Topic: Crypto vs Stocks - page 9. (Read 1657 times)

But due to the anonymity factor in the crypto market, your responsibility in crypto will be especially important than the stock market, the reason is that the government is not here to protect you, the world without rules will be very profitable but also increase the risk. The best thing about crypto is probably the dominance of the ideas and allowing the project to go very far from its original valuation but in general, the selection should be based on principles of preference and knowledge, not just listening to the compliments of a third party.

I will choose crypto over stocks because of the advanced anonimity, high level of security and the 'wild west' regulations. In fact, only companies related to crypto are regulated, not cryptocurrency.

Cryptocurreny serves human' will and the innovation of new technology, while stocks serve only a company path.

Bitcoin is harder to be manipulated while stocks are easier to be controlled

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Amalgamations have been found between crypto and stocks although it only happens in a low scale. In the future, I believe amelioration will either bring stock closer to cryptocurrency or destroy it completely. No matter what the result is, crypto will replace traditional assets because of the easier accessibility

i agree of what you have said above.. For me if we will make a comparison which is better, of course its crypto currency it gives more opportunity than stock market, that's why more ppl on it choose to hold for long term.  Indeed some stock traders  make bitcoin as back job because of the volatility wherein they can earn so much on it unlike on the other side. Although stocks market is more reliable when it comes long term..

Cryptocurrencies are superior to stocks in so many ways in my opinion. The biggest advantage that cryptocurrencies hold is the anonymity factor which allows us to buy and sell them without worrying about external factors.

The next big advantage of cryptocurrencies is its volatility which could help you win or lose big amounts in a short span of time(High risk, High reward) in my opinion. This could also be observed as a disadvantage to some people.

There are several more advantages like easier learning curve etc due to which I always prefer cryptocurrencies over stocks.

We all seen how correlated crypto and stock back then during March 12, 2020. We have huge whales from stock market that has flood into cryptocurrency due to swift and fast gain associated with cryptocurrency.
Talking about profit in stocks, one have to engage in margin trade in order to earn more and also since there volatility is very low compared to crypto. Many of investors from stock has diversify their money into both crypto and stock.
If I'm to choose in between stock and crypto, I will choose crypto because of financial freedom that comes with it. I don't need a government to tell me how to and when to with my shares.

Both crypto and stock have their own positive and negative sides. Crypto may be giving us more profits but it also requires more risks. because crypto is more volatile.
However right now, maybe the stock market is likely getting dropped. many traders of stocks are moving to crypto because they are willing to gain more and more profits. however, they often only focus on getting the profits without going or willing to learn about crypto itself.

I do not think that stocks or crypto is the same. If you want to compare bitcoin to something you can compare it to either a currency like dollar or euro, or you could do something like gold which would be correct as well.

Stocks are only depending on the success of a company and if that company is doing good then the price of that stock goes up, there is nothing that ties bitcoin price to something like that, it is only valuable if people think it is valuable, which is why it is closer to something like gold. At the end of the day if you want to see bitcoin to be more like stocks, you could find some defi projects which are as good as what the project is doing, if the project is doing good, that means that crypto will be doing good as well and if it is not doing good that means it will not be doing good neither. But those are only a few and rare so we can't say it about all crypto.

Im not really sure why do you ask this kind of question when the answer is already obvious. Its crypto and you are asking this question in a crypto forum. If someone really prefer stocks over crypto then I dont see any reason for that guy to be active in this forum. We are all here because we have trust on crypto to some degree


Crypto trading is definitely not for everyone but instead of holding shares for 10 years, you would have gotten alot more for 10 years just by holding top crypto like btc or eth

I think cryptocurrencies are a fairly young market and much more volatile than stocks. Two things follow from this think. The first is positive - you can earn more. The second negative - you can lose faster. I unambiguously choose the cryptocurrency market.

     Honestly, I prefer both than choosing just 1. Primarily because they both have good traits and of course share a lot of bad traits as well. At the end of the day, a person should only choose whee he is more comfortable with than forcing himself to folkow others just because they see it is more beneficial (for them maybe). But the thing is, we all are different in many ways which makes it possible for one thing to be working great for one and not for the other. Just focus on what you ae used to or do both if you want. There is no wrong or right. Let profits show you the way )

This isn't true in a general sense and certainly not true if you're losing money in crypto. People just take for granted that bitcoin goes up no matter what in the long term and this isn't a given that is proven out yet because the historical data is there to back it up.  10 years is not a long time frame to conclude that bitcoin will never stop reaching new all time highs.  Further, bitcoin doesn't outperform speculative tech stocks anymore, so there are more volatile stocks and better return opportunities if you're just looking to take a big bite of risk.

Crypto market is too volatile that trading it daily can be profitable but they are both the same in a way of buying and selling some shares in stock or token in crypto since we were able to gain some profit whenever these companies or project increases their value. The only difference is the volatility that makes us earn fast in crypto due to adoption rate it experiences as well some stocks exchanges we're limited depending on what countries we are.

The concept of stock market and cryptocurrency is seems to same one.But both was a different one.For a stock,the holding period must be month atleast ,in crypto you can get the profit in a day or week.Only the market analysis is important one.You should be very active to get a good profit.Or else you can earn a margin profit from it.Based on the investment you will get profit.

If you ask which is the better of them.  So it depends on which side you want to compare.  For me, as an appraiser of investment instruments in terms of risk, the types of stocks and crypto have the same risk, namely volatile but the levels are much more volatile than stocks, besides stocks have a clear basis, namely the company and its production factors, while Crypto does not have it and only focuses on demand.  and offers on the market.  However, everyone who has a high risk, the return will be much higher too.  If you are a resk taker then crypto is better.

Many people says that crypto market and stock market are the same in which if you know how to trade in stocks or how to buy a stocks in which you will be having a good profit, you can also do it on the stock market which is wrong because in stocks it is like buying some limited amount of shares in one's company but in crypto you are just buying some tokens and coins in which you can sell immediately if it pumps up not like on stocks you will wait the company to become good and successful in order to grow your shares.

Cryptocurrencies are secure, decentralized, and don't need KYC to own after the ICO phase.
Functions such as providing profits from the staking of cryptocurrencies are the same as the annual dividends of stocks.
You can trade cryptocurrencies 24 hours a day and 365 days a year.
Trading stocks will get more complicated because we have too many rules that apply to the exchanges or how to convert stocks.

It depends on what you mean by better.  I happen to think that stocks are better if you're talking about retirement accounts and owning investments that provide income (in the form of dividends).  The latter is one thing that bitcoin doesn't provide, although other coins do--and I'm thinking of proof-of-stake coins in particular here.  And as far as owning stocks vs. bitcoin for the long term, I'd have to go with stocks simply because they're much less volatile and have a longer track record. 

But if you're talking about trading and making short-term profits, I'd say crypto is the way to go (although you could certainly make money trading stocks). 

Now that would be interesting.  I'd love it if you could buy and sell stocks 24 hours a day like you can with crypto, and I think the 9:30am-4pm M-F stock market hours are quaint but very outdated.  I think if blockchain technology could be incorporated into the stock market, that might just become a reality.

But in any case, stocks and crypto are two different things even though they have some similarities.  Bitcoin can be used as a currency, whereas stocks certainly can't.  In that respect I think of bitcoin as closer to gold--at least in the old days when it was used as money--than stocks.  But that's a comparison that's been made ever since the beginning of bitcoin, and it's a tired one IMO.

I think there a some quite big differences between stocks and cryptos. For example, with stocks you tend to get dividends, so for HODL investors it is nice if you have a decent dividend return on your portfolio. While with cryptos we don't usually earn money during HODL, only when we sell the coins. Also institutional investors are already heavily invested into bitcoins, without their large wallets I wouldn't expect Bitcoin to be around 60,000 USD. So the more investors we see in the future, the higher price should be.

I don't think these two can be comparable because it will depend on individual preferences like if you are a person who is more challenging and risky then crypto would suit your taste but if you prefer the less risky and stable one then the stock would be better for you. I don't think crypto would be completely regulated due to the fact that most of the coins here are decentralized and it can be only regulated through centralizing exchanges. If you would ask me I prefer crypto of course since it is more volatile meaning more profitable in a single amount of time but could also dangerous if it the market dumps, so basically investing in crypto market is like a double-edged sword.

You can't really compare them, even in cryptos you aren't neccessarily investing to the protocol, but being a speculative trader of some placeholder token. Meanwhile owning a stock makes you literally a share holder. And i am not talking about synthetic "stocks" or derivatives that you can trade in crypto exchanges.