See two charts and discover a fact that intelligent investors bravely buy in bear markets, when most serious tests on their belief and mentality. Price did not hold if there are not strong believers and investors. It's not luckiness for Bitcoin, Gold and their investors to hold price in bear markets and tested in many bear markets in history. Their cycles can be longer or shorter but you can see how psychology of market cycle works.

Those who have the balls to buy when everything are panicking are surely the ones that will get the most profit in the long run.
I mean just imagine those who bought Bitcoin when it's below $20,000. Now they are sitting at more than 3x, and possible more in the months to come.

I always believe that those who are brave are the ones that are rewarded, but not all brave ones. I can be a brave investor, and buy those shitcoins out there. What I mean is that, when everything is down, I will use some of my money to buy top coins that are already down in value. At the end of the day, it's a matter of how patient you are, and how discipline you are to not make any unnecessary decisions especially when you see your portfolio up big time.

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Knowledge is power. That's a famous quote and that's true. If you have the knowledge, you will know what to do especially in the market that we are right now. If you're knowledgeable enough, you can create your own investment plan and from there, success will follow like what OP said.

Re: Do you really believe on NFTs?

I don't know if it's just me, but I see NFT's as worthless pictures that has no intrinsic value at all.
Right now, the only use case that I'm seeing on NFTs is they are being used as a requirement to get some airdrop tokens. I can't think of any, but if you are joining multiple airdrops and have been following many projects, there are some that in order for you to get a portion of the tokens, you need to hold a specific type of NFT.

There are still some NFTs out there that are being created and sold, and they're the ones that are lucky. There are some NFT games out there that are still operating and even though I'm not playing them anymore, I still believe that it will continue for at least a few more years. Overall, I don't believe in NFTs anymore, and I don't invest into NFTs anymore, but we can't deny the fact that NFTs are hear to stay already, and will be used by many people in various ways possible.

I voted for $150,000, but that's just my prediction and TBH, I don't want to stress myself and change my prediction so I'll just enjoy eating some popcorn while watching the market going upwards.

$150,000 for me is the realistic peak of Bitcoin during the bull run. I believe that the price of it will at least double it's previous 2021 ATH which is around $69,000. While I don't expect for this price to be touched because there's a chance that it might not even reach that price, I will not be surprised if it surpass that price within the duration of the bull run. One thing's for sure, the higher it goes, the more happier those Bitcoin holders are.

Based on this website: LINK

-48.8 million US adults own cryptocurrencies, representing 14.36% of the adult population. (Triple-A)
-56% of American adults say they own or have previously owned cryptocurrencies, corresponding to 145 million users. (The Ascent)

The current population of US right now is around 340 Million (based on a quick google search). That's almost 40% of the total population that has an idea or at least held some cryptocurrencies. I'm not a voter from US, but I know that he's just using cryptocurrencies to boost his popularity hence, increase the number of votes that he will got come November election.

He's just using cryptocurrency to get more votes. We know how politicians work just to win. It's the same here in our country, but they aren't using cryptocurrency because they don't know it at all (or at least they aren't knowledgeable enough). Anyway, even though he talked about cryptocurrency in one of his rallies, I don't think that it will affect him and his chances of winning.

So no team will be swept in the semi-finals huh? The way the Nuggets handled game 3 was a huge statement that they are still the defending champions. They are surely back in business after that emphatic victory. The Nuggets probably need to thank the NBA management for not suspending their player

It's back to the drawing board for the Wolves' coaching staff.

That would be better because that means more competition to both teams, more excitement towards the fans, and more money for the whole league.

Just imagine if Murray got suspended because he threw that heat pad in Game 2? The outcome would be different that's for sure because in this game, he got his rhythm early on and scored 24 points compared to only single digit in Game 2. The adjustment that they did is to rotate the ball faster. We've seen double teams in the first 2 games that's why they lost. Now if they see an open guy, they will pass it to him and from there, the ball will either rotate or he will shoot it. That's because there are times where Wolves are doing double team to a single player. Now that type of defense will not work against the defending champions. I wonder how will the Wolves adjust to this blowout loss.

Anyway, there will be no sweep in this series and just for context, the Denver Nuggets are 0-11 in playoffs when they are down 0-2 in a series. Will this be the first time that they will win after being down 0-2? Let's see how both teams will play in Game 4 days from now.

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Quote from: BattleAxe1 on May 01, 2024, 07:53:15 PM

There seem to be a standstill in the recent crypto market as investors patiently awaits the bull run. However, I can clearly point out that there are numerous ways to explore crypto projects especially before they get listed on exchanges. It's something I intentionally explored like taking part in token presales, airdrops, Pre-Market trading as well as Launchpool and Launchpad events on crypto exchanges.

I'm amazed at the different user centric and frictionless lending protocols available that's helping to onboard the masses into the DeFi space.

Imagine ZeroLend that's currently trending is a lending protocol within the zkSync ecosystem, their poist for transparent and secure borrowing and lending of digital assets makes for my amazement how blockchain is alternating traditional finance. It makes me think about the Future of blockchain. Will BlockChain ever replace traditional banks?

I think both can coexist together, Blockchain can't replace traditional banking imo not now probably in the future. Though Blockchain could make traditional banking more efficient & more secure. Couldn't find much about Zerolend, but I found it trading here. Is this the project?
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That's it! Well, you have a point there, traditional bank may not replace the traditional bank for now but I guess it's a possibility for the future. You seem to have followed the project, right? It's worth looking at.

No. There's no way that it will happen. There's no possibility that it will happen. There's no reason as well.
I saw the project already, and the project isn't that different from other lending protocols that has been there for quite some time. Also, I got some tokens from the airdrop.

Do you think that authorities will allow this to happen? Do you think that the government will allow this to happen? TBH, I don't see any valid reasons as to why people always think that traditional banks will be replaced. Like what others said, they can both coexist together, but I don't see traditional banks being replace now, in the next 10 years, in the next 50 years or maybe in the next 100 years.

Lending platforms in cryptocurrency will remain as an alternative way for those who know how to use it to borrow some money. Not all knows how to use it especially those old people who find borrowing in banks more comfortable. Also include the fact that in terms of trust, traditional banks are more trustworthy (for others) compared to these lending platforms. Overall, it will not be replaced, but an alternative way would be better and that's why these lending platforms exists.

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2024= Now bitcoin price is $63300 at halving after one year bitcoin price...........?

The most realistic answer to that is Bitcoin's price will at least double during the bull run. I don't see it going up to as high as ~$180,000 which is almost 3x it's price after the halving event.

As the price goes even higher, the multiplier decreases as well, and in the next bull run, we might see Bitcoin's price being doubled only. I will not be surprised though if we will see Bitcoin's price going up 3x it's price during the halving event which is at around $189,000. Will it happen? Realistically speaking, it's a bit impossible, but still, anything can happen, and I would be happy if that happens, so does other Bitcoin holders out there.