How I first got wrecked in crypto
I used to think the cheaper a coin is, the more I could make.
Little did I know the market cap mattered more than the price.
If you don't want to lose more investing, you must first consider
- how much risk you can endure (your risk appetite)
- how patient you can be
- your investment goal (do you want immediate returns or invest long term)
If you're also investing without paying mind to these three basic classes of crypto market cap below. You're either going to Ape in, panic sell, miss gains and lose money.
1. Large market cap (usually $10 billion and above)
This type of investment would suit you if
-you plan to HODL long term
-your risk appetite is very low
A project with a large market cap is established, they offer stable returns.
although their growth potential and returns is usually slower and smaller
2. Mid market cap (usually have between less than $10 billion and more than $500 million)
this type of investment is suitable if
-You want stable prices,
-long term growth
-higher returns
- if your risk appetite is between low to moderate,
3. Small market cap (usually between less than $500 million up till $10 millions)
Very suitable for investment if
-You know you have a very high risk appetite
-you want high rewards
-You have done your research and can vouch for the project's potential
they still have very large potential for serious growth if the project scales in the future
although the price of cryptocurrencies with small market cap can be very volatile which is where the risk lies
if the project fails, the expected investment most likely fails too.
Next time before investing in a project, pause and
"what can i tolerate?"
"why this project ?"
before you chase just based on cheap prices.
Why arc?
Personal reasons I’m exploring @arc
- The predictability of gas fee at any point in time: onchain fees would be paid with arc stable token, this would be a game changer for projects and users in general, your on-chain expenses would be easy to determine
Even businesses that build on arc can actually thrive without the fear of fluctuations in fees which could have disturbed commercial transactions and agreements
- It is the blockchain for stable coins:
It aligns with my regions’ rapidly growing stable coin adoption, it is very important to understand what is most likely to become Africa’s digital currency and even the world at large in the nearest future
- it’s growing to become the blockchain to build incompatible systems into a shared operating systems in finance (capital markets, payment, lending) without constraints in cross border payments
just the way mobile operating systems did for Apps
- The sub second deterministic finality for transactions -
With most chain like Ethereum, transactions may or may not be finalized when done, you’d have to wait for a lot of confirmation.
But what arc is building, once a transaction is done, it is settled within less than 1 second and it is permanently recorded on chain and irreversible.
There are so projects shipping on this stable chain should enhance all of these features it is building by default
There are many more interesting things about arc, that’s why I would keep exploring and contributing.