Cryptocurrency trading has a lower obstacle for access. It is very easy to enter. You can start by buying Bitcoin from localbitcoins.com and send your coins to an exchange and start trading. In trading stocks there are lots of requirements that you need to do and to pass with the broker before you can open an account to a broker.
I do not know about that but good on you if you have done it. Most cryptocurrency "traders" are mostly gamblers who do not know what they are doing or they are still learning the skill of trading. That means there is a lot of free money to go around in the market. Then maybe it is easier to make .01 into 1 Bitcoin.
If you have done it can you post your trades?