I don't believe that the war has much to do with cryptocurrencies, however, the market has been quite depressing the past two months due to the ongoing crisis. Since the stock market and cryptocurrencies do share some kind of correlation between them, it's expected that crypto won't thrive till the situation improves.

I've used Metamask for over a year now without any major issues, except once, that I almost got scammed due to a phising attempt, but that's purely my fault. Anyway, I'm still storing a decent amount of funds, some of which are invested in DeFi projects, however, despite it being convenient, I wouldn't use one wallet to store all my assets. Thus, I'd refrain from storing Bitcoin there as well, and stick to traditional methods, such as the Electrum wallet, which has proven its worthiness throughout the years.

P2P trading is too much of a hassle to me, that's why I refrain from using such platforms. Nowadays, it's way too simple to use exchanges, I don't mind providing my personal information in exchange. However, I had traded with a few members in the past, on another forum though, quite a few years ago, because I was underage and couldn't sign up to an exchange. Thus, since I'm perfectly allowed to purchase now through a trusted platform, the hassle of P2P trading isn't for me, despite it being more private.

It's been two whole months now, I expect things to worsen after the fall of Mariupol. Odesa is next, and is in a vital location due to its port, conquering it would block Ukraine's access to the sea. Putin didn't capture Ukraine in a few days, like he expected, but he is steadily gaining ground in the region of Donbas, while his military advances are certainly going towards Odesa and Kharkiv, two major Ukrainian cities.

Is there a subreddit for P2P transactions on Reddit? I remember one in the past, but wasn't sure if it's still active. I searched but couldn't find anything. Even if there is, I'd advise anyone to avoid such deals, since it could easily turn into a scam. The recommended P2P exchanges and Bisq that have been mentioned in this thread suffice.

PS. Found it, https://www.reddit.com/r/BitMarket/ I don't know how you could possibly trust a complete stranger, I don't know if escrow or something is provided, but I'd avoid it if I were you.

As someone who had stored funds in exchanges for quite a while, I'd advise you not to do it, despite not having any negative experiences myself. In 2017, I had abandoned a decent sum of money on Bitstamp and on an online wallet (BitGo), I recently recovered the accounts with no issues (back in early 2020 or late 2019, not sure), and my money was intact. However, as previous posters commented, it's a practice which is advised against, due to some hack incidents.

Personally, I believe it's fine to have money in exchanges, providing that you're actually using them for something (such as trading), don't leave them unattended without any specific reason, they're not a banking service.

The inflation, the increased fueling and electricity costs and generally the living costs have skyrocketed, rendering saving or investing almost impossible. The past few months have been unbearable, March was the first month in years, that I've spent more than the whole salary. I used to save a decent amount of money in the past, but I guess not anymore.

The government has now imposed an 8% increase in salary, we'll see how that plays out, not big of a deal to be honest.

How can someone be so stupid and ignorant? Are you claiming that this video is proving that Ukraine is forging deaths? Are you that dumb or something? How about the destroyed cities? Is that acting too, or is it a man made scenery? You, conspiracy theorists will try everything, in order to think they are the chosen smart ones, who know everything, till you prove them wrong and insult you.

This video has been played a thousand of times, it was even used by other conspiracy theorists, in order to "prove" that Covid-19 deaths were forged, during the first wave of the pandemic, in Italy. Now, it's been used again, in Ukraine - Russian war.

If you were even capable of doing some background check on what you post and believe, you'd find that this video is actually taken from scenes of a song video clip in Moscow, named Hикoгдa-нибyдь, by the Russian singer/musician Xacки.

It has nothing to do with war, get your facts straight before posting such BS.

Source: https://www.ellinikahoaxes.gr/2022/03/20/video-depicts-staged-deaths-of-ukrainians-from-russian-invasion-misinformation/
Use Google Translate if you wish, you'll find your answers, you won't believe any of them, but that's your problem.

It's been 2 months since the Russian invasion, despite Ukraine's resistance, war maps show that Putin is actually gaining ground, especially after the fall of Mariupol, and the military advances in the Donbas region, while they are extremely close to Kharkiv. On top of that, Odesa is certainly their next target, since its prime location, which would block Ukraine's access to the sea.

Certainly, Putin didn't win the war within a few days, just like he expected, however, things have taken a turn for the worse, mourning thousands of casualties.

I've seen a few atms as well, mostly abroad, which do not ask for KYC, in Poland specifically, those we have in Greece however, do require you, at least that's what I've heard. Anyway, Bisq is a great alternative, it's a decentralised exchange, not a P2P one, I'd prefer the first one honestly.

Two more alternatives would be AgoraDesk and Localcryptos, the latter was recommended to me by another poster here, on a thread I made a few days ago. You could also trade through here, if you find a trusted member.

A few weeks ago, I put a decent sum of money on UST-BUSD, it had 30-40% APY back then, now it has fallen to 5-10% and I'll possibly switch to another vault. However, Beefy now has a BUSD vault on Binance Smart Chain, featuring 13.39% (or 0.0319% daily), it was around 35% a few days ago, but it seems to have lowered now.

There are plenty of other options as well, if you check other networks too.

I have money allocated both in staking and in bank deposit, I'm not using the latter to take advantage of the interest, it's no use. Funds are certainly assured in a bank, however, if you're careful enough, staking stablecoins  is just as safe, while achieving a far greater yield, 10-20% in the worst case scenario. Deposits on the other hand, will yield less than 1-2% on a yearly basis. The reason I'm using them is solely for convenience and to receive salary.

Great job, I never remembered providing such a service, the past few months I've been bombarded by emails. I don't see any reason to use their services anymore, they've completely changed their business plan. On top of that, I don't like their trading fee policy, the maker (the person who places the order) is charged 0.20% and the taker (the one who accepts your order), is charged 0.40%. Most exchanges, such as Binance don't charge that much, while their interface isn't the best I've seen (compared to those I've used, Binanxey, Bitstamp and Kraken).

I see, I wouldn't use their trading platform either, there are much better options, safer, more established and trusted ones. There are so many exchanges nowadays, that I can't find a single reason to use their service, to be honest, I didn't even know that they operated as an exchange. I'd appreciate if someone could answer if they also offered it in the past, since I've only used their wallet.

A lot of people mention PTC sites, and various of scams that had popped up during that era. I'd also like to add, possibly one of the first experiences with cryptocurrencies, a cloud mining Ponzi, named Coinintellect, if I'm not mistaken. It supposedly a free plan, but required you to upgrade after one or two payouts.

I actually received both payments, the second one was almost lost, because they went bankrupt, so instead of BTC or PayPal payment, they paid via Dogecoin. The payout was valued a mere $5 payment, which back then, was 30.000 Doge. Stupid me sold them, I'd have a decent amount of money if I hadn't.

That's interesting, I never faced any issues with Blockchain.com, but that belongs to the past, since a lot of things have changed since then. Although, we can't be 100% sure about the legitimacy of these reviews, let me elaborate. Blockchain.com does provide you with your private keys and the seed phrase, at least they used in the past, how can someone block your wallet if you actually have your keys, can't you import them into Electrum for instance?

Well, it did work up until the Delta variant, China had very few cases till the Omicron variant appeared. It was kind of expected, since after so many mutations, the virus becomes more contagious, but less deadly at the same time, thus, it was bound to happen sooner or later. I don't get all this fuss about China's government policy of zero cases, eventually, we'll have to live with the virus, it's not that big of a deal.

China was the first country to come up with lockdown measures, however, I don't recall them being so harsh. This situation has gone out of control, the measures weren't so absurdly strict, they're dragging people out of their homes and euthanizing pets, that's ridiculous.

Certainly, it was the first country to lie about Covid-19, if it wasn't for their cover-up during the early stages of the pandemic, we would have avoided many deaths in Italy and other European countries, who were severely affected.

If I'm not mistaken, as you've also mentioned, Blockchain.com does provide you with your seed phrase and private key. Although, I've also faced similar issues with what you've claimed. Not on the same platform, it was BitGo, was my fault though and not the service's.

I had lost access to my 2FA device, resetting it requires 48 hours, for security purposes of course. As a result, I lost a great trading opportunity, and that's one of the reasons I turned to Electrum, even though it was purely my fault.

Certainly, they did have strict policies since the beginning, but I don't recall seeing such action taken against their citizens. They've literally locked them up, with no access to anywhere, while the government is distributing food that to me, doesn't look enough for a household.

Certainly, they didn't have as many infections as Europe and USA, but it looks incredibly cruel to see such practices.
A new mutation could possibly be more transmitting, but it certainly won't be as deadly, no point in taking such measures. If this situation continues, we'll face serious logistic and supply chain issues. There aren't any advantages with this policy.