of people in stocks.

Investing primarily in Bitcoin is a high-risk endeavor. Because cryptocurrency markets rely heavily on decentralized technologies. It will take time for the general population to grasp and adjust to it, but given the present generation and accessible technology, the majority of the new generation flood comes from Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. As a result, crypto and similar technology-related activities will advance at a rapid pace in the future.

I think in some countries, people are really shifting to crypto only and most of their investment portfolio is in the form of crypto instead of stocks. The awareness related to crypto is increasing day by day and this more people are getting included in this crowd. Stocks on the other hand become saturated, people have realized that these stocks are not as much profitable as bitcoins. Also, there are other benefits of bitcoins like it can be used for transactions. This cannot be done with stocks.

Some major reasons for this include: 1. Crypto trading is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 2. Decentralized 3. Because the system is entirely virtual, security is critical.

[Jatiluhung]

It is undeniable that the popularity of bitcoin has attracted the interest of many investors. including those who moved from Stocks to Bitcoin. But you need to know that reliable stock investors are people who don't really like taking high-risk investments. If you see the comments from them (reliable stock investors) on youtube channels. then they are more likely to say that they prefer something that is low risk. But there are also those who do both (stock and Bitcoin investment).

and in fact many people even know the word investment after studying bitcoin (beginner investors). So that most people get to experience being investors for the first time in bitcoin. even many crypto investors are not very familiar with stocks.
But I'm also pretty sure. that more investors whose origins are engaged in stocks are becoming more interested in investing in bitcoin, and conversely most Bitcoin investors are not at all interested in investing in stocks.

Like me, I am not at all interested in investing in stocks. But I have been in property investment for a long time before getting into bitcoin investing.

[Oilacris]

Stocks give like 20-30% returns in an year but bitcoin and other crypto coins can give this much return in just one day. At such, do you think that increasing popularity of bitcoin has reduced interest of people in stocks.

I think in some countries, people are really shifting to crypto only and most of their investment portfolio is in the form of crypto instead of stocks. The awareness related to crypto is increasing day by day and this more people are getting included in this crowd. Stocks on the other hand become saturated, people have realized that these stocks are not as much profitable as bitcoins. Also, there are other benefits of bitcoins like it can be used for transactions. This cannot be done with stocks.

Cant deny that my interest had diverted from forex/stocks to crypto because of this opportunity but of course it does have its con's which is really in return or in exchange which the more profits you could

potentially earn but it is really way more risk because of its volatility or movement of its price which is way too far off if you do compare on stocks or forex, not all could really be able to bare up with the

risk thats why they decided not to touch up crypto but since we could see the opportunity on earning more then its up to someones risk taking whether they would be touching up
crypto or not.So its basically your own choice!

[sulendra12]

Stocks give like 20-30% returns in an year but bitcoin and other crypto coins can give this much return in just one day. At such, do you think that increasing popularity of bitcoin has reduced interest of people in stocks.

Not really. People that doesn't know Bitcoin is still using stocks as a way to invest their money to get profit. Also people knows about Bitcoin, doesn't mean they will always neglect the stocks at all. They can use stocks as their second investment after Bitcoin and it doesn't hurt to have multiple investment sources for better profit and future. Although some people hates stocks because it requires time to get the profit.

I think in some countries, people are really shifting to crypto only and most of their investment portfolio is in the form of crypto instead of stocks.

And some countries do the opposite. They prefer stocks instead of cryptocurrecy because in stocks at least the business is already running instead of almost new altcoins out there.

[The Cryptovator]

How do you think popularity is reduced? Due to dump price? If so then I don't think so. Price dump due to any reason. One of the reasons World's economy. You can see how is it shaky now. Those who understand crypto won't jump into the stock market rather than Bitcoin. But have to be better knowledgeable about crypto. People are still interested in Bitcoin but the price not pumping due to some bad things like the Luna scam and FTX drama. Else everything is fine.

[Falconer]

I don't think bitcoin's popularity has made all stock investors switch to crypto investing instead of sticking with stock investing. It may be true that some stock investors have turned to crypto investing due to its increasing popularity, but not for all of them. For anyone who thinks crypto investing is high risk, they probably won't invest immediately, especially for those who don't like high risk investments.

Bitcoin investments do not guarantee returns in x years for x dollars. But the price volatility has provided good profit for the investors, but not a few have lost because of it.