Firstly, it is a nice story that is like a poetry.
This is actually what many people are doing hahaha
putting much money into gambling without considering the risks and the acceptance that they can afford to lose. And once they are losing, it will make stressful and only a few people can recover this stress immediately 

Happy to know about this. However, this may be no longer fun again if we used our all money for gambling and we lost it, sometimes, we are too afraid to go home because our family is probably waiting and our child is also expecting the gift.
But, it is awesome enough to recover from this suffer suddenly, moreover when having a hug with our beloved family.

Losing money in gambling will be always a problem and we know it.
What makes us know is losing will be fun if we actually have more intense winning than losing.
Losing money if it is not a high number of money, it may be okay and we can still enjoy the fun.
However, if we are all in and we lose, we will never own the money, I am not sure that most of us will enjoy the fun again. 

This is good progress where now many more companies, institutions, and also parties have been interested in putting their money into Bitcoin.
And this may be true, will be followed by others if they make a bigger change on Bitcoin adoption.
Although it is 5%, this is also good starting at least they believe in Bitcoin as an asset for future, for investment, not only Gold that makes them worthy and interested.
But I am also thinking about it, if other companies are also starred to follow this way, will they be only in hype?
I mean, today, Bitcoin is likely in a big hype where the price of Bitcoin has been increasing so significantly multiple times bigger than last year. And when the price drops after this bullish era, what will happen to them, because sometimes, they only follow the hype and not really know about how Bitcoin mechanism. And this may also make little bit shocking condition or panic situation for them. When they panic sells all Bitcoin that they have, I cannot imagine the influence on the amrket.
But hopefully, this is not.

I do agree that NFT has brought new and fresher ideas about crypto use cases. Creativity is now open widely in relation to crypto.
Well, about applying NFT in the gambling industry, actually I still don't have an idea about what kind of implementation it will be. However, if there is at least one that is trying to implement it, I am pretty sure that many others may be also following.
NFT in the gambling industry may be implemented in one of the parts of the industry.

I also think Liverpool is difficult to win the title of Champions League. Liverpool is in a bad situation, with many crucial players injured, they are lucky enough can be in the current stage. Then, they will against Real Madrid, the most team winning in the Champions League. I am not sure if Liverpool can win this time, they will play without 3 best defenders (Van Dijk, Matip, Gomez) and 1 best striker (Firminho). These will be the weaknesses and the chance for their opponent to beat them.

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Just never only follow what you eager, but do more research. I would better prefer to hold BTC than converting to XRP.
if we are going to convert our BTC into altcoins, well, it may be not for 100% all-in, only not more than 60%. But of course, XRP is not my choice.
COmpared to XRP, I will prefer to choose:
- Ethereum is the first
- BNB
- DOT

Well, btw, why do you really obsess with converting Bitcoin to XRP?

In fact, that is the fact.
Well, yeah, we may be part o them if we are greedy enough. Being a long time in the crypto world doesn't mean that we can avoid scams. In fact, the victims of the scam itself not only the newbies, but also everyone who is commonly having more greediness, panic, Follofiwng FOMO and Hype, and also careless without any analysis and further research.
Sometimes, we are also trapped by "someone says". Moreover of they are coming from popular figures, we sometimes feel greedy to follow their instruction in order to get more and more profits. Greedy people will always feel less about what they got.

Well yeah, I do agree with this.
Additionally, the pattern may be repeated, but it doesn't mean reflecting the amount or numbers will be the same.
After the highest ATH in this bullish era, Bitcoin will be sure going into a bearish market and followed by altcoins.
However, will it also reach the lower price as what happened after the previous bullish? I don't think so. It will be fallen down, but as what OP has mentioned, Bitcoin right now is something that is not just hype. there have been several adoptions, utility, and also real use cases to be used by many more merchants in the world. So, if it should fall down, the bottom price in the bearish should not be as same previously. the ATH is increasing several times than before, so, the bottom price must be higher several times than before. I am pretty sure that it will not be under $10k, really hopeful about it.

Firstly, is bitcoin legal in your country? Or legal for what? As only a digital asset or even for a "currency".
because, in my country, it is also not legal as a currency, so that the thought as him is very often to be found, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are only for increasing the profits and then exchanging them for fiat.

However, what we are experiencing doesn't mean to reflect all things about that itself. That is why we need to be open-minded to the world where there are so many differences between one another. Every country will have its own regulation and every regulation will give an impact on the use of crypto itself.
We can see some merchants actually accept Bitcoin as a payment method and also salary. But, it may not be too significant because it is still rare to be found.

I think this is one of the privileges of Bitcoin (and of course other cryptocurrencies). Everyone has the same right to buy Bitcoin. Even in Exchange Local in my country, we can buy a minimum BTC with less than 2$. Of course, the amount of money spent usually will affect the amount of profit we get. The bigger money we use, the opportunity to get a bigger profit becomes higher. But it is directly in line with the risk that will be accepted.

But what is certain is, never use the daily money needs to buy Bitcoin. However, we can set aside a little by little from the wages that we get to invest in Bitcoin. This is what I did. But of course, everyone must reset first before truly going to enter the world of Cryptocurrency.

This pandemic may be one of the reasons why many countries want to issue their own CBDC. Getting digitalized has good reasons to avoid this kind of condition in the future. And it also fits the development of technology.
And moreover, the government knows that many more people around the world are now also interested in cryptocurrency. And now, the government is trying to follow the development of technology based on digital currency although it is not similar to cryptocurrency, at least, it may use the technology of blockchain or other things similarly.
And I am wondering what is the impact directly to the cryptocurrency in the future since many more countries issue their CBDC.

This makes sense because many people are jobless and also they are probably feeling bored of being at home for a longer time because of this pandemic. this is more than a year with this kind of situation. Many jobless and also some limitations are still done in order to avoid or minimize the risks of spreading the virus.
Well, playing gambling online may be one of the options to do. And I am curious about how they can survive because of gambling. AFAIK, gamblers especially the new ones may not be always winners. They may be losing and losing again that led somebody to feel stressed again.
However, if it is based on the research and the people are better in income and activities, I am pretty sure that gambling at this tie really gives good impacts and a good alternative to be done during this pandemic.
But, this si different in my country because gambling still becomes an illegal activity.

$20k for a starter is not a small amount. It may involve high risks, but as long as your friend has known about the risks and ready for all the risks,I think that Maybe this way can help:
1. Your friend is better to diversify the money into several cryptocurrencies because putting it all into one coin will be much riskier.
2. Ask your friend whether the coins are for the long term or short term of trading, maybe some coins will fit into each.
3. If he is willing to get into the long term, Bitcoin, Etehreum, and also BNB are the best choices. However, Bitcoin still becomes the highest priority.
4. Then, if it needs some coins that are worthy for sort-term or trading, I think that coins like Zilliqa, DOT, SXP, and also SFP are good choices.
5. Never try to get into a new project if he doesn't know the legit project or investing in certain platforms with very high profits, because they may be scams.
6. INvesting in top coins are better, of course,  with diversification

These coins are also my favorites. But DOT is still sued for scalping so far.
Other coins that have potential are they likely:
- Zil
- ADA
- SXP
-SFP
They are potential enough and so far, getting profits from trading them is sure enough.

However if it is for the long term, it is better to choose BTC, ETH, and also BNB

Actually, now, I am waiting for a token issued by the local exchange in my country, TKO (Toko Token) by Tokocrypto.. 

So sorry to hear that, hopefully, this is your last bad experience.
yeah, this is a very worthy experience for you ad also for us. You know, the scammer is everywhere in this cryptocurrency project. There will be many more types again of scammers that will probably reach you someday. So, itis better to know about the investment that is very legit. I am sure that many new projects will be coming (both the legit and also scam). that is why I suggest you better invest or make a short investment in top coins. or if it is a new project, better to put your money in IEO in a big exchange. There are some top exchanges that have launchpad for new projects and you can use this chance. And once more, never trust any investment with high profits instantly in the crypto world, because they will be mostly SCAM.

Capital, in my opinion, is the basic thing that we can use for trading. And we must also ensure that we can afford to lose the capital. Never use the money that is not free or loan as the capital for trading.
We know that trading has high risks of losing but also has a great chance of getting profits. However, never only pay attention to the profits. ABout capital itself, it is better to differentiate the capitals into several coins. Of course, it will depend on what we are going to do, for trading, short investment, or long term investment.

Polkadot is my first choice on this list. this has good potential on its fundamentals, platform ecosystem development, and also its utility. DOT may be also a good platform to be used by many new upcoming projects because of how the system can manage and also make the token easy to create, manage, analyze, and also of course much more affordable.
I am holding some DOT for the next altcoin season, yeah, for short-term investment.

And about the other coins, I ever trade CHZ for scalping and it is worthy enough. However, I am still consumed whether it is good enough for at least the short term or not. Actually, CHZ also has a good concept of a cryptocurrency project with its utility.

About the Tomo coin, it is also a good coin that has been here for a longer time.

Many people actually also have these regrets. At first knowing about Bitcoin, we will always think negatively because this is not a kind of thing that we can accept easily. Moreover, it is not physically existed.
I also felt the same, only focusing on what I can afford and get from Bitcoin. Moreover when at first hearing about BTC, there was so much negative news about it. And it is likely forbidden in my country and also my religion. But now it has changed. Bitcoin is very precious and this is legal. I am also interested in not only BTC but also altcoins that are of course having god value and potential. Now, crypto becomes part of my life.

Bitcoin has been existed for about almost 12 years, and with this long time period, I don't think that the era will end so easily.
Moreover, during the day, Bitcoin is growing more and more popular, many more people in the world are approaching Bitcoin, many more companies, institutions, and also big parties are also interested in Bitcoin. So, this will be growing very well. Only a very big mistake, influence, and also problem that will probably stop BTC and that time, other cryptocurrencies may also be broke or over.

And here about the Bitcoin vs Future, once more, we are not God that knows the future. Everybody cannot. But from the condition so far, I believe that Bitcoin will last longer.

I'm personally actually learning to do day-trading, but probably it is not too significant. I only try to understand the market based on the chart and also information about the coin itself.
personally, I am not too familiar with technical analysis, yeah it needs more learning and also practice.
So far, my trading is to get even small profits, by scalping sometimes. It is no problem.

However, it is also important to pay attention to what coins we are using for day trading. Sometimes, every coin will be different every day.
That is why, I also differentiate between assets for day trading and also investment (at least short term)