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Fundamental Analyst: 90% of Smaller Crypto Projects Will Result in Complete Loss

Tony Spilotro by Tony Spilotro
2 years ago
in Cryptocurrency news, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Monero
Reading Time: 3min read
Fundamental Analyst: 90% of Smaller Crypto Projects Will Result in Complete Loss
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As the crypto market begins to pick up steam once again, Bitcoin has stabilized and been on a slow and steady climb, and traders everywhere are rejoicing over the apparent alt season that is upon us.

However, before crypto investors begin to celebrate the beginnings of the next bull run, one fundamental-focused crypto analyst believes that the vast majority of cryptocurrencies in the market will result in “complete loss” for investors, who are essentially playing the role of venture capitalists by funding projects with little to no use case or real world traction.

Crypto Investing is No Get Rich Scheme, Assume 90% Failure Rate

A self-proclaimed fundamental analysis-oriented crypto trader has taken to Twitter to express his concerns in investing in smaller crypto projects, comparing crypto investors to venture capitalists who invest in startups with an impossibly high rate of failure.

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Failure can be a gradual process, or a sudden one, failure can be complete or partial, but assuming that 90% of your investments in smaller crypto projects will result in a complete loss is a pretty realistic starting point.

— Cryptic Monk (Nyzonian) (@cryptic_monk) March 18, 2019

The trader’s concerns are less about investing in cryptocurrencies, even the smaller projects he warns could result in “complete loss,” and more about the fact that uninformed cryptocurrency investors don’t appear to understand the risk to reward ratio in investing in cryptocurrency projects. He claims small crypto projects are unproven, often have tiny teams, and are more akin to startups.

The most common crypto project (by numbers) consists of a relatively small core team, say, one really dedicated person up to maybe 25 core team members, a few hardcore fans, and a somewhat larger, loosely attached community consisting mostly of hopeful "investors".

— Cryptic Monk (Nyzonian) (@cryptic_monk) March 18, 2019

“No matter how these small projects are financed (via an ICO, premine, fair launch, dev reward, self-funded etc.), they are essentially young startups in a completely unproven technological field. Such startups are known to have an extremely high failure rate of about 90%,” the analyst explained.

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Any investment in projects of this scope should consider the funds to be venture capital. While this opens up a “highly specialized investment field previously only available to a closed group,” where investors have a shot at investing in the next Facebook, most “early stage startups fail” for a number of reasons.

Only Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Monero Have “Traction,” Should Make Up Core Crypto Exposure

With crypto assets being such a risky investment, why are so many confident in putting their capital into the emerging market class? While some of it may be due to general inexperience in retail investors that have flocked to crypto as an asset class, there’s no denying that “there’s a realistic chance that somewhere in the 10% of the projects that survive” lies a gem that ends up providing a 10x, 100x, or even 1000x return on investment.

Only very few projects, maybe only Bitcoin, Ethereum and Monero have something that could be called real-world traction. These are the only available "blue chips", and the only ones that you should really consider core hedges of your crypto exposure.

— Cryptic Monk (Nyzonian) (@cryptic_monk) March 18, 2019

But even less risky than “buying into that 90%/10% game” and hoping to find a moonshot, the analyst suggests that any crypto investor’s core exposure should be tied to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Monero, which he says has “real-world traction.”

Related Reading | Fundamentals Grow While Bitcoin Price Stagnates, Where Does BTC Go From Here?

Overall, his thoughts are in line with most of the crypto community, which recommend investing only what one can afford to lose, and to build their portfolio around high-cap coins such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.

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I'm Tony Spilotro. Behind the pseudonym, I'm a global remote work leader with a decade of award-winning content experience and excellence. Here, I explore my newfound passions pertaining to privacy, finance, economics, politics, cryptography, property rights, and other libertarian-esque views. I am a Bitcoin evangelist, maximalist, and educator whenever I can be, helping to spread its message of freedom from government control, monetary policy mismanagement, and passing the buck - literally – to future generations. My journey from a curious retail crypto investor to a serious Bitcoin advocate, trader, and technical analyst is an unusual one, but life-changing nonetheless and has become less about money and more about a long-overdue revolution. While a firm believer in the laws governing math and science, I am profoundly fascinated by the impact of astrology and astronomy including moon and solar cycles and planetary alignment and their ability to influence and potentially predict markets. It hasn't yet clicked for me as to how to put anything to use, but I consider it my current rabbit hole I can't yet dig out of. My perspective of growing up alongside the internet, the dot com era, the Great Recession, and roots in video games collecting coins and rare items caused Bitcoin to immediately make sense to me. Through all of these lenses, I seek to produce content that is educational and entertaining, and I thank you sincerely for taking the time to read what I have to say. Please follow me on Twitter and feel free to drop me a line if you would like to work together.

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