The crypto effect: Trading altcoins at the edge of addiction
Am I the only person who sees cryptocurrency charts when I shut my eyes, hovering just beyond the limits of my focus like an old TV set thats been permanently burned in by a paused video game?Am I alone in spotting elements of token names, logos and symbols in food packaging at the supermarket?Or are you also catching fleeting glimpses of crypto candlesticks hidden among the everyday objects before you or just beyond the edge of your vision?These neon mirages scorched into my retina, the byproducts of squinting endlessly at jagged crypto charts during long COVID-19 lockdowns, inspired my....
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A British man has shared his story of how his cryptocurrency addiction has led to criminal charges and landed him in a hospital for addiction treatment. He lost more than a million dollars of other people’s money trying to duplicate his previous success in cryptocurrency trading. Crypto Addiction on the Rise, One Hospital Is Treating Over 100 Crypto Addicts A British man has shared his story of how his cryptocurrency addiction turned him into a criminal, the BBC reported. Referring to him as Jake, the publication noted Sunday that he is currently in treatment at one of the only....
Online casinos, despite their fun-filled and entertaining outlooks, have been interpreted as dark places for players with gambling addiction. Passion and addiction have a thin line but an important difference between each other. While passion is defined as a strong liking towards a certain hobby or work, addiction simply indicates psychological dependencies on passion. Online casinos, despite their fun-filled and entertaining outlooks, have been interpreted as dark places for players with gambling addiction. These players — often called punters — don’t consider gaming as leisure activity,....
Bobby Lee “blames” his brother Charlie the founder of Litecoin for causing the 2017/2018 Bitcoin price crash.He’s joking of course. Sort of.Charlie famously sold the last tranche of his Litecoin holdings in December 2017 for $350 each.Bobby remembers seeing the news hit Twitter. “I was like, gosh, that probably marks the peak,” he says.“I said to him jokingly, like you just caused the end of the bull market.”Of course, Charlie wasn’t the real reason the bull market ended, but it was a stunning piece of market timing, given he sold the last of three tranches of LTC at almost the exact top.....
Avoid considering digital currencies as your principal source of income to safeguard your mental health throughout this crypto winter. Trading is not the only way to explore the world of digital currencies — you can create content, make Youtube videos, listen to podcasts, etc. When your friend or relative shares their success with crypto trading, you also feel driven toward it. As a result, people start with a minor trade and then expand to earn more substantial profits.Considering the volatility of crypto assets and the 24/7/365 live market, people need to watch the market movements....
The San Diego-based cryptocurrency firm Edge has announced the launch of a confidential crypto Mastercard that doesn’t collect KYC data and doesn’t charge transaction fees. Edge’s website notes that there’s “no name or address associated with [the] Edge Mastercard” giving privacy advocates peace of mind.
Edge Reveals Privacy-Centric Crypto Mastercard
The digital currency firm Edge has announced the launch of the Edge Mastercard, a loadable crypto debit card that doesn’t collect KYC data. Edge revealed the Mastercard on Twitter and....