What if you buy Bitcoin in the hopes that the price would rise further and it crashes down, you lose your capital, except you are willing to hold long term and hope the price increases. There is risk to any investment and always the possibility that things do not go the way it was planned.

Now shorting a currency does not always have to be on a loan, someone who holds Bitcoin now and feels it would drop further from this point can short it by selling now, to buy back at a lower price, same way you long s currency by buying now, to sell at a later time when it is expected to be higher in value.

...Russians and Europeans alike.

• As a digital currency, Bitcoin is easy to carry around in an airgapped device or hardware wallet,
• As a borderless currency, it can be used anywhere without any international limitations,
• As a pseudo anonymous network, individuals can transact without it being linked to their real life identity,
• It is resistant to inflation, so cannot be affctd by economic sanctions directly
These factors makes it suitable for use as a Store of value or safe haven currency for economically unstable regions.

This is true and has bee evident in many other situations, but the userbase of these centralized (non custodian) exchanges keeps growing overtime, so apparently, people are aware that non custodian exchanges can freeze or lock your accounts and submit your personal documents to government agencies, but they believe this is only a problem to illegal users who have nothing to hide, and it should not affect them at all, and as such more users easily give up their privacy and bitcoins to centralized middle men.

Would the situation change?
I think most likely not. It may get even more popular and become the new norm, so then news agencies make up headlines like these, people would not be able to tell that there's a problem with it.

There is no deposit fee needed to deposit Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency on kraken and this is same for many other crypto exchanges I have used, where you pay a fee is when transferring out of your wallet to another wallet or when you are withdrawing to fiat from the exchange.

I would say that you should have done your research before accepting Bitcoin and a payment option, considering ways you can be scammed by accepting unconfirmed transaction fees, best ways to convert to fiat and fee consideration.
You may want to consider using a payment processor to accept transactions and convert to fiat.

There is no statistic to back it up, but it would seem like Investors and traders have developed more trust in bitcoin's price and ability to recover after dips is value, this means there is no mass panic sell off whenever the price crashes and thus doesn't trigger a massive drop in the value. There is also a higher inflow of institutional investors who are more savvy in investments and have higher amounts to invest with and as such more room space to accomodate drops in the value of their investment.

The market is not influenced by sentiments, but it is already displaying strong recoveries, with close to 20% increase in value over the past week and 12% over the past 24 hours.

True. A lot of people have lost faith in charity organization and how much of donations actually get to the people they were donated for with logistics  like transportation and lodgings taking an ample cut.

This is a better idea to get the aid to the people, but would be much harder than copying and pasting a donation address; as the process has to be monitored and handled by an actual person on the forum. It is however doable.

The second point about noting down your private keys should be modified as private keys are a bit complex to work with, such as backing up  and it is surely impossible to memorize. Working with a mnemonic phrase is a better option, but even this should not be memorized as we can not trust our memory as a backup.
Also, if you are a long term holder, you do not have to regularly keep track of the exchange rate.

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Another point or points, I would add to the Do's is;
• Learn safe browsing, this would include using ad blockers, avoiding unverified sites and bookmarking regularly visited URLs,
• Try to utilize decentralized services to use bitcoin.

It is not possible to delete or edit a thread in any board, although in the archival board it includes replies to a thread as well.
There is no restrictions to editing a thread or reply in the archival board.

The sanctions imposed on the state of Russia has been quite steep and was always going to have significant effect on their economy and impact the ruble.
How Russia would react would be interesting to see, as their major plays from this point is their reserve assets and their gold stashes.

Bitcoin provides a safe haven for citizens from unstable nations and this could be a reason for Russians to switch to bitcoin and consequently improve interest and demand.

The sanctions is fully effected would make Russia heavily dependent on their allies, especially China. This would influence if their economy survives and how much long term effect it would have.
This situation would also affect other EU states as Russia is the major supplier of natural gas to the continent by a long mile and finding a cost effective alternative would prove difficult for the countries involved in setting up the sanctions.

The point I was trying to make is that Bitcoin of itself does not create employment opportunities, you need to have a skill that Bitcoin can be applied to in order for one to profit.
Trading is a skill that you can learn acd Bitcoin is a tool you can use to profit from trading. This forum is also a platform where one can market their skills and earn through signature campaigns, but it is still a product of what the user offers as a service.

Bitcoin of itself is only a decentralized currency, it cannot influence unemployment or the economies of a nation, it can only be used as a payment gateway for one to accept payment from international users of their service, but they need to have a service they are offering which can be monetized.

Cryptocurrency investments does not provide a means that can replace gainful employment, it can be used as a store of value or a way to grow wealth, but cannot be relied upon, especially by someone who is unemployed.

This is an unfortunate situation for the citizens involved on both sides, and while discussing the politics behind it is a bit complex, the bottom line is that humanity should prevail and loss of lives avoided at all costs.
Contrary to what you said, the threat to ones safety is reason enough for them to stay silent publicly, they have a life and family as well. Silence solves nothing of course and making yourself a sort of martyr could make a huge difference, it should however not be expected from people, but a conscious decision they make.

Donating is a good way to help, and to do so anonymously as well. Is there also a donation address that goes directly to the affected citizens and foreigners who are caught in the crossfire?

No, this situation would not have so much of an impact as to make or break bitcoin. Bitcoin is a product with utility, people use it as a currency, investment, store of value etc. These people who use it would all have varying  opinions about it,
• As a currency, Mr. Bob who tried to accept it as a means of paying for his coffee service did not do his research well and accepted an unconfirmed transaction, while Mr. Jerry did his full research and took all precautions to prevent losses,
• As an investment, Mr. Bob heard that you can 10× your money in no time and through his life savings in, while Mr. Jerry did his research, understanding the volatility in the market and how the value is affected by demand and supply and how to invest only amounts you can afford to lose.

In these different scenarios one party would likely have a bad experience with bitcoin while the other would have a significantly improved one, this does not affect the utility of bitcoin.

This situation goes to show the utility of bitcoin as a borderless currency which is immune to regulations, sanctions and the other games of politics and more people would come to the realization of this through such public acts.
I however sometimes wonder how many of the donators are enthusiasts of the cryptocurrency they donated in, or if they simply googled "how to buy BTC, ETH etc with credit card" and would not be interested in looking it up further.

Cash would have more utility is such a situation as it is the fastest means of transacting and is not dependent on internet connection or access to a mobile device.

This is the extent to which the similarity goes, Bitcoin being able to be used as a medium to send and receive transactions, does not mean it functions as a bank nor that it can. There is a lot more to a traditional bank and the bitcoin network cannot effectively replace all that, meaning we would always have use for the banking sector, or up until an alternative emerges.

Fiat has so far proven to be a poor choice of a store of value as the value is prone to inflation and supply shocks, Bitcoin is a better option to store money you are not using as it is deflationary.

Paper wallets do not have to be created the traditional way, with a non custodian wallet software and an airgapped device, you can create a paper wallet which would be completely offline and back it up in a secure location or preferably multiple locations, with the private keys and/or seed phrase written on paper or any other durable material.

Self custody is still the best way to store your coins and a written seed phrase is one of the most common ways, so majority of people still use a paper wallet, although the MAJOR difference is that they generate the private keys online and transfer bitcoins out of it, exposing the public keys.

This could confuse some members who are not very familiar with how activity points are counted in relation to posts.
You get 14 potential activity if you posts at least once within an activity period, not the full activity points. Also, activity points will only increase if you are actually active and posting and not simply cause your potential activity is higher than your post count

You basically gave the answer in your thread, Bitcoin is sort of the backbone of the ccryptocurrency market;

Crypto functions as a correlated market and bitcoin being the first crypto coin and holding majority of the market cap of the entire network, means that the price actions of bitcoin influences the opinion of majority of traders and can affect if they are bullish or bearish, which reflects in them following the price actions of bitcoin.

N.B., This does not mean that every single coin follows the price actions of bitcoin and some can rise or fall when bitcoin does the reverse.

There are personally ideal ways to reference a source or to show that you do not take ownership of the text you posted. Simply including the source is not the best option, but it is enough to avoid getting banned, using quote tags or the actual quotation marks is also another way to avoid getting banned as it shows you are not claiming ownership of the text.

Ideally, using quotes and referencing the source is a generally accepted way to post contents of others.