It's not how SOL market's unpredictability, the OP just pointed out the fundamentals based on it's market cap + the numbers of coins in circulation. But still though, those are not just numbers in my opinion. Just like in Bitcoin, even if it is cap around 21 million supply, there could be a lot of parameters that we might not yet see that will push the price of SOL to $1k.

We can also say that to Ethereum, despite the problems of high gas fees, you can't take the fact that there are a lot of investors that are still investing on it. So don't count out the sentiments of the investor on SOL, there are a lot of things that we can't measure in the market.

That is a wrong strategy, at least from my experience, you don't need to wait for the price to go deeper, as the market is very hard to time. And you have to think of it in the long term, if you have that kind of mindset, then obviously, you will buy every time that there is a dip in the price as this is a golden opportunity to buy cheap Bitcoin. And if you uses DCA then that is a fool proof strategy and you will not going to lose in the long term.

And speaking of the price, it's just very volatile. Just last week the price seems to go up and we are looking to like $120k as our next stop. But then after the big news about the Fed rate cut, and the following settling it down, the price goes down hard and we are in a correction, which is a healthy one as have a strong support around $110k and I don't think that we will go down that low.

I can only speak from my experienced when I was just starting my Bitcoin journey.

a. Wallet - specially when using exchange or a wallet that you don't have control of
b. You really need to be technically inclined. What I mean is that at least the basics on how to handle everything online.
c. There are a lot of cyber threat in our crypto space. So you also need to be self-aware. At least learn how not to fall for this trick.
d. How to back up your mnemonic phrase or your private key.

Read, read and re-learn everything because there will be new ways to be the next victim here. So educate yourself before it's too late.

Yes, this is also what has been explain to me before when I accidentally sent Ethereum to Ethereum classic. The casino that I deposit says that they can't retrieved it to me but it's obvious that they have the private key but is not just willing to do that.

Another crypto base sites (second time that I made a mistake), says that it will take some money out of their pocket to do this. And so they don't usually recover unless the amount is huge and that you have to pay for it.

So this is just a reminder for everyone to double check everything on which blockchain you are going to send your deposit.

It's no different in physical casino too, there are a lot, al least in my country there are 4 or 5 big casinos and so if I will go out and play with friends and families, we do go to different casinos to have that kind of experience. Who knows, maybe the last time you play on a certain casinos, you have that bad luck. But when you switch to other, then maybe you can recover what you have lost.

Same with online, a lot of good choice, maybe we stick to one or two, but the thing is that those might not have all the games you want to play. Or the crypto that you wanted to use or the total experience that you are looking for. So for me, it's better to test some new casinos in the space and see how it goes for us.

Sometimes as gamblers and a experience once, we could have this kind of sixth sense. Like you have a feeling that this game might not be as good as you have though and while you spinning and playing that games, you are seeing mostly dead spin. But if you fight it out and continue to play then the hard truth might come out that your gut feeling is true and you should have stop with that game instead of more spins.

But what the OP raises is a good one, house edge is there for a reason and no one  can bet in the long run, except that you got lucky and you have a big capital to continue no matter what, deadspins, near hit or misses.

Unless the Filipino turns into their "People Power" or a military coup to removed Bong Bong Marcos in the office, then maybe he can continue and finished his term. But so far I think Filipinos are still in the 50/50 here. Although there are a lot of issues in the country, but it seems that they are still divided. Yes, I read that they have a rally this day, but it will be enough though?

There should be something that will support this cause, maybe the Duterte supporter. But currently, the former President in under the custody and VP Duterte has been trying to be impeached. Something will have to wake up the Filipinos just like what happened in Nepal or Indonesia recently.

There are some cultures that women stays at home and maybe that is the reason why they play gambling. They are inside the house and maybe invite their friends to go along and gamble like table games. And if this is the case, then this is accepted in their society. So yeah, most likely this is a cultural thing, or at least this is what they've grown upon and so it trickle down to the generation and the next.

And from what you describe, this is more prevalent in the Asian society. As compare to the Western culture wherein both parents have multiple jobs and so both of them are very busy making money for their family and doesn't have the leisure to gamble or enjoy and have fun. Or if they have the time, but it's different on the way they spend it and gambling is not one of them.

We can't really compare two casinos are far as what they "define" as a house edge. There is no universal rule, perhaps on certain games that has fixed house edge like baccarat or roulette. But in all other games? Casinos might differ, but it doesn't mean that the lower house edge is good as everything still base on luck.

So take that house edge as fair value, and if you are a experience gambler, then maybe select a game that you think you can have a good chance to win and then exit early if you win. But if you are playing for fun, then just go along and play and not complicate things on your end.

Nah, I will not gamble with my life. And for me, my life is not worth that kind of money. We as human should preserve our life isn't it, unless it's really your time and our creator has taken our lives for good.

Even if there are no poll included, for sure majority here will vote and says "No" to this kind of twisted games, just saying.

This is also my thought as well, it's like they are just pitting him to nobody right now. When he moves up to 122 lbs, we thought that he will also dominated that weight class. But problems getting into the weight was his main issue here. If I'm not mistaken, he doesn't have any proper team like a nutritionist that will handle how much he is putting into his body to make weight.

And after that, it's all downhill for him fighting no name boxer and it didn't bring any from his boxing career. He will definitely win this fight, maybe in a knockout as he doesn't have the problem getting into the weight and be a full blow featherweight. But the quality of his opponents should be good as well and not fighting who has a lot of losses.

^^ Yeah, sometimes it's really hard to comprehend it, when you're unlucky on what casino and then suddenly when you move on to a new one, your luck is very different. It's not that I only experience it online, but in traditional base casinos, I have this kind of thoughts too.

In our place we have 4 big casinos, but I usually play on one that is near to me. But let's say I have a bad feeling that nothing is going on my end. I will go and play on the other casino and then suddenly I will have a good night.

So it's not just me, maybe many gamblers are superstitious so that they do whatever they see fit that will chance their luck.

It's obvious that this is one of the off shot of Covid, lot of online sports bookies emerge and when people are at their home doing nothing and can't go out but still wanted to follow their favorite sports and bet on it, then the numbers grew tremendously. So there should be no surprises here, and for sure this numbers are going to continue with the emergence of social media as well.

There are a lot of of called big whales or infuencers showing their bet online and maybe encouraging others to bet too. So overall, it's a healthy growth and maybe in the next four years it will be more than ten-fold the way I see it.

Well it did move up to $17,500 or even higher after the news of the Fed cut isn't it? But still though, it's not enough for now as our next target should be $120k. So for now, the market might have reach it's peak already. So what we can do is just wait and see if thing have settled down already. If not then there could be chances that we might go up a bit. And there are also speculators that says that this news has already price-in.

So there are a lot of analysis going on right now, but we don't know what will be the flow until we crossed the bridge. Even if we look at the TA and the 50 day moving average, it's not a certainty that the price is strong or if there is a push to $120k. The only thing we can do is take advantage, and continue to stack up sats.

I guess he is fighting Inoue because he is the mandatory of one his belt? Other than that, Picasso as you have said, has proved nothing yet. But perhaps his hard way has paid off to become a contender and mandatory fighter for Inoue.

And we don't know what Inoue chooses Picasso this December when he can fight Nakatani? Doesn't make sense right? But this is boxing, and it seems that everyone is on the business of making that money fight that Inoue wanted and avoid fighting his fellow Japanese.

It might have something to do with social media that's why the proliferation of online gambling is at all time high. But for casinos, this might be just business for them. They hire social media influencer to promote their websites, just like any other kind of business.

So for others it might be a question or morality but for them, it's not like that. And it's up to the people itself, are you easily be influence by others? Or you have a strong sense of control of yourself not to fall for that trick.

For me it is still 50/50 and we can't just point our fingers as who is the guilty party here.

As the market is very unpredictable, we are not sure if even the risk management that we have are enough to survived in this market. Even if we have the experience on other market like in stocks and then we move to crypto, uses technical analysis, laid down mitigation factors, but still that is not enough in crypto. Of course, it's better if we have the knowledge, but this market is very different.

And as you mentioned, there is also this element of luck. Maybe you stumble early on a diamond in the rough and invest and became millionaire, such as in meme coins. But it's not the only factors. I guess it's combination, just learn how to navigate and see how it goes for you. And learn from that mistakes, it could be very expensive in the beginning, but at least there is some lessons in there.

Not sure I understand you mate, but there are a big difference between big or small gamblers. Yeah, a big gambler has a deeper pocket, meaning he could enjoy what he is doing but they might be competitive too and doesn't want to lose money.

There is a interview of Dana White, a big whale who loses millions because he was drunk and he didn't know. But he said that he went back to that casino and won back the money that he initially lost.

And for the majority of us, gambling is for us is to win money, regardless of online or offline, we wanted to have the thrill and as well take some slice on that big pie in the table.

I don't know but it seems to be related to this topic that I opened: PayPal launches "Pay with Crypto".

I did play online slot machine but since I was tipsy and drank already, I have my brother in law play my game and I let him click and see how it goes. So everyone was in a jolly mood as there are also others who are playing with less than $1.00, just to have a kick of it while we are drinking and telling stories and having a good time.

But lo and behold, he hit the bonus round, so we are all very happy and noisy in front of the house. And suddenly he hits big with just 1 spin left out of the 10 free spin. So it was unexpected or if it his luck to turn my money into something big and so I gave him some money so he can play and then I keep my capital and then the rest we buy food for the family and some beer.