#2

Your first article is about scams 80 million in crypto investment scams and while I couldn't find the overall 2020 investment scam numbers it was 1.8 billion in 2021 so even saying it doubled that means crypto was less than 10% of investment scams in 2020.

Second article is very valid but the same could be said about almost any investment. I've lost a larger percentage on dumb stock picks as well. Buying at the top of a hype cycle will rarely work out well for an investor in anything.

Third article is about FTX which other than being "crypto" had almost nothing to do with Bitcoin.

Final article if you bought 1000 worth of Bitcoin the day the article is dated you would have about 1298 worth now a 29.8% increase since then. Not to say that we aren't in a hype cycle and in a year that 1000 might be down to 500 but as of right now that is a particularly bad article and date to use to prove Bitcoin is bad. Same overall response as #2 investing has risks doesn't matter if it's bitcoin or stocks.

Bottom line is do your research buy from legit exchanges and then self custody just incase they are less legit than you thought. Elon Musk won't send you two of anything if you send him one of them. Most importantly don't invest more than you can afford to lose in ANYTHING.