How do you earn with your crypto?

[R1dwanRz]

Sorry if this has been posted already but I wanna start with my post with my own insights and get some opinions plus insights from you guys as well.
This market has been downhill for a while, and I know many of us looking to earn some crypto with their own crypto. Now, I can think of two options if we want to earn with our crypto.

Firstly, there are some airdrops that require bridging and many other stuff that also require fees, which means some of our crypto will be used on fees and coins that get bridged. I do have to warn you that do not rely on this all the time, cos if you are newbie, you won't know that airdrop will be worth it or not.
Now comes second, the most popular option, staking your crypto. There are tons of staking platforms you can search... But to be safe, DYOR on it. The staking can be done on Launchpool on Binance, PoolX on Bitget and many others. There are not many launchpool events that you can take part in since it happens like once a month, but you can join PoolX, which is available with projects that bitget frequently lists. I always try to take part with my USDT or sometimes BTC to earn since they really offer some high APRs on tokens.

Would love to hear if you guys do one of these options, or perhaps you guys have other strategies to share?

[Stalker22]

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Would love to hear if you guys do one of these options, or perhaps you guys have other strategies to share?

Trading is the obvious way to try making money with crypto, but it has risks.  Lending might be safer - you loan your crypto to others through platforms that connect borrowers and lenders.  The borrowers pay interest that comes back to you.  So you earn money without selling anything.  Less risk than trading, but still not foolproof.   

Im no expert, just thinking out loud about options beyond trading and those you mentioned.  Lending could go south too if borrowers default.  But handled carefully it generates income from assets you keep.  Steady money flows beat volatile value swings.  Though I suppose traders seek that volatility, viewing it as opportunity.

[Ever-young]

Airdrop I must say it's a crazy, risky way to earn money in this crypto space. It's risky, and most times it's the easiest way to earn what others call free money, but it's actually not free. 
 
I have joined Binance Launchpad a few times, but I was very disappointed with the reward I got from there. It was almost to me as if it's not worth it, but looking at it from the other way around, I lose nothing other than stake my BnB and Busd back when it was still available on Binance.
 
What I do this period is monitor and follow up on new projects that conduct launch pools on Binance. If I'm lucky enough, I get to buy a few seconds after listing and wait for the price to pump so that I can sell and take home some profit. I've done that on a few projects, and it works for me.

[rhodelmabanal]

Sorry if this has been posted already but I wanna start with my post with my own insights and get some opinions plus insights from you guys as well.
This market has been downhill for a while, and I know many of us looking to earn some crypto with their own crypto. Now, I can think of two options if we want to earn with our crypto.

Firstly, there are some airdrops that require bridging and many other stuff that also require fees, which means some of our crypto will be used on fees and coins that get bridged. I do have to warn you that do not rely on this all the time, cos if you are newbie, you won't know that airdrop will be worth it or not.
Now comes second, the most popular option, staking your crypto. There are tons of staking platforms you can search... But to be safe, DYOR on it. The staking can be done on Launchpool on Binance, PoolX on Bitget and many others. There are not many launchpool events that you can take part in since it happens like once a month, but you can join PoolX, which is available with projects that bitget frequently lists. I always try to take part with my USDT or sometimes BTC to earn since they really offer some high APRs on tokens.

Would love to hear if you guys do one of these options, or perhaps you guys have other strategies to share?

I think staking is more good than doing airdrops i already joined a lot of airdrops but still i only earn small amount and we need to do a lot of task like sharing the projects on social media do share in twitter, facebook, subscribe in YouTube, etc.,im tired of airdrops, while in staking we can really earn i also prepare on investing in some new projects that has a big potential to grow in the future we can earn huge from them just DYOR for good.

[Wexnident]

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Trading or holding. I'm mainly holding right now, waiting for another season for memecoins since it's probably the easiest so far to short imo (if your lucky). As for other coins, I'm just holding them really, trading on some of these top coins is just way too stressful for me with all the signals and stuff. I did that once when I started out and boy was it a bad experience so yea, just hold and DCA for me.

I've tried staking before, never really stayed. Same with airdrops. I've heard it was a boon back in the day but nowadays it's just shitcoins or scams.

[terrific]

I am into launchpools before but I don't think that my tiny spare money will still earn that much.
That's why I have pulled them out of exchanges and it's better to earn nothing from them by just holding it.
If I want to earn, I'd trade and if something is interesting, I'd go there and stake.

[nelson4lov]

There are not many launchpool events that you can take part in since it happens like once a month, but you can join PoolX, which is available with projects that bitget frequently lists. I always try to take part with my USDT or sometimes BTC to earn since they really offer some high APRs on tokens.

Ummm, thanks for the heads up about Bitget launchpools. I've been participating quite a bit on Binance launchpools and it used to be pretty decent but right now, it's complete shit due to the heavily dilution that currently plagues their launchpool. I participated in ENA's bybit launchpool and the APR was great. Subsequent Bybit launchpool end up making the user more losses because the rewards are just not enough to compensate for the drop in price. Best is stable coins.

If you have enough capital or plenty of ETH, you might want to use Pendle's PT farms instead to get fixed APYs on your stables or raw ETH.

[wheelz1200]

I choose to cost average buy my crypto.  I haven't "earned" crypto in a long time.  Whenever I have funds available I buy more bitcoin.  Then take the bitcoin and as a small percentage into altcoins.  I wish more companies took bitcoin or crypto or even better, more people were willing to use crypto.  We are still a long ways away from that.

[devil-soul]

I personally don't use launchpools and i don't even trade because i think it's too risky, i get my few cryptocurrencies from airdrops and here with signatures i transform everything i earn into bnb or eth and stake

[shinratensei_]

I like to take more risk so I stake directly into some L2 projects or liquidity protocols such as eigenlayer, symbiotic or stakestone, I find it to be a lot more profitable than relying cex staking going against the big whales.
meanwhile I also like to bridges my asset to various L2 that hasn't held airdrop yet just for the sake of getting that lottery ticket to eligibility and also i always ended up using perpetual trading platform in these L2 which are really cheap in term of fee.
overall.

the meta of airdrop right now is just to use any potential project so ieveraging on that going out of my way to try newer platform, though most of them are just plain hellish experience dealing with unfinished dapps.

honestly, just holding crypto is enough, there are many testimony in twitter and other social media saying they could've generated the same profit or more just by holding alone no need to finish unnecessary complex airdrop tasks which most of them only give disappointing results anyway.

[Asiska02]

Firstly, there are some airdrops that require bridging and many other stuff that also require fees, which means some of our crypto will be used on fees and coins that get bridged. I do have to warn you that do not rely on this all the time, cos if you are newbie, you won't know that airdrop will be worth it or not.

A newbie could easily fall for scam airdrop more than one who is not a newbie. The general concept of airdrop is to reward users who have helped in building their projects and contribute towards the community through social media tasks or test nets. You don’t have to give a penny to be rewarded for an airdrop and for those airdrop that requires to give out some money (retroactive airdrops) are most times worth it but still it’s not a financial advise or go ahead when you see one.

Nothing is guaranteed on this space, you just have to do your own research and only invest into what is worthwhile and can give you higher returns. Airdrops use to be a very good way to earn a lot of money in the past when cryptocurrency where still in their early stages, but now a lot of scam projects have taken over the space and you need to be careful not to fall scam to any in the name of airdrops or some other juicy offers.

[Bournesparks]

There are not many launchpool events that you can take part in since it happens like once a month, but you can join PoolX, which is available with projects that bitget frequently lists. I always try to take part with my USDT or sometimes BTC to earn since they really offer some high APRs on tokens.

Ummm, thanks for the heads up about Bitget launchpools. I've been participating quite a bit on Binance launchpools and it used to be pretty decent but right now, it's complete shit due to the heavily dilution that currently plagues their launchpool. I participated in ENA's bybit launchpool and the APR was great. Subsequent Bybit launchpool end up making the user more losses because the rewards are just not enough to compensate for the drop in price. Best is stable coins.

If you have enough capital or plenty of ETH, you might want to use Pendle's PT farms instead to get fixed APYs on your stables or raw ETH.

It's good to explore multiple eaerning opportunities in this space in other not to miss out. though. I've been on Bitget launchpools last month especially PoolX and the APR was decent even though I didn't stake much. You can check it out. ATM asides that I'm farming numerous play to earn games and also considering shark fin due to it's principal guaranteed feature for BTC, eth & USDT.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Airdrops? Yes, it is one way that one can earn from crypto, but this time around, it is so difficult to know a legit airdrop that can be profitable because of too many scams in the crypto space. If you are looking at earning good altcoins through airdrops, you may luckily see them, but they are rare.I know I have made some profits from airdrops in the past, but things have changed drastically; it is not as before again. 

I have participated in crypto staking as well, but no good profit was realized while I still ended up putting my asset at risk. 

I am earning from crypto now through trading and also investing and holding for a long time. 

[nelson4lov]

Ummm, thanks for the heads up about Bitget launchpools. I've been participating quite a bit on Binance launchpools and it used to be pretty decent but right now, it's complete shit due to the heavily dilution that currently plagues their launchpool. I participated in ENA's bybit launchpool and the APR was great. Subsequent Bybit launchpool end up making the user more losses because the rewards are just not enough to compensate for the drop in price. Best is stable coins.

If you have enough capital or plenty of ETH, you might want to use Pendle's PT farms instead to get fixed APYs on your stables or raw ETH.

It's good to explore multiple eaerning opportunities in this space in other not to miss out. though. I've been on Bitget launchpools last month especially PoolX and the APR was decent even though I didn't stake much. You can check it out. ATM asides that I'm farming numerous play to earn games and also considering shark fin due to it's principal guaranteed feature for BTC, eth & USDT.

Alrighty. Since you're the second person in forum suggesting Bitget PoolX, I'm inclined to check it out. Hopefully it would be worth it. Maybe there's still time to have fun there before it gets heavily diluted.

~Snipped

I have participated in crypto staking as well, but no good profit was realized while I still ended up putting my asset at risk.

I am earning from crypto now through trading and also investing and holding for a long time.

I haven't heard about risks of losing asset when staking except you're doing so on a CEX. If you're staking directly on a network, it can't be stolen by the validators you delegate to. The only problem with staking these days is that the drop in value of your asset can be compensated by the staking reward you will earn. Say APY is 10% and price of token drops -40% in the same period, you're -30% short.

[Yatsan]

Airdrop I must say it's a crazy, risky way to earn money in this crypto space. It's risky, and most times it's the easiest way to earn what others call free money, but it's actually not free. 
 
I have joined Binance Launchpad a few times, but I was very disappointed with the reward I got from there. It was almost to me as if it's not worth it, but looking at it from the other way around, I lose nothing other than stake my BnB and Busd back when it was still available on Binance.
 
What I do this period is monitor and follow up on new projects that conduct launch pools on Binance. If I'm lucky enough, I get to buy a few seconds after listing and wait for the price to pump so that I can sell and take home some profit. I've done that on a few projects, and it works for me.

As long as you aren't losing money from what yiu are doing then it would be fine. Airdrops are profitable even at this point. In most instances tasks will just be done in order to get a slot but yes there are some airdrops which will require you to invest an amount of money but so far I haven't had any issues yet. Indeed there are airdrops which weren't that much profitable but that's just how it goes. You have to join multiple airdrops to tackle ones which are highly paying. But if you are after direct profit then go with investments already however, higher risk will be involved.

Airdrops? Yes, it is one way that one can earn from crypto, but this time around, it is so difficult to know a legit airdrop that can be profitable because of too many scams in the crypto space. If you are looking at earning good altcoins through airdrops, you may luckily see them, but they are rare.I know I have made some profits from airdrops in the past, but things have changed drastically; it is not as before again.

I have participated in crypto staking as well, but no good profit was realized while I still ended up putting my asset at risk.

I am earning from crypto now through trading and also investing and holding for a long time.

We just have to find the right ones on our way. But I agree that investing and doing short trades are more profitable.  Most of the time, those airdrops turning out to be scam are those which only requires task wherein you will help them promote their project but will end up gaining nothing. On my end, I tend to check only on big projects to avoid wasting my time. You can also check on communities outside this forum, to know which projects would be worth engaging.

[bastian466]

I don't do both, but I don't agree that if we participate in the airdrop, we have to spend a certain amount of money because it carries a high risk. The airdrop is free. yes I haven't been able to make my crypto earn income every month or week but occasionally I trade short term to earn income and hold long term taking advantage of bears and bulls

[danherbias07]

Trading is the best option.

Don't wait for airdrops, you might be wasting your time and effort looking for them or joining their bounties while they are not really that profitable, or worse they are valued as dust in the end.

Staking is okay but you will need a large balance for you to feel the profits of it. Most who do this are whales who have nothing to do with their coins.

In trading, there are so many strategies you can use but you will also have to be careful as reading the market might not always help whenever a sudden plunge comes. Be aware of the community who are also trading them or those who supports the coin the you will trade so that you will have an idea where it might go.

[$crypto$]

People always take the risk of bridging across multiple platforms in the hope that the likes of Layerzero, zksync, Arbitrum and many more...
It's still DYOR don't dare to do it if you are still in doubt because of course not all projects that you do for the sake of bridging will be successful sometimes we spend a lot of money but the results are not as good as expected.

Launchpool can be followed on several exchanges it is better to use stablecoins rather than altcoins to bet, because if altcoins when the price drops then it will not balance your losses.
The way I do it is to trade in spot trading.
Follow the launchpool on Bybit even though it is only once a month.

[Bournesparks]

Ummm, thanks for the heads up about Bitget launchpools. I've been participating quite a bit on Binance launchpools and it used to be pretty decent but right now, it's complete shit due to the heavily dilution that currently plagues their launchpool. I participated in ENA's bybit launchpool and the APR was great. Subsequent Bybit launchpool end up making the user more losses because the rewards are just not enough to compensate for the drop in price. Best is stable coins.

If you have enough capital or plenty of ETH, you might want to use Pendle's PT farms instead to get fixed APYs on your stables or raw ETH.

It's good to explore multiple eaerning opportunities in this space in other not to miss out. though. I've been on Bitget launchpools last month especially PoolX and the APR was decent even though I didn't stake much. You can check it out. ATM asides that I'm farming numerous play to earn games and also considering shark fin due to it's principal guaranteed feature for BTC, eth & USDT.

Alrighty. Since you're the second person in forum suggesting Bitget PoolX, I'm inclined to check it out. Hopefully it would be worth it. Maybe there's still time to have fun there before it gets heavily diluted.

~Snipped

I have participated in crypto staking as well, but no good profit was realized while I still ended up putting my asset at risk.

I am earning from crypto now through trading and also investing and holding for a long time.

I haven't heard about risks of losing asset when staking except you're doing so on a CEX. If you're staking directly on a network, it can't be stolen by the validators you delegate to. The only problem with staking these days is that the drop in value of your asset can be compensated by the staking reward you will earn. Say APY is 10% and price of token drops -40% in the same period, you're -30% short.

Yeah you should. I'm confident you'll find it exciting. And oh with the way poolX is set up. The fun will continue.

[R1dwanRz]

Trading is the obvious way to try making money with crypto, but it has risks.  Lending might be safer - you loan your crypto to others through platforms that connect borrowers and lenders.  The borrowers pay interest that comes back to you.  So you earn money without selling anything.  Less risk than trading, but still not foolproof.   

Im no expert, just thinking out loud about options beyond trading and those you mentioned.  Lending could go south too if borrowers default.  But handled carefully it generates income from assets you keep.  Steady money flows beat volatile value swings.  Though I suppose traders seek that volatility, viewing it as opportunity.

Haha there is nothing without risk actually. There'll be low risk probably but I don't really play with loans though. I better stake my tokens or join some airdrops as they are the ones with less risk.. Although one of my friends will love the idea of lending cos he is really involved in all of these.

But thanks for your opinion

I am into launchpools before but I don't think that my tiny spare money will still earn that much.
That's why I have pulled them out of exchanges and it's better to earn nothing from them by just holding it.
If I want to earn, I'd trade and if something is interesting, I'd go there and stake.

Well you don't really lose when you stake it on launch pools, as it's better than keeping it idle, but the choice is yours, and the outcome will depend on your decision.

Ummm, thanks for the heads up about Bitget launchpools. I've been participating quite a bit on Binance launchpools and it used to be pretty decent but right now, it's complete shit due to the heavily dilution that currently plagues their launchpool. I participated in ENA's bybit launchpool and the APR was great. Subsequent Bybit launchpool end up making the user more losses because the rewards are just not enough to compensate for the drop in price. Best is stable coins.

If you have enough capital or plenty of ETH, you might want to use Pendle's PT farms instead to get fixed APYs on your stables or raw ETH.

It's good to explore multiple eaerning opportunities in this space in other not to miss out. though. I've been on Bitget launchpools last month especially PoolX and the APR was decent even though I didn't stake much. You can check it out. ATM asides that I'm farming numerous play to earn games and also considering shark fin due to it's principal guaranteed feature for BTC, eth & USDT.

Alrighty. Since you're the second person in forum suggesting Bitget PoolX, I'm inclined to check it out. Hopefully it would be worth it. Maybe there's still time to have fun there before it gets heavily diluted.

~Snipped

I have participated in crypto staking as well, but no good profit was realized while I still ended up putting my asset at risk.

I am earning from crypto now through trading and also investing and holding for a long time.

I haven't heard about risks of losing asset when staking except you're doing so on a CEX. If you're staking directly on a network, it can't be stolen by the validators you delegate to. The only problem with staking these days is that the drop in value of your asset can be compensated by the staking reward you will earn. Say APY is 10% and price of token drops -40% in the same period, you're -30% short.

Yeah you should. I'm confident you'll find it exciting. And oh with the way poolX is set up. The fun will continue.

I staked there most of times with my USDT and BTC, the thing is not everyone knows it yet, so that's why APR is high. There's a saying, "make the most of it while it's there."
And you know, crypto will be back soon to its bullish state, right now make the most of the rewards you get from launchpools, airdrops, poolx and whatever you do to earn.