I would suggest that if it is your first time then probably you should invest in bitcon more than stock because if you look at it, bitcoin grows faster than any stock out there so you proabbly can hold it off and buy bitcoin and hodl it first before doing any other things.
The difference between stocks and cryptocurrencies is obvious. When buying shares, the investor expects not only that the exchange rate value of the share will increase, but also to receive passive income in the form of dividends. Therefore, some of your funds can be used to buy tokenized shares that are offered by cryptocurrency exchanges.