I believe that crime rate differs from countries, some are very high, some moderate and others reletively low, but you cannot totally write off crime from any country, no matter how secured the country is. The OP visit to Canada, was probably in their urban areas where security of lives and properties are of the highest priority, perhaps he might not say the same thing in their rural areas, it's someone who has lived in Canada, for a very long time that can give give us an accurate report about their crime rate. I believe that small crimes are more in countries have a high rate of unemployment and very poor people.

I do notice this sometimes with some threads, and it quite surprises me when I check the dates and see that the thread has been inactive for a very long time and suddenly resurrected. I also observe that it's mainly newbies that are doing this, I feel that it's fine if the reason for replying on such threads is meaningful, but it's appalling when there's no meaningful reason to go and start making posts on a thread that it's topic has been long concluded. I'll go with the consensus agreement here, the best action to take in such instances is to report to moderator.

Altcoins are very cheap compared to Bitcoin, and many people invest in them especially on the short term to get quick profits. Some altcoins are quite expensive compared to the majority of them, and these are the established or top altcoins, that have been in the crypto market for a long time, but most new altcoins are cheap. Besides we're not in alt season yet, and this is still a good time to carry out research on altcoins that can be bullish in the alt season, put money in them and hope that they skyrocket to the moon in the bull run.

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I share your view about Litecoin, being considered ahead of the rest, because of it's similarities with Bitcoin, but then there are ofcourse other criterion that sec considers before approving ETFs. As for memecoins, like you said, because of their volatility and no use case, might be against them, but you never can tell with dogecoin, it is an exceptional memecoin. My top pick would be Litecoin, Solana and BNB.

Na true say Bitcoin no be legal tender in all this countries wey you mentioned, but for the fact say a country like Nigeria and USA dem no ban Bitcoin, dem allow am for transactions for dem countries, dat means say dem de entitled to collect tax. You fit to liken dis matter with imported goods inside a country , di importer go pay customs duties for di clearing of di goods, so far say di country allow di goods to enter dem country. Di advantage of a country wey make Bitcoin dem legal tender, be say e go create massive adoption for dem citizens.

Bitcoin has finite supply meaning that it's supply will not last forever, so why hodl it infinity? Except that a holder is so rich reach that he doesn't see any need for him to take profit, then it's a good thing, otherwise for other investors who are on the long hodl, it's good for them to take profit sometimes. The only thing to consider is what time is the best season to collect profits, I believe it's buy in dip and sale in price surge, that is buy in bear run and sale in bull run. The beauty of Bitcoin investment for me is that the longer you hodl it, the more profitable if becomes for you in every bull run.

My view and opinion about Ethereum is that it has positioned itself to be bullish in the bull run, it's the most top altcoin, second only to Bitcoin, therefore there's so much expectations about it in this season. Even though many people where speculating that it's ETF approval by SEC will not be feasible anytime soon, but it has put all the speculations to rest as it has been approved. I think that just like Bitcoin price that skyrocketed after it's ETF approval, Ethereum price will even surge more, giving it's investors value for their investments.

It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that some businesses are accepting Bitcoin as payment, afterall it's a digital cash, and one of the factors that makes the adoption of Bitcoin to be accepted in transactions is because it's common to make fiat digital transfers. People are now used to online transfers which makes it easier for them to diversify to using Bitcoin digital cash. Although many businesses are yet to adopt Bitcoin as a means of accepting payments, they still prefer fiat which has been there for centuries, but I'm positive that in the nearest future that Bitcoin will become a dominant force as a transaction option.

Money addiction is very real and what you said is not far from the truth, people will do almost anything to increase their money, because human needs are insatiable, the more money you get the more your standard of living will increase. It's easy to say that I will never loot, when you've not been exposed to too much money, that if you pilfer some nobody will know, this is why there is so much corruption in high places, reason why many people wants to go into politics, because they can embezzle public funds and hide every evidence that can implicate them.
Although there are still few incorruptible individuals that their integrity will not allow them to steal.

What we do and how live is a matter of choice, people can be born into a perticular religion or upbringing, then they grow older to make decisions for themselves, then they'll choose whether they're comfortable about how they were brought up or change to what they choose. Although there are times when governments in power can limit the choices that we make, example is when you want to adopt Bitcoin, but it's banned in your country, another example is same sex marriage which is banned in my country, where LGBT rights are not recognized. However if someone cannot be free to practice their religion or lifestyle, then it's better that they move, to where they're accepted.

People have failures in their investments as much as they have success stories, only that they feel more comfortable sharing success stories, while it takes guts to share failed stories. Ofcourse I've heard a lot of failed testimonies on this platform, about how they lost their seed phrase due to negligence and how they got scammed, but we can't deny that success stories are far more. I think sharing experiences are very important in the forum, either success or failure, so that others can learn from them, a little experience shared can go a long way to guide other's decisions.

Memecoins have their reputations as pump and dump projects, so choosing one to invest in is quite risky, but if you're able to invest in a genuine one rather than scam, then you're in for profits on your investment. Cryptos are volatile and we wouldn't know if Dogelon mars, will can reach mars in this bull run, and as for the speculations whether Elon Musk, is involved in the project is a secondary matter, what matters is it's performance in the crypto market.

I believe that this dip will soon give way to a price surge that will usher us into the bull run proper, Bitcoin price as of now is over $68k, and I believe that it's only a matter of time and we'll see it's price to reach and pass the last ATH. My speculation is that we will see a $100k price this year, then in the peak we'll see over $150k ATH.

It is true that Bitcoin has gone beyond the control of the US, their input in cryptocurrency can not be denied, but as of today, Bitcoin adoption has increased that many people from other countries are now keying into it massively.

I want to say thanks to you for deeming it necessary to start a topic to appreciate forum members who are tirelessly willing to teach and direct newbies whom they've never met before, to learn and understand the crypto space. I'm a beneficiary of this privilege too, when I joined the forum as a newbie, I didn't have any crypto knowledge, it was from here that I started to ask questions and answers where being given by experienced members. The important task for us that have gained so much from this forum is not to relent in giving back, by also impacting newbies, with the best of our cryptocurrency knowledge.

So las las di truth don de form shape, so no be cryptocurrency and Binance be Nigerian problems, meaning say if dem pay di bribe, everything go return as business as usual. As e be now, na who de deceive who for di country, wey government go de take crypto matter de front for dem incompetence, di economy de deteriorate everyday and na wetin no concern matter, dem de focus on. As dem stop Binance p2p, how di matter take help our crashing economy?

Although as e be now for di matter, e be like say Binance wey say our government officials request bribe from dem, e for make sense say make dem show some proof of evidence, without am na just mere allegations. Although our distrust for where our corrupt politicians de, fit make us to wan believe di Binance allegations.

According to the information that I have on hand, the Ethereum ETF has been approved, and I'm happy about it, this will undoubtedly increase people's trust in cryptocurrency as a whole. It will increase for Ethereum, institutional and retail investors, as it's been experienced in Bitcoin. I wasn't surprised when I heard the news about eth approval, even though many people were speculating that it won't happen so soon, I knew all along that Bitcoin ETF approval will pave the way for other reputable cryptocurrencies to be approved. So let's watch and see how the approval impacts on the crypto space as a whole, especially Ethereum price in the coming bull run

I think that inasmuch as there's still physical cash in circulation, that debit cards will still be relevant, unless when there's no more needs to carry physical cash around, only then will we see a total digital transactions. CBCD is a new innovation that will eventually eliminate physical cash, and I believe that debit card operators like Mastercard and visa will become innovative too to make their services relevant when there's no more cash to withdraw from the ATMs. We're already living in cashless societies, with mobile banking, so the addition of cbdc will not be strange to costumers.

It's mainly being in the leadership positions of a society or a country that someone can truly make changes that can touch many lives, because their decisions will affect majority of people within that space whether positively or negatively. It's true that we should be the change that we want to see, and it starts with us as individuals, but the impact of the positive change can not touch the whole country, only the people around you, so it falls on our political leaders to rule with integrity and be incorruptible.

What I have observed is that people will enter leadership positions with the intention to achieve good governance, but by the time they mix with the corrupt politicians, before long they will become corrupt too, but I still believe that we have incorruptible politicians, although they will face a lot of battles from the corrupt ones, before they can succeed.