Are the people who invest heavily in altcoin those that missed out on bitcoin maybe because of doubt or some skepticism at the time bitcoin was new and not as valued as today? Or Are the big investors in altcoin today more of those who were earlier investors in bitcoin and gained heavily from it, so are looking to gain heavily from another newcomer?

Your thoughts please? and why are you investing in Altcoins?

For the case of Antonie Walker, he didn't just gamble his fortune away, reports say he had developed a very expensive taste in exotic cars, clothes etc, he liked to hang out in the big and happening places like the casino's and spend some money for show. It was a case of someone who was exposed to so much wealth without the financial capacity to manage it and soon he hit bankruptcy.

 Personalities matter a lot, that is, the person you are really before the money comes and the person you become when the money is coming, will determine who you be when the money has come and it is time to manage it. Because of the way money comes in from sports, some athletes without discipline pick up some expensive habits along the way like hanging out in casino's and gambling. When they retire from sports, the lifestyle picked up doesn't retire with them, they continue to visit their favourite places and spend more money in such places like the casino's until it starts becoming a problem to them and their families finances.

So i do not believe that all athletes are prone to becoming problem gamblers, its all a matter of personality.

IMO, Some individuals are hostile to bitcoin because their early predictions against it didn't go as predicted for them, and they are too proud to admit that they were wrong about it, so whenever bitcoin is brought up or mentioned around them, they show hostility.

Some of these individuals gave early predictions that bitcoin was not going to mean any good both for investment and and as a currency, some said it was going to disappear in a few years, none of which has happened yet. Because of pride to come out sometime and admit that they are wrong, they still decide to defend their failed predictions with hostility.

Very nice one @Igehhh, i must say i am very impressed with the depth of your research. I'm a newbie on the local board  thread, and i must say that i couldn't express my joy to have found a local board where i could express myself better in possibly pidgin and have people that can relate to it.

It has been a challenge keeping up with discussions on the thread because of the reasons mentioned by @CryptopreneurBrainboss about it becoming more congested, but i believe it is a good thing because it soon means that we will be needing a bigger space soon. Hopefully the statistics will continue to increase in favour of our request for a local board.

My comrade, I'm very excited at your quick growth and will specially like to congratulate you on reaching this new milestone, you deserve it because you have worked really hard for this, and i know the congratulations will not end here, more congratulations to come. I tap into your grace.

Because I am conversant with my phone, and my phone is mostly for business, I am on my phone more often, but i do not just let every tom, dick & Harry use my phone for any purpose, as an extra measure for me and because i make use of one of the high end android devices, my cell phone permits 2 spaces, a general space where you can display all your apps and a second space accessed by a different set of codes, where you can keep your more private and crypto related applications. This spaces work almost independently, just like two phones in one, a very particularly helpful feature for me to keep my data save.

This is very and most important, there are many people giving unsolicited financial advice both in this forum and offline, you must be careful who you ask questions, who and what you listen to concerning trading and your financial life and the information/advice that you take concerning your financial life. Choose a mentor properly and be sure to do proper research, so your decisions in line with your mentor's is not just a blind move, but also educated as well.

It is to the people who are aware of it, to some others who have not had any form of sensitisation, they still have investment choices that they consider best to them.

I recently told a lady i met online that i was a cryptocurrency trader and investor, she said to me point blank, that she had never heard of such an occupation, she called me a scammer, lol. We met at a business class online that cost some amount of money, for her to be in the class means she is doing pretty well for herself and maybe has what she invest in.

So to those who are aware of bitcoin and its investment benefits, bitcoin investment is the best among many other options.

Well we've already seen a Blockchain marriage, there is a high probability to witness a Blockchain election soon also in the near future. Since the success of the Blockchain with bitcoin, developers have been finding ways to expand it's use because of its security record that has it as being incorruptible due to its decentralised nature.

If the people of the world really need free and fair elections, a Blockchain based voting system is the solution. And since the technology of bitcoin and Blockchain is becoming more rampant and going mainstream, there is a high possibility to be witness soon to such an election.

https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-blockchain-technology-can-prevent-voter-fraud/

Very true and what works for Mr A may not necessarily work for Mr B, so people need to find and be where's most comfortable for them. Both the Spot and the Futures market are there to make traders have a choice. Definitely, there will be people with a different view of the topic of OP, -" The joy of the futures market". It's all a matter of which works for you.

Maybe the government is finally getting concerned, since the government allowed regulated gambling in spain in such a way that taxes are being paid by betting and gambling houses and platforms to them, gambling has been a thriving business and income for the government, but on the bad side, the number of gamblers has tripled.

At the last quarter of last year 2020, there was an increase in Spain's online gambling market by 17.7%, imagine the increment this year already before this new ban.


In the article, it says " the stricter measures is aimed at limiting exposure of consumers to gambling ads". To the underaged this is also a big concern.


https://epodcastnetwork.com/spains-online-gambling-market-grew-by-17-7-in-2020/

Childhood is a very important stage in a child's life as any habit picked up at that stage by a child can follow him throughout life, that is why it is important for there to a regulation to most activities they are involved as well.

I see no wrong in it as well, parents may have ignored that aspect of parenting and the government is helping to put it under control maybe after an analysis of the number of people i like to refer as children in adult bodies struggling to mature into someone that has control over their excesses.

If a child is not thought control to habits like video games when he is young, who is to say he will know how to keep under check his gambling activities when he has come of age, and maybe now a gambler as well?

In my current financial state and situation, i cannot say that i can even think of gambling seriously for the fun of it, unless of course does little gamble with friends over board or video games.

The very first experience i had of loosing a good sum to a gamble was nothing fun to me at all, i have other activities i do for fun and relaxation, gambling is definitely not one, it is strictly to earn some more money.

Maybe when i am financially stable enough to how i want, maybe then i can do a good sum gamble for fun.

Which spot metal trading are you talking about, i was a bit confused when i read OP and then the responses that have followed so far before mine, i had to do a quick research of my own?

Which "spot metal trading are you talking about?"

Even if satoshi appears and create a coin that he will claim is even better, it cannot still force people's adoption. We all witnessed and are witnessing the transition period of bitcoin where it has moved from non acceptance and skepticism to now acceptance and even adoption by some individuals and nations. Before bitcoin has gotten to this stage, it has built a really strong reputation for it self over the years. For another coin to just appear and be adopted instead of bitcoin, the coin needs to gather and have a better reputation and long standing like bitcoin.

For the purpose of clarity, can someone please explain in layman's term the difference between a stop loss order and a limit order. I have read a lot about the differences online, but it is still not very clear to me. If you also make use of "limit order" please explain how you make use of it in your trading.

I very much agree, CR7 is also a great influence to the morale of players in any club that he has played in from Real Madrid to Juventus. It will come as no surprise to me if overall performance of all the players in the Manchester United team improves even more than it already has when CR7 becomes a regular member of the squad. For this reason, I still very much see Manchester United as a top contender for the title.

To start trading, you must first learn trading. It is a good thing that you have indicated an interest because interest in a subject is an intricate part of learning it. If you have tried books and you tube videos , and didn't work for you, the friend who introduced you to if if he has sufficient knowledge should be a great help at learning the basics. If he doesn't have sufficient knowledge on the subject, you can seek out someone who does, so you don't only learn how to trade, you also learn from a bit of their experiences on the subject of trading. This is why learning from someone is more effective than learning yourself.

When learning, please ensure you give yourself enough time to be a learner so you can do well in the future trading, and maybe teach others.

From another perspective, it may not just be panic sale, some people have set targets for themselves, and maybe the point at which they sold thier bitcoin is the target they have fixed for themselves. You may even be surprised that some purchased bitcoin when the prices were very low and have been hodling since. To maybe others, it is just a percentage that they have planned to sell at a point and they have gotten to it, you may never know.

I don't it is just the fans who have forced their hands, the WBN since made their decision to stoprecognizing the WBA as a sanctioning body in boxing, before President Gilberto Mendoza who was vice president before he became president of the WBA, a part of the his promise to the WBN was to "eradicate unpopular regular belts". This recent development of reducing the number of title holders is in line with the fulfillment of his promise made in a bid that they can be reclassified by the WBN.

For clearer understanding, read this article from January 2021;

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.worldboxingnews.net/2021/01/30/wbn-world-boxing-assocation-declassified/amp/