I advise you to begin with spot trading if you are new to trading cryptocurrencies. Most newbies I believe started from spot trading, just like me, a few years ago.
You can then think about transitioning to futures trading once you have a better understanding of the market and how it functions. Master first or familiarize how trading works then you can start doing futures trading with very little leverage.
Yes. This is it. Spot trading is always the best move for newbies. No fear of getting liquidated and will have enough time to know what's happening in the market. Some even leverage some elite traders' trading skills mostly when they go online or just imitate them from copy trading as most exchanges are now showing off every trader's trading history for everyone to see