Investing in startups / cryptocurrencies is gambling, not investing.
its a weighted index of the top 5 crytpo currencies by market cap. It's an interesting middle ground offering access to the speculative nature of crytpos without the massive risks of a single point of failure such as the core developing team (getting hit by a bus).
disclaimer, i work for bitaccess but on a different product.
I wrote some code to run a few simple simulations against the past year (june 2016 - june 2017) of crypto coin values. If you had done this strategy during this time frame, you would have put in about $5,400, and it would be worth $56,000 at the end.
https://github.com/johntitus/coinsimulator
I ran the simulation using differing numbers of coins, and 50 seemed the sweet spot.
The majority of the returns came in the spring. The market has been down since then.
Obviously, the past does not dictate the future.
With both of them being long shots you have to invest in what you believe in. Not what a random stranger on internet tells you. This is simply because you have to feel comfortable where you are putting your money. You cannot have doubts if there is a temporary dip in value.
On a more serious note, you should probably invest it for retirement.
Most assets non-risky.
Some risky (both startups and. crypto are risky investments).
Question is which involves more risk, startups or cryptocurrencies.
It's a mildly sarcastic answer, but the truth is digital currency statups are kind of in a fucked state if you're anywhere near the US. If you get a token, you can liquidiate. if you go with a startup, at least you can invest in the people.
But as the former CEO of a digital currency startup that was the second largest brokerage in the US for a few years, you don't want any part of that. To many variables are out of your control, leading to too many opportunities for absolutely devastating black swan events.
grabs popcorn