This dump is not just bitcoin alone or should I say crypto, it's a general thing across the globe due to Omicron variant type of virus that has been rampant in South Africa and USA.
Corona affect us all and gladly, it was a miracle that changes the live of many who were diamond hands and never sold, if we can sustain that sell pressure and bounce back smoothly, there is no point in been in panick this time around, bitcoin and market will always bounce back.

There is nothing good that absolutely comes from this kind of headlines, the pump was intentional because by mere looking at the current volume, you will realize that the volume is so low. If it's a solid projects, this kind of pump is enough to last long for long time even traders has taken their profits.
I have come to conclusions with pump projects, avoid them and stay on grid with real projects.

Did he scam you?
Was the project intention was to scam people?
Squid game was just a name and the developers if the project F up big time else Squid game name as Trade mark on crypto would be written in gold due to that massive pump they got from investors but they ran away from investors money which is why project collapsed.
Sushi swap was once a victim of such a play trick but the founder later returned the liquidity he drained and apologies to the public. So, if the project is genuine regardless of the name, let see their products if it worth it.

Rushing is a natural thing in human, it doesn't just happened in cryptocurrency alone, it happens in real life and that's why in some situations, you will see humans want to overtake each other in life, even in academic society it happens a lots.

Not missing out happen in stock but not much discuss because they don't have that similarities in volatility when compare to crypto, this is why sometimes you will 20% that one need to wait to get in a week if not month or so.
On the contrary, there is not point in discussing rushing when you do your assignment about a coin, buy when you know that you are ready to hop in.

You trade just a single token and you feel you have arrived, you have learnt all the basic but unfortunately, trading doesn't work that way.
Trading require patience but you shouldn't relax sometimes when you are on profits, you have manage to gain some profits on Altcoins, you should have take profit and wait for another entry. You had those gains probably when there some fundamental and bullish news and luckily entered on time.
Trading is tedious, try other coins that are heavily trade by other traders and magnificent liquidit, a $200 is enough to give you a decent profit on a to 100 Altcoins and also don't endeavor to do more research like watching YouTube videos.

Tips: Avoid trading signals.

New project are very interesting and inviting to invest but many don't always turned out, this reminds me of thread where they discuss about Altcoins white paper and aftermath of a project when they get listed.
You have to do a thorough research and personal reviews on new project before you decide to pour heavy money into them such as venture capitals, angel investors and also how the tier tokens were sold such as seed sales, private sale (may be 1 or 2) and then public sales and lastly the tokenomics.

Gone are those days when fiver is place where you can offer gigs and skills but I think monopoly system of reviews required  has eating and dipping the platform. Bitcointalk service board has been a skill booster over the years but due to it been related to cryptocurrency, not everyone would like to associate them self with it, what will an English tutor be doing on bitcointalk when there is Udemy to upload your videos.
If you are on Bitcointalk, it is very easier to engage in crypto activities and earn some or one may even charge and have a standard price for your skills.

Seems like OP hasn't try the effects of book order on centralized exchanges, that's when you know the power of bots manipulation in trading. I'm not an expert but i know very well how trading bots behaves with technical trends charts.
Like kucoin exchange for examples, the design bots will appear plenty of buy order once they noticed that a a resistance has been tested but will disappear as soon as it be broken by high pressure sell order. If your Bots is not well configure and follow those manipulation, you are doom mehn.

Justin Sun is a very good and hard-working founder and he has done everything to stay by Tron till date despite the critics from different people and other peoples opinions.
While I still like Tron for it fast transactions and low gas fee, I think they don't have this Vibes of Whales and been talk like other blockchains. Take a review at Solana, Fantom, and Cadano, those guys don't joke with marketing, they make sure they lead the pack in every community.
I still think they need to work on their marketing flows and relate with many other influencers rather than wasting millions on meals with stock millionaires to adopt them.

It will be something of shame if we really fall for the same excuses we have had. After the first covid 19 commotion, we have received several news of second wave which are many timed forgotten as soon as people hear them and I'm very sure that even this one will be gone too.
What's the essence of making people panic with a virus spread that the same United nations has claimed they provided vaccines for the globe. Different diseases has spread in the past and we all survive the situations.

Hey! Buddy
You have picked up the right step towards trading but do you have basic understanding of trading or knowledge?
Trading is a business and should be treated with outmost caution, get a pair that have a huge potential( sol/usdt, ftm/usdt or trade against BTC pairs if you want to use Altcoins to make more of Bitcoin when they gain more in value since they are pretty much in %%) and don't forget to trade in a good exchange, some exchange are toxic and may cease your funds especially centralized one in particular.

Unlike in the 70s and 80s where you will just decide to pick and investment, fund the investment sit back and relax while waiting for 10-20years before one can reap the fruit of their patients and hardwork put together but since crypto is very good at given high returns and mouth watering profits, many have decided to take crypto as means of meal ticket to richness which is the other way round. Bitcoin or rather crypto in general might have help to beat value against inflation but 50% of people buying them today are doing so to get wealthy and not concern about the  technology and this is why they panic when the price fall.

He has answered that on both Twitter platform and if I can recall very well, he said it in a Webinar that he doesn't hold any Shiba and not affiliated with any Shiba tokens. He said he is a fan of Bitcoin that was bought some months ago under Space X management, holder of Ethereum and also holder of the most popular meme token, dodge.
If you are looking to make money from meme tokens, it's better you resist the temptation right now.

You didn't considered capital, wow! You are such an expert in trading.
How do you intend to make return in every trade you make? There is vast approach on trading bitcoin alone with variations in capital, you don't expect a trader making daily trading with $100k in bitcoin with some trading with just $100, there reward pnl Wil definitely be different.
Market conditions is also very important regardless of the experience, a fresh trader in a bull rull may be lucky but only few survive in bear market.

There is nothing to be sad about. The meme coin lords and senators are very well aware of what they were getting there hands on, there is no point is pitying some one with an eyes but then decide to close his eyes and walk on a high way. What do you think will happen to such person, it's a probability outcome with 70% chance of loosing and 30% chance of losing their capital. A suicide in my opinion, that's what meme coins represent.

If only they have all invested that amount on real project that will slowly develop with future potential., they would have been in mini lambos who knows.

Because it cant completely eradicate doesn't mean is not possible, remember it was just a statistical estimations which means the data collected can either be above or a little below. Elon didn't give the estimate, the value tweeted draw his attention and he feel if it's magically possible, he will help.
Haven't you seen how Paris fund was distributed? With proper management, that fund will get to everyone but the question is, is it possible that every country will be that transparent to spend the fund wisely when they are given the chance to do so.
Life is not balance though, it will be very hard to completely eliminate poverty.

There is no investment that doesn't have risk, they all do hence you should be ready and prepare for a potential loss but with risk management, you should be safe and your loss would also be minimal. This risk also differs from project to project and from investment to investment.

Trading is a business and should be treated as your business, if you learn the basics and everything required to get started and improve on the market, you should be fine on how to prevent loss but again it just part of the game.

Bank will exist and will not be replaced by cryptocurrency. Facebook and Twitter have the same social interaction but the feature and environment are two different things and the two are operating independently. The same goes for cryptocurrency and banks, in fact to enter crypto you will have fund your bank account before you can be able to purchase any of your desire coins.

Banks is an independent body though some believe they rely on central bank and government while Bitcoin depends on its people.

Cross border payment has been a headache in some judiciary countries and crypto has been a headache paracetamol for some people but despite that, it's not match for the number of people out there. Visa till today still has more throughput and efficiency to effect large transactions for everyone, Bitcoin on the hand is still very low despite improvements. If everyone decides to come on board into cryptocurrency, many chain will collapse and have lots of down time.

We need to scale up the transaction throughput to match the number of demands in traditional ecosystem.

The circumstances may not be as you view it buddy, look at a YouTuber who always give update to his viewers and give some insight about what's the hot thing in cryptocurrency and trading can do the two together with out affecting the other part. It will even make it easier for him to give more content to his subscribers from his experience and journey while making thread in the market.
The thing is, don't ever quit your job because of trading as anything can happen and the other may be your safe haven.