Suddenly a complete beginner is interested in the crypto space? Don’t rush in yet. These 12 anti-trap rules should be burned into your brain—they can help you avoid 99% of the scammers’ schemes!
1. Anyone who DMs you on Telegram is a scammer—block them immediately!
❌ Real case: In 2026, a certain newbie was lured by a “crypto mentor” who DM’d them on Telegram and was scammed out of 100,000 USDT. ✅ Anti-trap logic: Genuine project teams and professional traders would never recruit people through Telegram DMs.
2. High-leverage contracts are life-or-death gambling—better to go play mahjong!
❌ Real risk: With 100x leverage, a 1% fluctuation can liquidate you—having your balance wiped out in a day isn’t a dream. ✅ Safety advice: Beginners should stay away from futures/perpetual contracts. If you insist on trading, use 1–5x leverage and test the waters with profits.
3. Don’t touch those fly-by-night exchanges—going in is sending yourself to be a headcount!
❌ Real case: In 2025, a certain fly-by-night exchange “ran away” and took away users’ assets worth 2 billion USD. ✅ Selection criteria: only go to top-tier regulated exchanges ranked in the top 5, such as Binance, OKX, Coinbase, etc.
4. For sellers who add fees when buying/selling or depositing/withdrawing—don’t believe anything they say!
❌ Common scams: falsified transfer records, freezing accounts,誘導 private trading ✅ Safety reminder: only use the exchange’s official channels for deposits and withdrawals, and never add any unknown merchants
5. Don’t click random links on X; be even more cautious with chain wallets!
❌ Phishing trap: a link disguised as the project’s official website—once you click in, your wallet gets wiped out ✅ Safe operation: manually enter the project’s official website address, and repeatedly verify the domain name before using the chain wallet
6. Don’t withdraw or deposit in the middle of the night—most likely you’ll trigger risk control!
❌ Risk-control reason: after midnight is a peak time for scams; exchanges will strengthen monitoring ✅ Operational advice: try to do deposits and withdrawals between 9:00 and 18:00 during the day
7. Use Alipay for deposits and withdrawals—don’t use bank cards!
❌ Card risk-control: card transactions may be frozen by the bank, affecting daily use ✅ Payment choice: use Alipay first, then WeChat Pay
8. It’s okay to pay tuition, but you must find someone reliable!
❌ Pitfall scam: “paid groups” and “managed trading services” are 90% just cutting vegetables ✅ Reliability standard: check whether they have real-time trading records and whether they’re willing to share the underlying logic
9. Trading must have your own system—stop-loss + doubling out your principal is a hard rule!
❌ The root cause of losses: emotional trading. When you profit you want more, and when you lose you舍不得切割 (can’t bear to cut) ✅ Trading system: set a stop-loss point (if you lose 5%, you must sell). When profit doubles, take out your principal first.
10. The most reliable investment: U-asset management + holding the Big Pancake and Ethereum!
❌ High-risk temptations: all kinds of “100x coins” and “new-coin mining” are traps ✅ Stable strategy: 80% of funds buy the Big Pancake and Ethereum, 20% store in U-asset management
11. Besides wealth management from big exchanges, any other high-interest options should be blacklisted immediately!
❌ Scam playbook: “on-chain wealth management” and “staking mining” that promise high interest—in the end they take the money and run ✅ Safe wealth management: only buy fixed-income products from regulated exchanges such as Binance and OKX
12. Before going all-in, leave 2000 yuan—at least you can buy an electric bike to deliver food!
❌ Burn it all and fail: after going all-in and losing, you end up with nothing—no chance to turn things around ✅ Risk bottom line: always leave yourself a way out, and never put all your net worth into crypto
📊 Survival data for crypto beginners
According to Bloomberg statistics: 79% of crypto newcomers lose more than 50% in their first year. Most common reasons for losses: blindly following trends (42%), security issues (34%), and not understanding stop-loss (18%). The common traits of successful newcomers: invest idle money, stick to regular DCA investing, and only buy major coins.
Crypto is not a casino; it’s a battlefield for monetizing cognition. First spend 3 months building the right investment logic, then talk about making money—slow is fast, stability is victory!