Besides everyone who knows me on Hive, my brother and a few close friends, my investment in cryptos is like me being in a secret cult. Well, I'm definitely not the only one who keeps my investments (not only cryptos) as a secret, but I do so to avoid three major things.
The first is that I keep my investment a secret to avoid people judging me or making their decisions based on the fact that they know I do have some money or investment somewhere. I've seen many scenarios where people act loyal, fake love and act respectful when they know the other person has money or wealth. Thankfully, keeping my investments a secret has made me have true and pure relationships with people and I know for sure they are who they claim to be and their actions aren't inspired by what they could get or think they could get in the long run.
Secondly, I keep my investments a secret because of the security situation in my country. I believe to be on the safer side, it's best to keep anything that has to do with money a secret since even those strugglimg with finances aren't safe and are living with fears. Money obvious brings attention, and then there's the wrong kind of attention that could lead to the loss of lives and properties. So I'm really just not exposing that part of my life for security reasons.
Finally, "How's your crypto investment doing?", "Which cryptos do you advice me to buy?", "Why is my investment going down?" are all sorts of questions I'm avoiding especially from my family. I remember when I invited my folks to an online investment platform some years ago and it ended up crashing, I was always reminded of their loss when they bring the topic up and since then I've promised to keep my dealings to myself. Both in the days of wins and losses, I'm chosen to thread this path alone and its been peaceful so far.
It's hard sometimes keeping the whole crypto journey a secret, I mean, there are sometimes when I'd like to share some things I know with some friends or family, but I just gotta stay mute to avoid the aforementioned issues. But it's honestly more beneficial staying quiet about the crypto journey than if I do talk about it to people.
Do you think letting people know about your crypto investment is risky? Do you have similar experiences? Please feel free to share your thoughts and suggestions.