In the business world, and especially in relation to Financial Investments, Profitability and Risk are closely linked. It is even said that the greater the risk, the greater the profitability. This is because, in general, to obtain high returns you have to invest in high-risk assets.
We can say that assuming a financial risk is essentially assuming the real possibility of losing money. It is daring to invest capital knowing that you can lose everything or almost everything. That is precisely why experts recommend only investing money that you are willing to lose.
From a subjective point of view, not all investors are willing to assume the same levels of Financial Risk.
In Traditional Investment, Risk can be found at different levels of intensity, however in Crypto Investment the level of Risk is high on almost all occasions.
Since the Crypto Market is so volatile in nature, it can be said that the majority of professional Crypto-Investors are used to working exposed to high levels of Risk.
Generally in Crypto-Investments there is a high level of Financial Risk, but also precisely for this reason there is a great potential for profits (However in finance nothing is certain).
A specific example of a very high-risk investment is purely speculative Crypto-Assets (Memecoins) with which one of the two possible extremes is achieved: either a lot of money is lost or a lot of money is gained.
Many times it is possible to reduce the level of unnecessary risk. This is achieved by carrying out exhaustive research. Investments cannot be improvised or impulsive, they must be planned.
Before making a capital investment, all aspects of it must be analyzed in detail. A complete understanding of the associated Risk must be achieved (do the Due Diligence, do the Homework).
In summary, in most cases (both in Traditional Investment and Crypto Investment), assuming greater Risk is necessary to obtain greater Returns (except in Asymmetric Investments).
Only in exceptional cases is it possible to make investments of an asymmetric nature in which there is little risk and a lot of profitability (if you win, you gain a lot and if you lose, you lose little). Asymmetrical Investing requires immense financial skill (practically in genius levels).