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Old 03-14-2021, 05:23 PM   #1135
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What's everyone's thoughts on buying a stock for the currency vs the currency itself?

I don't have a crypto wallet or anything but can easily buy crypto stock with my Interactive broker account, is there any downside?
Are you referring to the ETF, like BTCC? If so, then yes I believe it’s smart to have some in your TFSA or RRSP so you can avoid capital gains. Otherwise I’d just have Bitcoin on a cold hardware wallet. The saying goes “not your keys, not your coins” which essentially means you don’t own the crypto on an ETF but you have an IOU in a round about way. A good example of this is what happened with Quadriga. But I’m hoping that these companies have better security procedures in place.
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