Crypto currency….. have any of you invested yet?

yes on the advice of a smart son and he does all the 'work' for us, doubled our initial investment , I trust his judgement and we only put in what we could afford to lose.

No, and never will

Certainly not.

If an index linked tracker fund was available then I would put a small amount in as a high risk punt.

I have friends whose children have bought bitcoins and similar. All the people I know who’ve bought it are people who can least afford to lose it. I think it’s a concept based on greed and recklessness like gambling.

No I wouldn’t risk my hard earned savings. I’ve chosen to move my savings to another bank with higher interest and other incentives and the FSA guarantee

I did buy some bits years ago on the advice of my step daughter. I made a tidy some of money and then got out.
It’s too volatile now.

No, I only ever invest in "safe" investments and Crypto currency looks like an accident waiting to happen. My son thought about because he has a friend whose father works in investments so would help him buy and sell it but recent events with the Bitcoin have made him think again.

I think it’s a big con!

There’s no such thing as a safe platform with these things. If you can afford to risk losing everything that you’ve ‘invested’ then it’s fine. Otherwise I’d steer clear.

No chance

I just don't understand it and wouldn't know where or how to start investing !!!

Yes. Bought some around the last big dip. Not an investment, just a gamble on something new and interesting.

My initial outlay has increased 6 fold, despite the recent dip.

No, would not touch it. Too many connections on the ' dark web' , like another poster said watch the documentary on Netflix about it. For those investing, I hope you can afford to lose what you put in.

People who invested ten years ago are sitting pretty, but now that boat has sailed. There is also the problem of realising the assets when you want to sell. Cryptocurrency has no intrinsic value, it is only worth whatever people are prepared to pay, which could be a million pounds or one pence, there is no reason for it to be at any particular value and so could crash at any time and never regain. The fact that cash is being used less and most transactions are digital is totally different. Perhaps if there was a tracker fund available for a range of currenciesI would dip a little toe in the water for a high risk.

If it sounds too good to be true it probably is.

No, but I know someone who has and they have lost money they could not afford to lose. Never play the money game unless you are prepared to lose, like the Pyramid schemes, only a few gain at the the expense of many others. Interest rates have been nearly non existent for the last few years and very low for a long time but are now beginning to pick up.

I won’t gamble what I can’t afford to lose, but my cousin earned enough (so she tells me) to have all sorts of surgery and go on round the world trips.

Far too volatile.

It comes across as dodgy to me, associations with the dark Web, maybe that's a misconception. I can't say I understand it, I don't feel taken in by anything that promises fantastic returns.

Well Crypto has given me a new interest, I am learning a lot and enjoying trading.
I am very cautious and am using a safe platform to trade.

Well that went well ?

Why would I invest my hard-earned cash in something which doesn't actually exist?

Maybe it’s like betting? Don’t play with what you can’t afford to lose.

I don’t have any savings to invest. If I did, I wouldn’t have bought bitcoin. There was a time, maybe, a couple of years ago, I’d have taken a punt (if I had the money). I mostly didn’t understand it. But some people back then, said they were making shedloads of money from it. Whatever it is, its tanked. I’m glad I never invested (what I didn’t have anyway, IYSWIM!).