Recently, there’s been one word I keep hearing everywhere — Bitcoin.
Until a few weeks ago, crypto felt like something far away from me. I knew the name, but that was it.
But over winter break, my perspective changed completely.
I visited my uncle, who runs one of the well-known cryptocurrency exchanges in Korea.
My mom is also an early investor in his company, so conversations about crypto naturally came up during family meals.
I mostly listened quietly, but when my uncle said, “Bitcoin isn’t just an investment — it’s technology,” something about the way he said it made me curious.
Honestly, I don’t understand crypto well.
I’ve only seen headlines about prices going up or crashing.
But because my uncle runs an actual exchange — and because my mom trusts the industry — I suddenly felt that maybe I should try it myself.
That night, mom told me,
“If you’re curious, experience it yourself. That’s the fastest way to learn.”
So I decided to take $50,000 from the profits I earned in stocks and put it into crypto.
It wasn’t a strategic decision.
It was honestly a no-logic purchase — pure trust and curiosity.
But somehow, it felt like the right moment to learn something completely new.
Here’s what I bought:
CoinAmount InvestedApprox. Price (Feb 2025)Quantity PurchasedNote
| Bitcoin (BTC) | $20,000 | ~$51,000 | 0.392 BTC | Uncle said it's the foundation of everything |
| Ethereum (ETH) | $10,000 | ~$2,900 | 3.44 ETH | Smart contracts sounded interesting |
| Solana (SOL) | $10,000 | ~$110 | 90.9 SOL | Fast, cheap, and everyone talks about it |
| Ripple (XRP) | $10,000 | ~$0.53 | 18,867 XRP | Uncle explained it’s used for global transfers |
| Total | $50,000 | — | — | — |
After I bought them, I kept staring at the screen.
Crypto charts look completely different from stocks — they never sleep.
The prices moved even at midnight.
Sometimes they surged in minutes and then dropped just as fast.
I still don’t understand what “blockchain,” “decentralization,” or “DeFi” truly mean.
Right now, I just know I stepped into a market that feels more alive and unpredictable than anything I’ve experienced.
Mom smiled and said,
“Now you’re really becoming a global investor.”
Maybe I am.
Or maybe I’m just starting another chapter of making mistakes and learning from them.
I don’t know yet.
But one thing is clear:
Investing in something I don’t fully understand means I need to be even more careful from now on.
Recently, there’s been one word I keep hearing everywhere — Bitcoin.
Until a few weeks ago, crypto felt like something far away from me. I knew the name, but that was it.
But over winter break, my perspective changed completely.
I visited my uncle, who runs one of the well-known cryptocurrency exchanges in Korea.
My mom is also an early investor in his company, so conversations about crypto naturally came up during family meals.
I mostly listened quietly, but when my uncle said, “Bitcoin isn’t just an investment — it’s technology,” something about the way he said it made me curious.
Honestly, I don’t understand crypto well.
I’ve only seen headlines about prices going up or crashing.
But because my uncle runs an actual exchange — and because my mom trusts the industry — I suddenly felt that maybe I should try it myself.
That night, mom told me,
“If you’re curious, experience it yourself. That’s the fastest way to learn.”
So I decided to take $50,000 from the profits I earned in stocks and put it into crypto.
It wasn’t a strategic decision.
It was honestly a no-logic purchase — pure trust and curiosity.
But somehow, it felt like the right moment to learn something completely new.
Here’s what I bought:
CoinAmount InvestedApprox. Price (Feb 2025)Quantity PurchasedNote
After I bought them, I kept staring at the screen.
Crypto charts look completely different from stocks — they never sleep.
The prices moved even at midnight.
Sometimes they surged in minutes and then dropped just as fast.
I still don’t understand what “blockchain,” “decentralization,” or “DeFi” truly mean.
Right now, I just know I stepped into a market that feels more alive and unpredictable than anything I’ve experienced.
Mom smiled and said,
“Now you’re really becoming a global investor.”
Maybe I am.
Or maybe I’m just starting another chapter of making mistakes and learning from them.
I don’t know yet.
But one thing is clear:
Investing in something I don’t fully understand means I need to be even more careful from now on.