More than half a year ago, I casually bought a US stock portfolio. I invested about $5,000 at the time, and now it's grown to $17,000.

You might think this return is pretty good? But to be honest, I've lost way more in the crypto market than this.

Sometimes I really feel that traditional stock markets are just sitting there, so why bother with cryptocurrencies? I initially entered for the high volatility, but now my gains are even slower than some exchanges' returns. It's quite ironic.