When I got home last night, my dad and I are eating some chicharon a.k.a. pork rinds while watching basketball on TV. Then suddenly my dad showed to me his iPad about Binance to check if its legit or not. I said that it’s legit once he installs the correct app and not the fake one.
I thought he just wanna install it and explore, but he seriously wants to buy some Bitcoin with his extra money that he didn’t need for now. He just wants to try buy and hold Bitcoin. He already knew that I am in this industry for a long while, but yeah it’s never too late for him to buy his first Bitcoin.
I have never convinced or forced him to buy BTC since I started my journey. He’s just being interested in all of a sudden that’s all. So I educated him about the basics, managing financial risks, fees, etc., letting him understand and acknowledge that there are no promises or astronomical guaranteed returns. I also sign him up on Binance using my referral link and assisted him in setting up 2FA, KYC, etc.
He wanted to buy using his credit card, but I rather have him buy through me instead to save fees since I can transfer USDT to his account immediately on Binance without fees and convert it into Bitcoin. So yeah now my dad has some Bitcoin in his Binance account.
Honestly it's good for example, but what is the purpose of your father, when your father has bought the bitcoin, is it to learn how to trade or hold it until the price of the bitcoin rises, if the goal is to trade then it is very good to put at least a little of it. BTC that your father has now, because it is very vulnerable, if you put BTC on an exchange, even though Binance is a trustworthy exchange, but we can't predict bad things in the future, at least you teach it or tell Blockchian wallets that may be safe to store Bitcoin your father, in order to avoid carelessness that you may not know, whether it's the wrong purchase at a certain price or something..
At least you also need to tell your father about the Blockchain wallet about its use, if your father just wants to hold it then, move the BTC that your father has a Blockchian Wallet, to avoid being hacked on some exchanges, even though the system that Binance has is very strong, at least you have prepared anticipate when bad things happen to your father..