get into newer coins that are on major exchanges like Coinbase instead
I got onto this topic of old and new coins due to a comment last night and I do think it kind of highlights we all have a different perspective on where to invest in crypto. This has had me thinking as there is no right or wrong here unless you are following the crowd having done no research yourself. Wealth is created by finding hidden gems and then at some point investors flocking to a crypto you have selected.
There may be more than 10 419 crypto projects in 2025 out of what should be a total of 17 134, but 6 715 projects have gone dead or seize to exist for various reasons.
If one had to break this down roughly 60% of crypto projects have survived and 40% have failed which is actually quite a high figure. As an investor who never researched the chances of missing out are actually quite high looking at these figures and why doing some back ground reading is advisable before any investment.
I guess the advice of getting into new coins listed on Coinbase is better than just guessing but again one would need to research because nothing is ever guaranteed. My thinking is not looking for new shiny coins, but more about what the older coins are doing and what have they developed over the years. Nothing wrong with a new crypto except it could take many years to develop and unless they have ground breaking technology or a unique idea it is all hype and worthless until proven.
We all know developing a crypto takes what seems like forever to become established and trusted and are actually worthless until they have a use case. Every investment is pure speculation until they have proven their true value and this is exactly how I find my investments. By asking what service they provide and will this cross over into the real world at some point in the future is how I deem value.
All my investments are researched with one eye on adoption and being part of that adoption. There is very little time to look at what is being launched these days and whether what exchange is listing those coins. Just look at HIVE we would love at Coinbase listing but the blockchain is not dead and will take longer due to the lack of marketing not having a person in charge running the show. Decentralization is great, but I also think having someone in control for the first few years is a bonus setting things on the right path. HIVE will just take that much longer to gain traction, but there is nothing wrong with the concept.
Not all crypto will be used in the real world and could be the token used on an exchange so the use cases and service it offers can vary. The problem i find with this there are too many of these cases and not enough crypto projects developing cross overs where the real value will be found. Adoption with real world transactions happening with the people not even really aware they are using crypto blockchains is where the real big numbers are going to be found.
Just because a project is old it does not mean it is dead or nothing is happening and the same for anew coin because it is new does not mean it is going to be successful in the future. I know many are talking about AI and RWA crypto projects and if we take RWA they require the technology from COTI in order to be relevant. COTI has been around since 2017 so I guess is some what of an old project that has been developing non stop for 8 years. The privacy tech they developed actually makes so many other coins more relevant which includes the likes of Ripple. Ripple would not be ready to be involved with online transactions without privacy because businesses and banks could not transact just on the tech Ripple has.
Trust over time is another major plus especially with security and the likes of Cardano have been around also form 2017 and have never experienced a hack. When you do some research and see the team operating behind the scenes you can see why as they are so thorough people think they are so slow with not much going on yet they have never stopped developing.
VeChain or VET and VTHO was a prime example as I kept on reading comments on social media that this was on old dead project. After personally doing years of research I know this is so far from the truth and will become the very first mass adopted blockchain to be used how it was intended in the real world kicking off in less than 6 months from now.
The truth of all this is if you research a new or old coin it does not matter as long as it offers real world integration or something unique creating value. many of the crypto projects that we see today will not be around in the next 5 years due to many reasons with the main reason being they offer nothing of value and their development path has not worked.