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How to dodge the dodgy investment
The worst thing someone can do is to invest blindly into a coin without the proper research. Many new coins and DeFi projects will bring big time money to some, as a result of pump and dump (This didn't ended well for John McAfee)
To avoid losing money, the main advice for crypto newbies is the most important ... don't be stupid. You will not buy a new house or a new car just because some said is the best, so don't do it with crypto. It's plenty of fish in the sea, as over 5000 coins and tokens are out on the market, which can be very confusing for the "new kids on the block"
Treat everything with caution and go through the whitepapers. This may save you from disappointment. The important details are mentioned in the whitepapers, such as the strategy, goals and roadmap. Does this extraordinary new coin an unique selling point? Does it have a vision or a plan to achieve success? How this will be achieved and how the coin will be used? How the coin will be distributed and what percentage are the developers holding? This small set of questions will give a better understanding and a general idea about how legit the project is.
The Deus Ex! Who is behind the project, who are the developers? How many successful projects they had until now? Tech-wizards who had a crucial success in other projects or have a positive reputation are giving few brownie points to projects, while anonymous developers are not. If the coin is backed by visible people, the chance for scam exits and loopholes is smaller. This doesn't mean that fake profile can't be created to back certain projects.
Verification is mandatory before investments, especially if you don't want to lose your investment in few days. Investing in blockchain solutions may have a greater success than investing in DeFi meme tokens.
Does the sale process looks legit? A quick and forced sale is the first sign of something fishy. If the ICO is to good to be true... it's not true. If the sale process is shady, than is highly likely that the whole project is a scam.
We recently seen the case of Sushi, therefore not even projects on big platforms such as Binance are not 100% save. I recommend everyone to do their homework, invest only what is disposable and create a diversified portfolio.
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