I doubt that it's the choice of most gambling addicts to become so, it starts gradually without them knowing that they're degenerating to addiction. I don't think that anybody can intentionally engage in any harmful habits to the extent that they can not control themselves. It's often others that will tell them about it or if they no longer have the means to the addition like money and phones, that is when they'll realize the extent of their addictions. Gamblers needs to always make conscience efforts to be disciplined about mentaining responsible gambling habits so that they'll not unknowingly make wrong choices that can lead to addiction.

I just de hear about dis story for dis your thread now and I don do small research but I no see anywhere wey confirm di authenticity. I hope say more of our forum members wey de use OKX exchange go help us to confirm weda na true say dem de leave Nigerian market. I know say na some people work to de spread fake news to de put panic for people body, dat na why no be everything wen I hear for social media I de rush to believe, unless I hear am from di authentic source or from a reputable site. Aldo I no go de too surprised if any top exchange leave our Nigerian market, despite how lucrative wey dem business de do for di country, because of our government issues with Binance wey come de affect oda exchanges. Make we wait and see weda OKX go officially make any announcement say dem wan to leave Nigeria.

It's not a bad idea for father and son to gamble together, as far as the son is an adult and has a job. It's part of hanging out and having fun while gambling with the amount that they can afford to loose. Donating gamble wins to charity means that the gambler is truly gambling for fun and can afford to loose the money, and if they win and donate the money there'll be no regrets or hard feelings. I consider the competition to donate to charity as a healthy competition and it will improve the bond between the two of them, I think that I can do the same thing, so far that I know that my son is a responsible adult.

Everybody knows that politicians will make any promises that will make the majority of their citizens to vote for them. When they win they'll do what's in their minds whether it tallies with their campaign promises or not so I wouldn't be surprised if Trump, wins and abandons his pro crypto stands for now. I've always said that Bitcoin has come this far and it's adoption is still growing despite the anti crypto stance of many world leaders, in the near future they wouldn't have any choice but to accept the obvious that cryptocurrency have come to stay. Nobody can silence the voice of the people in any democracy, it's just a matter of time and a new generation of leaders will emerge that will accept what Bitcoin stands for.

I've not experienced any lose of sleep or over gambling either, I guess that I mentally cautioned myself after my first ever gambling. I was quit young and a guy was doing scratch and win football, I exhausted the little money that I had while trying to scratch and win the ball, yet I didn't. After that incident I made a decision to have a budget for gambling and I've kept to that promise till date, so I think that having a gambling budget and being disciplined to stick to it can help to avoid over gambling and lose of sleep. I believe that a major factor to avoid gambling addiction is to have a budget that will be the amount that you can afford to loose and discipline to be a responsible gambler.

Ofcourse the OP can give his experienced crypto trader friend his funds to trade for him and they will decide on how to share the profit and lose. But my concern is that crypto trading is not like the regular buying and selling business where customers buy and you make profit. Cryptocurrencies are volatile and a trader can loose his whole capital in a very short time, that is why I think that it's better for every trader to make their own decisions and accept the outcome of their trades because it's very easy to blame another person for a severe lose. So letting another person to trade for you goes beyond trusting them that they will not scam you, it's also about trusting their trading skills and decisions.

I doubt that anybody can give you 100% assurance of what the position of Dogecoin or XRP will be in the near future, all you will get is speculations. You should understand that investing in altcoins are risky, including the two that you're looking at, so DYOR and gamble the amount that you can afford to loose, especially on memecoins. There are too many scam projects in the crypto market and even the top altcoins like Ethereum, BNB and Solana that have proven their reputations have no guarantee of continuously hitting new ATH in the long run. It's only Bitcoin that has that capacity to continuously reaching new ATH price, so it's the only cryptocurrency that I can fully endorse.

I also think that the amount of time and money spent on entertainments differs and you cannot compare most of them to the amount of money spent on gambling. Gambling is an expensive entertainment if you're looking at it from the fun perspective, for other entertainments like going to the movies or sitting in a stadium to watch live matches, you pay once and enjoy yourself but the longer you stay in gambling the more money you're spending, except when you win. Gambling is not all about having fun, gamblers actually wants to win money, otherwise they can play video games as long as they want for free and be entertained.

I try as much as possible not to allow monetary issues to come between me and my friends, from my personal experience I wouldn't advice it. If your friend is a very good and experienced crypto trader then let him mentor you, guide you on how to become a professional trader, instead of trading on your behalf. You can not become a real trader if someone else is doing it for you, you can start with demo trading and gradually start to improve your skills before starting actual trading. What if he's making profits and is telling you that he's loosing your money, how will you know without understanding how trading works?

Money can change people so you don't need to totally trust another person with a personalized business like Bitcoin and altcoins trading. You're better off hodling your Bitcoin while you improve your trading skills and do it yourself.

The game was very interesting and the two sides gave their best but in football, especially in quarter and semi finals, a winner must emerge in a match. Despite England's best efforts Spain, won the match and they are the champion of Europe. Although I supported England, in the tournament and was hoping for them to lift the trophy, especially after they came second place in the last turnamet. They came so far again in this concluded turnamet and still finished in second place again, better luck to them in the future.

Thanks to di OP for listing other various sectors wey dem fit to use Blockchain technology for better and efficient output because most people think say na for only cryptocurrency dem de use am. Blockchain na technology of di future and I know say na matter of time and di adoption go increase for our country. All dis various sectors dem go begin to de see di advantage and with time dem go begin to de use am.

I also de impressed say we don get institutions for Nigeria, wey de teach about Blockchain technology. I hope say as many people wey go de graduate from dis institutions dem go de practicalize wetin dem learn so dat people go de identity with di technology. Why I talk so be say no be wetin most of us read for school we de take make money to survive because some courses no de marketable.

Casinos didn't have KYC policies before governments began to mandate it so I doubt that they can continue to demand it if the government doesn't need it. But I doubt that KYC requirement from gamblers is going to stop because of it's success in reducing money laundering so it has come to stay permanently. Casino owners are business people and they wouldn't care if criminals are gambling their money, provided that they're making profits. No business person will ask how you made your money when you want to spend it on their products or services, they're happy to collect your money and let the authorities worry about you intentions of patronizing them.

Bitcoin investment is a business where people, institutions and governments can buy and sale it. I'm personally not making a bid deal about why the German government should sale their BTC at this time, the important thing is if they're selling at profit, if the Bitcoin were seized or they bought when price was $20k and are offloading it now, then I think that they're not doing so at a lose. They will probably divert or reinvest the funds gotten from their sale of Bitcoin into another asset that will benefit their economy, it's not necessary for them to hodl Bitcoin as a national reserve.

Gamblers should be dynamic and not stick to one patten, you can bet on your favorite team today and feel like betting on the upsets or underdogs tomorrow. There's really no need to be rigid in gambling, that will take the fun out of it, just go with the flow and follow your guts to bet on the team that you think will win a match. I think that it's best to bet on a favorite team to win in a match because they're a favorite for a reason, there's a high chance of the favorite to win against an underdog, although upsets can still happen. Nobody can take the luck factor away from any game, it's the final whistle that will determine the winner of a match, so bet who your mind tells you to with the amount that you can afford to loose.

It's true that whether the German government sold their Bitcoin off or they perhaps deposited them on exchanges, it has generated a negative impact in the market. This goes to show that news is one major factor that affects Bitcoin demand and supply, hodlers reacts to these news either to panic and sale or FOMO and buy. I tend to agree with the members who are of the opinion that it's most probable that they sold off all their Bitcoin. Whether it's whales that are offloading their bags, institutions or governments, it's effect on Bitcoin price will only be for the short term, so I'll just hodl and wait for bull run.

There's no accurate predictions on either gambling or crypto trading, however both have different levels of risks. Gambling doesn't require much skills, infact most games doesn't require any skills to play, they just depends on luck to win. Whereas crypto trading is hard and requires learning it's fundamental and technical analysis before understanding what the determinants are before placing trades. So trading requires the trader to learn the necessary skills to become a professional trader and that makes it to be more profitable because he understands the crypto market. Meanwhile for gambling, especially casinos games and lotteries are based on luck. It's only when someone is trading without any experience that you can liken him to a gambler, a professional trader is more profitable than the two.

Dis na very sad news and my condolences to di families of students wey don lose dem lives for dis unfortunate incident. Di issue of collapsed buildings no be new thing for dis country, property owners and engineers go de manage materials wey dem suppose to take build upstairs make e de solid and withstand di test of time. Government wey suppose to de evaluate di structures sometimes dem officials sef go fit to collect bribe and allow substandard building materials and also approve buildings wey no reach standard. So for dis rampant building collapse matter na both di builders and di government officials wey de approve buildings get di blame and di authority suppose hold dem accountable for di lose of innocent lives.

I think that play till you win mindset is a common desire among gamblers but it doesn't have to be on one day. Where it becomes a problem is when a gambler is chasing his loses on a particular day till he wins, there's a high chance that he will exhaust his bankroll and never get that win. Gambling responsibly is having a budget for the amount that you intend to gamble with and never exceed the planned amount whether win or lose. Main factor of irresponsible gambling is being obsessed with chasing loses and it is a road to addiction.

I think that different factors plays out to determine the price of Bitcoin at different times and I cannot deny that the impact of whales buying and selling is one of the major determinants. I don't bother much about looking for basis for Bitcoin speculations because they can only be for a short time, I know that whatever it is whether it's whales dumping, a country offloading their bags or some global news, it won't count for long term hodling. I buy, hodl and wait for as long as it takes because I have faith that events will happen that will always skyrocket price and there'll always be new ATH.

Cryptocurrency in general don help to create jobs for our country, especially for di youths wey be like say dem no get directions before now. E don create avenues for people to become self employed, instead to de go search for jobs wey de very scarce to get. So job creation na one of di biggest ways wey Bitcoin and altcoins don take better our economy, many Nigerians de into crypto trading, some na vendors for exchanges and others de hold cryptocurrency to sale and make profits, Aldo you need to DYOR because of plenty scam projects before you buy, dat na why e de advisable for newbies to hodl only Bitcoin wey be di most reputable cryptocurrency.

You question about how di less privileged fit to take afford Bitcoin, di answer na to buy am or if person reward or gift am to a less privileged person. Di truth be say e no de easy for a jobless person or person wey no get any single source of income to invest or do crypto trading business. Cryptocurrency na profit and lose business wey you fit to lose all your money, except for Bitcoin investment on di long term, so you need money to buy coins/tokens to trade or hold, e no go get head without money. That na why you need a job or skills wey go de give you steady income before you go diversify di money into cryptocurrency business.