Newbies very often lose money. The popularity of the cryptocurrency attracts a lot of people especialy when market rise. Everybody want to make money on the rising market. It seems that everything is very simple. But it is not simple and very often newbies lose their money.
During the fall of the market many people stop investing at all.
Not to lose money it is necessary to sturdy cryptocurrency to understand the technology.
Only if you will understand the technology and how the project work you will be able to evaluate the future potential of the coin.