Bitcoin will rise before and months after halving, and so will altcoins, only that one should be extremely careful in the choice of their altcoins. Some altcoins will surely move better than Bitcoin due to their yet lower market capitalization and pricing, only that the assurance and safety of Bitcoin investment are surer. I advise anyone to do what seems best for them, this time might be the rightest time to start buying some altcoins, but they must be the top-rated and old ones, they are better reliable, and consider them as viable alternatives to diversify your investment.

Specifically, Bitcoin should be watched carefully with the economic data and technical chart, buying it at about $20,000 should be the perfect investment opportunity before halving.

I quite agree with you, because by definition, stocks and securities are gambling, even holding fiat in your hand or in the bank account is gambling as well since no one knows what could happen to its value in the next minute. Yet, I would want you to look at this from the angle of defence, those MPs were trying to back crypto rather than harming it, and that's why they came about it as "a form of gambling" to save it from more limitations through regulations.

They were trying to prove that crypto holders should be left alone to decide on their risk and fate rather than over-protecting them by regulations.

You are making a very good point, and this makes it subjective. It's about how you own, use and trade your coin that would define it.

You are arguably right on this if we are going by the way of the second definition by the Oxford Dictionary which will go a long way in calling many other things, work and day-to-day activities of people gambling. I possibly don't know why it should go that far in the dictionary meaning.

That's on the contrary, and I believe it's because many of you didn't read the full story. The MPs are defending cryptocurrency so that government would not think of it as you stated above and regulate it with many limitations.

Great stars will always be great wherever they go, especially the lesser team or countryside. Messi has been linked with many places in recent times, there are speculations that he is going to Saudi Arabia, a close relation claims that he would be back in Barcelona and now the USA claims are coming on board. Although this is not popular as I've never heard or read about it before. My guess is that Messi would find his part in either Barcelona or Saudi Arabia and you should know that the Saudi option would be for the money.

He would soon retire, so I believe gathering all the money possible is a very good and wise option now. The next world cup might also be his last, by then he should be 40-1 years, he can't predictably play in the next 2.

If the Champions League Final was between Bayern Munich and Man City, the odds would have been high for both clubs as a fearful display would have been envisaged. But unfortunately, the mightiest ones had been knocked out before the final, I guess it was the lucky time for Man City. Talking about coaches, I will always say that those people thinking that professional and well-qualified coaches are the problem of a club at times are just being naive, what has Tuchel done in the club so far?

Let's see how the next season would play out with the guy and the club, it's too early for me to judge, let him start and complete a season first.

So because one exchanges your money and the other allows you to trade make them different in the view of regulation? Well, I don't agree with you, neither do I think any serious government will agree with you. Maybe the points below would change your view on this:

1. Have you forgotten that it's human beings you are dealing with? Crypto aside, it's a matter of time before they would hide under that to launder money.
2. When they are not regulated, how do they sincerely pay taxes despite making money from people?
3. What if they just disappear with the customer's money?
4. Even if they didn't disappear, don't you think they can still be cheating people when they are not answerable to anyone?

Regulation is not always bad, it helps the economy and protects the assets and rights of people. And every company dealing with money are entitled to be regulated, not otherwise.
 

Who is ripping you off? Is it not the same country where you got the notion of an inflated commodity that you bought the same eggs? Well, you should know that countries' economy is dynamic, what you bought cheaply today might not be so the next day, and vice versa. It's you that should be conversant with the market reality and also consider the location. Locations have different prices, and you might need to ascertain if you are buying at a wholesale outlet or from a retailer.

It's clearly stated, it's not directly a trading plan but your trading strategy. And this strategy could be through the use of indicator or other means whatsoever that gives you a clue on the path the market will follow for a period of time.

It's simple, strategies are for different purposes, so you might blend them together to form a complete pathfinder for you that would be stronger than if you use just one. You might use two trend indicators, one overbought/oversold indicator and one breakout strategy to form your trading strategy. And everything must agree on a safe direction before taking the risk on that direction.

To me, this is about your choice, traders use one or more strategies without issues. Just ensure that the one you are using is very effective in its function. All you need to do in addition is to manage them right and everything would be fine. Also about the confusion, strategies vary, some could lead and some could lag, but with your training, you know the perform ones for the job and you should never open a trade unless all the strategies agree on one decision. By this, it would have filtered off noises and you would be just fine.

What transpired between Conte and Tottenham is not far from being fetched, I believe the management has been noticing his style against the team and was unbearable to them after he called his team selfish after a match. This, of course, can't be the only reason, the internal issues with the players and the management which are not obvious to the media must have added to it. And as for Kane, his transfer is long overdue, Tottenham is not a fitting club for his personality anymore.

How I wish I saw this post before you made a ridiculous bet, I would have advised you against it. See, it's a thing to know how to gamble very well, but it's another to be responsible and managerial in your gambling. Without the last two, you are nothing and will always be susceptible to losing everything.

This might sound hurtful, but I congratulate you on this loss and going back to the drawing board with nothing. At least, it would teach you a lesson that you should use your sense while gambling. It's a lesson, take it in good fate, but next time, learn how to divide such a big fortune into at least 10 parts (1/10). By this, it would have greatly reduced your risk exposure even if greed is dragging you.

Thanks for this warning. I got the same warning when I tried it out. It's now been obvious for everyone to be careful with the coins, tokens and NFTs offer these days, many of them are not genuine but are just there to steal your money.

Albeit, it will be foolish of anyone in this internet age to connect their account with an unfamiliar website. Such shouldn't happen no matter how trusting they could appear, especially when what they are offering is too good to be true.

Be wise!

There is no perfect rule, no perfect system and no perfect justice, just do your own and leave the rest. I'm always glad when I see the updates from @Coin-1 mentioning my name as helping some newbies with between 1-3 merits within months if am correct. It would have been more but I don't give attention to them only because I'm not a merit source. But many of them deserve it, especially in a forum where disparities and biases linger.

If you think too much of an account being an alt, I can assure you that you will do more evil than good, many genuine and original posters must have been discouraged because of this and left. While you make the forum thrive for alts simply because they with the alts must have understood the forum better, and whether you give them or not, they get it elsewhere. Is that justice?

Take me as an example, I am no alt, but I would have left the forum in the first 5 months if not for @The Sceptical Chymist, his support encouraged me. @JayJuanGee is another good and random reviewer who I wouldn't have known if not for the merits he sends to me. How many people do this? My discouragement at that time is about the lack of appreciation of what I contribute, it goes a long way.

Mind you, Injustice is everywhere in the forum, and if you look at some local boards, you would be amazed about what is happening there. Some underserving accounts could get as much as over 300 merits in a single month, all local. This is simply because they can speak their language, many might have alts there and continue to build it for money, is that justice?

I implore anyone God has given the grace and privilege to hold a position of power to help regardless of discouragement by anyone, JUST BE YOU. It's not so difficult to read posts insightfully and psychologically to know who deserves merit and some suspected alts. That's at least for me.

Sorry for those who bet against Man City in this Champions League final, I warned some and I hope they yielded to this. Although it was a tough task for them this time, Inter Milan didn't let them achieve it as easily as many expected and thanks to the blue side for not letting the game lead to a penalty shootout. It was a great season for them as they won their first UCL ever, and also a season where they won FA and EPL.

For this, I am sure that Pep Guardiola would never forget this year, and perhaps the best year of his career life. I hope this would be replicated next season.

I was also concerned as some people believe that saving 1/3 of income is not hard, I believe this is personal as income varies. There are people that would not be able to spend up to 1/10 of their income in a month, while it will be difficult for some to save anything in a month. Just like you, there are times you borrow to survive, which is why I believe that the answer to this question will always vary in relation to an individual's income and responsibility.

I included responsibility because some people earn more than enough but their responsibility is too much for them. This might be a family person or someone that the extent family depends on him.

Of course, what Man City is playing now is not expected by me, they didn't want to be aggressive, but for how long? It might be late in the end with the approach they are using, maybe they are saving the striking moments till later, I hope it won't backfire on the face of Pep Guardiola. It's 64 minutes already, this is tougher for Man City than I thought, they are disappointing me at the moment and I hope the careful approach of Pep Guardiola will not cost them this Champions League.

I expected offensive moments now like they always do, being too defensive shows how too much they care about winning and it might be a weakness rather than a strength when it gets into their heads.

I see this news as another hypocrisy, it's not today that Binance has been serving Nigerians but our SEC didn't say anything about it specifically until the US is dealing with it and Coinbase. Binance has been so clever this day, I don't believe they have any office in Nigeria, they only have agents. This, of course, is not good for the Nigerian government despite the company making huge amounts from Nigerians, which means the government is losing taxable income.

But for SEC to come out again today is nothing new, it can't be as scary as what CBN and banks did in the past, yet crypto dealings continue in Nigeria. Still, a special warning to those who have big money there, it might be time you distribute your assets to many exchanges. Binance is always in the business of seizing money because of "risk management."

In case you don't know, measures to counter panic withdrawal are part of it.

Binance has been pressured already and it also drags cryptocurrency with it. This news will not have much effect on the market, if any, since it's not a lawsuit or a penalty, it's just a declaration of what is already there.

To me, Man U and Chelsea could be arguably compared together, after all, they are rivals, and if you could remember, Man U was facing exactly the same thing Chelsea is facing now years ago and was able to move out of it in about a year ago while they still have a lot of work to do. Chelsea however is in the woods and coaching might not be the major issue now but moving in and out of players to almost completely change the narrative and the orientation/psychology of the dominant ones.

As for Lampard, I don't know why the guy would be ridiculing himself, his contract is only till the end of this season, it's too short for him to even breathe not to talk of making impacts. Lastly, it's not a rumour that Mauricio Pochettino is coming to Chelsea, the guy has signed 2 years contract already and will resume on the 1st of July.

I've always known that it's a matter of time before the crypto space is regulated more, it's the talk of the town and no matter how we view it, regulation is necessary since the US and many others are not banana republics. But they should only ensure that the regulation is not anti-people, that's my main plight.

People have rights, they have the right to own whatever assets and properties they want and where they want it, and crypto is part of it. If the US and their agencies are making it unbearable for people and businesses, then it's the country that would be boycotted, cryptocurrency would continue to thrive even without the US, especially Bitcoin which is truly decentralized.

I don't know about the pending case of Juventus with UEFA, it seems all is related or mistaken for the case in which the penalty was given by an Italian court. This is basically internal in the Serie A but if UEFA wants to escalate it, then good luck to them. My plight is that Juventus can never be exonerated in this, they should have known better and false accounting and financial irregularities are not something that can just be cooked by overseers.

They are only lucky that an appellant court helped in reducing 5 points from the penalty. Let it be a lesson to others.

I was kinda surprised when I read the news from Financial Times that the cross-section of the UK's MPs that seems to see it as needless to regulate cryptocurrency suggested that it should be viewed as "a form of gambling" and be regulated as such.

Without relying on my own understanding of "gambling," I quickly used the help of the Oxford Dictionary through Google, and it states;

1. Play games of chance for money; bet.
2. Take risky action in the hope of a desired result.

The second one seems to fit crypto best, so it's clear they know what they are saying.

Now, do you agree that crypto should be seen as a form of gambling? And if this eventually comes through, what should we expect as the constraints it might still bring to the crypto space?

Don't be surprised about this pal, as long as it's a custodial arrangement, they can do and undo it if they want. However, I am surprised about your defence of Coinbase, do they have such integrity and review that much? I say No. They might be careful with the Yankee people though. For the avoidance of doubts, take your time to investigate with more people both offline and online, you will realize that they are not worth defending.

Some assets might not be legal, and they will use the opportunity to blackmail the owner to seize it, but do they declare it? That's the point. While some would be legal but might want to do more investigation or even scare the owner if they can reap them off.

This approach is not new in the world of trading and investment, and even in banking and other financial institutions.