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Not Yet Stranded Crypto is a new-age investment product, and as with all things new, it will also take time to evolve and get standardised. Fifty years ago, people kept their money only at the bank. Nobody invested in the share market. But in early 2000s, when I started working, most people of my age began investing in mutual funds through systematic investment plans (SIPs). Crypto became slightly popular in the early 2010s, and the software engineers were the early movers and pioneers. They built the entire ecosystem of blockchain technology and crypto. Later, it caught the fancy of the Gen Z and the millennials. The party is not over yet. It will rise again. Even the share market rides through the bull and the bear phases, and so it will be with crypto. Investors just need to be patient. That said, as with all other investment products, this also needs a thorough understanding. Once...