I don't believe in that thing anymore.
Holding Bitcoin, and will never sell until you die? That's stupidity for me.

There will be a time when these investors will sell their Bitcoin. We just don't know when. Maybe 5 years from now, or 10 years from now, but to hold it forever? Nah I don't think that they will never take out their capital gains in the future. I mean we all need money right? What if there will be a time when they will need fiat, but the only thing they have is Bitcoin? What if there's unfortunately an emergency, and they don't have any extra fiat money aside from the Bitcoin they're holding? There will always, and always an instance where they will definitely sell their Bitcoin.

I also believed in this as well when I was a newbie, and I'm thinking of doing the same but as I gain more information, I realize that this is a wrong kind of strategy.

I looked at the image that you shared, and it seems like you are holding around 0.004 BTC.
For a newbie (I assume) that's a huge amount already, but I consider it a safe investment because you put it into Bitcoin.

I will not give you a definite answer to your question, but ask your self this. "WHY?" Why will you sell it? From that point onwards, you will make a decision that will work for you. If you want to hold your Bitcoin because you want to hold it for the long term then by all means, hold it. Now if you want to sell it because you need that money to buy something, by all means, sell it. It's that simple. It all comes down to why you are holding your investment.

You already said that you don't need the money, so I guess holding it until the bull run happens will be a good decision, but in the end it will depend on  your decisions, and your "WHY".

Inflation really is the killer. This is the reason why I'm not holding fiat money anymore except for the ones that I allotted for emergency funds. I hope that more, and more people will learn how inflation works so that they will do something in order for them to not get affected that much by it. I mean I only hear complaints from average people regarding prices of commodities, and goods that are increasing, but they don't know the reason why it's happening.

I don't know much about what happened with your country, but your country is just one of the countries that experienced a significant loss in the value of their fiat. Argentina, and Venezuela, and there might be some as well. I hope that you're still ok.

Not for all.
What about those who bought at the wrong time? What about those investors who bought Bitcoin when it's price is at its peak? What about those people who made wrong decisions in their investing journey? For you, maybe it changed your life, but not all have experienced that, and there might be some who experienced way worse when they invested into cryptocurrency.

Who are those people who are putting millions of dollars in banks? I'm not.
I'd rather invest it than store it in my bank account. Being wiser means more knowledge, so before investing, try to be wise and know how to invest our money.

These are all speculations on your part because of how Bitcoin's price moved in the past 10 years.
Of course, I'm optimistic about Bitcoin, but its past performance doesn't mean that it will be the same in the future. You keep a million dollars now, by the end of 2033, you might have even more than 5 million dollars, but you might have less than a million dollar as well. What I'm trying to say is that we can't predict the future.

I hope that nobody will criticize or at least bash him because he used his Bitcoins to buy something for himself - kind of like a reward for him.
I also want to hold Bitcoin as well like many others here, but there really are times when we still need to use our Bitcoins to buy something that we need or something that we want.

Whatever people will say, there will still be some who will treat Bitcoin as a currency that they will be using to buy some items. I don't want to say that treating Bitcoin as an asset is bad though, but we can look at Bitcoin both or either one of the 2. I've been in a signature campaign that's paying me Bitcoin for years already, and if I am not converting them, I might have nearly 1 BTC already, but of course, there are some instances where I really need to convert my Bitcoins for our everyday needs.

As for the OP, just continue what you're doing as long as there's nothing wrong with it. It's good that another investor bought something with the help of Bitcoin, and I expect many of these in the future.

Until now, it's still an allegation. It's a rumor that's why he can still play. The NBA is doing an investigation on it though. I hope that this isn't true or the career of this kiddo might get ruined. I mean he's one of the best passers on the team and got some triple-doubles already as well in his early career. I don't want it to get ruined by just some minor. I consider him, Chet, and SGA as their big 3 being surrounded by good role players such as Dort, and the 2 Williams. If this turns out to be true, I will not be surprised if the Thunder will suspend him or worse, waive him.

The Sixers took the victory against them 127-123.

Embiid & Maxey Vs. Chet & SGA. Almost identical combined points. One with 63, and the other has 64 points. The last time I saw the score, the Sixers had the double-digit lead, but it ended up as a close one... or at least. This just shows how good the young Thunder is. They can compete against playoff contender teams like the Sixers. Of course, it's just one game, and I'm waiting for them to match up against the likes of the Bucks, Celtics, Nuggets, and others.

Dallas Vs LA Clippers? I think the Mavericks will get this one. They are now better than they were last season, but I'm expecting this to be a close one.

That might be the suspect.
That's also the main reason why I don't want other people to use my computer. Even my partner doesn't have any access to my computer. She has her own laptop so I guess there's no reason for her to touch my computer, or at least if she will use it, I'm on her side so I can still see what she is doing.

I'm always very careful with everything that I'm downloading online. From extensions to wallet software of different altcoins. I always triple-check before I click the download button because there's always a chance that it might contain malware especially if it comes from a different website.

Learning really is a very expensive thing, and I've been always saying that ever since. Now your learning costs you 11 BTC. I mean if only you have a hardware wallet then at least your coins are safer, but nevertheless, it is what it is. You said already "That's life" so I guess the only thing that I will say is to move on, move forward, and start from scratch again. I know it will be hard, but I know and we know you can do it.

Hacking incidents becoming more frequent = sign of a bull run? I don't know, but hacking is happening whether the market is in a bull run or a bear. I don't know if I can use it as a sign because these platforms getting hacked all the time. It's just me though.

Hackers really are everywhere. When there's money involved, they are there. They are remorseless. They will do everything just to get every single cent that you have in your wallet. Right now, being more vigilant is a must. Being ignorant in the world of investing will lead to scammers scamming you. Newbies are supposed to learn first before investing. Knowledge is needed in order for the investors to at least lessen the chances of them getting scammed.

The market still holding strong even though lots of hacks are happening. I guess investors don't really care about it anymore because of the fact that it's happening more often already. I mean investors aren't panicking already, especially when the platform that got hacked only has a few hundred thousand users. It wasn't a hack per se, but the FTX drama really was the one that affected the market negatively. These hacks are really huge but weren't huge enough to affect the price of the top coins.

I will not say anything bad about your target selling prices because I will use it as a reference on when will I sell the tokens that I'm currently holding.
I guess what I will say is that, don't just focus on selling at the prices that you gave. What I mean is that, let's say ATOM reaches around $75, and your target is $80, as long as you're contented with the profits that you got already then at all means sell. I'm just thinking "What if it doesn't reach that price, and instead it went the opposite way already?" I call it securing profit.

We have different target prices when it comes to both buying and selling. Some of your target prices are kind of high, but it will depend on how long are you willing to hold that coin. For example, Ripple @ $9 is kind of impossible as of this moment because its price is below a dollar, but there's a chance that it might reach that price after a decade or two, on the other hand, there's also a chance that it might not that reach that price at all. Same with all of the tokens. One thing's for sure though, Bitcoin will reach $120,000, and as an optimistic investor, I will predict that it will reach this upcoming bull run.

Now to answer your question, not all of them will achieve your targets this upcoming bull run. XRP might not even reach that $3 price TBH, ADA might reach that 3rd exit point because it's previous ATH is at around $3. I don't know about BNB if it will reach $1400, and even $1000. ATOM might not even reach the $80 price as well.

Both of them have already had a good relationship ever since if you know what I'm saying.
I don't know the exact numbers, but the record of CP3 when he plays, and Scott Foster is officiating is around 10+ losses compared to only 1 win. I don't know when he got that first win, but what I remember is he got it during the playoffs.

I guess if you're the bettor, you might need to look at the officiating crew first because they really are just sh*t. I'm not saying all though, but most including Scott Foster, but who cares? He's been a referee for a very long time, and other people don't want to mess with him while fans look at him as one of the worst referees out there for his kind of "biased" officiating.

When they saw Chet playing already this season, many including me expected that the Thunder would be better than they were last season. I mean who expected for them to be at the play-in tournament? There might be some, but not for me. Even though the season hasn't started yet, many already predicted that the Thunder will at least get the 6th spot.

They will clinch the playoffs. That's for sure, but we know that the regular season and playoffs are very different so even though they clinch the playoffs, they might get eliminated in the first round depending on the team they will be facing. I hate to spoil it, but that's my prediction. Anyway, I hope that the Thunder will continue to play like this, and TBH, I might vote on Chet Holmgren as my Rookie of the year over Wembanyama.

Ok, let's assume that you already have the knowledge because obviously, if you don't know anything about investing yet, and you only have the money, there's a chance that you might pay to join for some seminars, but most of what you need are basically free already. Just have the initiative to do research.

Cryptocurrency, Stock Market, Bonds.
Cryptocurrency, Stock Market, Bond Market, Real Estate

I don't want to put that amount of money into a single asset class. Diversification doesn't mean, investing in different altcoins or different cryptocurrencies. For me, diversification means investing in different asset classes. I just don't know why most of the users here only put their money into cryptocurrencies where in fact, there are other assets out there which is also good to invest your money with. Learn to diversify, and when I mean diversify, I mean don't invest in cryptocurrencies only. I also don't recommend investing in a business unless you are ready to lose your money on your first try.

Poloniex? Kraken? Kucoin? Or that new emerging exchange that's been advertised by many crypto influencers on Youtube called "Bitget".

We can't predict the future like what others are saying here, but I guess it's pretty obvious that the SEC is targeting these Centralized Exchanges one by one. Who is the current chairman of the SEC? Gary Gensler, and just for the sake of everyone, he's involved with the FTX fiasco. I guess he has a huge hate towards these CEX'es thus, doing everything to stop them.

I guess this serves as a lesson to us that we shouldn't store our assets in our exchanges. I still remember when there were some investors who put even their life savings in the FTX exchange hoping that they could get more money as they stored it there. Well, nobody, or only a few people knew that what happened with FTX would happen. Go buy a hardware wallet if possible, and don't store it on exchanges. I know that there are some who couldn't afford to buy one, so I guess non-custodial wallets might work. As for which CEO or exchange will go down next, I can't answer it precisely, but I believe that SEC will continue to target them like what they did with Binance.

The sad thing though is that even Coach Pop did that thing, the fans didn't stop boo-ing Kawhi, and it seems like they are also boo-ing to Coach Pop himself as well. What a display of immaturity if you will ask me. Some players get traded, and when they return to their old team, they are being recognized and sometimes they create a video for him, but not on Kawhi. Anyway, Kawhi didn't care about them and did his thing. Scored 26 points to lead the Clippers to their 3rd win streak while the Spurs are now on a 10-game losing streak.

What's happening with the league right now? Washington is on a 7-game losing streak, San Antonio is on a 10-game losing streak, Portland was on an 8-game losing streak (it ended just a few hours ago when they won against the Jazz), and the worst is Detroit is now on a 12-game losing streak. I mean I know that these teams were once at the bottom also last season, but at least they need to win at least one out of their 3-4 games, and not to have a losing streak like this.

In the East, we've used to see teams like Boston, and Milwaukee that are on the top. In the West, is it pretty normal to see teams like Minnesota, and Oklahoma City to be at the top?
The last time I saw OKC at the top was when Russ, KD, and a young Harden were there when they were still a playoff team.

It might be too early, but with Chet coming back, many expected for OKC to play better this season. The only thing that I didn't expect is that they are playing way better than our expectations. Currently on a 6 game-winning streak, if the OKC plays like this all throughout the season, I will choose their coach Mark Daigneault for Coach of the Year. As for the Spurs, no comment about them anymore.

People are investing in it because they believe that it will give them huge returns. TBH, I've seen many investors who are risking their money, they invest in these stupid meme coins only to lose money in the end.

Investing into meme coins (or where I considered them as sh*tcoins) is like placing your bet on the team that is obviously losing against their opposing team. Yes, there's a chance still to win, but what are the chances? Same with investing in meme coins. Yes, you can gain profit, but what are the chances of you gaining profit? It's pretty obvious that most of these meme coins have no use case at all. It's already good that DOGE is being used for some reasons. Most of the meme coins for me are useless, and they aren't worth holding for the long term.

Reason for me to buy meme coins? I have no reason to buy them because I believe that they aren't a good coin to hold mid to long term. The risk of investing in these type of coins are very high at least for me. The reward is high yes, but I can't risk money investing into something that I believe will give me headaches in the end.

I don't know if this is always the case, but whenever an investor thinks of a coin that they want to hold for the long term aside from Bitcoin, the first coin that always comes to their mind is Ethereum simply because it's the number 2 right now in terms of market cap.

I mean it's always that case, and Ethereum has been proven to be a good long-term coin as it has been on the top for a long time and has survived many bear markets already. For these reasons, analysts are again just stating the obvious. What will be the catalyst? Again it's the Blackrock spot ETF for Ethereum. Ethereum reaching $3,000 is a realistic prediction, and TBH it might happen on the next bull run. We might see Bitcoin reaching $100,000 for the first time and Ethereum reaching that price again.

I guess let's just wait for it to happen while we are slowly accumulating.

His contributions in the crypto space is just too many that enthusiasts and those supporters of Binance are thanking him.
TBH, centralized exchanges are taking a big hit for the last months already. Poloniex getting hacked, Coinex getting hacked, FTX scamming their customers, Gemini is also having a problem, Bittrex closing down etc. I wonder what will happen to other popular exchanges like Kucoin and others.

I just woke up a few hours ago, and this is what I saw in my phone notifications. TBH, I'm not surprised because after the FTX fiasco, I already expected that there's a chance that something bad happens with Binance as well (of course no one will believe me ). I guess it's already a good thing that they aren't freezing any withdrawals (for now), but this news affected the market negatively. CZ said in his tweet that he will focus more on start-ups that's related to Web3, AI and others, so I guess he's fine.

The question is what will happen to Binance now that they will have a new CEO. Will he follows what CZ has done or he will do differently. One thing more is that, how this will affect the reputation of the whole exchange, or will it have an effect. Currently BNB is down 11% already while Bitcoin is down 3%. It's too early, but I guess this type of news isn't like other negative news in the past that will affect the market negatively up to the point that all of the top coins will go down in price by double-digit percentage.

I tried when I was still a newbie to pay to join these Telegram channels that offer paid signals to their subscribers.
Long story short, I didn't make any profit because they are giving the signals minutes after the coin is pumped, so in short, there's a delay, and if you want to receive that signal on time, you need to pay more. Luckily, I didn't do it. I think I paid only $5 for that and it's a good thing that I only give them a small amount.

Welcome to the internet world where anybody can say anything without any proof. A lot of people pay for signals you say? Maybe they're just newbies who want to go the quicker route. They don't want to spend their time learning how to trade without the use of these stupid signals. Most of them are just scamming people. Only newbies are paying for these signals, and only newbies are falling into this kind of trap. I don't want to do what I did last time (to pay and join these signal groups).

TBH, I don't know if there is somebody here who gained profit in the long run with the use of these paid signals. Is there anybody here? I believe still though that there might be some signal groups out there who are kind of legit, but profit isn't certain, and you can still incur losses.

I guess this is what a person can do after getting overdosed. Get some sleep OP. Sleep can make your brain function way better. You probably only lack some sleep thus, you created this thread.

Hey Fake-toshi wannabe, we already have CSW as the Fake-toshi, and we don't need another one. Many have already claimed that they are Satoshi and I can claim it TBH though I can't prove it to anybody. The bottom line is, that anybody can claim that they are Satoshi, but they can't show any proof that they really are. Have a life OP, and focus on living peacefully. Claiming that you're Satoshi will not benefit you or us here. Do we really care if Satoshi will come back here to post or not? We've heard too much already regarding them claiming that they are Satoshi, and it already come to a point that nobody will ever believe in them. I'm also thinking that even though the real Satoshi emerges, there's also a chance that we might not believe in him/them as well.

I'd rather hide in the darkness than say to the public that I'm Satoshi - that is if I'm really Satoshi, but luckily I wasn't. As for OP, good luck with what you're doing. It's either you are just trolling, or just delusional.

More wealth, freedom, another option for investing my money, material things, I mean there are so many things that came to me, and it's all thanks to Bitcoin... or maybe not just Bitcoin but the whole cryptocurrency.

I believe that many users here for some reason have positive moments with them using Bitcoin. Many bought what they wanted because of it, many tried to learn anything about cryptocurrency and landed a job that's related to it, many are now financially stable because of crypto, and many lives have changed and that's all thanks not only to Bitcoin, but the whole crypto space. I guess I'm just lucky that I learned Bitcoin a few months after I graduated from college because I have lots of time to learn, and lots of time to invest. Time is on my side at least.

One of the greatest creations of all time, and one of the greatest inventors of all time. Many changed their lives because of Bitcoin, and we will be forever grateful to Satoshi for sure.

No max player, most are young players, and they also have a talented coach who had a remarkable season in his first year with the Celtics. No wonder the Rockets are playing better this season than it was a few years ago.

Now that KPJ is out with the team already, they might focus on developing their young players like Sengun, Green, and Smith Jr. They also have a veteran in Jeff Green who can help them as well. I'm not expecting too much with this young Rockets team, but with their new coach, I guess we expect that they will have a better record now than they had last season. The highest that they can get this season is the play-in tournament since the West is still as competitive as it was last season.

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The Spurs are on an 8-game losing streak as they again lost to the Clippers who won 2 straight games already 124-99.

6 players in double digits for the Clippers, and it seems like they're starting to build the chemistry already. I'm still impressed by Westbrook's adjustment to play off the bench. Wembanyama on the other hand is kind of struggling averaging only 18.5 PPG in those 8 losses. I mean I know that he's still a rookie, but the expectations around him especially with the Spurs fans are high. TBH, with how Chet, and Victor are playing, it seems like Chet is having an upper hand over him, and he might steal the ROY over him. Too early though, but still they on a losing streak currently.

The forum has helped me gain extra knowledge that I certainly need and also helped me financially through campaigns. It gave some bucks aside from my main job yes but to think that the forum is like a one-size-fits-all kind of forum where all of the solutions to all of our problems can be solved here? I don't think so.

The forum has been helpful to me, but I don't think of the forum that way. It's a solution to most of our problems when it comes to cryptocurrencies, and maybe some problems outside of it, but not all of our problems that are related to financial growth can be solved here.

Nope. None at all.

The type of users that I'm seeing here are the users who are experts in cryptocurrencies. Users who are experts in the technical aspect of it, but I don't see any financial gurus out here. Cryptocurrency experts are what I'm seeing here, and maybe they're helping those newbies out there to answer their questions, but monetary problems? Maybe it's just me, but I don't see anybody.