That is the brand of the chickpeas used by the businessman behind it. Probably he discovered bitcoin online and created his own brand using its name and logo. I found another similar product, which must belong to the same business company:


https://saraswatitraders.com/brands

Probably it's a marketing strategy to captivate bitcoin enthusiasts to becomes their customers, due to the sympathy they have for bitcoin's aesthetics.

It looks like OP is facing a hard time in his life due to his mother being hospitalized and urdergoing a surgery, so his mind needed a relief for a brief moment and gambling seemed the perfect choice on that situation he found himself. I really see no issues on that, since it could be benefical for him, however, he should just have been more careful with the amount of money he was going to risk. To risk the whole month's savings is never a viable alternative.

Maybe he should have just allocated a minor budget for gambling activity, like 10% of the savings.

Additional criteria is to have the money in a "custody account', instead of an "earn account", what means these people who are going to receive their money back had their funds idle on platform, simply using it like a wallet, while the majority of users had their funds in earning mode for interest income.

The amount of money Celsius is going to pay back to custody accounts' owners is insignificant on the bigger picture.

Healthcare and crypto has been always a present subject of discussions on this environment, due to its sensitive nature and precarity in most countries of the world. As crypto is seen as possible financial solution in the lives of its adopters, instantly we tend to believe it must also bring a solution to healthcare system. However, so far I don't see any practical usages blockchain could have in order to maximize the efficiency of healthcare in our countries.

I believe what could make the difference is investment from governments or private companies on technology regards this area, so new devices and kinds of treatments could be developed and introduced in our local communities. However, I fear it's not through an ICO money raise or pump and dump token scheme that we are going to see improvements on this area.

Sorry for your loss, multiplier game is a really treacherous one. It seems everything is under control, until it suddenly isn't anymore. In my case it was 1/10 of a btc lost and I already felt a huge pain in my heart, now I can't even imagine how it feels losing half btc. In my case, it was really tempting to keep playing in an attempt to recover the loss, but I calmed down and imaged the potential outcomes could be even more destructive, totally compromising my long term goals and FUN token experiment.

Bitcointalk forum is the best source for news and informations regards crypto universe, because it's not solely composed by shillers of determined crypto projects and services. By being here, you aren't inside a bubble where everyone agrees with each other all the time, what could potentially put you under risk of being encouraged to dangerous investments, what is a common practice in closed centralized groups where the admin bans or censors anyone who starts talking stuff which are going against their interests.

I'm not a smoker, so I did an average calculation considering a cigarette pack costs about 1$, as I found prices varying from 1$-1,60$ and I know people usually smoke a pack a day (20 cigarettes).

It depends on the season. Sometimes a price of a determined good is expensive, but after some time its price decreases and the price of another good is raised. I guess there is some market manipulation involved on this process, although another factors are used as excuses, like pandemic, lack of rains, excessive rains, global crisis... The cooking oil (900 milliliters) now is about 1,30$, as I bought it yesterday.

Prices also depend on the brands, of course. There are prices and products for every pocket's sizes.

But I have to say the shipping system is getting better each new year. Delivery is getting faster and costs remain acceptable, as the state's courier/post office's service lost protagonism and private companies and individuals are taking its place (example of delivery fee: a bit less than 1$, just now for a smartphone purchase).

Actually, if you are able to save money and invest in a weekly or monthly basis, you are thriving. In slow steps, but thriving anyway...

True, and there are people who still don't understand why Bitcoin is the king of crypto universe and none altcoins have enough potential to overcome it. The fact developers hold the largest portion of their creations, make Bitcoin even more unique and valuable. And although Satoshi is also believed to hold about 1.1 million bitcoins (I believe that is just a theory, though), something around 5% of total supply, those coins are likely to be never moved around for speculative or personal gains' purposes.

Just as a matter of curiosity, how much do you pay for delivery fees in your countries? If it weren't for the fees, would it still be cheaper to purchase at physical stores? Here in my country I also pay for such fees, but adding them to the goods' costs, it's still more convenient shopping online.

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That is trickery from Celsius.

Creditors don't want to be paid with this token. Creditors want another plan for Chapter 7, so this company can be finally liquidated, all the assets held sold and the profit given to creditors (in bitcoin, preferentially, or dollar) proportionally to their holdings on the platform.

There isn't a reason for Celsius to resume their operations, since it was proven it's not a legit business. What happened previously would happen again futurely, if they resumed operations.

I still don't understand what is the point of having a worthless token as middleman on this negotiation, besides it being sole trickery from Celsius.

Hedge funds and other entities pay in btc, and btc is transferred to creditors. No tokens are needed on the process.

I believe SHIB is still top 15 in crypto market, because it's under strong manipulation by whales. I've seen some news telling a SHIB whale has moved almost 30$ million of dollars in SHIB in a single transaction recently. That is almost 10% of total volume on the hands of a single investor.

It really doesn't worth to be part of an investment which concentrates so much influence power for few individuals. It's a kind of centralization crypto investors used to avoid on the early years of this industry, but now they are blind for SHIB, maybe due to the incessantly advertisements and talks about it on social medias, especially Twitter and Telegram groups.

That is due to the fact ETH network is heavily used by crypto developers to launch their own tokens. It's the most popular chain for altcoins' development. It makes me believe ETH isn't going to be overcome soon by any other competitors. So far Ethereum is following Bitcoin trend, also rising in price. It has come from 6300$ on 1 January to 8000$ on the currently moment. That is almost 30% price increasement. Looks decent for me.

We are only going to see a major positive effect in El Salvador once bitcoin rises to a superior price level than the ones Nayib Bukele bought, thinking it was the dip. By there, we can expect a lot of criticisms from salvadorean citizens (with reason), because the president made an unprofitable investment with funds from the public vault. Citizens there are against bitcoin yet, because they haven't seen its potential on long term.

Meanwhile, bitcoin enthusiasts are doing their part, like the responsible one for the costume of the miss representing the country.

One of the biggest difficults in life is to manage growing your patrimony and income, when earning minimum wage and living in poor areas where opportunities are scarce, as is the money circulating in the local economy. Some hints that could be useful:

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Get rid of addictions/habits: addictions or habits (in mild cases) are harmful not only for your health, but also for your finances. Cigarettes and alcohol are responsible for consuming a large portion of the income from individuals living on minimum wage. It's not that unsual to find people spending at least 1$ on cigarettes daily, what after 1 month will result in 30$ expenses, which could be going into bitcoin investment, for an example.

Choose carefully where you go shopping: some supermarkets are more expensive than others. Shopping on physical stores is more expensive than shopping online. Don't go for the first price you see on the labels. Search for promotions, try to adequate your demand for products to your currently financial budget in a way you don't spend all your money in the end of the month.

The impression which matters is the one you have about yourself: forget about boasting yourself to friends and suitors around. Live a realistic life and don't pretend to have a superior lifestyle in order to make people's eyes shine in front of you. There is nothing wrong in displaying some style, it's actually pretty good and satisfactory, but only when we can really afford it.

Doesn't matter how depressing is your day, never give up: everyone has their depressing days, but these days can't become a rule in someone's life. Don't feel pitty of yourself, don't blame your life and your currently conditions. Think it's just temporary and that an exit from this situation is reachable with good will, effort, hard work and a positive attitude with people around you. Sometimes opportunities come from where you least expected, so be receptive to the society in general, while being careful with potential abusers of every kinds.

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Step by step you are going to improve your financial status, be patient and determined. Good luck!

XRP has too big supply (100 billion), core team as main whales holders and weak public support from crypto community. I think adding all those factors we can't expect too much from XRP. About support from enthusiasts, I think it stays behind the memecoin SHIB, which also carriers the other disadvantages like huge supply and few whales (probably also from the development team), although it's undeniable SHIB has a strong presence and support on crypto community among average investors, what means marketing works at their favour, even though it's an empty marketing.

It's certain CBDCs aren't a solution for any countries' economies, because they are a digital copy of fiat currencies. If fiat didn't solve anything, why its digital format would? Crypto adopters are investing in bitcoin and its pairs mainly due to their profitability, but also because they don't trust what their governments promote and manage in financial terms. Since CBDCs are issued by governments, people will tend to see it in a negative way, just like they see their currently fiat national currencies.

I guess regulated casinos (which require KYC from users) aren't anonymous. You have to investigate their licenses, so you will find more informations of where their headquarters is located, who is the responsible individual for the business, etc... Staff team doesn't expose themselves on their casino's website and social medias, but with some further research I believe it's possible to find the details you are looking for, because they shouldn't be completely hidden too.

Centralized services can't guarantee your heirs will receive your coins after your death. Imagine they simply scam your coins at some point, giving any excuse like they were hacked or operational costs of their platforms have surpassed the profit they make?

The problem with crypto services is the lack of guarantees for customers. This is a present and recurrent issue, having become more evident last year with so many huge and cynical scandals/thefts.

It's quite ironical crypto companies can provide insurance services, when they can't insure their customers at first point.

As long as you spread an information because you believe that could be true I believe it's ok, because you are acting genuinely, being transparent and having good intentions. That is actually a way to introduce the discussion to more people, so they can reach a conclusion if that really corresponds to the reality or not.

On the other hand, people who have more knowledge about the matter in a level of depth they know the informations aren't real, but keep spreading it maliciously for the pure pleasure of deceiving individuals or for personal gains, are acting in a very unethical way. That is actually a big issue on the internet nowadays. We don't know in what to believe anymore, because there are many fakes or unlikely to be real stories being heavily disseminated.

I had 3 losses in a streak with the maximum winning probability chance of 94,06% and got rekt anyway. The odds are always against the player, doesn't matter how benefical they seem at first glance. That is why we should play only with surplus money, so nasty unexpected losses won't affect our budget and emotional too much. Never gamble an amount of money you don't know how long you are going to take to recover it.