Basically I am a holder.
but on the other hand, this will depend on what kind of person and goal you are. Holding for me is more precious to do because this is for Bitcoin. Something tht is very risky but o the other hand can be exactky very promising at once. As long as we have the right time to do DCA and make more for holding, it will be exactly worthy, won't it?
I have never heard the concept of lending or do it, so after reading Op, I thought they were trying to explain staking in another method. This is because in staking you still need to give up your capital for a certain period of time for a percentage interest.
But if lending means to give out all the coins such that you won't see it in your portfolio any more until it is returned, I think it is risky to do.
I won't risk my capital for a little profit. I will better be patient till when bull run comes and the coins will still grow in my hands.
If you really do not know about lending, it simply means you probably don't make use of centralized exchanges, or yet to get familiar with all their features, or lending services like Celsius before they went bankrupt..
Lending is pretty much very popular In the crypto currency industry, staking is also another means through which investors get to earn some interest as well, and is completely different from lending, leading means borrowing your money out completely, to earn some interest when the borrower returns the money...
And yeah, I agree wit you though, I would rather hold my money my self, than lend it out, but I believe one of the reasons why investors lend their asset is because it helps them to hold much longer without having the temptation to sell, you can't possibly want to sell an asset that is not in your possession.