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⁉️ How do you feel about crypto? ⁉️ We've been talking about crypto a lot today, after we announced this morning that we're launching Crypto on Public. A study published earlier this year at the University of Chicago found that as many as 13% of Americans have traded crypto this year, and many more are curious to learn more about the asset class as they continue to build diversified portfolios. Let us know how you feel about crypto in the poll below, and if you're a #cryptoenthusiast or #cryptocurious, head to a crypto page, join the waitlist — we'll be rolling out access over the coming weeks, and add any cryptos that you're interested in to your watchlist! We'd love to hear your thoughts and questions, which you can share with the community by creating a watchlist post. -- *Not investment advice or endorsement of any particular investment or investing strategy.

#cryptoenthusiast43.05%
#cryptocurious42.51%
#stickingtostocks14.44%
748 votes Ended 10/14/21
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Jason G 🏴‍☠️🇺🇸@jmag77
I love that it's available here because I'm iffy about Crypto and having it here is comforting
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Quin@quinos
Not currently huge into crypto. There needs to be some rules set in place for the future of crypto. Some many shit coins with influencers pumping and dumping and it ruins the main purpose for crypto
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Roddy@roddypoddy
Great way for the #retail #cryptocurious to #fomo in, which is good for the #defi #cryptoenthusiast. My bet’s on XLM, lots happening on Stellar.
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As long as you let people actually withdraw it... great! If you go the Robinhood route and it's just paper coins that you can't put in in your own wallet or send to any wallet... then it feels like a scam where when people want to sell/buy during peak times it will just be shut down.
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Buy a $1000.00 of $ETC and forget that you have it for 10 years....
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The crypto that I would like to invest in are not on here other than ETH and XLM
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As long as we can own the coins. It would be awesome to own coins on public. I would definitely go with the most popular of coins but also you got to have some non-main stream coins as well.
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@quinos I would have to disagree the sec would only mess things up in my opinion. It's the volatility thats the main reason I invest in crypto. So much easier and quicker to turn a profit. If it was regulated the price would barely move and they would also be traceable I like the idea of the government not knowing how much money I have.
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@KevinHarty3 with time they will be but they have to make sure the community is interested before putting all the work in to it. Consider this a test run
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Mark@oyg
Without a wallet it’s pretty much useless in my view. I don’t see it as viable on this platform. My concern is that people on this platform won’t comprehend the volatility. Anyone who understands crypto well enough to trade it intelligently will feel crippled without the ability to transfer funds with the speed and freedom that is afforded by crypto.
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#cryptocurious Because of #fomo , I dropped a small amount of 💰 while I learn more. Right now I'm in a #buyandhold position for $BTC , $LTC , $LINK , $DOGE , and $ETC
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Willa@wctf
@publicruss @svande05 @oyg Totally hear your interest in a wallet. Currently, we do not provide a crypto wallet, but our team understands that this is something that some of our members may want and are considering this for the future.
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@Justinlasiter I totally hear u about the sec, but crypto will never reach that next stage without any orders set in place. If the sec ever got Involved, there would be a huge spikes in the market, but over time I think would be worth it. Crypto isn’t going anywhere if people like you and I can make an alt coin, promote it, and dump it without any regulations lol. I don’t think a majority of peopleSee more
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@quinos no different than people pumping and dumping stocks. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano are all good to invest in. Meme coins like shiba and doge are great too but they are meme coins. I've made a lot more in those than I have in stocks in the same time frame. And then you have the 💩 coins which are the ones you're talking about like safemoon. I invest in 15 different coins. All in profits as weSee more
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@wctf I agree with wallets! I'd love to see wallets on here and be able to stake our coins. I currently stake coins in other apps but would love to transfer my coins to Public if that ever happens.
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Richard Mason@Masonrichard311
I buy bitcoin on cash app, and cash out whenever i make profits, love it, glad to see this come to Public
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@Masonrichard311 You can earn interest on those coins too while you hold., look up staking bitcoin. I currently earn 4.5%. But can't be done on apps like webull, cash app, robinhood etc has to be where you actually own your coins.
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Can’t wait to pull my money out of where I currently have crypto and start using Public. Public is the best and I absolutely LOVE this app! I’m also going to love having all of my investments in one spot!
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Richard Mason@Masonrichard311
Still looking for Shiba Inu
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EVA@coinhole
I already own some on WeBull, Coinbase, SoFi and PayPal. I'm glad it's also coming here.
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Ky@Shpor844
I’ve learned a little but I’ve Bought and Traded it an it’s been great they all gained and one has 5X my initial bye in an hasn’t come close to 0.01ct yet
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I’m enthusiastically cryptocurious if that’s a thing 😂
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@financepillowtalk 🤣😂 OMG 🤷🏻‍♂️ she’s inventing her own category. Anyways, I invest and earn crypto. I would say 1-5% of my entire portfolio due to risk tolerance and tax obligations 😉😏
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@financepillowtalk I know exactly where your at.. nothing wrong with that learning before entering is crucial if you don't want to lose money but just buying a coin like I did with internet computer bought it at 300 is stable around 50 lol
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I think it's fake money and a scam, wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.
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Eric@ETLvL
I like the convenience of crypto and stocks in one place instead of having to jump around to so many different platforms. I believe this is where most Fintech is headed, it may help reduce the confusion. My crypto investments are currently on several platforms and they’re all heading this direction. Hybrid exchanges it’s a game changer and when you combine that with DeFi it gets fun on a whole othSee more
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@Justinlasiter just like stocks, buy the dip to bring your average down. On some crypto like BTC, Shiba and Doge, I got in high right before the dips. So I kept buying more and recently took out my initial investments and left in all the profits.
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GFlood@GBob
If you want to gamble on the whims of a mob it's great.
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@hunter112 send me all your fake money and i’ll keep an eye on it😇
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