However, there are ways to earn that are far safer and guaranteed to not blow a young portfolio. The most common ones are airdrops, staking and farming. In the recent past, some CEXs have introduced new ones like PoolX which can also be a good avenue to earn since more often than not, it involves the use of stablecoin and guarantees your capital. Some very good hits for PoolX have seen upto 75% APR which is commendable by any standard.
Overall, I believe the above methods are good starting points for newbies.
Kindly share if there are better options guys... I don't mind earning like a newbie every time I can!
I might agree that the most common ones are airdrops, staking and farming however, they're not the safest and newbie friendly ways to earn in cryptocurrency.
You might earn from airdrops still, but you need lots of time, patience, and of course money. If you have all 3 then most probably, you will earn from it. Staking might be the safest among the 3 because you just need to buy an established staking coin like Ethereum, stake it and let it do its thing. The problem though is that you might get impermanent loss because the token might go down and the rewards that you're getting isn't enough to cover it. As for farming, not familiar on it especially with PoolX.
If you want to earn as a newbie, I suggest staking those top staking coins. The reward isn't that huge, but as a newbie, that's a good start already.