Well, I guess I can assume that you're a hardcore gambler, eh.

Instead of investing all of your gambling funds into a top coin like Bitcoin or Ethereum, you choose to invest it into meme coins and other risky coins out there. Well, it's kind of a gambling like you said, but I guess your chances of winning when you're investing instead of just gambling your funds is a bit higher.

I guess you know the risks of it already, so good luck with your investment journey, and I hope that you will get profits in your meme coin investment. Meme coins are very risky for me, that I don't want to put so much money into it. You said that you're a gambler as well and it seems that you don't want to invest into top coins because of the lower potential profits. Maybe can you share the meme coins that you're planning to invest your money with.

Murray transformed into "Kobe Bryant" (RIP) on that game. Scoring 44 points in 45 shots, and hitting the game winner to upset the Celtics not once, but twice.
Now the problem with the Celtics is slowly appearing. They don't have somebody that can make better decisions at the end of the game. TBH, with this lose, I'm starting to have doubts with the Celtics right now. I mean how they can lose twice to an undermanned Hawks? How they can compete in the playoffs if they play like this.

As for the Knicks, they are only 1.5 games behind the Bucks, and they don't even have Anunoby and Randle on the team because of injuries. I guess it's good that Hart, and DiVicenzo started to step up offensively. In times Brunson needed help on offense, these 2 players stepped up. Credits to Coach Thibs. I hope that both of them will play like this during the playoffs as well.

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I just want to bring up how the LA Clippers are in a doom even though they're in the 4th spot. Just so you know, the Clippers are 1-9 against playoff teams since Feb. 6th. In their 10 remaining games, 6 of those are against playoff teams. They are only 0.5 games above the 5th seeded Pelicans, and only 2.5 games above the Suns. If the so-called "Clippers curse" continues, they might be in trouble. I just hope that their lose streak against playoff teams will be over because they need to have a better standing come playoffs.

I guess we can all stay that the top 3 spots from the West will be a fight between Denver, Oklahoma City, and Minnesota.

NO.
It will not happen.

The upside for Bitcoin is way lesser than altcoins. Some altcoins can go x3 or even x4 during the bull run, but Bitcoin alongside Ethereum will only have at most x2. In short, my prediction with Bitcoin's peak price this bull run will be at around $140,000-$150,000. I don't see Bitcoin hitting the $400,000 price at least during this bull run. Maybe in the future bull runs.

Well, this can be a good time to buy still, but the perfect time was during the bear market where everything is on a discount. Now, the market has went up x2 already, and people who risked their money and bought coins when the market is down are the ones who are sitting with a huge profit currently.

Triple your money if you buy this time? Maybe if you will buy lower market cap altcoins because they tend to multiply even more compare to those who has a higher market cap. You can triple your money maybe if you will buy coins that are outside the top 100 in terms of market cap. If you will buy Bitcoin or Ethereum, you can only double your money at most.

At least you know the term "gender equality" right? I'm not a businessman, but is gender more important than skills, and attitudes already?
Well, to answer your question, I will trust who's more trustworthy, and who's more skillful between the two, and I will not base on the gender at all.

Is there any business out there who is basing more on the gender rather than their skills? Because if there is then I hope that their HR will be replaced immediately. Let's not discriminate people here because let's be honest. In a company, both men and women can handle job just fine. It will all depend on how good they are at the position they are applying at. Men or women doesn't matter. Skills, and attitudes matters even more.

Let's not spread discrimination here.

"Bitcoin staking" isn't applicable on Bitcoin because it's a POW and now a POS.
However, you can earn Bitcoin through different exchanges. There are some exchanges like Binance that are offering a certain % for those who will store, and keep their Bitcoins on their exchange.

Is this recommendable? No, because like what others are saying, it's never safe to store your assets on exchanges unless you're selling it. Storing it on an exchange for a long time could cause you losses. If you want to earn more using your Bitcoin, why not just buy other staking reward tokens like ETH, ADA, DOT, ATOM, and many more.

Beware OP as well because there might be some users here lurking, will try to PM you, and will attempt to scam you.

Welcome to America. Where people will act like they did not do anything. Where people will act like their son/daughter/relative didn't do anything against other people.
Kidding aside, both of his parents are experts, and correct me but one of them or both of them are lawyers but nevertheless, they can say that they will continue to fight for their son, but it has been served already.

Justice has been served? For 25 years, I think that it wasn't enough, but it's the judge's decision so.. I guess those who lost their money in the FTX fiasco must accept it. The question is when they will start to pay the $11 Billion dollar forfeiture that will be paid to those investors. Now that a crypto project owner has been sentenced to jail because of his fraudulent activities, I hope that this will create a domino effect towards other projects and will think twice if they will try and do what FTX also did or not. I mean we've seen Celsius, Gemini, Bitconnect way back 2018 and now FTX. I hope that there will be less and less scenarios like this that will happen in the future.

25 years for me isn't enough, but as long as the investors who lost their money will be repaid then it's all good.

You're a new trader? This is my advice. Don't trade at all.
Just kidding obviously.

Your 100$ will be lost that's for sure. It's like "You spent 100$ for additional trading experience", and it's worth it "ONLY" if you continue trading. Watching YouTube videos will help you, but it will not help you mold yourself to a point that you will become a good trader. Yes you can learn Technical Analysis on YouTube, but the thing is, it doesn't teach you how to control yourself or be patient. If you really want to trade, expect that you will spend money in learning just the basics of trading. I don't know if that's the case to everyone, but for me, I lost dollars when I was starting to trade just to learn.

My advice? Don't expect too much knowing that you're still a newbie, but expect that your 100$ will be lost since this is your first time. Just continue trading if you want to pursue it, keep some capital, learn with your experiences, and learn TA as well.

Yes, and I will continue to buy altcoins until the Bitcoin halving happens.

I believe that a few weeks after the halving event, we will see the whole crypto market starting to go up in price already like what it is doing in the past 2 cycles. At that time, it still is a good time to buy, but your profit is much lower already. At the end of the day, we have different strategies, but as long as we get profit in our investment then it's all good. Some prefer going all in and buying during the bear market, and will be patiently waiting for the bull run to happen then they'll sell during that time.

Some might buy at the start of the bull market still, and end up getting profit depending on when they will sell, but there will be some investors who are a bit unfortunate to loss money during the bear market because they will be FOMOed, and most of them are newbie investors. Investing in altcoins is more risky but very exciting because you can at least double or even triple your money because it's more volatile than Bitcoin.

In the last 2 years, the Celtics have been one step away from getting that title, but come up losing in the end.

In 2022, they've reached the NBA Finals, but lost miserably to the Warriors in 6 games. Last season, they're only one win away from facing the Nuggets in the NBA Finals, but just because of an injury early in the game, that changed everything and lost in Game 7 by a huge margin. I just hope that this year will be the year for them. The expectations are way beyond for this team, and I hope that they will really reach the NBA Finals. They might be a dominant team in the regular season, but like I always said, one injury from an all-star can change everything, and it happened to them last year. Just look at the Bucks last season. They're the best example of "being a dominant team in the regular season" but got eliminated in the first round by the Heat.

Correct me, but I think that the Suns are 0-3 against them this regular season.
What I remember is that, their 2nd game is also a close one as well, and it's the same as this one. With this loss by the Phoenix, they're again on the play-in tournament spot (8th and tied with the Kings).

You know what's worse? Their remaining 10 games are against teams that are fighting for a spot. No eliminated teams. Just playoff teams. 2x against Minnesota, New Orleans, Clippers, and the rest are against Denver, Cleveland, Sacramento and Oklahoma City. TBH, I have a bad feeling about this, and they might even drop down to the 9th spot knowing that the Lakers are on a winning streak again. 

There's no specific time on when it will last, and no one can tell when it will happen.

Narrative you mean hype right? Because if that's the case then it can happen anytime. Remember when Elon Musk just promoted DOGE out of nowhere? Nobody expected it to happen. The meme coin narrative right now is kind of expected though since Solana has been the most popular coin on the internet for the past months, and because of this, there are many meme coins that are being created and unsurprisingly, some of them pumped up in price already.

On the other hand, this is the reason why I don't recommend buying, and holding meme coins for a long period of time. It's because most of these meme coins are very risky because of how it's price pumps. Most of them have no use-case at all, and most of them are purely driven by hype. When the hype is gone, only a few of them will survive, and most will fall leaving the investors with a huge amount of losses. Overall, the narratives around meme coins has no specific time frame, but if you want to invest on it, just beware as always.

Time management is a skill trust me, and I didn't know how to master it until I tried to do many things in a day.
Imagine me working 8 hours from my day job, then spending at most 3 hours in this forum, then spending another 3 hours playing my favorite MMORPG game (PokeMMO), 4 hours spending time with my family then 6 hours sleep. That's my daily routine, and of course everything can change like I give some time to exercise or going out, etc.

Sometimes, you need to make some adjustments with what you're doing daily. Give time to what gives you the most money. If your offline work gives you more income than your online work, focus on it first, then if you feel that you have some free time to work online then do it. Which work gives you the most income? Your work as an interior decorator, or your work online (whatever it is)? Anyway, pardon me with this one, but I just don't want people who only come when Bitcoin's price is increasing. I mean you can just give at least a few minutes of your time visiting the market, or at least keep yourself updated with the crypto market right? Why re-join when it's going up in price only? What if it goes down again? You will be out again?

Anyway, work balance is really hard at first, but like I said, focus on ones that will give you the most income. Maximize your time, and sometimes, sacrificing something in order to be productive in the other one is a good decision to make as well.

We both have the same question. Why?

It's just a junk of pixels that are put together to form a picture. I still remember somebody from I think Indonesia where he minted his own pictures as an NFT, and to my surprise, those pictures of him sold for ETH. I don't know the exact amount of ETH he got at that time, but at least he got a minimum of 10. Just imagine, anybody can just create their own JPEGs and JPGs and then sell it to anybody who thinks that it has a value.

Speaking of value, I guess I look at these JPEGs and JPGs as just pictures with no values at all, but as long as there is somebody that thinks that it has a value then he will definitely buy it. For me, these pictures are just worthless... or at least not worth an Ethereum or whatever, but no monetary value. Most of them are just scams trying to lure people to invest into their junk JPEGs.

Chance? Like an RNG in a MMORPG game isn't it? You think merit is like you getting the most expensive item in a game, but this time, it's in the form or merits.
Lengthy article? Hmmmm, I might posted some lengthy posts, but not a lengthy article.

It's just me being me. I guess this is the reason why I got some merits though it took me a long time to rank up to Legendary since I'm just an average poster here, and I'm not like the expert ones who are hoarding merits. Kidding aside, I guess being "consistent" is one of the ways for somebody to earn merit, but I've seen users here who are consistently posting here, but they are just spamming. Patience? I don't think so. Just be yourself. Share what you know about a particular topic, and just be constructive with it. That's the key.

Don't get discouraged by your Jr. Member rank OP. Learn more, and share it here. For sure, you will get merits along the way. The more knowledge you know, the more constructive your posts are, and the more constructive your posts, the higher the chance that the high rank members and merit sources will give you merits. Good Luck OP.

Well, I'm a Warrior fan, and I will also say that the dynasty is over already.

The dynasty gave the Warriors 4 titles so, I guess that's a huge achievement for them already. Small ball set-up still works, but with the current rosters of the team today, it's hard, and the Warriors had a small line-up, but their offense is one of the best a few years ago, and Green is their best defender at that time, and he's an excellent defender of the paint that's why it worked for them.

Currently, the remaining games of the Rockets are somewhat better than that of the Warriors, and as much as I want the Warriors to at least stay on that 10th spot, it seems like their chances of staying on that spot is slowly withering away, and the Rockets are coming to take it. Right now, the Rockets have the momentum with their winning streak while the Warriors on the other hand, is on a losing streak. I hope that they will recover from this slump, and gain some momentum again with only 12 games remaining.

Taxes?
You want to avoid taxes? Borrow money. Use debt. Well, that's what Kiyosaki is doing that's why he's not paying any taxes, so does other rich businessmen in the US. Many average people are angry at them because the rich aren't paying taxes while they are.

Bitcoin itself isn't a scam, but Bitcoin is a tool that's being used by scammers to scam newbie investors.

Let's face it, as much as we've seen Bitcoin going up in price these past few years, there will still be people who will think that Bitcoin is a scam probably because they got scammed maybe through an investment that these scammers are offering or whatever it is. Let the people think what they want because at the end of the day, we can't control what they think. Instead of focusing on them, just focus on yourself, and your investment. Focus on grow, and don't focus on them. We will not benefit from them.

Let's do our thing, and let them do their thing. They think Bitcoin is a scam? So be it. We don't care.

Well, being an early bird on a particular project is very rewarding, but at the same time, it also has the highest risk of all the projects that you can invest your money with. Sure you can 5x or 10x your money investing into some new projects, but what are the chances of you getting that huge reward? Also, do you expect meme coins like BOME to pump up in price before it happened a few weeks ago? Can I also ask if you are watching a particular meme coin that has a low market cap currently, and has a potential to go up in price?

Spotting which coins will pump up in price before it happens is a hard thing to do, and there's a high chance that you might lose tons of money before getting a huge profit. TBH, I'm keeping some USDT currently, but not for the reason you shared. I'm keeping USDT because I believe that we will see a market correction after the halving event happens. Will I invest in new projects? No, but I will invest into lower market cap coins, possible those at below top 100 in terms of market cap.

Investing into meme coins especially those new ones aren't bad, but don't expect too much in terms of profit, and always be ready for the worst.

Target price? No.
Target time frame is what I have planned.

I think that we will be seeing a dip a few days after the halving event, and that would be a good time to accumulate some coins and for me, that would be the final time that I will be accumulating any cryptocurrency because after that, I will be focusing on selling all of my crypto.

$50,000? There's a chance, but I predict that it will be kind of low.
I believe that the next time we will be seeing Bitcoin priced at $50,000 is when we are in a bear market already. I don't see Bitcoin dipping to as low as $50,000 at least this year. $60,000 maybe is the lowest that it can reach before the bull run.

You know what, just buy Bitcoin whatever the price is. You believe that Bitcoin will reach $100,000 during the bull run? If yes then whatever the current price is, you will still get profit at the end of the day. NFA of course.

I will just share a story that's not related to trading, but it's related to paying certain course just to learn from it.

I saw a Facebook post hours ago regarding a certain influencer who's offering a course regarding "Mastering the art of getting AIRDROPS". In that course, he will teach newbies how to spot airdrops and how to maximize the free money that we can get there. If you're a newbie, you will feel that it's worth it because he will be teaching you how to get free money through airdrops, but if you've been doing it for a long time, you will see that this course that he's offering is just useless and you know what's worse? He's charging ~$50 for that course which is insane!!!.

That isn't related to trading, but the point is that, not all paid courses have value. In fact, those videos that we are watching for free and the books that we are reading online are way valuable than these paid courses. I don't want to be one-sided though because even though I don't pay on these courses in order to learn, I still believe that you can still get value by paying a small amount to them. I mean there might be some lessons that you can only get when you pay other experts.

At the end of the day, information that can help you be a good trader can be found online, and it's free. Like OP said, consistency is the key, and maybe add as well the fact that experience will make you a better one. You need capital as well.

Well, the father will make the son cry again in the playoffs.
If the current standings will be the standings for the playoffs, both the Mavericks and the Suns will only face when they reach the Conference Finals which is for me, low to no chance. TBH, I don't think that both teams will be facing in the playoffs because they might get eliminated already. I love both the Mavericks, and the Suns, but I have a feeling that they might get eliminated in the first round. I hope I'm wrong though.

As for the Rockets, they are continuing their winning streak, and looking at their remaining games, most of them are against bottom teams already compare to the Warriors that has a harder schedule than them. TBH, I'm thinking that the Rockets might end up getting that 10th spot or even the 9th if they continue to play like this. Surprisingly, they are doing this without Sengun. I guess it's a blessing in disguise for the team because players like Jalen Green and others are stepping up, still fighting for that play-in spot.

I can't think of any player that's impressive on defense, and on offense.
Like you said, I don't also think that the Suns are a team to watch out in the West because of 2 reasons and you said it already. Defense, and injuries. It's kind of funny that a team filled with G-league players have a better defensive rating than them.

Anyway, if there's any team in the West that other teams must watch out with, it's the defending champs. I also put a huge bet on them on Stake that they will win the Western Conference, and the title as well.

Just follow these 3 simple steps IN ORDER:
1. Sell during the bull market.
2. Buy during the bear market.
3. Continue accumulating after the bear market.

Right now, we are entering the bull run. It's a perfect time to sell your assets like Bitcoin or whatever crypto you are holding. Always, always take profit because the main goal of an investor is to make profits. Now when you sold your tokens already, wait for the bear market to happen, and that happens usually after the bull market. At that moment, you have the money that you got from selling your assets. When we are in a bear market, prices go down, and that's the perfect opportunity for you to buy Bitcoin or whatever cryptocurrency you want to buy. After the bear market comes the accumulation phase, and even though the prices at that time isn't as low as when it's still in the bear market, I can say that it's still a good time to buy some coins in preparation for the bull run.

Always take note that the market moves in cycles, so make a strategy based on the cycle as well. This kind of strategy takes time, but it works every time. Just imagine you bought some Bitcoins way back in 2020 and sold it in 2021 then bought again in 2022, 2023, and 2024. Holding your Bitcoin forever without selling is a stupid strategy because there will be a point where you will sell it for some reasons. As an investor, your main goal is to sell your assets and take some profits.