At mempool.space , we can find that these days, the network hashrate increased, the next difficulty is predicted to increase about 10%. After halving, what is the motivation to let more and more power to come into mining BTC?

I've been exploring different ways to earn more from my crypto holdings especially in a volatile market, and flexible savings have been a great option. I’ve checked out several exchanges like Binance, Okex, and Bybit. For instance, Binance offers a 3.65% yield on USDT and 0.74% on ETH, which is decent but not the highest. Okex has a 3% yield on USDT and 1% on ETH, which is also solid but similar to traditional savings in some ways. Bybit's rates are lower, with 1.51% on USDT and 1.19% on ETH, which makes me think there are better opportunities out there.

So I expanded my research and discovered the apy on Bitget PoolX is 18.97% for USDT & 28.61% on ETH. The highest I've seen during this study. Maybe I'll expand my search. If you're holding ETH, I believe this is a way to grow assets without getting caught up in the day-to-day market fluctuations.

While I still use Binance and Okex for different reasons, I still believe that this means of increasing one's holdings can go a long way, because if one saves up $100K he would be getting $2K monthly and that's enough than risking to lose everything to high leverages, how do you see this to  count for traders and enthusiasts?

We all know how volatile the market is right now especially since we are still near the all-time high. With sudden price swings and unpredictable trends, traders need to be ready with some strategies.
So, what strategies can you advise especially in protecting our capital, some technical analysis strategies? OR some diversification tactics between stablecoins, bitcoin, or altcoins?

Share some of your experiences or tips on effectively trading in these uncertain times.

Many of us have been asking if the ETH narrative is already over and from my research, the honest answer is that it's only just getting started.
Back when BTC got it's ETF approval we saw the price rise almost 70%+ in the subsequent months, I expect a similar reaction from ETH's ETF approval.

If assumed it plays out, Ethereum should make new all time high's sooner than later.

What do you think?

I've noticed that satoshi app new project mining airdrop distribution of OG tokens which is glyph exchange has already ended. However, I got some few tokens of it at around less that one of quantity. At first it sounds amazing, but literally the distribution was too less for each receiver to acquire.
Let's discuss about this new project, share every opinion here, brilliant ideas are very welcome. Could this crypto project turns to be legit, or its just same with old tokens taking steps only through hype?

Early investors in btc now have lambos.
In London UK there is strong meme coin Community yesterday i was there i been told that join the projects wich gives marketcap targets and team and promoters will buy the tops this way it can keep stable bullish
It's all about to marketcap up together with buying.
Everything else is quitet sp500 no action commodities markets gold oil and btc only for big investors but meme market care about how retail can get rich.
When you see lambos and g wagons on the steeets u know it's meme business.
I can only imagine how high price Will be SOLANA soon i think solana price this year 3000$ easy because of so much demand.
No much knowledge or skills just find meme coins with mc targets wich teams buying up each top of mc and you become rich not just rich but grazy rich Im sure many people Will lose their minds overnight wealthy people Will be created.

But nothing special of this don't forget that Community is power and collected capital have power the big names of wall st started same way but with meme coins new generation of Warren buffer jamyie dimon and larry finls Are coming since memes have no capital restrictions and no borders the capital can fly easy i hope solana devs will prepare network for huge Traffic but Solana founder is best in this i guess solana can handle well.
So let's get ready and Im not Even bothered about btc.

Investing in alts is always risky specially if you are doing this all without any search or work because you never know when any project is going to be dumb so better thing try to invest in solid projects which are going for years and having good reputation in community but still if you are able to do search and have enough time to give then you can go for the few other projects as well because these will be give you better profit, and you will be able to have good knowledge about crypto community as well which is good and surely helpful for the peoples in the future.
Currently, we are not in bear trend it's just correction which is going to be turned in bear or bull so right now having just investment in few top coins with keeping eye on all market is good for all.

It just get to know that some shops now accept BTC as exchange, that is very good Bitcoin is making progress, after some years now Bitcoin will shock the world, with the way things are going now.

If you ask me, what is the hardest job? Then perhaps my answer will be the investment profession. It is a truly unique and harsh profession compared to other professions. Especially with Bitcoin and a volatile market like cryptocurrency.

You will see that every area of ​​life (sports, education, business, music, academics...) is a competition for rankings. But investing is completely different, it's not about how much money you make compared to those around you, it's a very unique profession, when what you fight for and win is not with others who join the market that is yourself. Win over yourself.

The challenge for Bitccion investors is not to try to find the best information the market has to offer, but to prevent themselves from being their own worst enemy - to prevent themselves from “restless”- buy and sell continuously

Restless busy has probably become an ingrained instinct in everyone's mind. A normal working person is too used to working 8 hours a day, their mind will always urge them to work. When you wake up and go to the company, you have to work. If you don't work with your hands, you work with your mind. You're always in a state of thinking or acting and you have to do this or that to make money. This makes them think that when they join the market, they You also have to work hard and hard to make money from the market. 
As I said, investing is a profession that is extremely different from other professions, especially with Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market. The way legends make money is not mainly from buying and reselling transactions, but from "waiting".

Restless and waiting are two opposite things, and are also what help us distinguish between a true Bitcoin investor and a gambler.

Most of you know LayerZero's airdrop is coming, and their token, ZRO will be launching soon in Q2 2024. But it's not just about the token itself, the entire ecosystem seems poised for growth. I'm wondering what LayerZero ecosytem projects are you guys watching?

So, I don't know if you guys have seen this one on LayerZero, but I've been particularly drawn to Hologram, an omnichain tokenization protocol powered by LayerZero. Asset issuers can use it to mint omnichain tokens, opening up exciting possibilities for cross-chain compatibility. Apparantly they've secured a total of $11M in a strategic round led by Andrew Kang’s Mechanism Capital and Jordi Alexander’s Selini Capital. As they are planning to use the funds to further develop its push to advance omnichain gaming.
They will also be launching tomorrow with its token $HLG on major exchanges like Bitget, GateIO, Kucoin and the fact the airdrop eligibility will be open for participants who have performed specific on-chain actions on the Holograph App and earned at least 250 XP. I am sure one of you here at least made some contribution to this project.

Anyway, I'm sure LayerZero won't disappoint us considering it's not overhyped cos I don't see them daily on Twitter timeline, maybe you can guys tell me what you think of layerzero ecosystem projects. Are you also looking into it?

A memecoin on the Bitcoin blockchain has caught my attention. I first learned about the Ordinals protocol a year ago and was intrigued by the idea of creating Bitcoin NFTs seamlessly. Since then, I've been following the protocol and have added ORDI, SATs, and RATS to my portfolio. Recently, I discovered DOG, a decentralized, community-led memecoin on the Bitcoin blockchain. As a meme enthusiast, I appreciate a good story, and DOG has an interesting one:

- It was launched in April as part of a volunteer-organized airdrop to the Bitcoin Ordinals community, with no team allocation or presale.
- Its mission is to onboard millions of people to Bitcoin.
- DOG operates on the Runes Protocol and can be traded on various platforms, including Bitcoin L1, L2s, and CEXs,

Having had memes on other chains like Base, Solana, and BNB, I am sure excited to explore this and see how it goes. Anyone come across this memecoin?

https://doggotothemoon.io/

I am creating this thread for us to begin our speculations and discussions for Ethereum's spot ETF. Similar to the speculation on Bitcoin's spot ETF, there are big institutional investors that also want this for Ethereum.

Similar big names are applying. Blackrock, Fidelity, Ark and Vaneck. The next scheduled application is on May 23. Will this be approved or not? Will this be similar to Bitcoin spot ETF where uncle Gary always postponed approval?

I saw a documentary on the kind of rigorous exercise an Fl driver would have to undergo inorder to be able to stay on track during live racing and even win without a flinch.
 An F1 driver like Lewis Hamilton with 103 wins, Michael Schumacher with 91 wins, Max Verstappen with 59 wins, train so much outside the cockpit just so their neck muscles are strong to withstand the heavy G-forces experienced during races. Such speed and force can exceed 4 to 5 G during acceleration or during braking and can even exceed 100 G during crashes, so imagine the force of impact that will be felt during and after races mostly after a fatal crash, and if the body's skeletal frame and mind isn't strong enough the effect could be life threatening.

For an F1 driver, a weak neck muscle could lead to fatal accidents, but when there's resilience in the muscles around the neck and upper back, with the knowledge and skill, am sure victory is just a lap away.
The importance of neck strength in Fl drivers serves  both safety and performance reasons, but I want us to imagine and relate this to how the performance and profit statistics would be for a trader who is fit and exercises regularly.

*Does doing regular exercise before and during trading activity help ones chance to make good returns or is it not reason enough to help a trader earn better during trading?

Limited supply so over the time there will be less coins so the idea of this are genius.
Even If the btc price will be 500k than many holders might sell some of the coins but always will buy when lower price and will hold some bitcoins.
No matter how high the price we weight btc value just with fiat currencies but it's deflationary against many other things like also to gold and If something is less then other things then off course it will have higher value.
The limited supply idea of something it's genius and good for long term holding to have something wich keep wealth safe.
Off course we can say that there is a lot of things less than other things weighted against them to compare their value but for example only btc now have the guaranteed mechanism of limited Supply and Halving. 
So the btc are for those who want to be rich and stay rich.

Canada USA UK maybe but depends wich countries in Europe.
If you are into crypto you definately want to be in USA the trump vs Biden see that crypto users population getting larger so life is all about business and profit don't forget that political guys need talk what bring them votes of voters so now Biden and trump start fight with each other who will get most votes and both of them want crypto people votes.
We live in business society everybody is focus on wealth and money specially political guys and their associates.
In USA those who wait CBDC-S will stay on waiting many people Are against this so this is good way for biden and trump to get votes most likely trump will approve new digital dollar wich is USDC he can say just that's new CBDC okay that's for USA.
Canada and UK Are best the Canada leader trudeau is young and no life experince he try to be tough guy to rule over Canada but old guys like me can see this guy is newbie and those who smart enough can find easy loopholes of everything.
UK same thing rishi sunak aswell too Young so it makes easy to use the situation for own benefits.
Best times to make money and business are when leaders are either too old or too Young and in biden times a lot mess in USA but same time a lot opportunities.
So in UK and Canada and USA now there is best leaders Because they don't Understood nothing and If you are sharp you use it smart ways the situation in europe it's little bit different there is still strong leaders.
So If you not friend of your country leader you want them to be weak not strong...look at Putin try to do anything in russia now lol it's impossible the goverment is too strong.
Also the france now it's good Because macron is another guy without life experince and real knowledge so france is very good place to be you can speculate a lot and play with laws and system because weak leader means easy to do things and a lot Loopholes in the system
it's best time to start cryptocurrency exchanger and getting away with taxes and everything legally becouse in uk and Canada leaders don't have idea how to control yes trudeau kind of newbies can control weak people but not strong sharp minded people.
Another example look at belarus it's a strong leader and not easy for new guys to start anything.
UK is also good Because of brexit and a lot mess going on you can Do sneaky moves to use the confused situation for your advamched.
Because i see kids newbies are leaders i'll choose country for my blockchain project UK and Canada becouse its pivotal moment and good to start things there.
Off course economic bad situation is good too you can make people to do things for you becouse they want to earn money so it's perfect timing for smart people like me.
Off course If you want to be person who just work and follow the orders and you can not think by yourself then UK Canada and USA and france might not be the best for you then you should go to place where is strong leader and strong goverment.
But in USA it's not secret that in future people wealth will be based on how much cryptocurrency they have like btc.
But yes If you want to start business and play around with system half gray half legal and so then you want to go countries where is weak leaders first of all Justin truedau and rishi sunak don't have any real life experinces they are from the rich family that show's weakness no military background it show's weakness they try to look like strong but they are not china leader told to canada trudau that you don't know how to talk and to behave the china and russia see that now it's best time for them to move because Western most powerful leaders are like kids no life experince and don't have the mentality how to be respected same goes to france the macron is young and life experince and If you don't have life experinces you don't know how to handle goverment the way that will be strong and other countries will respect your country you and your political decisions.
Humans biggest Lesson here will be that School degree is not what makes great leader of country but the skills and experince how to solve real world issues and situation.
That's why UK and Canada people complain a lot becouse in this countries those who are use to that goverment is strong and always take care of them now it's different only the strongest ones can be successful Its all good by the time i see kids as sunak leaders in Western countries i'll set up my blockchain project and by the time there will be stronger leader my project will be so huge that nobody didnt even know how it was happening.
Countries belong to those who are dominant and want to control others not to just nation
It's good now people like me without even any School education can use this situation easy and then i'll hire Under me those with School degree i can never do this where country goverment are strong so now it's perfect time to go and make money and make your own rules becouse those newbie guys don't know what they do and old life experinced people can see that as opportunity.

So: "when the cats the away the mouses and rats will come out and play "

It comes to me that many people engage in risk without knowing what risk is all about, which arouses my interest in creating this thread in order to address more about risk and how critical it might be when you know about it

First of all, WHAT IS RISK?

Risk, in simple terms, is the probability that your action, decision, or wish can be useful or harmful to you. But the hidden definition behind it is that going into risk without knowledge always comes with a negative consequence. That is why you need to know more about the context of risks. Understanding risk is very important in both personal and business contexts to save and guide you against a critical downfall or even bankruptcy and enhance good and better decision-making for individuals, groups, households, or even organizations by identifying,investigating, assessing, and addressing risk before diving into it.

TYPE OF RISK

1. Financial risks
2. Operational risk
3. Strategic risk
4. Compliance risk
5. Reputational risk 

EXPLANATION

1. Financial risk: from the name financial risk, what will first come to your mind is that all this will be associated with finance, and that is actually what it means, but it is more focused on company loan risk, the ups and downs of finance in business, individuals, and groups. This risk does not only focus on companies but also affects individuals and groups of people, but it mostly affects marketing businesses, which include equity risk, interest rate risk,commodity risk, and currency risk.Financially, risk simply means losing money on an investment or market, which might be a reason for poor risk analysis and poor decision-making.

2. Operational risk: Operational risk can be defined as a type of loss that happens as a result of poor management skills, which can be as a result of the employee or the employer, which usually happens in higher business fields, and mostly it is as a result of poor management, which can also include criminal operations like fraud, and the only solution for this is when you are looking for employers. You should always focus on who you are employing, and most importantly, you should always include these two interviews, which include hard work and financial resistance.

3. Strategic risk: this is a type of risk that depends on your decision-making. Why I said so is that this is the level of risk that determines whether you will succeed or not because strategic risk depends on the strategy that you as an investor will use in order to gain or lose, which is sometimes related to financial risk because it also focuses on assessment, analysis, and the most important aspect, which is decision-making.    So this type of risk deals with a lot of concentration; if not, you will always end up regretting it. Crypto trading is a type of risk that deals with higher concentrations, which is why it is classified as an example of strategic risk.

4. Compliance risk: There is a proverb that says a single tree cannot make a forest. This is what they really mean, which is that two or more people bring their ideas together in order to invest. That means all the strategy and analysis will not be done by a single person but by many people, which shows that it will be simpler and have a higher expectation of being successful. That is why most knowledgeable people engage in this type of risk because it has higher risk management than all of the other risks.

5. Reputational risk: this is a type of risk that is the most dangerous risk that you can ever think of, because with a small mistake you will lose everything. This is a type of risk that is most done by newbies in business, because if the investment that they do crashes or fails, they will lose all their capital or shares that they have already invested in, which is capable of affecting any other business, but it most affects the newbies because there are certain businesses that are included as reputational risk businesses, like importing and exporting of goods, shipping, and many others.

Seeing the recent news about some partnership involving link, got me to wonder. I've known this token for a while- about 3years and it's made little or minor progress. With the bull approaching, do you think now is finally the time for link to live up to expectations??

Pet Garden" in Elf Garden will be launched today (May 15th).
Come and get to know the pets🔍:

❤️Kira is a messenger of love and longing. It is kind and will always help the people who love each other and pass on those emotions that are hidden deep in their hearts for them.

💚Paopao Dragon is the embodiment of wisdom. It solves many difficult problems with its wisdom, as if no problem can trouble it, and brings happiness and well-being to everyone.

💜Lele Dragon is a famous adventurer who has also developed his talent as a comedian, bringing joy and happiness to everyone.

🤎The blood of justice flows in the bones of Baobao Dragon, and he will act chivalrously wherever he goes. His bold and uninhibited character has attracted a large number of fans.

💛Mengmeng Dragon is passionate about creation and well-versed in both the arts and martial skills. It can weave any wild imagination into a tangible dream. Here, it is the favored great dreamer of everyone.

🧡Take Kira, Paopao Dragon Lele Dragon, Baobao Dragon, and Mengmeng Dragon (quality from low to high) to the garden and mining pool to mining and earn more~

You may also encounter "Random Events" and complete event tasks to get lots of rewards and wealth!

Everyone should be careful of this new type of scammer. Bitboy is mentioned in this article, however, everyone knows already that he is a shill. Everyone will avoid him. However, there are influencers in social media that are less clear to be doing a type of scam where they create a community of followers. These projects are funded by venture capitalists and they will be listed in exchanges with only a small portion of the total supply is circulating but the fully diluted valuation is very high with more than $5 billion. These projects follow the distribution model of Sam Bankman Fried's projects before FTX's collapse hehehe.

Small minnows should avoid these because venture capitalists and these key opinion leaders will only dump on your faces with your mouths open. They have bought their tokens through private funding rounds and they will be in profit when these tokens are listed.



Unlike paid shills of yore, "key opinion leaders" invest in the projects they promote on social media. In return for buzz, they can sell tokens sooner than other investors.

Crypto founders have long relied on Silicon Valley-style investors to fund their risky ideas. But in the last few months, venture capitalists and angel investors have given way to a new breed of influencer-turned-investor: the KOL.

Key Opinion Leaders flood the social media feeds of global crypto users with "alpha" about which protocols to watch and invest in. They can be as pseudonymous as a cartoon penguin or as recognizable as a YouTube personality.

A CoinDesk review of KOL fundraising found a budding economy of influencers who write checks for crypto startups and then promote them to thousands of retail traders on YouTube and X (formerly Twitter). Projects are betting KOLs will help attract users and, critically, eager buyers before they issue their tokens.

KOL rounds are a twist on the paid shills of earlier crypto cycles, those high-flying influencers like Ben Armstrong (aka BitBoy Crypto) who charged tens of thousands of dollars to promote tokens to massive online audiences. Instead of billing projects for their services, KOLs now put money in them – albeit on very generous terms. Those terms include discounted valuations and options to sell tokens sooner than other private investors are allowed to.

Read in full https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/05/09/inside-cryptos-kol-economy-influencer-investors-get-special-treatment-in-token-deals/

It should be your own decision because no one can guarantee your success therefore search before Investment and if you think that this coin can give you profit then without asking from anyone decide by yourself. Meme coins are risky but they can also give you profit therefore the investment in meme coins are likely to gamble with your money.

Someone can give you suggestions to invest a little bit in meme coins but also be ready for both good and bad situations as the risk is higher with meme coins so if you find out a situation when the price of your selected meme coins get pumped then don't be too lazy and decide to sell immediately.