Re: Is Buying Shares of a BTC ETF a good way to invest in Bitcoin?
The best investment in Bitcoin is to buy Bitcoin and hold it in your non custodial wallet, because you will have full control of your Bitcoin and you will not have to worry that when the exchange has a problem the Bitcoin you have will be lost. Because whatever credible institution you say it is, they are still a company, and at any time they can get into trouble, and when that happens the Bitcoin you hold could potentially be lost. But this is your choice, if you feel that you believe that they are a trusted institution, just do it buy their ETF shares, only at your own risk.
But it should also be added that using a non-custodial wallet will give us full control over our bitcoins, but that does not mean we will be absolutely safe. There have been many exchanges, centralized platforms that have been hacked, collapsed, and many people have lost their bitcoins because of using their storage services. But there are also many investors who have lost bitcoins because they did not do a good job of security when storing them themselves.
allinvain, a member of our forum also had his wallet hacked and lost over 25kBTC in 2011.
To be fair, being your own bank or using a third party both have their pros and cons.
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