It really depends on how we invest. What might be similar to gambling is trading in the Future market without good knowledge and just relying on luck. This looks more like gambling.
However, if it is a short investment, I don't think so, as long as we can optimize our analysis in choosing coins and also their rates. especially if this is an investment, not trading in the future. So, even if the price drops at a certain point, our assets will not be lost, only the value will decrease, and because it is an investment, we can still wait for it to go up again.
Unlike gambling when it's time, well, if we lose, it's gone, if we win, we get money. Likewise with Future trading, if it gets liquid, it will run out after a while.
So before implementing a short investment period, we must also analyze first, choose coins that are not just hype. so that the coins will still have a chance to survive whatever the market conditions. And one more thing, don't be easily provoked to panic and sell off the assets when the market is down. This will have a bad impact on our investment.