Should You Invest in Crypto?
By Dana Anspach, CFP, RMA When I was growing up, my dad worked in the technology field serving the banking industry. He called upon small community banks across the Midwest to discuss their technology needs. For those of you familiar with the industry, he worked for Burroughs, which later became Unisys. Dad would tell me technology stories that sounded like fairytales. We lived about six hours apart. He was in Des Moines, Iowa, and I lived with my mom in St. Louis, Missouri, and he told me that one day, he'd be able to help me with my homework by sending messages on the computer or chatting live via video. It sounded like magic at the time. And it all came true. Every so often, revolutionary technology happens, and it changes the world. And, right now, a new revolution is happening. The technology is blockchain, a form of software code that is infamous for launching Bitcoin. The first I heard of cryptocurrency was in 2017 when Bitcoin started making the mainstream news. My brothe...