It is a 'chicken and egg' problem. Relatives and others that are more well off for me say they will 'likely' invest in Bitcoin and Crypto WHEN they can do so through
there financial advisors that they have do their planning (the 1% Gold hedge etc). Folks with actual Portfolios in the hundreds of thousands of $$$ or beyond.
Telling them that by that time they would have 'missed the boat' and it is easier to just get some knowledge and armed with a BTC wallet etc via Coinbase as an example seems to fall
on deaf ears.
That is until they complain, that they should have gotten into BTC 3-4 years ago. Then again 3 years ago, I heard the same complaint then. Rinse/Wash/Repeat.
So the chicken and the egg issue is such folk with deep pockets will ONLY at this point (in my experience) get into BTC and Crypto, when say the ETF comes out for Bitcoin and Crypto.
Then, they, maybe, will buy BTC/Crypto on their 'financial advisors' say so as 'safe' (or safer..unsure of the logic...what I hear)
But unless the masses and these people DO actually buy some before the ETF, well stuff lags on ever getting the ETF through..with the ETF certifiers of Gov't saying that
the crypto and BTC is not 'mature enough'
I should clarify, I'm using the ETF as an example of what these folk are using as a signpost right or wrong to jump into Crypto and BTC.
Perhaps, none of this matters much, and it is all a matter of 'speed' of eventual adoption.
But man, it is discouraging, when all they really have to do is their own research, get on Coinbase, (overpriced though it may be) and simply get in before,
rather than complain about 'being too late' on the whole crypto universe so they state. Or the fear that without an ETF or other 'rubber stamp' by their Governments it is too risky.
But I've become convinced, right or wrong when the ETF on Bitcoin comes down the pike, the FOMO will be intense. I mean OVER THE TOP intense! So I'm conflicted on ETF's as well.
Maybe this is why the 'powers that be' with traditional investment linkage via the Gov'ts are dragging their feet on ETF adoption. The mass exodus to Crypto/BTC could be staggering.
Pretty muddied. But then again, it is silly hearing the 'same song' of "You were lucky and I'm too late to
get into crypto and BTC" or "I'll only get into Crytpo and BTC when/if this 'decentralized' currency has the stamp of Gov't approval with an ETF or something equivalent"
Silly, hairless primates, that are humans seem never to change their group-think and if you are the outsider showing change...toss 'poo' at them.
Same reactions. Plus or Minus say 50,000 years. At least we are predictable.
End of Rant...
later
Brad