            
              Liquidating crypto they bought or mined when it was cheap to do so, and winning the gamble it would go up
Taking debt and investing with the hopes of beating interest rates
They don't have that much and they're doing leverage plays and getting burned
They're lying and doctoring screenshots
They're working in lucrative jobs in finance or similar and blowing their savings

[–] blame@hexbear.net 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

i think a lot of it is margin which is extra risky

[–] Inui@hexbear.net 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Its definitely this one. Robin hood is still used for its simplicity (the other more 'serious' trading apps are pretty garbage) but because they also approve hella margin for everyone.

[–] kittin@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago

Being born into it and inexplicably assuming that meant they were smart