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Most People Buy Bitcoin Only After The Price Rises, Data Shows

A report by the Taklimakan Network shows that a majority of people have a tendency to buy bitcoin only after the price has risen.

Source: Taklimakan Network

The report looked at trending searches on Google and the term ‘buy bitcoin’ only arose once the price had begun to rise – something that happened during the great market rise of 2017. The recent jump over $5000 coincided with a 26% increase in relevant search terms over a two day period. The top 5 countries in which searches tripled were Nigeria, Netherlands, South Africa, Austria, and Switzerland.

Of course, this does not come as much of a surprise, though it is a concern for the market that investors only tend to arrive when FOMO arises. Long-term investors have deep convictions about blockchain technology and cryptoassets, and are in at much cheaper prices and employ such strategies as dollar cost averaging.

Although many experts have claimed that bitcoin is well below its fair price, the risk of new investors entering a volatile market only when it is high goes against the long-cherished principle of “buying low, selling high.”

Altcoin search volumes have also increased sharply, beating the numbers of late 2017.

Can We Expect Another 2017?

The thought of investors entering the market only when the price rises mirrors the rise of the market in late 2017, which saw a whole host of investors enter the space at a price that still hasn’t been reached yet.

Perhaps what investors who are on the fence require is an education on what cryptocurrencies are exactly, and investing strategies that do not test the volatility of the market.

Even if the belief that several individuals hold, that a bull run is around the corner, holds true, investors should never invest more than they can lose – 1% of the portfolio, as PayPal director Wences Casares says.

Abhimanyu Krishnan

Abhimanyu is an engineer on paper but a writer by living. To him, the most celebratory aspect of blockchain technology is its democratic nature. While he’s hodling, he can be found reading a good book or making the local dogs howl with the sound of his guitar playing.

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