Cryptocurrencies, which are in demand around the world as a source of investment and income, affect the lives of many people with the hope of getting rich quick. When we look at our country in particular, the invaluation of the efforts of people who make efforts and labor and economic problems lead people to dream of getting rich in a short time.
According to a study, the dream of getting rich through cryptocurrencies, which has become popular around the world and is on the thin line between gambling and being an investment tool, has fallen to the age of 15. Experts, who said that young individuals studying at high school and university invest their pocket money, scholarships and student loans for education in cryptocurrencies, warned their families and students to be careful.
“The majority of them do not know what they are doing”
Speaking to Zülal Atagün from Hürriyet, experts warned about crypto money. According to research, 50 percent of crypto investors are between the ages of 18-24 and 45 percent of young people between the ages of 15-20 think they know more about the crypto money industry than their parents. Marmara University Informatics Department Lecturer Prof. Dr. Cem Sütçü, on the other hand, thinks that this is the opposite.
On the subject, Sütçü said, “It is not right for students to waste their money here. Instead, it will be more beneficial in the long run if they think about the underlying technology and think about what we can do. We all see many negative examples on social media. But that doesn’t mean cryptocurrencies are wrong. So you can use the knife to cut bread, or to injure someone. . . Most people don’t know what they’re doing right now. Someone on Twitter says that a coin will rise, whoever hears it invests the money. Authorities need to determine how this system will work and who will have the right to do what, to what extent.”
Banning is not the solution
Kadir Has University New Media Department Lecturer İsmail Hakkı Polat stated that the ban would not be a solution and said, “As there is a credit card requirement, the person who will trade on the crypto currency exchange must be at least 18 years old. Young people can enter the system using the cards of their elders. The trades they are familiar with from the games make the concept of money tangible in their world. In this case, reality and the digital world begin to mix. That is why it is necessary to raise awareness among young people. Young people are diving into a sea of cryptocurrencies without knowing what is right or wrong. We cannot say that we should ban cryptocurrencies. Ethical and moral awareness should also be developed in order to protect young people from this.”
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