Investing in crypto: Pros and cons
When deciding whether to invest in crypto, it helps to weigh some of its pros and cons.
Bankrate senior investing editor Erin Kennedy has spent over a dozen years editing and publishing in the financial media space. Her longtime goal has been to help educate people on topics in finance that can seem dull or too complex, and she embraces a reader-centered mindset.
Kennedy has worked on stock recommendations, newsletters, articles, reports and commentaries, in addition to managing several sites. She likes investing in relatively boring equities and ETFs, with the occasional spicy stock thrown in for good measure.
When deciding whether to invest in crypto, it helps to weigh some of its pros and cons.
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