Financial investments are the most lucrative way to increase income, but they don’t come without risks. Until recently, term deposits or savings accounts were the go-to options, but lately, alternatives such as crypto coins (Bitcoin, Ethereum) have been considered. Their popularity is proven by the size of their market, which reached $3,000billions, according to CoinGecko.
Despite this, the crypto market is more volatile than the classic stock market. This year’s May correction is a clear example, as investors suffered total losses of $830billions, as shown by Economic Times. Even though crypto has become mainstream, those passionate about it and the retail investors are lacking a solid knowledge foundation when it comes to this new industry. As it’s a free market for all, the newcomers face many challenges. Iustina Faraon, CEO and co-founder Coreto, the first reputation-based social platform for crypto communities, provides an overview of the investment risks and how to tackle them:
- Crypto investors have to do it themselves
When you invest in stocks you can work with a certified, professional broker, who knows the industry inside and out and can offer advice, whereas in the crypto market the investors mostly have to do it themselves.
Although many started trading in 2017, when crypto coins, Bitcoin, and blockchain became well-known and managed to earn significant amounts of money in a short window of time, they don’t represent the majority.
Those without training placed their bets by following the advice of third parties, learning important lessons at their own expense about how not to do it.
- There are very few online resources
The more thorough investors, who allocate time to online research, suffer from a lack of resources. There are many groups on social media or platforms such as Telegram, Discord, Reddit, Twitter, blogs, and niched forums, but the information isn’t centralized and this causes confusion. There’s a constant need to research, to look into the market sentiment, recent and future events, and anything else which could influence the value of the coins. Everyone has limited knowledge about the subject and can’t rely on a trustworthy platform for all the due diligence.
- The crypto influencers entered the market
Since 2017, more and more influencers have emerged in the crypto space. During the bull run, when everything was on the rise, they were promoting other projects, with or without being paid by the founders. When the bear market started in 2018, the majority of them disappeared, leaving behind people who lost significant amounts of money because they listened to them. In 2020, more crypto influencers joined, following the same pattern: a lot of noise but little knowledge.
The content shared by the influencers was spread out on various platforms, including Twitter, which facilitates a quick interaction with the community; Telegram/Discord, favored for the direct discussions; their own blog or a Medium profile, which can be under their control; private groups that monetize the buy/sell signals and marketing partnerships which increase their exposure. In this context, some people took on an influencer role, issuing wrong predictions. They were either paid to mislead or ventured to place losing bets as they didn’t have enough information. In both cases, they then erased their online tracks. This still happens to this day.
- Significant time and resources invested
To make a profitable investment, it’s important that all users travel on the same information superhighway at the same time. The whole process can be a very difficult, lengthy, and frustrating process, especially if the person involved has a low-risk appetite.
Iustina says, “After all, the difference between traders lies in their behavior during the bear market, when the trust levels are low and the prices drop, and those that master the technique can increase their portfolio. When the trend is in a bull run and the crypto value is on the increase, that’s an easy win. You mainly need to hold on to your winners and know when to take the money off the table.”
“While institutional investors and experienced traders can make use of all sorts of tools and analysts, the retail investors can’t access professional guidance. This was our main motivation for launching Coreto, a reputation-based platform for the blockchain industry. This way, influencers, and traders can prove their knowledge and pay more attention to their analysis and recommendations, as users can keep track of their performance.
When their reputation score increases, they become the analyst team and the researchers of the retail investors. Coreto contributes significantly during the bull run moments and becomes the main source of information in the bear market, establishing a healthier ecosystem.”
The solution: Coreto
The platform has just launched a new module called ‘Articles’, which offers the tools needed to create content full of advice and opinions about the industry. So far, the users could only issue price predictions based on TA (Trading Analysis), where you can analyze various technical markers, taking full ownership of their opinions through a method available only on Coreto, called SOOP (Staking Of Opinion Pool). Now, they will add to this tool the FA method (Fundamental Analysis), which will allow users to conduct more in-depth research to publish news, editorial, and tutorials. This way, a possible investment can be analyzed from multiple angles, based on the idea behind the project, the vision, the demand, the potential, the team’s experience, the partners and backers, etc.
Once the articles are ready, the community/readers will be able to interact with them (through features such as agree/disagree, time spent on an article, number of reads, etc.), and this will add trust points to the creator’s profile, increasing the score, reputation, and audience. Soon after, as the algorithms develop, the content creators will be able to recommend whether to buy/not to buy and after this, the time and market will determine how accurate the analysis and the recommendations were.
“This module, one of many designed for the crypto content creators, is meant to help them showcase their industry knowledge. Gradually, Coreto will become the main way in which to create and monetize the content“, adds Iustina.
The platform is currently in the Alpha stage and can be tested/used only by signing up to reserve.coreto.io. Its future development will also include:
- The implementation of gamification strategies to encourage activities and recurrent interactions with the platform;
- The launch of the Open Beta version in the first part of 2022;
- The launch of a Referral module;
- The constant adjustment of the algorithms;
- UI/UX improvements;
- A new module for crypto projects (Project Page Module), where all the members’ content will be centralized, easy to access and digest. Meanwhile, the projects will be able to access special tools designed to help creators promote their products.
Note to editors
Coreto. Build your blockchain reputation and monetize your knowledge
Coreto uses the immutability and transparency properties of blockchain technology to build a reputation-based, community-driven platform that links investors, influencers, mentors, and project teams. The system operates on powerful data encryption, privacy, and blockchain-based data accuracy, as its primary goal is to create a secure environment with verified information, helping the retail investor make better-informed decisions. It appeals to the category of elite crypto communities, with a personality founded on a straightforward, friendly, loyal, confident, and captivating vision.
Users can trade $COR Token on Uniswap ((Ethereum), PancakeSwap (Binance Smart Chain), Probit, and Dfyn Network (Polygon).
More details can be found in the info center via https://learn.coreto.io and in this explainer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FaKkBBpPME.
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