Although there is no certainty and crypto assets have not yet been tested during major bank failures and recessions, Bitcoin, in particular, has all the characteristics to serve as a store of value during recessions and financial crises.

Institutions are investing in crypto mainly through ETFs (Exchange-Traded Funds) and crypto index funds (customized crypto baskets based on Alpha, Beta, and Smart Beta models).

Rug pulls occur when a team of an NFT or crypto project promises the investors to accomplish big goals, and then more or less slowly disappears by taking or squandering money over time, without realizing the promises made.

Smart Beta models are investing strategies that leverage specific factors such as value, momentum, and volatility to outperform a specific benchmark, based on predefined parameters and systematic investing.

You need to analyze the project’s possible red flags, such as an anonymous team, unrealistic goals, exaggerated and pumped-up hype and FOMO, no use case that generates real value, poor technology, and exaggerated earnings promises.

KK Park is a factory prison dominated by Chinese criminal organizations that kidnap people and force them to commit online scams, usually using cryptocurrencies for increased partial anonymity. 

 For maximum security, use multiple cold wallets and store your seed phrases in metal seed in two places. If you want to store it online, use MultiSig wallets. There are also some other security practices that you can implement.

Pump and dump scam involves inflating the value of a cryptocurrency through coordinated buying, often fueled by false information, only to be followed by a rapid sell-off, leaving unsuspecting investors with substantial losses.

Crypto dust attack involves a series of steps that the scammer carries out in an automatic manner, using bots, scripts, and automation, exploiting people’s cognitive biases, confusing them, manipulating them, and deceiving them.