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Yup, it's getting worse and worse overtime, it's practically inevitable to have zero infections, thus, chances are that the quarantine measures will get stricter as time passes by, since cases are bound to increase, due to the very contagious Omicron variant. On top of that, the supply chain will be disrupted once again, it happened the last two years with Covid-19, it's happening now with the Ukrainian - Russian war, this is just the icing on the cake. Last I checked in the news the official deathtoll in Shanghai was around 20. Even with conspiracy theory that they were just locking up people to disrupt the supply chain (or refocus the industry for war in Taiwan and they don't want civilians running around), I don't buy those numbers. And we only managed to find out the situation in Shanghai, apparently they were locking down the same way throughout. The Philippine ambassador who just arrived from his home country died in quarantine in Huangshan and they wouldn't reveal the reason, which is telling. The man is in his 70s, if it's not a covid death they can just say so. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised with anything. I'm certainly not a conspiracy theorist, however, there are more than a few instances that China has been found hiding evidence and information. As I've mentioned in older posts, they've also hid information from WHO, regarding SARs in the past and now with Covid-19. I haven't been paying much attention to China lately, due to the Ukrainian war, however, I highly doubt that something is going to change for the better. |
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I think staking is more promising big profits than bank interest, as we know that the bank interest is very small, even in my country the bank interest bank is no more than 10% per year, while with staking then we can choose what we want from tens of percent to thousands percent per year.
10% per year? Sounds impossible for a bank on giving out annual interest for your funds stored on them..So i dont really believe on what you have said on here. Try to look on APY of these banks. https://www.investopedia.com/personal-finance/banks-pay-highest-interest-rates-savings-accounts/You could even barely see on surpassing 1% which basically shows that staking is worth but we know that risk taking decision would really be that crucial. It's astonishing that even the highest bank interest doesn't surpass 1% APY, while on the other hand, the minimum you could achieve with staking varies from 10-15%. I'm currently sitting at 11.50% (on Binance Smart Chain), which is quite low, if you take into account that there are options with way higher APY, over 20% on stablecoins, which is considered safe. |
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I think staking is more promising big profits than bank interest, as we know that the bank interest is very small, even in my country the bank interest bank is no more than 10% per year, while with staking then we can choose what we want from tens of percent to thousands percent per year.
10% interest per year? I have plenty of reasons to doubt your statement. A bank, in the best case scenario, provide you with 1-2% interest per year. I get a euro or two every 3 months from my bank, with a relatively decent deposit (not $1-2k). On the other hand, in the worst case scenario, staking stablecoins would get you an average of 15-20% APY. Personally, I had invested $1.000 in UST-BUSD, which is one of the lowest yielding vaults currently, and has already achieved a profit of a few dollars, within a week or two, something that's impossible with a bank. |
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The government has now imposed an 8% increase in salary, we'll see how that plays out, not big of a deal to be honest. I've never heard talk of a pay rise during inflation (especially in my country) and that has escalated financial problems everywhere. But hopefully the government will also think of this as a solution. If investment can help us to manage our finances well during inflation then we should really do it carefully and wisely. We should not be greedy regardless of any risk especially during this time crypto volatility can increase at any time. Not really, quite a few countries have increased the minimum wage due to the increased inflation. Spain for instance, increased the minimum wage to 1000 euros. Our minimum wage is currently at 663 euros (before tax) and from first of May, it will increase to 713 euros, certainly not lifesaving. However, I'm not sure if that's the ideal approach to battle inflation, since the higher wages could also be passed to increased prices of goods. Is it better than nothing? I guess so, but still, there are plenty of loopholes for employers to bypass the increase and continue giving the same salary. |
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The higher APY, higher the risk. You are right, but as long as the risk is worth the gain, then of course we can consider it. Last year I tried to invest in a different way, namely by providing capital to gold traders in trusted jewelry stores with a profit-sharing system. For me it is quite profitable compared to risking less potential assets even though the APY is quite high. However I know what risks I will face when investing in this way but I feel lucky that it has made me a good return. Depends on the coin, how much the APY is, there are a lot of factors to consider, but yes, sometimes it's worth it. Back when I started interfering with DeFi projects, I invested into an algorithmic stablecoins, BoltDollar to be exact. The yield was great and it lasted more than a month, I earned two monthly salaries within a couple of weeks, I couldn't be happier. However, it suddenly crashed, losing great value. Fortunately, it had showed signs of failure and managed to withdraw just in time. Anyway, I also forgot to mention the risk of impermanent loss, which features most of the available vaults now. |
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Of course, comparing interest banks with staking such as comparing ants and elephants, in my country, banks only give about 10%, whereas now many stakes are giving up to hundreds or even thousands of percent, and this is what makes me prefer to make staking as a top priority for Earning and farming money.
Really?? What kind of project does it gives a thousand or even hundreds of percent yearly return in staking? Your bank is a very generous too, coz here in my country there is only 1% below interest rate on your savings account. That's such ridiculous number. I don't know, I'm not a bank expert but If there is something that a bank gives 10% APY, I guess that falls under a specific term and that would be close to investing rather than savings. Yes, I think that is pure exaggeration. Definitely when this whole staking began, those projects are offering huge APY to attract investors. But as soon as the market is saturated, then slowly bring it down. So to be safe, anyone should go to a bank if they don't want to take a huge risk on this whole staking crypto games right now. The higher APY, higher the risk. Beefy now provides you with an APY historical rate on the vault you're interested in, which is extremely useful. A few weeks back, I invested in a vault which looked promising, however, I didn't bother to look its history, only to find out that it was only experiencing a temporary spike in APY. Certainly, newer vaults will yield a higher performance, till they get saturated by investors and start declining. |
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Who is responsible for the strikes? Think about who benefits more from this incident in order to disperse the enemy's forces and directly involve Moldova, neighboring Romania and, potentially, all NATO forces into the conflict. It should be taken into account that one of the largest military depots in Europe is located in Transnistria, where about 20,000 tons of old ammunition from Soviet times is stored. The president of Transnistria’s government Vadim Krasnoselsky claimed: "Traces of these attacks lead to Ukraine. I assume that those who organized this attack have the goal of dragging Transnistria into the conflict". Just a few hours after the incident in Transnistria, former adviser to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Yuri Butusov, said that Ukraine should strike at Transnistria in order to save Mariupol. It is vital for Ukraine to strike at Transnistria for six reasons:
1. Capture of many thousands of Russian prisoners for exchange;
2. Elimination of the threat of a breakthrough by Russian troops, the Russian offensive of Minnekaev will lose its meaning, because we will transfer the liberated Transnistria under the control of the legitimate authorities and the armed forces of Moldova;
3. Liquidation of the black hole on the border of Ukraine, through which Russia drives smuggling flows, and earns billions on this smuggling;
4. Capture of large arsenals of Russian ammunition;
5. The release of two brigades that are forced to protect the Ukrainian south from the threat from Transnistria;
6. Transnistria is a source of international terrorism that threatens the whole of Europe, from where Russian special services illegally supply weapons around the world. Today there was another terrorist attack. It is time to eliminate this threat to Southern Europe. Also Aleksey Arestovich, who is the current adviser to President Zelensky, showed on YouTube that the capture of Transnistria for the Ukrainian army would be as easy as snapping fingers. Host: Is Ukraine able to capture Transnistria?
Arestovich: We could do it somehow. This is the territory of sovereign Moldova. We cannot even make such statements, only after the request of the Moldovan side.
Host: We are discussing theoretically. How many forces will be needed to capture Tiraspol?
Arestovich: We can handle it if need be. < snaps fingers >
Host: Yes, yes, yes ...  While I get your point of view, Ukraine striking at Transnistria would mean a declaration of war against Moldova, since it's not an independent country. I highly doubt that Ukraine want to look offensive, while it would be complete madness to declare war in another country. Personally, I believe that Russia could potentially create tension inside Transnistria to either blame Ukraine for the explosions or to justify an ambush, in order to save its "oppressed" citizens. |
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This has all the symptoms of an invasion plan/excuse. In addition to the OP: - Russian FSB/propagandists are spreading rumors than Moldovan army is basically taken over by Romanians/NATO (most officers allegedly are from Romania etc).
- Russian military blew up a bridge in Ukraine that basically cut off the region between Black Sea and Moldova (see the map in the OP) from mainland Ukraine, possibly making it easier to invade Moldova from Black Sea (without going through Odessa)
However given the failure of the Russian forces to make siginificant progress in Ukraine over the last two months and their massive losses, it's unclear how much they can commit to yet another invasion and another front. It would seem reckless. Then again, so did the whole shitshow from the beginning. Edit: added links. Thanks for the contribution, while Russia's progress is quite slow inside Ukraine's territory, it's certainly upsetting, especially after the fall of Mariupol. It's been two months since the invasion started, and it doesn't seem to end anytime soon. New targets probably include Odesa, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, so I wouldn't be surprised if he went for Transnistria (which would also mean that Putin would declare war on Moldova, since it's not an independent state). On the other hand, can we be certain that Putin has showed his full potential? Russia is supposedly one of the largest military superpowers, while it appears that Putin is ahead in the war, he seems to be struggling, it took weeks to conquer Mariupol. |
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Apparently they are "very serious" this time. In one vid I saw, they even built fences around a few block of buildings to keep the people inside. Probably not as terrifying as welding the doors of units shut but still... I did saw several theories about it. It also have the effect of disrupting the global supply chain and I'm assuming that'll figure later with several food warehouses in the US "accidentally" erupting into flames within a few days of each other. Yup, it's getting worse and worse overtime, it's practically inevitable to have zero infections, thus, chances are that the quarantine measures will get stricter as time passes by, since cases are bound to increase, due to the very contagious Omicron variant. On top of that, the supply chain will be disrupted once again, it happened the last two years with Covid-19, it's happening now with the Ukrainian - Russian war, this is just the icing on the cake. |
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Explosions have occurred the past 2 days, in Transnistria, a separatist territory of Moldova. The first explosion took place in the Ministry of State Security building in the regional capital of Tiraspol, while the second one was aimed towards a broadcasting center in the village of Mayak. Thankfully, no injuries were documented in any of the attacks. These incidents occurred days after Moscow claimed that the Russian-backed region could be drawn into the war in Ukraine, while the attack was conducted by a grenade launcher, which was found on scene. Before we look further into these two incidents, let's firstly analyze what Transnistria is. Transnistria, or officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, is an unrecognized breakaway state that is internationally recognized as part of Moldova. Transnistria controls the majority of the narrow strip of land between the Moldavian - Ukrainian border. Its capital is Tiraspol, which is also the largest city.  The region has been under the control of separatist authorities since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992, which sparked a conflict between the newly independent Republic of Moldova and separatists who wanted to maintain relations with the Soviet Union. No country, including Russia, recognizes the territory as independent, but the Moldovan authorities have no control over the area, which operates as an independent state. Now that we've analyzed a few basics of the breakaway region of Transnistria, we'll try to see how that interferes with the Ukrainian - Russian war. According to Financial Times, "A senior Russian commander said last week that the Russian army’s move to capture southern Ukraine would open “another way to Transnistria”. Moscow has claimed “there are also instances of oppressing the Russian-speaking population” in Transnistria, an argument that was used to justify the invasion of Ukraine." To summarize, we shouldn't be surprised if another attack was planned against the Moldavian territory, in order to "save" the oppressed citizens. I guess you can see the similarities yourself, that's how the Donbas was "liberated" from Putin. Russia is keeping 1,500 military personnel in the independent state of Transnistria, as a "peacekeeping" force, Ukrainian officials are afraid of a military advancement of these troops, however, my opinion is that such incident is highly unlikely, the number of troops in the region is insignificant compared to Russia's forces in Ukraine. According to Al Jazeera, Zelensky on the other hand claims that Ukraine was only the beginning, and Putin will potentially try and seize territories in other countries as well, especially those who do not belong to NATO. What are your thoughts? Was it a "random" incident, was it the citizens of Transnistria boycotting the Russians? Who knows... |
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It's been 2 months since the Russian invasion, despite Ukraine's resistance, war maps show that Putin is actually gaining ground, especially after the fall of Mariupol, and the military advances in the Donbas region, while they are extremely close to Kharkiv. On top of that, Odesa is certainly their next target, since its prime location, which would block Ukraine's access to the sea.
Certainly, Putin didn't win the war within a few days, just like he expected, however, things have taken a turn for the worse, mourning thousands of casualties.
I think that Nikolaev, Kharkov and Odessa are now facing a difficult choice - to repeat the fate of Kherson or Mariupol. Both cities are now under Russian control, but Kherson was taken almost without resistance, and Mariupol with heavy urban fighting. From the point of view of access to the sea, in my opinion, Nikolaev is even more important than Odessa (and both of them are not as important as Mariupol), but Russia has a personal score with Odessa for the incident in the House of Trade Unions. It is very difficult to predict which direction Russia has a higher priority now - to close the boiler in the Donbas for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in eastern Ukraine, or to connect with Russian peacekeepers in Transnistria in southern Ukraine. The Russian General Staff is reluctant to voice its plans. Meanwhile, the Guardian published an article with the results of the work of forensic experts, who found that "dozens" of Bucha residents from mass graves were killed by small darts from artillery shrapnel shells. The general tone of the article is still anti-Russian (it would be strange to expect otherwise from the Guardian), but the results of the examination make one wonder - for example, how the Russians could fire artillery at the city, which they themselves held at the time. Regardless of what his next move is, one thing is certain, the future is scary. Putin might have failed his initial plan of conquering Ukraine within a few days, but his military has captured major Ukrainian cities, which account for quite a large part of their whole country. On top of that, he isn't going to stop there, as you've also mentioned, Putin will head for the three major cities, practically blocking Ukraine's access to the sea while at the same time surrounding Kyiv from nearly all sides. |
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With APY no more than 10% per year then I think there is no interesting thing about Banks, it's better to invest in Crypto then we use it for staking, although binance gives APY 6% but we hope that a fantastic price increase is more important than the APY staking We get it.
A few weeks ago, I put a decent sum of money on UST-BUSD, it had 30-40% APY back then, now it has fallen to 5-10% and I'll possibly switch to another vault. However, Beefy now has a BUSD vault on Binance Smart Chain, featuring 13.39% (or 0.0319% daily), it was around 35% a few days ago, but it seems to have lowered now. There are plenty of other options as well, if you check other networks too. Those type of things lower because more people put money into it. The outcome is always the same, the return is almost always the same, what changes is the amount of people who got in. Solets say that daily it will distribute 100 bucks, it will always be 100 bucks and it will not change alright? In this example, if we have 10 bucks invested into it, then each dollar will get back 10 dollars back, but if we have 100 dollars than each dollar will get another dollar back. This is what happens when APY drops, the distributed amount is the same but invested amount is lower. This results with lower APY and usually proves you that you are investing into a trusted pair for sure. Things have gone pretty stale on Binance Smart chain the past few weeks, I'm now planning to move some funds to another network, since APYs have severely decreased on the vaults I was interested in. The Fantom network has some pretty interesting ones, with over 50% APY on stablecoins. |
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A lot of people mention PTC sites, and various of scams that had popped up during that era. I'd also like to add, possibly one of the first experiences with cryptocurrencies, a cloud mining Ponzi, named Coinintellect, if I'm not mistaken. It supposedly a free plan, but required you to upgrade after one or two payouts.
I actually received both payments, the second one was almost lost, because they went bankrupt, so instead of BTC or PayPal payment, they paid via Dogecoin. The payout was valued a mere $5 payment, which back then, was 30.000 Doge. Stupid me sold them, I'd have a decent amount of money if I hadn't.
A very long time ago, PTC sites gave a lot of profit. When the price of Bitcoin was low, PTC sites would give satoshi and they were a means of earning for low income people. You do not have to deposit to earn on these sites. But later some people started ponzi scheme business behind the name of PTC. They have snatched huge amount of money from foolish people in the name of revenue share. These were not actually PTCs, these were ponzi schemes. Not quite exactly, PTC sites and faucets are paying the exact, or at least close, to what they were paying back then, but in terms of value. PTC sites would usually pay 1/10 of a cent, up to a single or two cents at maximum. In the past, those cents were the equivalent of a few hundred Satoshi, nowadays, you'd get 2-3 Satoshi at best. For instance, Freebitco.in, probably the oldest still operational faucet, is currently paying a minimum 0.00000002 BTC per roll. A few years ago, I remember it paid a minimum of 800-1000 Satoshi per roll. Their value however was almost identical to what it is now. I was on the lucky side, since some of the BTC I had acquired through faucets was kept for quite a few years, and sold when BTC was actually worth something. |
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What seems to have happened in Bucha is that Ukrainian SS teams quickly filled the vacuum when the Russians left and assassinated the 'collaborators'.
There's satellite footage of bodies in the street while the Russians were occupying the city. There's drone footage of Russians open firing on civilians. There have been dozens of interviews from survivors. Reports from dozens of Independent journalists from all over the world directly conflict what you believe "seems to have happened". Your theory would require a massive conspiracy to cover up how all those people were killed. There's no use explaining why such a conspiracy theory is impossible to stage, it's the same people who claimed that Covid-19 deaths were faked during the first wave of the pandemic. It's exactly 2 months since the Russian invasion started, with massive casualties, cities destroyed, soldiers and innocent civilians killed. It's astonishing that there are people who doubt other people's misfortune, claiming stupid conspiracy theories, scene staging and faking deaths. Certainly, there's propaganda out there, but claiming something like that is outrageous. Have you seen the bombed cities, Mariupol for instance. Do you really believe that people haven't died? We're talking about innocent civilian lives right here, but there you are again, the same conspiracy theorists from Covid-19 threads. |
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The war had affected the price of the bitcoin a lot,the value of the bitcoin was reduced from 65k dollars.After the huge period,the price of bitcoin was reduced below the 40k dollars.This is best time to inverse the money in bitcoin.With a short period of time,the price of bitcoin will increase back to 50k dollars.So hold your bitcoin or buy maximum amount of bitcoin now.
I don't believe that the war has much to do with cryptocurrencies, however, the market has been quite depressing the past two months due to the ongoing crisis. Since the stock market and cryptocurrencies do share some kind of correlation between them, it's expected that crypto won't thrive till the situation improves. |
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I've used Metamask for over a year now without any major issues, except once, that I almost got scammed due to a phising attempt, but that's purely my fault. Anyway, I'm still storing a decent amount of funds, some of which are invested in DeFi projects, however, despite it being convenient, I wouldn't use one wallet to store all my assets. Thus, I'd refrain from storing Bitcoin there as well, and stick to traditional methods, such as the Electrum wallet, which has proven its worthiness throughout the years.
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Usually, P2P transactions are a great way to buy Bitcoin, and you would be able to conserve your privacy with it because it will only be the person you are transacting with knowing your identity. But the problem with this is that if you are going to check posts online, there's no proof that you can trust the person or something. It's going to be a challenge. The best way to avoid that is to use exchanges with outstanding P2P transactions etc. I think of buying crypto as two sides of a coin - P2P - Fewer fees but can be a hassle
- Buy from exchanges - higher fees, KYC but less hassle
That's just how it will be if you were to consider the two. Would it be worth it to pay a couple more dollars towards having it readily available in your wallet or wait for someone to agree with your price and have a risk of scam (if you don't know how to correctly transact) P2P trading is too much of a hassle to me, that's why I refrain from using such platforms. Nowadays, it's way too simple to use exchanges, I don't mind providing my personal information in exchange. However, I had traded with a few members in the past, on another forum though, quite a few years ago, because I was underage and couldn't sign up to an exchange. Thus, since I'm perfectly allowed to purchase now through a trusted platform, the hassle of P2P trading isn't for me, despite it being more private. |
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Russian forces on Saturday launched deadly missile strikes on targets in Odesa, hitting a residential neighborhood and inflicting the kind of civilian carnage the Black Sea port city had so far avoided in two months of fighting, Ukrainian officials said. At least six people were killed and another 18 wounded when two cruise missiles struck the residential area in the city’s west, and officials warned the toll would likely climb given the extent of the damage.  It's been two whole months now, I expect things to worsen after the fall of Mariupol. Odesa is next, and is in a vital location due to its port, conquering it would block Ukraine's access to the sea. Putin didn't capture Ukraine in a few days, like he expected, but he is steadily gaining ground in the region of Donbas, while his military advances are certainly going towards Odesa and Kharkiv, two major Ukrainian cities. |
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With the rise of tracking of Bitcoin transactions by Coinalysis and stuff, keeping your Bitcoin pseudonymous seems harder these days. I normally buy through Coinbase Pro, but I was wondering if there is an easy way to buy Bitcoin privately, and without getting charged a premium? Only things I know of are Bitcoin ATMs and localbitcoins but pretty sure ATMs have a high fee and I don't want to have to go find an ATM everytime I want to buy anyway, and localbitcoins tend to sell at a large premium as well.
So is there anything like a decentralized exchange for Bitcoin where you can get current market price and exchange stablecoins with Bitcoin with other people? Or any other good buying option that preserves privacy?
Of course there are many ways to do so. Check out peer 2 peer exchanges, or even sites like reddit where they exchange privately without asking for ID. Is there a subreddit for P2P transactions on Reddit? I remember one in the past, but wasn't sure if it's still active. I searched but couldn't find anything. Even if there is, I'd advise anyone to avoid such deals, since it could easily turn into a scam. The recommended P2P exchanges and Bisq that have been mentioned in this thread suffice. PS. Found it, https://www.reddit.com/r/BitMarket/ I don't know how you could possibly trust a complete stranger, I don't know if escrow or something is provided, but I'd avoid it if I were you. |
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