Actually, the anticipated Bitcoin halving does not assure a bull trend, the only teason why uptrend is associated with halving is because of what happened from the previous one. But with Ethereum fork, it wasn't as huge as with Bitcoin's which somehow supports the idea of lack of certainty with price movement to what is anticipated. Inspite of high hopes, manage still the risk of expecting that much. We are in crypto industry and nothing is certain here. We may only assume but to be hookep up with those expectations will never be advisable. As OP havee mentioned, pattern was broken already by this year's price movement. For now being patient is all we can do until that 'thing' happen.

I think Bitcoin is so influential towards other cryptocurrencies especially in terms of market prices. Well, indeed there's this thing called altcoin season wherein prices of other coins are increasing in contrast with the market price behavior of Bitcoin but most of the time, Bitcoin's price action triggers either uprise and downfall of other crypto's value. One good example is previous ATH of Bitcoin wherein most of cryptos' also reached ATH and likewise when correction occured same thing happened with others. But in terms of general usage, there is I think where parallelism ends. Not all cryptos are being used in a platform even if Bitcoin is most of the time an option.

Right now, it would be only good for swing trades but not with long term holding. $PEPE is a meme token and we all know how things go likewise with DOGE and SHIB to name a few. Utility is not there so we cannot hope for sustainability on its market value unlike other cryptocurrencies in this industry. The market price is solely dependent with the demand. Indeed upon its release, there was a massive increase on its value but not longer than a day, it suddenly fall and that simply indicates that investors took profit already. If there is a clear bull trend, then there could be a chance for an increase but if it is with normal market behavior, I doubt investing at this moment that the price is falling.

Well gold is a better option especially if you are into  long term holding;rate of increase is higher which will basically generate profit but this is only if you can provide the security to your asset. The advantage of bank is them handling your money for you and that includes securing your funds. Unlike with investments such as gold, you are the one responible for it whether its price would fall or lost assets. Therefore it is a matter of preference.
I agree, the increase with the depositied value is not catching with the faster rate of increase on the price of marketable goods. Therefore, it is just more of ystematic way of saving. Banks would also imply taxes with transactions which is a disadvantage from choosing a profitable asset.

Definitely a case to case basis. Not all exchanger bankruptcy means abandonment of their users, some are still minding of how would they be able to return the funds to their consumers. But since it is asked whether to still patronize an exchanger which is from bankruptcy, I'd day it depends on how it ended with regards to their previous dilemma. If they managed to not leave their users then there'd a tendncy that they will come back stronger. But if they created a bad impression already, then it will not be worth of our time and money. This is not to be discriminativr but just putting a sense of safeguarding our funds. Never settle for less if you have better options in this industry.

Is it only with altcoins?

The idea of high risk and high rewards, drive those investors. Whether it is a good thing to do or not, no one would be able to tell 'coz if they manage to come up with a huge win, those who did not believe in them would be put in silence. For sure they are aware of the chances of losing, no doubt. Except for those who are just easily carried away by their emotion and those who are just following what's solely popular. Not totally wrong except for their entry points wherein some would enter when prices are at peak, expecting for a higher market value. Unfortunately, things does not work as simple as that. Even simple price action would give you the answer to the question whether it would be still profitable to engage in a particular token, halfway of the increase. Bottomline is, we are all guessing how will the market price behave. Difference only is with basis or hunch as is.

However we cannot discriminate the idea of having huge expectations when you start a business. It is simply the reason why you started something and it is somewhat a gamble; no one gambles without expecting to win. Patience and all but such thing would really have a place in every investor's life. Whether settling for the 'minimum' return, is different from being contented. Also, such thing would depend on the individual and take note for individual differences. But most of the time, those investors who are contented with what their business is generating, simply has another source of income. The idea is not to rely on a single source of profit in order to not be weighted by consequences of starting a business.

Trends are good indicators because demand simply controls the market price. What's wrong is to sit on a trend wherein it is a changing factor in the first place. Trend is a good indicator but for a short period of time unlike with price actions which determines the trend. Both are valid I guess, it is just the application of these two which results to wrong doings of investors and traders.
Price correction occurs in every ATH. Maybe if you cannot see it, you are in the wrong time frame. Daily and weekly time frames would show a more detailed price actions. But that is indeed true; good price actions lead to good price trends.

But it still has something to do with accessibility to transact in this technology which I think, limiting its usage, so technically OP is correct. Another limitation is government adoption of this industry as a mode of payment on different transactions which is still a problem up until this point. Given these circumstances, should we be hopeless? If we would be optimistic, things still has aid in the future. There are still countries who allows cryptocurrency usage, and that is something already to consider for a bright future in this industry. Not chaos but problem. However, it won't be a solution indeed given how dependent technology at the present is, on internet connection. We could see this on the advancement of  appliances perhaps wherein most of the new release have the "smart" function which requires internet connectivity, so what more of other technologies existing.

Depends on the project for sure. Staking has its risk of being squeezed between market price volatility. There are staking wherein an investor won't br ablr to pull out his stakes for a period of time so imagine if a market crash occur during that period; the only thing you could do is to wait for things to recover. But staking on the other hand is a good thing to do especially if the project has a good platform such as with Binance launchpads, to give you an example. Most of the release of their launchpads are successful creating profit from staking into it. Ofcourse not all projects would be resulting to something positive, that is the risk already. It'll now depend on what type of an investor you are; short term or long term.

This is the unfortunate reality. I have seen small businesses in my country before, who accepted cryptocurrencies as a mode of payment but eventually decided to stop doing so. There are many reasons; convincing them to do so by giving discount, the fear of losing due to market volatility and such. For now, I think it is better to accept that this industry is not ready yet for such change. It is okay on the other hand to use Bitcoin and other crypto as an investment because it is a profitable one especially if you could manage the risk and make use of the market price volatility.

Let us wait for further improvements and developments in general. Regulation in the first place is struggling to be implied so what more of merchants encouraging people to use crypto as a mode of payment. We'll get into it maybe not today but someday.

On facebook streaming page, problem only is a bit of a delay with the match but that's fine with me as long as the fight is continuous and there are no interruptions with the vid. I am one with those who cannot afford spending money for pay-per-view also, not really that of an avid van to spend more than what I use to bet. Result will come out in the first place and it is enough for me to just watch the game or fight with some delays. If it is just ethical concerns, live streams of a fight or match on facebook are stolen from the main service provider. So if such thing matters that much on your end, go with PPV to atleast give support to the operators of that much or the management itself. Also, on other platforms, such thing is prohibited which pushed me to settle with what I can access.

In most cryptogambling sites, there are options a gambler may choose with regards to the currency as a mode of payment to both withdrawal and deposit. Likewise with fiat based gambling sites wherein different currencies are being used. In my country, our main currency is the mode of payment but I still choose betting using cryptocurrencies; one reason is to avoid taxes especially to my winnings. Tax in my area in particular with gambling is I guess one of the biggest. But for sure it is more convenient given the number of platforms offering gambling games. In cryptogambling sites, I avoid using big tokens because of large gas fees. Alternatives are better in order to lessen the fees.

Sweet words won't mean a thing unless proven. Ofcourse brokers would say things to convince you because it will be profit in an instant. With regards to the idea such that if you've lost much in stock market, then try taking a pause and realize what have you done wrong. Problem for years is that people engage with investments they don't know nothing about, trusting "professionals". Regardless if you are dealing with experienced individuals, you should still know what you are dealing yourself with in order for you to have your own opinion whether to continue or not. Stock market has its own risk. Relying or depending all of your investment to ither people won't do you good in any case. It would be much better to study things before continuing into it.

The price would either go up or down. I think it is more likely to increase this year even if it won't reach its ATH. The market have shown progress already from the market crash since its ATH and that is something already to consider. But as usual, the market price won't continuously increase in a consistent manner; corrections would always take place no matter how we wish the price to not fall. The bullrun is more likely to happen next year due to the anticipated halving but as we manage our expectation, things won't instantly happen. Indeed, patience will be required no matter what behavior the market is showing. Find the right entry points and you will be good to go.

Question is; how would a gambler see if he/she is betting too fr than they suppose to? Problem is lack of awareness. In most of the times, playersold set an amount to bet for the whole day but due to the involvemen of emotions, things are not being followed as planned. Ofcourse it would be easy to say that you are fine losing a certain amount but deep inside there will be that urge to get your losses. And once you got your losses back, there will again that urge to come up with a win. Obviously, self-discipline is the bottomline but unfortunately not all people can impose such thing unto themselves. There will always be underlying factors which will interfere to your plans in gambling.

Advice? I guess it is to not be dependent with gambling money in the first place. Avoid being dragged into the idea that gambling could make you rich someday. I believe this is where all emotions in this industry comes from.

The advice could have been invest only an amount you can afford losing, in that way it would be clear to him what he is engaging himself into. But based on your story, he just invested a little more than his monthly salary, and if that is out of his savings, then that will just be a fine amount and if it won't leave him tight. Also to add, clear your intentions that you have warned him about the risk 'coz if not, we cannot tell by now but once a collapee occur, for sure you'd be one who will suffer from burden and blame. Actually, same thing happened to me before wherein a friend of mine became interested with what I am doing. A crash occured and even if I have mentioned volatility on his end, he still chose to blame me for his losses which is why I never encourage people in this industry other than myself.

AIs won't give accurate prediction. The information they can provide is limited with what is existing and not with information which is not in the 'book'. There could be a textual analysis provided by AI but such thing is not explicit with regards to prediction. In the first place, prediction is a guess based on existing stats of a team perhaps, but anything can happen in the game. This is the downside of AI wherein the information is limited. Also, would you be okay as a gambler to rely with what a computer would be recommending when it comes on betting? 'coz personally I won't. It would be better to lose with my analysis than to lose with other's choice. In such way I would still be able to enjoy what I have speculated.

Bank statement won't expose your private keys but keep in mind filtering the information you will be sending. Also, it is for me fishy in a way that I haven't experienced gambling sites asking for my bank statement rather than transaction history
 But if you think that the site is reputable enough, then it could be worthy of compliance. Bank statement only includes previous transactions as well as balance but if there is other way to get your refund then that would be better ofcourse.
Problem is if such information is required by the gambling site. If that's the case then the player has no other choice but to comply in order to process the refund. However, following transactions would be somehow worrisome so I guess moving to other platform would be a better idea.

That's how money works in any field. It is no longer passion and enjoyment to all players, to some, money matters more. Would it be worthy betting on these games still? I'd say yes. I agree that not all players are into bribery and some are still passionate. But the bottomline is, not a single player would dictate the match outcome so hopes are still there. Even with other sports, I agree that such thing is also evident. But what is our option? To not bet? I disagree. Atleast, I do still enjoy my gambling experience inspite of the idea that results might be rigged. I somehow accepted that fixed matches are existent in sports industry just like with other sport tournaments.