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by colesantiago·5y ago·view on hn ↗
> The title of the article is literally "Why Gen Z is ditching traditional investments".

And? Why do you have a problem with this? You're not the one taking the risk with caution are you?

The full title is:

Why Gen Z is ditching traditional investments — but with caution

You deliberately missed that.

> I was having a look yesterday and one of the biggest gainers with a market cap of ~$700,000,000 was BakeryCoin... yeah ummmm okay... that makes sense.

I was having a look today and one of the biggest gainers YTD with a market cap of ~$15.25B was GameStop... yeah ummmm okay... that makes sense.

Same thing can be applied to stocks, but yes, crypto is bad because....

> Sure. In the meantime give me some MSFT and AMZN thanks. You know... companies that actually do things... and that you probably use every day.

Cryptocurrencies are also used everyday no? And since it's not going away any time soon, seems as though these young people are smart taking advantage of this crypto market early, before regulations kick in.

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> I was having a look today and one of the biggest gainers YTD with a market cap of ~$15.25B was GameStop... yeah ummmm okay... that makes sense.

Gamestop is clearly an exception. Of course silly stuff happens with stocks.

> Cryptocurrencies are also used everyday no? And since it's not going away any time soon, seems as though

They're not used for anything other than speculation, crime, money laundering, scams and BS like NFTs and cryptokitties though.

> these young people are smart taking advantage of this crypto market early, before regulations kick in.

Not sure what you're saying here. You think regulations are going to send values higher so they're smart getting in early? Or you think they're smart taking advantages of all the volatility before regulation puts a stop to all that? If the first then you're wrong. If the second then you're just encouraging gambling.

Also, I challenge anyone to go and spend a few minutes browsing /r/cryptocurrency and come away with the impression that "these young people are smart".

> Gamestop is clearly an exception.

Your argument is "Cryptocurrencies are dumb, i'll just put my money in stocks instead" which not only young people also put their money in, but are also just as risky and subject to high volatility as well?

> They're not used for anything other than speculation, crime, money laundering, scams and BS like NFTs and cryptokitties though.

So they are also not used for a save fast way for money remittance? You're forgetting that lots of companies and countries are adopting cryptocurrencies.

> Not sure what you're saying here. You think regulations are going to send values higher so they're smart getting in early? Or you think they're smart taking advantages of all the volatility before regulation puts a stop to all that? If the first then you're wrong. If the second then you're just encouraging gambling.

And putting your money in stocks involved in SPACs isn't gambling?

> Your argument is "Cryptocurrencies are dumb, i'll just put my money in stocks instead" which not only young people also put their money in, but are also just as risky and subject to high volatility as well?

Not sure if you're being serious here because it's widely acknowledged that they're nowhere near as risky or volatile as cryptocurrencies!?

> So they are also not used for a save fast way for money remittance? You're forgetting that lots of companies and countries are adopting cryptocurrencies

I'll grant you that XRP's cross border remittance use case is interesting (in fact XRP is the only crytocurrency I've held in the last 4 years) but it is such a small proportion of what is going on.

> And putting your money in stocks involved in SPACs isn't gambling?

No. It's investing. There's a difference.

> Not sure if you're being serious here because it's widely acknowledged that they're nowhere near as risky or volatile as cryptocurrencies!?

So penny stocks aren't a risky volatile asset that are listed on stock exchanges!?

> but it is such a small proportion of what is going on.

Is it though? Why are Visa, IBM, Paypal, Square and even Apple looking into and have started to work on cryptocurrencies then?

> No. It's investing. There's a difference.

Is it 'investing' to put your money on a stock only for it to tank over 20% in a course of a week? We both know what that's called and that is not at all investing.