Hype Check

What's being advertised everywhere right now, looked at soberly. We don't want to trash anything or recommend anything. We only ask where the return is supposed to come from.

AI trading botsMachine learning is genuinely used in professional trading. The systems marketed to retail investors usually have little to do with that, and fail on the same fundamental problems as any other strategy.Meme coinsMeme coins explicitly have no utility and generate no income. Their price depends purely on attention, which doesn't make them an investment, it makes them a bet against other participants.Copy tradingWith copy trading, you automatically take on other users' positions. The displayed leaderboards are skewed by selection, and the copied traders' incentives don't match yours.NFTsAn NFT is an entry on a blockchain that points to something. What you legally get with the purchase depends entirely on the specific contract, and is often less than buyers assume.