[kristianc]

I understand that anything I buy is backed by ownership in an institution, that there are onerous regulatory and reporting requirements, centralized institutions managing it, ample liquidity if I want to get out at any point at that people get sent to prison if they try to manipulate it…

[latchkey]

Is that a no?

[itsoktocry]

You are asking the wrong question.

"Do you have a sufficient understanding of stock markets?"

For most people that's a "yes". They know what stocks are, what they represent, who the big players are to buy stocks on your behalf, and can be assured that the money is going to get to the right place.

This is just not the case for crypto (yet), not remotely. Tons of tech people hardly know how these things work.

[latchkey]

> You are asking the wrong question.

I'm responding to the way the op phrased their initial statements. They implied that just because they did not have a deep understanding of something, it must be bad.

Crypto is something for them that they don't understand, just like the stock market is something that many people also don't understand.