Like father like son. That's it. I'm not saying Marcus learned his vice from his father, Michael, but if this is what he's doing, how could Michael lecture him about it? Michael is also doing it himself, if not in a highly different level, so could he tell his son to stop doing it because it is bad?

Anyway, it's their money. They have the freedom to spend it any way they want for as long as nobody is harmed in the process, although Marcus should have been penalized for violating laws. And, of course, we all know those large sums could have been spent in a much more meaningful or better way. But I'm respecting their choices of course.

Sometimes, it really makes me wonder why people perceive cryptocurrency as a risky investment opportunity. I guess the entire playing field has already changed so much so that people don't anymore mind the purpose of cryptocurrencies or the real-world problems that they try to solve or whether or not they are practical. Today, cryptocurrency is seemingly treated as a new asset class in which people would choose a handful of coins or tokens out of thousands of them that they would think are the ones that would give them profit. I think this is not what cryptocurrency is.

I'm not sure how much of the Bitcoin miners prioritize the environment over revenue, but I guess, while mining is for the smooth and secure running of the network, it is still business. People are not mining just for the sake of maintaining the network as if it's a selfless act. They're not mining all for the sake of mining. I think they want or need to earn. They're after profit. In line with this, miners will operate on cheaper energy and on what's abundantly available.

I would run away to avoid conscription. Why would I leave a good job or a good business to kill other people who didn't do anything to myself, my loved ones, or even my country? Why would I leave my family just to sustain a crazy invasion? Why would I leave a peaceful and good life just to support a violence that I do not share and am even embarrassed of. Even if I don't really want to, I'd leave my country with my family and be at peace somewhere else.

However, this is somebody speaking who is probably looking at the current invasion with a different lens. I don't idolize Putin. I wasn't brainwashed. I am not subjected to its harsh rules and its implementation from the authorities. I am not living my day-to-day life listening to or watching propaganda from the radio or the television, respectively. To those who went through all this, however, he/she might be more than willing to kill or be killed.

If this movement will be massive, then it might indeed affect the country's economy in one way or another.

Why don't you also try to provide a Lightning payment option to your customers? Also, although I'm a user of Exodus myself, please be informed that it is not a totally open-source wallet. It has components that are not open-source. You might want to check out Bluewallet for Lightning payments.

For your employees, teach them about transaction confirmation so that they would know whether the payment is already there. They should know how to check transactions using blockchain explorers like Blockchair. For Bitcoin payments, why don't you just leave a QR code for it? It would be a lot easier for your customers.

You'd probably be banned if the casino noticed that you're winning much more often than the rest of the players. They must suspect that something is not right with your winning pattern. Casinos have the right not to allow undesirable gamblers. You'd probably be considered one if you're often taking away their money.

Anyway, card counting is more or less a thing of the past already with casinos usually using 6-8 decks per hand and constant shuffling with their automatic shuffle machines.

For me, it all boils down to how much. While I value my personal information, a significant amount, say, $500, might actually force me to give them up.

It's a shame to share here that I actually complied KYC with HitBTC several years ago when my account was suddenly deactivated for being inactive for too long. Since I got a significant amount stuck there, I was forced to submit personal information. I used to chase certain tokens to their exchanges. That was way back when even the shittiest of coins would give you a lot of money.

But without a good amount at stake, I'd rather forget about my account than pass KYC. I abandoned my Binance account when they implemented KYC as a matter of requirement. I also forgot my funds stuck in my KuCoin account when I failed to restore it after I lost access to my 2FA.

I came to know Bitcoin and bought my first amount in 2016. Those were good old days. I was there and ecstatic when the price rose to $20,000. I was more bullish than ever only to end up disappointed when the long bearish months and years followed. But I held on. I risked it all when I stuck with Bitcoin from $20,000 all the way to $3,000, although necessities also compelled me to convert a number of times along the way whether the price was high or low. Nevertheless, I remained a HODLer.

So this current bear market is more or less nothing to me. Back in my earliest years with Bitcoin, $20,000 was only a wish. But it happened in 2017. Now, in 2022, it is something that a lot is worried about. That's what I call growth.

One of the safest things to do is to keep your Bitcoin in a wallet that is self-custodial. The moment you bought your Bitcoin, keep it to a wallet such as Electrum and keep your private keys with you. Communicate with no one as far as your seed phrase is concerned. Keep everything a secret as much as possible. Don't tell anybody, even your family members and relatives that you own a certain amount of Bitcoin. Just keep all the information all by yourself, but in a way that in the unlikely event that you're gone, they will be able to retrieve your funds.

Is this even a cryptocurrency? In any case, this isn't like Bitcoin. Bitcoin is gaining ground and has established a huge body of followers but it is mainly because of features that are most probably not found in this digital Iranian rial.

For one, this digital rial is not decentralized; it is issued, distributed, monitored, and controlled by the Iranian central bank. So while, just like Bitcoin, this digital rial could be used for cross-border transactions, this doesn't in any way represent freedom. I suppose only sanctioned transactions would only be allowed. The rest could easily be aborted or cancelled or rejected depending on the approving authority.

It's just that a lot of people have a different mindset when it comes to the market cycle. But the fact is always that it's a simple case of up and down. We only need to look back and zoom out in order to realize this. Still, fear is being felt by many when the bears come. So this reminder to hang on and HODL needs to be constantly hammered on them until such point that they would no longer be bothered by successive red candles.

Just a few days ago, somebody opened a thread relating to this bear market. Accordingly, a bear market is a market condition in which prices decline over a period of time. This is also a time when selling is encouraged because of the instability of the prices. This, I think, is basically wrong. Unfortunately, however, this is a kind of mindset running inside the heads of many.

This is only my personal opinion, not a financial advice.

The amount that is safe to HODL in a bear market should be the same amount to HODL in a bull market, if not higher. If HODLing to you means you might end up selling during "trying times," I think you are investing more than you should. Or perhaps you've interchanged the old buy low sell high rule.

I don't agree that selling off assets are encouraged during bear market. Bear market is supposed to be for acquiring and bull market for selling. Unless badly needed and selling is the only choice left, it is really not a wise decision to sell when prices have fallen at least 70%.

Inflation is hitting the whole world. It seems not a single country, however developed it may be, is impervious to it. The rising of prices right now is global. But developed countries like the UK are more capable of absorbing the effects of inflation. Although record-level inflation must indeed have a considerable impact on their citizens, at the very least they have a much wider leeway to make adjustments. Citizens of strong economies have a higher standard of living.

To citizens of developing countries who are already having a hard time even before this global crisis came, things must have already been more or less unbearable today.

24 hours is probably a short time for one of your clients to finally inform you that he/she has already sent you your payment. But since it's already 5 days now that you received the unexpected funds, has there still been no one who communicated with you?

If you still haven't heard from anyone yet, I'd rather just keep it there for a while. I guess the sender would finally come forward any day. He/she has probably just missed informing you. It's probably for your services rendered, or perhaps an advance payment. Either way, it is probably something that's really for you. Unless the funds is that huge that you can't consider it a payment.

I quite agree that Joshua's days at the top are done. The losses and even the emotional breakdown right after the fight are a big sign that his career is now facing its end. Of course, he could continue fighting second-rate fighters. But the truth is that he's not anymore an elite fighter. But, yes, a lot of fighters would still want to face him and it's because he'd serve as a great stepping stone and he'd also be giving his opponent a bigger paycheck. 

You've done a great job. Congratulations!

While it is indeed a lot better to have known Bitcoin much earlier and bought much, there is nothing we can do about it. So instead of crying over spilled milk, it is better to do something now. The right time, after all, is always now. We don't even have to make up for the time that we missed. We don't have to spend so much or even borrow or take a loan just to become a full-Bitcoin HODLer. There's no need to reach for the stars right away. It is enough to do things little by little.

This doesn't amount to so much really. In the first place, Bitcoin remains unacceptable as payment in Russia. This new decision doesn't change it. So I don't interpret this as a sort of a statement that the country has turned Bitcoin-friendly. Perhaps this is a way for the country to somehow circumvent certain financial sanctions such as the SWIFT ban, for example.

Also, it is clear that the Russian government is aware that many of its people are "opening crypto wallets outside" the country. Russian officials don't seem to like it. And this latest decision somehow signals that the authorities will have to do something about this, probably resulting to its citizens only allowed to open wallets "in Russia [and] with entities supervised by the central bank."

So, in a way, this is even bad news to Russians.

Bitcoin speculators consider a lot of factors which probably include the Fed's big decisions to strengthen the USD. We need to remind ourselves that Bitcoin is already a mainstream investment option and a significant number of Bitcoin investors are the same people who are playing in the traditional market. Bitcoin isn't anymore a very radical option these days. Many Bitcoin investors are the same people that give weight to the likes of interest rates.

But then Bitcoin isn't a US currency. It's a global currency and asset. The Fed's decisions can't be made as a determining factor. It's just one among many factors.

I'm now having a gambling hiatus of some sort. I'm now seldom betting. But that's only as far as crypto gambling is concerned. So I'm currently not leaving any amount on betting platforms for now. My one account even got deactivated for being inactive and the funds taken. I'm not sure why such a policy.

Back when I was active, I used to keep several hundreds or even a thousand on gambling accounts. I particularly intended it that way because I loved live betting and I got annoyed a number of times for failing to make the most of fleeting odds because I got easily drained of funds.

Anyway, even if you're not leaving significant amounts, your platform should be reliable.

It's understandable because Europe for now is a place of chaos. Putin's decision to wage war and invade Ukraine has sent a huge economic shockwave to the rest of an otherwise peaceful region. As a matter of fact, the damaging effects of Russia's attempt to occupy Ukraine has reached all throughout the world. Naturally, as a result, investors and speculators would go somewhere else where uncertainty is not as high as Europe's. The US seems to be a good option.

However, it seems the end is now in sight as far as the invasion is concerned. The attempt is now more apparent than ever that it has failed and it's just a matter of time before giving up is the only option left. So hopefully the crisis in Europe will soon end and rebuilding will commence.