Investing in cryptocurrencies is in itself a high-risk, high-reward endeavour and hence should be approached with enough knowledge and caution although sometimes one can be unfortunate regardless of the amount of knowledge gained due to the upturn of events in the crypto market. In purchasing crypto currency depending on your goals (short-term term or long-term), for short-term that is buying when the market is low and selling when it later rises the risk involved is that the price may not rebound and hence continue to drop or remain stagnant thereby encountering losses while for long-term goal that is buying and holding regardless of the market trend the risk involved is that if the market experiences a prolonged downturn the value of the crypto might decrease significantly. So in all there is risk in cryptocurrency investments whether long-term or short-term.
After getting knowledge their is no pònt investing in cryptocurrency because it is still very risky, it can be considered as something that is not reliable. Having knowledge of cryptocurrency is not a guarantee for a successful investment.
Bitcoin remains the most reliable investment that one can even think about , one just need to understand the volatility of the market and to understand it is a long-term investment for good profit, and to also understand it is an investment you don't need to depend on atleast their must be stable income to depend on. When it comes to investment bitcoin and cryptocurrency are not the same because the profit of bitcoin in the future is certain but cryptocurrency can't be predicted because the value of most cryptocurrency are not the same, any thing can happen in the future. It is a risky move to consider cryptocurrency as investment.