In the early years, CZ and his Binance didn't actively cooperate with the regulators, and he started to do so only after the regulators became interested in him and put pressure on him. On the whole, I would say that CZ was lucky in this trial because the judge was more or less loyal and rejected the main demands of the DOJ. In fact, the 4-month jail sentence looks like trolling by the judge as it's symbolic of that famous picture of CZ.

As a Binance user, I believe that 4 months in prison would be an appropriate sentence for CZ. This is because CZ has been actively cooperating with the US DOJ, and Binance CEX has not engaged in any fraudulent activities against its users. CZ is not Sam Bankman-Fried, and a harsher sentence, such as 18 or 36 months in prison, would be excessive. Binance continues to operate and is actively complying with regulations.

More importantly, a lenient sentence for CZ would help to reduce negative sentiment in the crypto market, which could further worsen the price charts. We have already had enough bad news related to lawsuits, inflation, and war. A market correction is necessary, but it should not be a severe decline due to news related to CZ sentence.

"We see you have contributed to web3.py [this is true] and that you are elligible for a XYZ airdrop [or some other acronym] so please allow me to use your Github account for 10 minutes so that I can help you claim it."

Or other times its "Please give us money so that we can claim the airdrop for you."

Well, I can't believe that in 2024 scammers are still using such outdated content, at least they should find some way that is actually more credible ^^ What's even more unbelievable is that many people still continue to be scammed, lose their accounts and crypto assets to scammers because of such silly content. Be careful with any information that is actively sent to our email, as it may come with some risk. Thank you for sharing this information so that we can all be more vigilant.

I also realize that our data is being abused in some way: our emails, phone numbers, and social media accounts are being sold to scammers, we are becoming a commodity and potential victims. Just 1% of the people who receive these emails get scammed, the scammer can be satisfied and continue to attack more people in many different ways in the future

Obviously Bitcoin halving is big event for bitcoin history. After bitcoin 4th halving  Bitcoin block reword for mainers reduced before halving bitcoin block reword was 6.25 btc now block reword 3.125 so now mining speech decreased.

So i think after running bitcoin price correction, bitcoin price will increase again. Because we know about supply and demand. So bitcoin price will increase there has no doubt.

In fact, there is an argument that halving no longer has a truly significant impact on BTC price volatility: compared to before halving, we will have 3.125 fewer BTC per block or 450 BTC per day. Compared to over 19M BTC in total circulating supply, this number is not really large and has a limited impact on the price of all BTC on the market. This was also mentioned in 2020 and caused some market anxiety, but the truth is that BTC price continued to rise sharply after the halving due to many drivers.

In this cycle, the story will continue in this way. Halving not only creates a rise in scarcity but is also a time milestone that attracts investor attention. BTC Spot ETFs and its positive impacts are supporting the growth of BTC price, I believe this will be an important driver for us to have an ATH of BTC over $100K in this bullrun.

With the "bearish" mood of the Bitcoin market right now just around two weeks after the halving, many are really wondering where is the direction the King of Cryptos can be taking us and whether we can soon see the impact and benefits of the halving come to the market so we can experience a new bull run either this year or 2025. Now, we know that halving will not immediately make Bitcoin a very attractive asset again...and surely this can be taking some months.
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In case this analysis can be true, then it would be good to just continually hodl and wait as this is not a question of IF but of WHEN. This can be the best time to exercise caution and not be swayed by temporary movements of the market and look for the long-term prospect of Bitcoin.

In previous cycles, BTC price has typically traded sideways for a few months after a halving before resuming its strong growth trend. Therefore, the current price correction and the 20% decline from the $73K peak is completely normal. We should accept this re-accumulation as it is necessary for the bullrun at the end of this year.

I cannot predict the exact time when BTC price could break out and make a new high, but I can only present a case on Elliott wave use count. In this wave count, BTC has gone through the first 3 waves of bigger impulse and is currently in wave 4 - a correction wave. BTC price could be pushed down to Fibo 0.382 ~ $49K or Fibo 0.618 ~ $38K. Timewise: wave 4 could last 100% or at least 61.8% of wave 3, so we should expect the end of wave 4 in early July or September of this year. In a worst-case, we may have to wait until December, and I do not hope this will happen as the bullrun needs to start before investors get frustrated and leave the market.

Em nghĩ là phí gas giảm có thể do việc nguội lại của đợt tăng giá phi mã trước đó từ cuối 2023 tới đầu tháng 3. Hiện tại giá của Bitcoin và ETH đang đi sideway trong biên độ giá khá rộng khoảng 20-30%. Tất cả thị trường đều đang nín thở chờ đợi xu hướng tiếp theo, chỉ mong BTC phục hồi đà tăng giá để các altcoin phần nào đó hưởng lợi.

Cũng có thể đúng như bác nói: hiện tại là sự tích lũy trong ảm đạm, và sau sự ảm đạm sẽ là giai đoạn phát triển mới của thị trường, có thể xem như đợt tăng trưởng lần 2 đi vào bullrun sau halving. Tạm thời khó mà có thể dựa vào phí gas để mà đánh giá trạng thái của thị trường, dòng vốn ra vào các sản phẩm ETFs hoặc các quỹ lớn có lẽ sẽ đáng tin cậy hơn, việc tích lũy thêm token từ dữ liệu onchain cũng là một nguồn đáng tham khảo để đưa ra nhận định.

Mình tin rằng đợt điều chỉnh này sẽ diễn ra trong nhiều tuần để thị trường thực sự nguội lại, những weak-hands sẽ phải bán bớt token và cá voi gom được nhiều hơn, từ đó họ mới tiếp tục bơm vốn và bơm tin để đẩy thị trường đến vùng giá cao hơn và chốt lời tại đó trước khi thị trường đi vào nhịp điều chỉnh tiếp theo hoặc thậm chí là đi vào mùa đông crypto 2026.

Now, it is in the rank of 20 in coin market cap.
Yes, Litecoin is one of the old coins that is best used as an alternative to Bitcoin for carrying out transactions. because the fee is quite low. but now, it is not as special as before, because there is not much development. Meanwhile, many other networks or coins have much lower fees. So if something like this continues, LTC will increasingly lose its position.

yeah, what you said used to be true about the bullrun 2021: Litecoin was once the blockchain for testing new updates proposed for Bitcoin, LTC was once the best ALTS for BTC, LTC was digital silver... Unfortunately, LTC is no longer associated with such positive concepts. It is just an ALTS that is traded and manipulated in the crypto market, its ecosystem has not seen significant development in many years, and even LTC price performance has not been as impressive as BTC or ETH.

From an investment perspective, I would not choose LTC, I think BTC or ETH are better choices and will bring higher returns in this bullrun. The blockchain/crypto market is constantly evolving, and LTC will soon lose its position and marketcap to newer, better, and more promising blockchains.

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Mods don't rush at me since I'm not the one zombifying this topic this in this first place and this is a thing that history needs to settle 
I know this is from 2019, that the debate on the price has been long settled since BCH turned into the mother of all sitcoins losing 93.29%!!! from it's ATH but!

Did anyone actually called Ver...cough...my fingers just don't want to type this..."The God of bitcoin?"
Seriously? God? Roger? Common, tell me this it's not true and never happened?

Well, Roger Ver has just been arrested on tax evasion charges, and I think this will have a negative impact on the BCH price. BCH was once expected to surpass BTC in marketcap due to its block size advantage, but the community has chosen BTC with more reasonable tokenomics to maintain miner incentives and income. At this point, comparing the price performance of BCH and ETH in the bullrun 2021, we can easily make the better choice: ETH.

BCH has not been completely forgotten, it is still accepted in some services but is no longer mentioned frequently in the crypto community. It exists as a regular ALTS and has been pushed out of the top 10 marketcap, which is a pity for a fork of BTC.

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• US Justice Dept charges Roger Ver with tax fraud

You are ansolutely right. Trading requires patience, knowledge, and risk management - not a get-rich-quick mindset. Start with spot trading and build skills gradually. Leveraging is more risky and requires high level skills most time. I started leverage with Bitget copy trading which I still use at times.

I hope that all traders can be aware of the risks in the crypto market, especially with Future, and be willing to get rich slowly. Rushing into trading without enough knowledge and experience often leads to losses and leaves traders with no chance to rectify their mistakes when they no longer have the capital to continue trading.

Capital and psychology management + placing stop-loss orders + continuously improving trading skills + learning market are things that traders will need to do throughout their trading career. The crypto market is not a casino for gamblers to seek luck. Trading is a profession that requires knowledge and artistry!