I also think that the bitcoin price will not get any pumps shortly.
But even so, bitcoin will still be ups and downs so we can use it to buy and sell at low and high prices.
We can make it as a way to make a profit but it requires more analysis to get the right time to buy and sell.
And you have made a good decision to become a long term btc holder in this situation and I also suggest the same for those who want to invest in bitcoin.

Usually, articles not accompanied by videos can confuse people who need help understanding writing because they tend to understand more easily if they watch videos.
But with so many articles out there, we often find the content of poker lessons similar to other articles, which can also confuse us.
And the poker lessons from Youtube can help people understand how to play this poker game so we can learn it.
But whatever poker game lessons we get, we have to practice it because then we can understand how to play it.

Gambling companies can indeed announce big wins to the public.
Still, they should be able to hide the winner's identity from the public because it can endanger the winner's safety from people with bad intentions.
Perhaps the intent of the gambling company announcing the big win was to attract more gamblers to gamble at their place.
And it could be that this strategy has successfully attracted many gamblers who want to experience that big win.
Indirectly, this might give the gambling company a reputation for being a recommended gambling place.

For dice games, where the game really depends on luck, you can find it difficult to determine a strategy that will succeed in giving you a win.
Maybe we can occasionally win, but to be able to win in a row obviously requires great luck, especially to get a big win.
But I know some people can get lucky when they play craps but it won't work for us.
We should be able to know that we can't expect to win, especially if we don't have luck.

If you bet by choosing to copy bets from unknown bettors to get a win and make money, that's stupid, but if it's just for fun, it's not stupid because that person is willing to risk losing his money by placing bets from bettors who unknown.
It all comes back to our goal in betting and what we want to get from betting or copying bets from other bettors.

By analyzing bets and placing bets from bettors with a high success rate of winning, we can be sure we will also win with them.
But often, it is difficult for us to decide to copy bets from other bettors because they have almost the same experience as the others.
They provide a good betting record throughout their career so it takes us some time to pick them up.

I'm thankful I didn't lose money with the FTX crash because I didn't use FTX for trading or anything else.
Even though at the beginning FTX launched, I was tempted to try to join.
But apparently, I didn't join and stayed on Binance to trade.
This is a valuable lesson for every trader and investor not to leave their coins on the exchange because this FTX case could happen to other exchanges.
We have to be careful in choosing the exchange and storing our assets there and if we don't trade very often, it's best to keep your assets in another wallet.

Binance may go bankrupt one day but not now because Binance's position is still strong and holding up well.
Maybe regulation could lead to the collapse of Binance but I'm sure CZ will try to approach the government to get approval for his business.
And if CZ's approach is successful, he can keep his business and stay where he is today, even if he has to pay huge costs to the government.
Binance strives to maintain the trust of the investors who join them.

Congratulations @OP on your bitcoin purchase.
After this, you can make your second purchase but make sure you buy when the price drops.
I agree with your plan to make bitcoin a long term investment because that way, you have plenty of time to buy more and hold it until your target is reached.
The current state of the market gives you the opportunity to get more bitcoins for a certain amount of money and it looks like this condition will continue.

Playing gambling when we are emotional can cause our adrenaline to increase quickly, especially if we experience a series of losses that we didn't expect.
We will be triggered to place bigger bets or play longer than usual, which can also end in bigger losses.
And we will try to recover from our defeats where it doesn't always work because we will need luck to win.
Try to play gambling in a relaxed state because that way, we can enjoy time for fun and we might as well win.

Copying bets from unknown bettors is a good practice for people who want to gamble but do not know what to choose.
Although this can give risk by selecting an unknown bettor, we can expect to make wins if they win.
It would be good if we had knowledge from the match and then we could check all bettors and copy their bets.
But you need to be careful to select the bettors because we do not know anything about them and do not use too big money to bet.

It may be true that you can be rich if you live in the USA or UK, but try to calculate how much your expenses will be if you live there.
And try to compare it with if you live in another country that doesn't have a high cost of living but you can live comfortably.
It's worth thinking about because apart from getting money from our business, we also need to consider how much it costs to live in a big country.
This will reduce our business income because of the various costs we have to pay monthly or yearly.

If he is a Muslim, it is better for him not to gamble and to leave gambling immediately because it is Haram according to Islamic law.
Never come close to gambling again, even though he gets pleasure from gambling and can win big.
If religion has clearly explained that it is honorable, then there is nothing to do but stay away from it and promise not to gamble again.
It was much better than playing hide and seek because they would know if he gambled one day.

Maybe Men's Journal has a list of the best casinos according to them but we also have a list of the best casinos that will be different from them.
In determining the list of the best casinos, it will depend on the convenience we get from the casino sites that we use as a place to play gambling.
I wonder why the sites here (besides FortuneJack) are not included in their list of the best sites because, in this forum, several casinos have been recommended by many members.
But maybe they have their own judgment in selecting the best casino sites so that is different from others.

What is your purpose for borrowing and taking a risk by using your coins as collateral?
I don't know how DeFi focuses on borrowing and lending because I'm worried about the risks behind it.
I'd rather stick with my current assets and keep trying to develop those assets than borrow and that's what I recommend to you too.
Taking out a loan means you have to be prepared to repay the loan and if you can't, you could lose your assets.

Indeed, not all gambling games are based on luck, but some are skill-based.
The more proficient your skills in analyzing a match, the greater your chances of winning.
But still, you need luck so that the results you predict can still happen because we have seen some matches can turn around beyond our predictions.
Maybe sports betting is a bet that is not based on luck alone but an analysis factor is also needed to be able to choose the right team.

But we can also keep it without selling anything because it depends on each strategy used.
I take advantage of the price that can increase 2 times from what I bought and wait for the price to decrease again because usually, the price will return to the price I bought before.
That will give me more opportunities to buy again and this time, I can buy more because I've made profits before.
But if you feel it's better to keep waiting until the timeframe you set, that's also okay because each of us will choose what we will do.

We've seen how FUD works and shouldn't have to worry because market conditions will improve later.
And we should also be grateful to the FUD because we have a great opportunity to buy bitcoins and potential altcoins that could increase in the future.
And although market conditions will be like this for a while, we can use it to take a break from the market and enjoy some time while we wait for a reversal in the market.
The crypto market still has plenty of time to recover from this crash and we should also be able to use it before things change.

And money is an attraction for people to get it even in the wrong way.
We have seen how greedy people are to get money, even by stealing money from their own lovers.
Gambling often makes us think that many criminal cases are like those two happening around us.
And as much as possible, we do not get caught in the same situation as the two cases so we can enjoy the money without anyone knowing where the money comes from.

We can quit after playing a few times but not many can do that because if they lose, they will be more eager to recover from that defeat than choose to quit.
Those emotions will only get bigger if we don't stop immediately and we often feel angry and wonder why we lost.
I try to suppress any feelings that come to me while I am gambling because it can affect my self-control and in the end, I will be tempted to continue playing.
It won't help me to avoid bigger losses and will give me a lot of losses after playing a few rounds.

Maybe yes, maybe not but some people know if I gamble and they seem okay when they see me gambling.
But I realized not to gamble too much in front of them because I didn't know if they would talk bad about me behind my back.
I'd rather hide my gambling activities from other people because it won't make them think all kinds of things about me.
They also don't know how often I gamble so I thought, let it be as it is.