I believe the government is going to open an exception for casinos in every cases, because more than 80% of the local income depends on gambling industry, including jobs generation for the citizens. If they close casinos there will be two issues at same time: economical and sanitary. Maybe safety protocols can be adopted, like the masks usage, abundance of alcohol on every tables of the casino, fever test at the entrances, reduced number of people allowed inside a room... But it's undeniable the situation is worrying because a new wave of Covid-19 is spreading again in many countries and in large proportions. It seems to not have an end.

Depending where you live it's hard to imagine someone could live without a smartphone and internet connection nowadays, but it's still the reality of some regions in the world. I know people who are active negotiators and deal with goods and paper money all day long, but have no idea of how to use a smartphone or any device of this kind, sometimes because they have low financial standards, and on another cases it's a cultural matter, especially among elders. Definitely, these people couldn't be integrated to a cashless society, so governments aren't going to apply this measure soon. Maybe for the future generations it will possible.

That is true, just look the number of wallets holding 1 btc or more growing these days. Smart investors continue accumulating most bitcoins as possible, although it doesn't have a big impact on the bigger picture of crypto market, because they aren't whales. But it's a fact investors are already preparing themselves for the next increasement in bitcoin price. Mainstream economists, news, businessmen and politicians spread fear among common investors because that is the tool at their disposal to discourage people adopting bitcoin and consequently making the maintenance of its price. For groups of influence and power it's interesting bitcoin dumps to the floor until it starts being pumped again, so they can maximize their earnings.

Volatility is still huge, but if we compare to years ago, it has been decreasing and the market has become more stable, otherwise bitcoin would have already crashed to this currently price range since the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022, rather we saw a strong bitcoin fighting bravely to break resistance levels at 40,000$ and 50,000$.

Unfortunatelly, FED has answered with an attractive interest rates' boost and big players didn't think twice before retreating crypto market and going for dollars at this moment. So, all the progress long term BTC holders have accomplished by now seems to be worthless on this momentaneous scenario, but without any doubts they helped a lot to keep btc in a robust position between December 2021 and May 2022.

With more investors of this kind, bitcoin will be much more prepared for the next bearish seasons.

Yes, it's curious to imagine the percentage of women involved with cryptocurrency is similar to the percentage of men, since we don't see it daily for real. And the difference between GWI research and Google Analytics research's data is huge.

Some hypothesis I've though:

• GWI appealed to the gender equality policy when doing their research, consequently manipulating results, at some degree;
• Google Analytics is outdated, because the article containing those informations is from 3 years ago.

A forum poll might not be accurate enough to reveal the reality, because many people don't answer them and a higher percentage of crypto adopters should participate in order to collect enough data to reach a conclusion.
Despite this, it's well known most crypto enthusiasts are from millennials' generation (1981 – 1996 birth date). Youngest generation isn't too interested in investing money, it seems. At least for now.



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Hopefully these holders will help to bring more stability and strength to bitcoin price futurely by not panic selling during bear markets. It's preferable bitcoin leaves the hands of speculators and panic sellers and is taken by long term holders. This situation is only worrying in case whales are the ones purchasing bitcoin now, because then it will mean they are accumulating more power and influence in crypto market yet.
That was predictable move though, and small investors shouldn't wait too long until restarting their bitcon investments once again, because when they least expect, bitcoin is going to be immediately pumped by big players who want to raise their dominance and manipulation range.

Over bitcoin, Celsius was paying up to 8,53% annually (if receiving rewards in CEL token) or up to 6,50% (if receiving "in-kind" rewards). Moreover, rates could change from week to week, depending the market conditions and demands. The more borrowing demand there was for a currency, more interest they would pay to investors on that week. So the system was dynamic and constantly changing, what I consider really good for the sustainability of the platform. And yes, theoretically it could be legit, because the lending business is a profitable one.

The problem is what they have been doing on the backgrounds and don't share with the community they are constantly saying to be acting in the interest of as their main priority...

I'm one of the 1,7 million investors of the platform who injected over 5 billion dollars on their hands. Things aren't looking good, because there isn't transparency, the CEO has disappeared from social medias, all messages coming from them are evasive and say nothing enlightening, sock puppets accounts on twitter and reddit keep pushing an "us against them" narrative to protect Celsius, just like Mashinsky has always done and inexplicably CEL's price is doing well right now, pumping decently, what indicates the platform is burning investors' funds to boost their native token.

Anyway, they can't pull the rug without consequences. It's not an anonymous virtual investment scheme and there are too many people and too much money involved on it.

I've never effectively joined airdrops and bounty programs because they are confusing to participate and understand. You don't know how much you are going to be paid, you don't know if your work is being counted by the manager, you don't know if the project is going to make it all the way until the launchment, you don't know if the token is going to be listed on exchanges. There are no guarantees and that is terrible, since employees don't have any stability when performing tasks.

After ICOs hype has started, it has become extremely difficult to find worthful earning opportunites to collect cryptocurrency from zero. The ones promoted nowadays, like Coinbase and Coinmarketcap "earn cryptocurrency while learning" features, are extremely scarce and limited. Another alternative is to join a micro tasks platform, like Pico Workers, and cashout BTC, although executable offers are also scarce and there are a lot of cheater users using multi accounts who fastly drain the tasks.

Yes, the more you play, more likely it is you are going to lose. So it's smarter to focus on short run sessions for profit returns. And if even on this case it's not possible to make profit, just walk away and forget about gambling for a while, because the more you try to recover your losses, more losses will be accumulated, especially for gamblers playing with limited budgets which don't allow them to develop efficient strategies, progressive bets or leverage methods.
The fact is that few people are able to live from gambling income, and everyone else shouldn't apply the example of these few people on their personal lives to avoid going bankrupt or wasting money they can't afford to lose. Otherwise, they might never see financial development on their lives.

When people say such things it's because they want to take advantage of the blockchain concept through the altcoins they support or in politicians' case it's more likely they are shilling for CBDCs. Bitcoin is still a threat for the political system, because it gives people an alternative to the failed fiat system these politics have influence over, so of course they are going to blame BTC always they see a chance, just like now, with the recent crash.

Once bitcoin stabilizes and shows some recovery signals the attacks must decrease considerably, although it's unpredictable at this point. Even the earliest adopters aren't sure yet. All we can do for now is to keep holding, while avoiding FUD spread by mainstream personalities.

Without any doubts the most common sport here in our country, Brazil, is soccer. Therefore, soccer bets are getting really popular now with ads of online betting platforms on television. I also have the impression the desire for sports betting is overcoming the interest for traditional casino games among the younger generations. Actually, it's nothing new, as since the school's times students were used to bet among themselves on soccer results, but now things are becoming more professional and serious because people have easy access to betting virtual sites with odds and the assurance they aren't going to be scammed.

How is it true since he hasn't bought Twitter yet? Elon is a speculator. He says he is going to do something or his opinion about something to analyze and play with investors and market's sentiments, but right after he retreats on what he firstly said. Typical speculative and manipulative strategy.

Many individuals following his lead have already lost money in crypto world (with bitcoin, doge and shiba inu) and I believe the same has happened with Twitter. So it's advised to be careful when taking into consideration what he says and especially his proposals.

Probably he doesn't get happy when losing, he just doesn't care losing, because the pleasure is in playing and on the potential winning the game can always lead us to. I notice this kind of gambler doesn't calculate his losses on long term. He just enjoys the moment and treats each gambling session as it was unique.

Let's say a gambler has a negative balance in gambling of 10,000$, counting every games he has already played during his life, but if on the next time he plays he hits a jackpot of 1000$, he will count it as profit and become hugely hyped, excited and overjoyed. Moreover, he can even say: who told I can't make profit sometimes?

While others will become depressed if they conclude how much money they have lost along their lives and that it's nearly impossible to recover such amount. At least, not without risks of losing more money yet.

It really differs from person to person, because each one has a different personality and mindset.

That is why it's preferable to start holding bitcoins as soon as possible, even though there are predictions indicating bitcoin isn't going to recover on short run due to external factors involving global economy and war. We never know what is going to happen or when it's going to happen, so be prepared for all possible scenarios from now on to not waste any opportunities in crypto universe. And most important: don't try competing with the whales for the dip. The dip belongs to the whales, because they are the ones who launch the trends, and those who wait to buy at same time with big investors, end paying much more for BTC than they could pay, if buying some time before the dip, but also before the beginning of the bull run.

That is actually true. Tremendous failure from the bank to have sent the money to the man's account instead of the 463 low-income households. If it were a small and simple mistake, like misunderstanding a number or name that would be understandable, because these things happen really often, but sending 357,400$ into one person's account instead of sharing it among 463 is too much and should be immediately perceived!

It would be interesting if the news brought informations about the responsible for the transaction and what he has to say about the fact as well.

Somehow it must happen. You know some banks offer investment options in assets besides fixed income, and some of those investment categories might include cryptocurrency as part of the package. But that is all I expect from banks: an informal approach to cryptocurrency instead of a direct one, that would mean accepting crypto deposits and swap. Actually, I don't see this as a problem, because we don't need traditional banks to survive. As technology evolves and becomes more accessible to everyone, new services are being developed also regards finances and that is what I believe to be the future of banking system. Just like bitcoin, doesn't matter where you are in the world, you will have access to that virtual bank.

It's not a big issue since they avoid betting on days bitcoin is heavily volatile while not keeping funds in cryptocurrency they are going to need soon. Gamblers need to wait the market to stabilize a little bit until they can play using crypto again, that is the safest approach, I guess. Otherwise they might see the profit made from bets completely melting due to the market crash.

Personally, I don't bother about the fluctuations and crashes because I think primarily on long term returns from bitcoin. The prices are falling sharply right now, as are my profits, but I'm not in a hurry, so I can wait they recover until I cashout profit.

I think food will be an issue for Europe only in case their enemies turn their lands infertile through bombing or chemical attacks and by invading allied countries which are weak militarily, but strong basic goods producers and exporters. Otherwise, automated machines and equipments, plus modern farming techniques can help the continent to be sustainable and independent.

About wheat in my country, specifically, it corresponds to one of the most imported goods, which costs about 2$ billion dollars for the country annually, representing about 44% of the total wheat supply. The other 56% are produced in the local territory. Indeed, it means a lot of dependency on imported wheat and a major crisis would be terrifying for the common citizens acquire this good, which I consider essential and indispensable in our daily meals.

The same way bitcoin price pumps fast, it can also dumps incredibly fast, so it should be expected that after a bull run, there is also a correction which pushes the price down again. In the currently case it was just worse because the negative impacts of the world economy in crypto environment. If it wasn't for this negative influence, I think bitcoin could be at 30,000$-40,000$ price range yet.

Maybe we are at the middle of the bear cycle yet. I don't think it will be possible to exit this weak season by the end of 2022. I hope next year the market can show strong recovery signals again, once the economical policies implemented by regulators on their countries (US in special) start failing, so investors will be forced to move their funds to somewhere else again to protect it against devaluation, and that may be bitcoin.