Millennial parents join the crypto craze. Should you? Here’s what experts say.

Millennial parents join the crypto craze. Should you? Here’s what experts say.

Nick Halversen was skeptical when his friends started piling into high-flying, volatile cryptocurrencies like Dogecoin during the pandemic.

“It seemed silly. I’m not trying to get rich quick. That’s like gambling,” says Halversen, 27, who is a marksmanship instructor for the United States Marine Corps. “My father taught me to play the long game when it comes to investing.”

But once he started doing more research and saw the potential for cryptos to boost his wealth in the coming decades, he decided to set aside a small portion of each paycheck to invest in ether, bitcoin and Dogecoin through the online currency exchange Coinbase and the trading app Robinhood.