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
But just don't forget basic risk management even if you are doing spot trading. Risk management will help you to protect your capital, so you will start to use risk: reward ration (how much are you willing to risk per trade), using stop losses, and putting a target price or goal everytime you do trade. With these, it will help you to become successful trader even in spot trading.