Mistakes in crypto Investment

[Odogwu-Blockchain]

Your topic just let me go checked my staked token now, Casper network and Moon network, they are fucking down to the point I declare to leave it there for as long as it can. If it remains down, I'm good, if it actually goes well, I'm still good. That's the mindset I set towards them.

You see, every crypto phase comes and go, and those who gets in early benefits off it. This is the reason I never force to myself involve in Altcoin anymore if I am late.

Staking is no longer lucrative, infact, altcoin market activities aren't yielding anymore, it's just crab out there.

[Y3shot]

• Holding every single

They are thinking that every single coin will make you/us rich in 2026. There is a popular phrase in which is " If you don't hold you wouldn't be rich" That's why we are no longer in the era of 2021 where anything we invest during this period will really kick or pump the price of any crypto coins.

But now in 2026 to be strategist, because even some of the quality and big coins you know back in 2025 did not do so well. So it is not the time to start holding random coins and thinking that your going to make profit. By holding it long-term.

Even years ago, not every coin was profitable; many lost so much as a result of investing in every project they came across in the market. The reason why people have this mentality of investing in new coins is that they want to get the benefit or opportunity early investors had in Bitcoin, so they think investing in every new coin will yield good profits or even make them rich.

Some people still fail to realize there is still a good advantage to investing in Bitcoin. Bitcoin still has good value; it is reliable, but this cannot be found in new coins, and this is why people who always want to invest in new coins will lose.

[suzanne5223]

From what I've seen in the past 12 years in the crypto-world the worst mistake people make is bag-holding altcoins. The reason is usually the same too, they saw bitcoin rise and rise and rise in the long run and they thought (or were told to by the advertisers) that some altcoin is going to do the same so they bought it up and their long wait began. An excruciating wait for a pump that never came and instead they watched their capital melt away.

You're absolutely correct.
This is the genesis of how I entered the crypto market before I even knew about Bitcoin.
What was introduced to me then was an altcoin, which has now crashed off the market as we speak. I don't even remember the altcoin name now, but it was one of the shitcoin that's doing great then, which is the reason why it caught my interest.
Despite the loss experienced through the shitcoin, I am happy about not giving up and choosing to learn about Bitcoin.
Although newbies lack the right information then, than now, but we still have newbies who are victims of shitcoin investments through influencers who are advertising shitcoin to be the next BTC.

[jossiel]

Holding every single
They are thinking that every single coin will make you/us rich in 2026. There is a popular phrase in which is " If you don't hold you wouldn't be rich" That's why we are no longer in the era of 2021 where anything we invest during this period will really kick or pump the price of any crypto coins.

I can relate to this.

When I was still new, I thought that owning every single coin was a good strategy. But I can't even afford it as well and that's probably a good problem for me and I wasn't able to do that.

Learning through experience and from the market cycles, we don't have to own every single coin. We can own a single coin and that's more preferable for someone who wants to focus on it and that choice must be bitcoin.

[Comeacross]

This screenshot reminds me of my experience with one project that I staked their coins. I think it's a deliberate attempt from the team to prevent the community from making reasonable profit on their project or probably scared that the community might dump on them any moment because I don't understand why the coin will pump during the time coins were staked and then start dumping when the duration to unstake is approaching. Staking is another way to earn extra coins but it doesn't make sense acquiring a large number of coins that have less value. If any project is offering high APY that's too good to ignore, please don't listen to them because they have plan to make the coin worthless before you unstake.

[iTelM2]

If you hodl the right assets such as Bitcoin, you see the value increase in long term. But if you hodl altcoins, you don't know which coin will increases so that will have risks so should accept.

ICO/IEO were the things that made people comes to crypto. But not many of them know Bitcoin and just leaving when the party is over without considering to invest in Bitcoin.

Remember to use only money you can afford, and pick coins with a good future. You can invest in altcoin but you should know the risk so you don't use too much money if you can't accept the risk.

Yeah, agree mate, this for Btc only. For me, i dont trust ieo or ico or maybe presale too. Need luck too of buy altcoin and pump it.
i dont say crypto not for invesment anymore but for now and personally, i dont trust it

[Nanga Parbat]

This screenshot reminds me of my experience with one project that I staked their coins. I think it's a deliberate attempt from the team to prevent the community from making reasonable profit on their project or probably scared that the community might dump on them any moment because I don't understand why the coin will pump during the time coins were staked and then start dumping when the duration to unstake is approaching. Staking is another way to earn extra coins but it doesn't make sense acquiring a large number of coins that have less value. If any project is offering high APY that's too good to ignore, please don't listen to them because they have plan to make the coin worthless before you unstake.

This screenshot mean too much because expectations and rumors always part of crypto world and too many those always want to become quick rich lost their enough money because they bought these rumors without doing any search after having they never able to bring back this money crypto world is always like heaven for scammers because they have enough to sell and take others money easily. Recently a few changes have given good awareness, and now people are well aware of many points that are giving them enough time and chance of avoiding these scammy things because there has never been a get rich quick formula here.

[Cleanshit]

Your topic just let me go checked my staked token now, Casper network and Moon network, they are fucking down to the point I declare to leave it there for as long as it can. If it remains down, I'm good, if it actually goes well, I'm still good. That's the mindset I set towards them.

You see, every crypto phase comes and go, and those who gets in early benefits off it. This is the reason I never force to myself involve in Altcoin anymore if I am late.

Staking is no longer lucrative, infact, altcoin market activities aren't yielding anymore, it's just crab out there.

The mindset can be  an excuse to do ignore a bad investment, the mindset of being okey with either outcome can really help. If your reasons for holding no longer makes sense abd a project keeps on loading value, accepting this very lost alrady and move on may be of good than having to hold forever.

Reviewing the reasons why you bought the coin from start is very important than for you to be waiting and hopping  if it will eventually recovers.

[mirakal]

• Risk Management

Maybe some of us invest all of the money they have into a single token and if it is goes out, it simply means you've lost your money. It is important to start splitting your money on a specific coin you wanna invest in. That's way even if that one goes out you don't get to lose all your money.

Splitting is also referred to as diversification.
Splitting sometimes good sometimes not because you may not lose all money but can't get profit because after all the final result just even or still lose just not big.
For example, if you hold 5 coins but 3 of them result in a loss, the profit from profitable coins will be reduced by the losses from the others.

Diversification is good if you invest in different assets, but when it comes to crypto investment, the safest one would be to stick with bitcoin since it has proven already that after a bearish price, it will always recover and turn bullish in time. But still, keep investing on what you can afford to lose most especially that bitcoin is highly volatile, you can't set a fixed date when to sell your bitcoin and make profits.

However, holding different coins might give you multiple profits if they all turn profitable, but you will also lose a lot if most of them end up not profitable or worst become dead coins.

[snowpega]

From what I've seen in the past 12 years in the crypto-world the worst mistake people make is bag-holding altcoins. The reason is usually the same too, they saw bitcoin rise and rise and rise in the long run and they thought (or were told to by the advertisers) that some altcoin is going to do the same so they bought it up and their long wait began. An excruciating wait for a pump that never came and instead they watched their capital melt away.

Now I started to believe that the altcoin market makes you profit only if you have invested in a coin luckily which is going to pump in later days, haha. Who would have imagined that DOT would perform that badly? I was also surprised to see its recent all-time low. So, in the very recent bull run, I learnt a very major lesson: never have high expectations for the altcoin market, even if you are holding the very best projects in your portfolio.

And, for the coming bull run, what I decided is that I will only accumulate Bitcoin, and whatever money I used to invest in altcoins back in time, I will start to use that money to enjoy life. Haha, this feels like a better idea if you relate it to the very recent performance of the altcoin market. What do you think about it? CMIIW!

[Silverstonez]

• Holding every single

They are thinking that every single coin will make you/us rich in 2026. There is a popular phrase in which is " If you don't hold you wouldn't be rich" That's why we are no longer in the era of 2021 where anything we invest during this period will really kick or pump the price of any crypto coins.

But now in 2026 to be strategist, because even some of the quality and big coins you know back in 2025 did not do so well. So it is not the time to start holding random coins and thinking that your going to make profit. By holding it long-term.

This is where most people get stuck with their money, it is not about holding different cryptocurrencies it is about making sure they are not taking more risk than they can afford.  Holding different cryptocurrencies doesn’t necessarily mean you will become rich overnight, it is about understanding the market, managing risks and giving your investment time to grow.  In my opinion, instead of investing your money into different projects stick to bitcoin that has already proven itself to be a great investment for the long run.

[Ziskinberg]

Holding every single
They are thinking that every single coin will make you/us rich in 2026. There is a popular phrase in which is " If you don't hold you wouldn't be rich" That's why we are no longer in the era of 2021 where anything we invest during this period will really kick or pump the price of any crypto coins.

I can relate to this.

When I was still new, I thought that owning every single coin was a good strategy. But I can't even afford it as well and that's probably a good problem for me and I wasn't able to do that.

Learning through experience and from the market cycles, we don't have to own every single coin. We can own a single coin and that's more preferable for someone who wants to focus on it and that choice must be bitcoin.

Back then, the whole crypto market was profitable. Once bitcoin gets bullish, altcoins eventually follow. So if you are investing both bitcoin and altcoins, expect that you will make massive profits. But that market scenario has changed.

Today, only bitcoin remains profitable, the rest are still questionable. That is why wise investors only stick to bitcoin, while the new and naive ones, still make effort to invest into altcoins in the market and blame the coins if they are losing.

[Joy- maker]

The worst thing to do is investing in random coins believing you will become successful in life by doing that. It is better you focus on the ongoing accumulation of Bitcoin and hold it for the long term.  Even if you want to invest in shitcoins at least do a proper research on them and verify they are potential coins before putting money on them otherwise you will have have yourself to blame.  People invest their money in shitcoins simply because they are trending or an online influencer told them that they have potential without doing research on them, but that is one of the fastest way to lose money in this crypto space.

[Barikui1]

Once a new or experience investor start buying anything he sees in the market and be hoping that one or two inside may skyrocket and make a fortune for him, such person is no longer investing, but rather he is gambling and totally relying on luck.
People that do such will never learn from people's experience because they are very stubborn, but it will only be a matter of time before they learn the hard way.

Bitcoin is there, which is the only asset that has shown consistency and reliability, but greedy investors chooses to gamble on alt and meme because of 10-100x, but since alt and meme coin will always reveal what they are made of,  it will only be but a matter of time before these set of greedy investors get themselves burnt while gambling on them.

Gambling on these coin are bad on it own, then randomly choosing a coin and be hoping for it to boom is even more unwise because you will surely get what you deserve since you have let greed and impatient make decisions for you in the market.

[Junii]

Bro u are right. The biggest mistake majority of people did when they invest in crypto they start comparing it with a job or the return of any other business they did not know how the crypto and financial market works secondly in 2021 or before there are less coins as compared to current market so when people invest it in less potential project they still give them good returns because the coins are limited that is why there were no issue for liquidity but now a days there  are millions of coins and new coins are still coming with new use cases and technologies that is why you have to do a lot of research before investing also ICO's are best options but honestly the ratio of good returns on listing is very low and is not guaranteed.   

[Sammye3]

The worst thing to do is investing in random coins believing you will become successful in life by doing that. It is better you focus on the ongoing accumulation of Bitcoin and hold it for the long term.  Even if you want to invest in shitcoins at least do a proper research on them and verify they are potential coins before putting money on them otherwise you will have have yourself to blame.  People invest their money in shitcoins simply because they are trending or an online influencer told them that they have potential without doing research on them, but that is one of the fastest way to lose money in this crypto space.

Many people believe whatever they see on the internet because it's coming from a crypto enthusiast or a popular influencer, without making proper research about such project before investing. Some of these influencers are paid to promote scam projects, they do not have any interest in investing in what they promote.

It's a dog-eat-dog world, nobody is concerned about what benefits others but themselves. Bitcoin has proven time without number to be a sustainable digital asset that has a long term utility, anyone planning on starting an investment journey should capitalize on that.

[Jaweria parveen]

Many people believe whatever they see on the internet because it's coming from a crypto enthusiast or a popular influencer, without making proper research about such project before investing. Some of these influencers are paid to promote scam projects, they do not have any interest in investing in what they promote.

It's a dog-eat-dog world, nobody is concerned about what benefits others but themselves. Bitcoin has proven time without number to be a sustainable digital asset that has a long term utility, anyone planning on starting an investment journey should capitalize on that.

Because of this internet, people have become more interested in crypto, trading, and investing, although many people have told the truth and falsehoods about it, but the way people have shown profit in it has made people very interested. Those who invest in crypto have made many mistakes. Some have not invested money at the right time, and some have made wrong investments by believing what the wrong person said. The growth of Bitcoin is the price of its existence among people for so many years. Although Bitcoin is not a scam, rather people have become scams. If people cared about each other, I think the world that invests in Bitcoin would also have joined it. But for this, he should be taught something. If he only brings money, he cannot go back with money. He will go after learning some mistakes and lessons.

[Accardo]

Splitting is also referred to as diversification.
Splitting sometimes good sometimes not because you may not lose all money but can't get profit because after all the final result just even or still lose just not big.
For example, if you hold 5 coins but 3 of them result in a loss, the profit from profitable coins will be reduced by the losses from the others.

I made a thread in the economic section about diversification that covers the instance you gave, holding 5 coins and watching the price of 3 assets drop without taking any action is a mistake. Diversification for high volatile assets like alts, do not stop, it's consistent, the moment those 3 coins begin to drop heavily, shifting the portfolio to other better coins helps curtail the losses, than just watching it dump and yield bad performance in the portfolio.

[WatChe]

The worst thing to do is investing in random coins believing you will become successful in life by doing that. It is better you focus on the ongoing accumulation of Bitcoin and hold it for the long term.  Even if you want to invest in shitcoins at least do a proper research on them and verify they are potential coins before putting money on them otherwise you will have have yourself to blame.  People invest their money in shitcoins simply because they are trending or an online influencer told them that they have potential without doing research on them, but that is one of the fastest way to lose money in this crypto space.

The biggest odd of crypto market is that everyone is free to launch his own coin and due to this reason the market is filled with thousands of coins. Majority of coins circulating in the crypto market are not worthy for investment and risk of losing money by investing in such coin is way more then getting anything in return. Our crypto investment will be stress free, if we keep our focus primary on Bitcoin along with top alts listed on CMC. If you are convinced to invest in some random alt coin after watching a crypto influencer video then make sure you do proper research before making any final decision.

[M47AK16]

The worst thing to do is investing in random coins believing you will become successful in life by doing that. It is better you focus on the ongoing accumulation of Bitcoin and hold it for the long term.  Even if you want to invest in shitcoins at least do a proper research on them and verify they are potential coins before putting money on them otherwise you will have have yourself to blame.  People invest their money in shitcoins simply because they are trending or an online influencer told them that they have potential without doing research on them, but that is one of the fastest way to lose money in this crypto space.

The biggest odd of crypto market is that everyone is free to launch his own coin and due to this reason the market is filled with thousands of coins. Majority of coins circulating in the crypto market are not worthy for investment and risk of losing money by investing in such coin is way more then getting anything in return. Our crypto investment will be stress free, if we keep our focus primary on Bitcoin along with top alts listed on CMC. If you are convinced to invest in some random alt coin after watching a crypto influencer video then make sure you do proper research before making any final decision.

Being able to launch a coin do still have its advantage. It was like a way to show case to the world what we got. And if we think about it, we also have a nice number of quality projects on this space. There are coins like that which risk seems higher but it is just that their return is like that as well (high). No doubt that there are still people that tries their luck on them even with a small amount only as many of these coins aren't also expensive. Bitcoin is the oldest and most legit among all but I won't say we will now be stress free by sticking to it. As you know Bitcoin is still highly volatile, most especially to those that are not used to it.