{"id":51324,"date":"2021-12-31T09:55:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T01:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=51324"},"modified":"2021-12-31T17:37:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T09:37:06","slug":"result-5-years-crypto-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/result-5-years-crypto-investments","title":{"rendered":"If You Invested In Crypto 5 Years Ago, Are You Rich Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a record-breaking year for Bitcoin with all-time highs, crossing USD$68,525 on November 9 followed by a recent plunge.<\/p>\n<p>My first ever investment in crypto was in September 2016. That\u2019s five years ago now, and a &gt;100x gain. (If only I\u2019d invested more! I was scared back then, so I started with just a bit of money.)<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m happy, but this isn\u2019t a victory parade. In fact, in the crypto world I\u2019m a boomer with mediocre gains. No kidding \u2014 if you tell a hardcore crypto bro I\u2019ve been in crypto since 2016 and still haven\u2019t reached financial freedom, he might say I\u2019m \u201cngmi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maybe that\u2019s the story of my life. Taking reasonable risks to get some nice wins, but nothing that\u2019s gonna show up in the news. My lifestyle\u2019s stayed the same \u2014 you\u2019re never gonna see me flexing with a lambo. I was always a fan of getting rich slowly, but somehow crypto found its way into my life and is just speeding it up a little.<\/p>\n<p>Now if you\u2019ll let this boomer reminisce a bit, here are 10 lessons I\u2019ve learned from crypto investing over the last half-decade.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-Bitcoin-is-alive-and-well\"><\/span>1. Bitcoin is alive and well<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin Obituaries tracks that Bitcoin has been declared \u201cdead\u201d by notable people 432 times now.<\/p>\n<p>The oldest death was in 2010, when Bitcoin was USD 0.23. China has also famously \u201cbanned Bitcoin\u201d six times now. The newest obituary was by JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon on 12th October 2021, when Bitcoin was USD 57,485.<\/p>\n<p>At what price will sceptics admit they\u2019re wrong? USD 75K? USD 150K? People have been calling Bitcoin a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-51311368\">tulip bubble<\/a> for a decade now.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it\u2019s not all about the price. Look beyond the hype and here\u2019s what\u2019s been happening over the past couple of months:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First country in the world (El Salvador) recognizing Bitcoin as legal tender. Yes, you can use Bitcoin to pay for your Starbucks lattes there.<\/li>\n<li>Progressive governments issuing regulations to work with crypto, instead of banning it.<\/li>\n<li>Public-listed companies (e.g. Tesla, Square) continuing to hold Bitcoin as assets.<\/li>\n<li>Bitcoin ETFs launching around the world, most recently in the USA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s been a real privilege to see things we predicted years ago coming true today.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-Bitcoin-is-still-king\"><\/span>2. Bitcoin is (still) king<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWhy Bitcoin when I can ride SHIBA INU to the moon bro?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>True, Bitcoin has gone up 340% over the past one year. But that\u2019s nothing compared to something like Solana, which is up &gt;12,000% (not a typo).<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve written extensively on \u201cWhy Bitcoin?,\u201d so I won\u2019t go into detail here. But in summary, Bitcoin is still the reserve currency of the crypto world. The king. Other challengers may come and go, but the fate of crypto overall still relies heavily on the fate of Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>This hasn\u2019t been obvious over the past year because pretty much everything has been going up, but if\/when a bear market comes \u2014 tons of altcoins are going to get wiped out.<\/p>\n<p>My favourite example comes from the bull run of 2017, when a coin called NXT was the best performing new coin. In the 2018 bear market, NXT crashed 92%. Bitcoin crashed too, but today is &gt;3x its 2017 peak. Meanwhile, NXT has never recovered.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, I\u2019ve chatted with quite a few Bitcoin sceptics, with lists of objections. Always happy to share my thoughts, only for them to come back and say, \u201cBro, but what do you think about &lt;sh*tcoin&gt; instead?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not: \u201cBitcoin will fail because &lt;legitimate challenge&gt;\u201d That\u2019s: \u201cI think I missed the boat, so I\u2019m gonna find the next Bitcoin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My advice has remained the same: If you\u2019re new, start with Bitcoin, with a small amount of money you\u2019re willing to experiment with. That gives you the best foundation to learn and grow from.<\/p>\n<p>Your reminder that today\u2019s hottest coin might be forgotten one day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51330\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/29233522\/2019-vs-2021-Top-Ten-Coins-Web-Resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51330\" class=\"wp-image-51330 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/29233522\/2019-vs-2021-Top-Ten-Coins-Web-Resized-800x340.jpg\" alt=\"top ten cryptos\" width=\"800\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/29233522\/2019-vs-2021-Top-Ten-Coins-Web-Resized-800x340.jpg 800w, https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/29233522\/2019-vs-2021-Top-Ten-Coins-Web-Resized-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/29233522\/2019-vs-2021-Top-Ten-Coins-Web-Resized-768x326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/29233522\/2019-vs-2021-Top-Ten-Coins-Web-Resized.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: CoinGecko<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-Doesnt-mean-other-cryptocurrencies-are-worthless\"><\/span>3. Doesn\u2019t mean other cryptocurrencies are worthless<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s a spectrum of people who invest into crypto.<\/p>\n<p>One on extreme, there are Bitcoin maximalists, who believe only Bitcoin is legit and everything else is sh*t. On the other extreme are baddies who pump and dump shady coins to get rich. Somewhere in the middle are people like me who believe in a multicoin world: Bitcoin remains king, but there will be other princes in our kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s foolish to ignore the innovation that\u2019s happening in many other cryptos. Some of the applications being built on Ethereum and Solana today are astounding. I recently wrote a 2,400-word article on how Play-to-Earn gaming is transforming lives \u2014 people putting food on the table via online games.<\/p>\n<p>So many opportunities to create a better world using crypto. So many cryptos. The real challenge is figuring out which have genuine potential, and which are sh*t.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-Being-%E2%80%9Cright%E2%80%9D-doesnt-mean-making-money\"><\/span>4. Being \u201cright\u201d doesn\u2019t mean making money<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>What\u2019s \u201cright\u201d in the investing world?<\/p>\n<p>Unlike something like gravity \u2014 a physical law \u2014 there\u2019s nothing fixed about the world of money and investing.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Graham\u2019s investing formulas might have worked in the 1970s, but probably can\u2019t explain what\u2019s been happening with growth stocks (congrats Tesla holders) from 2010-2021. All the respect in the world to OG investors and books, but Graham himself was constantly adapting.<\/p>\n<p>As Jason Zweig writes:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>\u201cIn each revised edition of The Intelligent Investor, Graham discarded the formulas he presented in the previous edition and replaced them with new ones, declaring, in effect, that \u2018those do not work anymore\u2026&#8217;\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes when I see people arguing\/flexing about what\u2019s the \u201cbest\u201d investment, it reminds me of this. If even the father of Value Investing was constantly evolving, shouldn\u2019t we be open to changing our minds too?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not interested to declare whether growth investors are better than value investors. Or if crypto investors are better than stock investors. Or if today\u2019s generation of millionaire NFT flippers are better than Bitcoin maximalists.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s wisdom in understanding diverging views without irrationally choosing sides. You don\u2019t have to choose a camp and tie your identity to it. You can learn something from anyone.<\/p>\n<p>I care less about being \u201cright\u201d and my ego nowadays. I\u2019ll happily put up my hand and say I don\u2019t understand many things about the world. I\u2019m okay to put a little skin in the game to learn.<\/p>\n<p>Viewing things as experiments allows me to get bigger wins, than if I keep my head buried in the sand and say \u201cI only invest in things that I 1,000% believe in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Investing is not a religion.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-Dealing-with-losses\"><\/span>5. Dealing with losses<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Take the red pill, try to invest in high-risk stuff, and you\u2019ll be wrong a lot. Here are some of my losses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) that are down &gt;90%.<\/li>\n<li>Speculative coins which have dumped so badly, they\u2019re not even actively traded anymore.<\/li>\n<li>Mining Ethereum and making a 4x profit, when I could have just bought Ethereum and made 10x. (Not a real loss, but opportunity cost.)<\/li>\n<li>NFTs that have lost &gt;90% in value, including my ex-Twitter profile pic.<\/li>\n<li>DeFi projects which have gotten rugged by clever hackers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I used to think losing money means I did something wrong. But maybe a more realistic mindset is to expect some losses with the high-risk-high-return stuff.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m reminded of lessons from Renaissance Technologies and the Medallion Fund \u2014 the most successful hedge fund of all time:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">At 40, Jim Simons left a famed math career to launch the most successful hedge fund ever: Renaissance Tech.<\/p>\n<p>Even though it only won 51% of trades, the fund made 66%\/yr for 30yrs (Simons worth = $25B). It&#8217;s a story of genius, but also of how hard it is to beat markets.<\/p>\n<p>THREAD\ud83e\uddf5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2aiv88vrap\">pic.twitter.com\/2aiv88vrap<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trung Phan \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@TrungTPhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrungTPhan\/status\/1424399014204637186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even the most successful fund ever was wrong 49 times out of 100.<\/p>\n<p>I wouldn\u2019t dare compare individual investing to quant hedge fund trading, which are vastly different. What I am saying is in investing \u2014 and more broadly in life \u2014 you can lose a lot, and still succeed.<\/p>\n<p>The important thing is managing your losses well. Making sure that even when you lose, you don\u2019t get wiped out.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why you always hear crypto boomers say: \u201cDon\u2019t invest more money than you can afford to lose.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6-Managing-risks-in-a-practical-way\"><\/span>6. Managing risks in a practical way<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One practical way I\u2019ve found is to separate your crypto money into two buckets. One for long-term investing, and one for active experiments. I\u2019m pretty risk averse so I just experiment with &lt;20% of my crypto holdings. Everything else I have in crypto is long-term hodl for retirement.<\/p>\n<p>(Note: Despite all my conviction, I\u2019ve only ever invested &lt;10% of my total net worth into crypto. In other words, I\u2019ve only speculated &lt;2% into the super-high-risk stuff like DeFi and NFTs.)<\/p>\n<p>This allows me to accumulate blue chips (e.g. Bitcoin and Ethereum), while still scratching the itch to dabble in new crypto projects. If I allocated everything to new projects, I\u2019d lose too much money. Meanwhile, if I didn\u2019t spend any \u201cspeculative fun\u201d money at all, I\u2019d be miserable watching from the side-lines.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a mix that works for me, and I\u2019d recommend you to find a mix (pros call this \u201cportfolio allocation\u201c) that works for you too.<\/p>\n<p>Harder than it sounds, because we all get emotional. Especially when you\u2019re on a losing streak, there\u2019s a gambler inside each one of us who just wants to grab money from the other bucket and pump it into another speculative trade. Fight that inner gambler with all you\u2019ve got. Losing control makes you lose money.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re new, or all this sounds too risky, just dollar-cost-averaging every month into Bitcoin is probably the best risk-reward action for most investors.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7-Fish-in-a-rapidly-expanding-pond\"><\/span>7. Fish in a rapidly expanding pond<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The crypto world is growing like crazy.<\/p>\n<p>I work full-time in crypto and read about it for hours daily. Even then, I don\u2019t understand half the shit I\u2019m reading about.<\/p>\n<p>Coingecko co-founder Bobby Ong, a true OG, recently tweeted something along those lines:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I keep telling everyone that even though I spend all my working hours tracking crypto, it&#8217;s still impossible to keep pace with all the developments happening. If you are still not full-time in this industry, it will be super challenging to catch up in the future <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PGzBCDn4uM\">https:\/\/t.co\/PGzBCDn4uM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 bobbyong.eth (@bobbyong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bobbyong\/status\/1433989379219812354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is good. It means there\u2019s opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Whether for your career or investing, you can outperform in growth industries.<\/p>\n<p>The classic \u201cRed Ocean vs Blue Ocean\u201d decision. Would you rather work for an established company in a traditional industry, or a startup in a disruptive industry? Would you rather trade in red oceans where there are already millions of sophisticated investors, or blue oceans where almost everyone is figuring things out?<\/p>\n<p>Crypto is also borderless (and sometimes faceless), meaning it doesn\u2019t really matter where you\u2019re born, what skin color you have, or how well you did in school. You can succeed based on merit alone.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, things will also be challenging because there\u2019s no guaranteed path to success.<\/p>\n<p>But if you\u2019re looking to make a name for yourself, it\u2019s always gonna be easier where there\u2019s less competition.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8-Come-for-the-money-stay-for-something-else\"><\/span>8. Come for the money, stay for something else<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Almost everyone I\u2019ve met in crypto initially came for the money \u2014 everyone wants to build wealth for themselves and their families. Nothing wrong with that.<\/p>\n<p>But the people who\u2019ve remained happy through multiple crashes in our crazy crypto world have stayed for other things.<\/p>\n<p>For some, it\u2019s the technology. Bitcoin solved a key computer science problem known as the Byzantine Generals\u2019 Problem, and threw the gates open to a world of possibilities. Some of the projects built around crypto today are dizzyingly ambitious. Consider Helium, a project incentivizing people to provide Internet coverage all across the world by using crypto.<\/p>\n<p>For others, it\u2019s been the community. They\u2019ve made good friends \u2014 both on the Internet and in real life \u2014 who believe in the same principles. No matter the price of Ethereum, these relationships carry on.<\/p>\n<p>For me, it\u2019s been a combination of the above. Got involved to make money, learned about technology that blew my mind, then built cool things with good friends on exciting adventures.<\/p>\n<p>Crypto turned out to become my full-time career too. I can\u2019t imagine working on anything else today. And after spending almost four years here now, I can say with conviction: We\u2019re only just getting started.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9-Finding-balance-might-be-your-toughest-challenge\"><\/span>9. Finding balance might be your toughest challenge<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I can\u2019t guarantee you\u2019ll make money in crypto, but I can guarantee you\u2019ll learn amazing things by experiencing it for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, if you invest enough time in the space, your biggest challenge might not be making money \u2014 it might be about crypto taking over your life.<\/p>\n<p>Because crypto trades 24\/7 and moves so fast, you might end up with unhealthy habits. I\u2019ve been playing around with NFT mints recently so I\u2019ve occasionally had to wake up at 4 a.m. I\u2019ve read too many horror stories of people burning out. Your relationships might also suffer, especially if you\u2019re neglecting face time with loved ones. What good is all the money in the world if you don\u2019t have anyone to share it with?<\/p>\n<p>And despite making money, there\u2019s always gonna be some a**hole on Twitter who\u2019s flexing 10x your gains on a dog-related project. I imagine I\u2019m bulletproof to FOMO and peer pressure, but all this has taken a mental toll on me too.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m also worried for younger investors. Boomers like me spent our early twenties thankful for investments that returned 6-7% per year. It\u2019s easier for us to understand that crypto trades like nothing else.<\/p>\n<p>You might actually need to force yourself to park more money in traditional investments. Remember: bull markets don\u2019t last forever, so you\u2019ve gotta have a plan for bad times. If you\u2019re already sitting on big gains in crypto, it\u2019s worthwhile to speak to a licensed financial planner to get an opinion.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"10-Look-beyond-the-hype\"><\/span>10. Look beyond the hype<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The wild stories you hear are not myths. There are really people making life-changing money flipping highly speculative coins and NFTs today.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s right for most people. Theoretically, you could make life-changing money gambling in the casino, but most people are gonna lose it all. And as to whether someone who gets rich on meme coins can stay rich, that\u2019s another matter altogether.<\/p>\n<p>But look beyond pure greed and you\u2019ll realize monumental shifts are happening. Crypto is changing the world.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Just like how all our lives are touched by the Internet today, one day every one of us will use crypto in some way \u2014 whether we realize it or not.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Something can simultaneously be a bubble, but also turn out to be the most important technology in decades.<\/p>\n<p>Look through history, and you\u2019ll see how \u201cbubbles\u201d have happened in the telegraph, railroads, and the Internet. Inevitably, the crashes happened, and doubters had their day. Yet today, you\u2019d be crazy to say that real-time communication, trains, and video streaming are not important.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, there\u2019s a lot of hype and overexcitement in crypto today. But with all its potential, why shouldn\u2019t there be?<\/p>\n<div class=\"block\"><div>Aaron Tang is the founder of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mr-stingy.com\/\">mr-stingy.com<\/a>. He writes about optimising time, money, and relationships \u2013 to make the most out of life.<\/p>\n<p>Additional note: In his day job, he is also Luno Malaysia\u2019s Country Manager. Luno is a licensed digital asset exchange in Malaysia.<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Stingy shares 10 lessons he learned after 5 years of investing in crypto<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":51326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[900,1,218],"tags":[630],"class_list":["post-51324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","category-investment","category-money-management","tag-bitcoin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>If You Invested In Crypto 5 Years Ago, Are You Rich Now?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After 5 years of investing in crypto, Mr Stingy shows you how to look past the hype and noise in crypto today to what 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