{"id":54582,"date":"2021-05-07T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ino.com\/blog\/?p=54582"},"modified":"2021-05-06T17:52:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T21:52:25","slug":"should-you-own-cryptocurrency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwtest.ino.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/should-you-own-cryptocurrency\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Own Cryptocurrency?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The short answer: Yes.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll get to the reasons why it should be a part of just about every investor\u2019s portfolio in just a moment.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll also get into why, if you do take the plunge into crypto, do so gingerly. <\/p>\n

But before we get started, take a look at the first three installments in this multi-part series about blockchain and cryptocurrency. We talked about why they\u2019re so important<\/a><\/strong>, what they\u2019re all about<\/a><\/strong>, and what they really mean to you<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Feel free to take a look at these when you get a sec. But they\u2019re not needed to get a deep understanding into what we\u2019ll talk about today. <\/p>\n

So, let\u2019s get to it. Here are just a few reasons to own cryptocurrency...<\/p>\n

Reason #1: Mainstream Adoption<\/h2>\n

A couple of years ago when I first started writing about cryptocurrency and blockchain, all you heard was that it was a fad and wouldn\u2019t amount to much.<\/p>\n

In fact, there was a chorus of naysayers who thought it wouldn\u2019t go anywhere.<\/p>\n

I guess hindsight is 20-20, right?<\/p>\n

Back then in January 2018, I wrote that Bitcoin (BTC)<\/a><\/strong> was trading at $13,657 with a market cap of $229 billion. Recently, BTC stands at a staggering $57,232 with a market cap of over $1 trillion.<\/p>\n

If you want to make a case for mainstream adoption, you don\u2019t have to dig much deeper than those numbers. But just in case that\u2019s not enough:<\/p>\n