A a bad luck trader. I've been into crypto space for over a decade but my wrong decisions, hacks and scam led to lose most of my money and I ended up losing more than earning. I am now a more informed trader who trades on signals that too on trusted alts and bitcoin. Gambling had been one of my largest economic problem. Though I'm much stable now, I lost all of my crypto rage betting in 2019. My current strategy is to grid trade my coins and hold some for bull spikes.

Lucknow super Giants wins against Punjab Kings by 21 runs.
LSG, winning the toss wanted to bat first and they created a good score of 199. Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran and Krunal Pandya performed good with their bat.
Punjab chasing a target of 200 looked good for the first half of the game, not loosing a wicket till 102 runs. Both of the openers Shikhar Dhawan and Jonny Bairstow were outstanding. At the peak of their partnership it looked like they are easily going to chase it but as the wickets started falling, they couldn't take the game on their control. Liam Livingstone tried guiding the team on last overs but failed to score at faster pace.

Leverkusen got the 3 points anyway. Maybe it was the break that most teams weren't able to perform as they were doing before the break.
Of the matches played today, the most important result was the draw between Leipzig and Mainz, that's a bad result for Leipzig as they are fighting for Champions League slot against Dortmund. Mainz should have been an easy win. Another shocking loss was Wolfsburg vs Werder Bermen where Werder loss 0-2 against Wolfsburg. Werder now has a long losing streak. Frankfurt and Union Berlin draw too was a setback for Frankfurt team but their Conference League slot might still be secure.

Sri Lanka has not declared yet and they have 6 wickets left. Except Angelo Mathews, all of them had a good score and the new batsmen too are seen set.
They'd try to bat the whole of 2nd day which may mean if they be able to bat the whole day without losing all of their wickets, they'll make a comfortable 600+ but also in an unlikely situation, they'll get near 500 and Bangladesh would start batting on the later session. In any circumstances, I believe Sri Lanka would have upper hand and they could even win by an inning if they get over 600.

Of the 4 matches happening today in la liga, two have yielded result while 1 going on is predictable.
Cadiz won over Granada by 1 goal. Both of these teams are in relegation zone and among them, Granada and Almeria has no hopes while Cadiz is still in fight with Celta Vigo in order to not get relegated. Almeria and Osasuna match running at the moment has almeria already down by 2 goals and I don't see them recovering.
Another game between Getafe and Sevilla was a small surprise as Sevilla won it by 1 goal. But both of these teams are not going anywhere up or down.
Valencia vs Mallorca is the remaining game. And as it's on Valencia's home, they should have an easy win.

Today, the league is back after a break and we have 7 different matches today. Newcastle vs West Ham already yielded results with 4-3 in favor of Newcastle. west ham was leading the game by two goals from the start of the 2nd half till the 77th minute. Newcastle scored 3 goals in 13 minutes to win over West Ham in 90 minutes game.
Of the running games, a interesting development is being seen on the match between Tottenham and Luton. Luton Town scored an early goal in 3rd  minute and are leading till the moment. A win or draw for Luton against Tottenham would make Luton safer from relegation while Tottenham's chance of Europa league may dwindle. Nottm forest is already down 1 goal againts crystal palace and Nottm is the competitor for Luton to not relegate from this league.

They can. Depends on how comfortable you are sharing it with them. People tend to share about their addiction to friends but not with family cause it would be a larger shock and could immediately affect your relation and living style. Most people don't admit they are in addiction and even if they do, they are not entirely sure if they want to get out of it. Giving your family a hint means they could just cut off your access to gambling places/sites or your own money source, or at worst disown you. But if you really want to leave gambling for good. Your family would help you, they might be a bit harsh but it would work.

You are right that solana is doing well but ethereum is not dying either. Ethereum might not have the same hype as it used to have being the only L1 solution, but L2 layers are what still making it popular. Many L2 chains even use Ethereum as gas and it's demand directly influence the price of Ethereum. With the recent Duncan update, the Ethereum developers aided the use of L2. Ethereum is also a popular speculative coin like bitcoin and with the update overall fees of Ethereum network too have decreased now much lower than that of bitcoin.

If you just want to keep usd safe, putting it on a bank would be safer and may earn you larger interest depending on where you are. Bank themselves are not invincible but regulatory measures mean public's deposit are always safe. If you want the usd to be in ready position to get into a crypto, than you can stake it on flexible or fixed savings on Tier 1 exchanges. The problem in Celcius and Nexo are an example why such lending and investment platforms might not be a good business model. Lastly if you intend to invest in crypto, you should just do it.

Security is a complex issue. Good education and opportunities to do a decent job and lead a quality life would certainly improve social security. A good national economy with food and energy security and decent welfare system could help the government create a stable system in the nation.
A degree of harsh measure from the government could be a good thing to manage extremism. Camera monitoring of public places may sound anti-privacy stance but they have been one of the most reliable source of information for countering crime and bring criminals to justice.

A fact I just realized is KKR became the first away team in IPL 2024 to win a match. Kolkata Knight Riders, winning the toss, made RCB bat first.
RCB had a weak start but the opener Virat Kohli staying from the first to last ball making an individual 83 helped create a respectable target of 183 for KKR.
KKR chasing the target was never really in pressure making 183+ in 17th over. With this KKR remains as the team that has won all of its games along with CSK and RR.

Personally, I have never been kicked out of casino. I don't do anything that might even look weird let alone going against the terms. Though, I have heard a lot of stories about people being kicked out of a casino mostly because they are winning. Most of the casino has the readymade answer claiming the player was counting cards or cheating in some ways. I have also herd of people being kicked out for drinking too much from casino that offers free drinks. People are also asked to leave if they are entering casinos just for the sightseeing on casinos that don't have minimum chip purchase requirement to enter.

I too lost a lot buying FTX token at $55 and selling for $5. FTX was the exchange at that time. They offered the cheapest trading fees among entire A tier exchanges and it's volume was rapidly increasing. Sam Bankman-Fried did used the funds deposited by the users without consent and offered it to his own company called Alameda Research. Everything was fine till the bull lasted but when the bear arrived, Sam had more loans than assets. There's a lack of transparency and regulations on crypto exchanges that enables a few people to use the coins the way they want. This has time and again brought problems.

They are supposedly trading at a high price at $43.20 in exchanges like HTX. That would make me a millionaire considering how much I had on my app. I reinstalled it and tried to withdraw but not all of it are withdraw-able but a large portion is. Another hurdle before withdrawing was KYC. I didn't wanted to give mine without assurance so I made my friend do it. He said even though he have verified his KYC, they claim the tokens need to be swapped as the tokens in app and exchange are different and when he proceeded, the function to swap was not available. He's waiting for his own million but I have no hopes from it. I guess they are scams.

Cash is still the king when you need to spend it quick. But stablecoin can be a good way to save your money as it gets you more interest rate than banks. (For most nations)
Currently USD stablecoin staking is been provided a interest rate over 9% (APY) on binance. And even in the bear, the rate were around 4% which is still better than what my banks are providing. DEFIs might provide even better rates. There are risks involved, moreso on stablecoin investment than saving on banks but if you are careful enough, saving on stablecoin might be a much secure and better way to grow your money.

The football is so much commercialized today that people do know players by club but not by their nation. It's a good thing for players as well the fans. Good football players are earning amounts that they might have never imagined only playing through their national teams. It's a life changing moment for most of African and South American players to be signed in a poplar league. This also enables individual players to shine who would have other-way not be on a succesful national team. Ibramovich, Gareth Bale and Erling Haaland are well recognized by fans but most of them might not know which national side they play with.
FIFA International windows are important in the sense that it allows the national players playing around the world get to know each other and keep the team alive for competitive tournaments. Sudden session a month before an important tournament might not be enough to prepare for it.

This is a valid concern. Network congestion and transaction fees had been one of the limiting factor on rise of a coin price. Sometimes people are not being able to sell on the spike just because they can't transact. There have been issues of networks being clogged up when there's a trend on some memecoin. It seems meme coin are indeed much popular and most of the people are speculating and trying to get rich quick than thinking about the use of blockchain and crypto tokens as utility. And this meme frenzy is far than over. Like you said, improvement on scalability and availability of options would make it easier. Like Ethereum network would have been too clogged if all the Solana memes were generated over it. Solana has been able to handle it while Ethereum still getting a fair share of transactions. Bitcoin's transaction cost and speed too have improved with full segwit adoption.

Rajasthan Royals loss the toss and were asked to bat first. Their start was really bad. At the end of 8th over, they were 38/3. Which is a run rate of 4.75 and a predicted total of just 95. Riyag Parag changed the fate for RR. Coming in as the 4th man, he stayed in the crease till the last  ball making an 84 out of 45 balls individually. Consisting of 6 sixes and 7 fours. While other players like Ravichandran Ashwin, Dhruv Jurel and Shimron Hetmyer scored quick runs.
185 is not a huge target but is defendable considering how RR previously defended their score and how DC has performed in their last game.

IMO solana is a buy anywhere below $200. There could be ups and downs but Solana would reach $500 in next bull.
Solana is a growing ecosystem and might be the largest one considering new users. The tokens on the platform are getting more attention and as the use of Solana increases, the demand for Solana coin would increase. A fun fact, Solana has still not reached the ATH that it made in 2021. One of the reason were the issues with the Solana network. And now with most solvable issues solved, I see Solana hitting $300 within a couple of months and $500 by next year.

Brazil needs to improve in their defense. Spain were inside the Dbox without any resistance each time. Except that both the team seemed to be equally capable.
England vs Belgium was another match I enjoyed. Lots of action, impressive goals, some good saves. Both of the goals for Belgium were scored by Tielemans in 1st half, both impressive ones, the first due to a poor clearing by Pickford and second by an impressive assist from Lukaku. England scored their 1st goal as penalty. The 2nd half was mostly England attacking Belgian post. But it took the last minute of the injury time to score the equalizer goal. One of the corner goal from England was overturned by VAR due to offside.