The value of your virtual currencies can fluctuate strongly, and you may lose the full amount of the investment.
Virtual coins are not covered by deposit guarantee schemes.
On the market for virtual currencies, there are no legal mechanisms to prevent market manipulation or insider trading.
Virtual currencies are entirely dependent on a specific IT technology and infrastructure, which in some cases may only be very recently developed and insufficiently tested.
Loss of the identification codes or password granting access to a virtual wallet where virtual currencies are stored will cause the virtual currencies stored therein to be permanently lost.
Virtual currencies are currently accepted as a means of payment only to a limited extent, and in most countries there is no legal obligation to accept virtual currencies as means of payment.
For more information on the risks associated with an investment in virtual currencies, please consult the Wikifin page “What is a cryptocurrency? | Wikifin”.