Don't be too optimistic about it. A 10% increase in the BTC price doesn't mean anything. Bitcoin is a volatile asset and price pumps and drops in the range of 10-20% are normal. We can't draw any conclusions about what 2023 will be for the Bitcoin traders/investors by a small price movement, that happens in January. Don't get too excited and don't trust anyone, especially centralized crypto exchanges and "crypto influencers", who are promising things, that are too good to be true.
Congrats on starting your Bitcoin journey. I also have a bunch of old stuff that I want to sell, but I can't find any buyers.

I get a good point, you are correct on this. Basically, uncontrolled emotions can make traders lose money in the market, whether it's in futures or spot trading. Emotion management is a must have for every trader, but if they use tools like bots then it will be very helpful.

Watching market volatility during trading will allow anyone to lose control of their emotions, especially if the market is undergoing a sharp correction.

Maybe something a bit more hardware related finally? I am not saying lets create a crypto watch where we all use watches etc type of hardcore stuff, but we already have physical stuff such as ledger nano wallets for example, I do not see a reason why something that is physical and digital combined finally being out becoming a bit more popular.

People always create low effort stuff and hope to get rich with it, and hope investors would give them millions of dollars for it, but that doesn't change the fact that time to time (very rarely) some idealists come out and do something that has been never done before and that could be with something physical this time around.

Cryptos have had many crazes all over the years. First, it was Bitcoin appearance.
right after that, there were the altcoins and soon after the ICOs, IPOs and all the O's thingy craze. Afterwards the PoS and stacking craze came to play and then smart contracts came around then the DAO Blow. Then the Cexes, the Dexes and right after that, we saw NFTs rise along with the metaverse. (I'm probably missing something). Now we just had the Merge.
Many of these phases have helped the crypto market achieve new highs and led the blockchain technology to go mainstream.
A lot of developments have been a part of the industry growth, so my question here is, what do you guys think will be the next craze in the industry?

We know that the market is dynamic,as in it changes constantly,and as such,an investor who isn't careful enough to know when he is investing will fall in to heart problems or emotional trauma as a result of a massive fall in value,that is why it is important to condition your mind in a way that you won't get heart failure when you are at the loosing end.
Every investor knows there is risk in the game,and taking the risk is what shows you are ready to eradicate poverty from your life.

Bitcoin is about to go through a bloody year.  A number of unexpected events have prevented the Bitcoin market from ever moving upward this year.  Dozens of unexpected events have struck fear into the minds of investors.  Starting with investors, governments and central banks have taken a cautious stance on Bitcoin.  So we are almost at the end of this unexpected year.

Some Bloody Events 2022 & Funds Exploits

• Mango Exploit : $114-115M
• Wintermute Hack: $160M
• Beanstalk Farm Hack: $180M
• Nomad Bridge Hack: $190M
• WormHole Hack: $320M
• Ronin Hack: $600M
• Voyager : $3.75b
• BlockFi: $4.5b
• Celsius: $4.5b
• Genesis Bankrupt: $5b
• 3AC implosions: $18b
• Luna/UST crashed: $40b
• FTX and Alameda Crashed: $40b+

The above shameful scam has completely negative impact on the Bitcoin market in 2022.  We all hope that such incidents do not happen in cryptocurrencies in the coming years.

Just how bad is the bear market right now?
Historically low prices have endured for a longer period of time in the present bear market cycle than in any other.

I agree, Bitcoin had been proven that its market will give its investors a good profit in the long run.  Even those who had entered on the peak price, Bitcoin often breaks the peak price a year after the halving so there is a chance for these peak price investors to even profit if they just hold their Bitcoins and wait for the market to rally to break the ATH again.

Bitcoin is not a religion, these are two different things. Religion is a particular system of faith and worship of a supernatural power, in religion,there must be something you serve,why bitcoin is a digital currency and a valuable asset that can be acquired.

Believing in Bitcoin,is just like believing in an idol that can disappoint you at anytime or even when you need it the most. Bitcoin has brought financial freedom to the world and that was the purpose of its creation. Religion teaches us good morals and on how to live our lives in other not to be of bad eggs to the society.

To think more simply, bitcoin is just an investment, a store of assets as well as a means of payment, it serves our lives, we do not serve it as a god.
Bitcoin is not as godly as you think, you should remember that we didn't have bitcoin before and we still live well and everything is normal. But if you are religious, you know how important religion is.

There will be no safe exchanges as long as they are centralized. Yes, there might be unchacked and still reliable centralized exchanges for now but I don’t think they will always stay safe in the long run. Just think of those centralized exchanges that have been previously hacked, who would have thought that they would end just like that. So as much as we can still safekeep our funds, then never entrust it to centralized exchanges but keep it in our hardware wallet for high level of security.

If you are making this post in reference on what happened recently with FTX, First, I would want you to know that FTX was not hacked, rather the CEO mismanaged funds belonging to the investors and traders, the hack came much later after the exchange was already collapsing.

Now back to the general part of this discussion, the truth of the matter is that every centralized exchange out there is 100 percent safe(atleast, this is what they tell us) until they are hack or jam a rock, same way a criminal is a good citizen until he or she is caught red handed stealing.
Centralization is the same system the government uses, and it has never really favoured the ordinary citizens, centralization was not what Satoshi designed or desired for bitcoin or cryptocurrencies, but his absence in the space gave room for alot of changes and deviations from the plans he laid down on how get bitcoin and cryptocurrencies to mass adoption, the emergence of altcoins bright about the centralization in cryptocurrencies we experience today.

But then, it is good that everyone in the space is beginning to see the flaws in this system, and are beginning to realize that decentralization is the way, but another bothering question is How prepaid we are for decentralization?.

Not just markets but news on what affect markets. Because even if you won't believe the rumors, others will, and with option to leverage trades it can get pretty bad pretty fast. With rumors you also need to take account the reputation of the person who starts them. Fud can be price control attempt from anonymous source, but when it comes from main figure in the scene. You have to take it seriously.

Because, even if you cut your losses and sell -25% loss. You will only lose that 25%. If the rumours end up to be true, you will lose everything. So risks on the latter one are just too much.

I am hoping for your very best in your store and also in life. I know this recession is very huge and has affected us all. I don't know when this will end, but I will keep fighting. I know it is easy for me to say this, but trust me: try everything and keep fighting since you'll win in the end. We as consumers are also struggling, but we keep fighting because if we don't, we will end up losing and eventually lose the battle.

Yes, it's true that saving our assets on the exchange may not be wise.
Let alone putting everything on exchange for such a long time, really can't imagine how terrible it could be.
Of course there have been a lot of frauds that have occurred, even though we are always vigilant and careful and store assets in our wallet with our own key.
Even not just beginners but even advanced ones sometimes still fall into the traps of hackers.
Hackers always have many ways to try to find loopholes to steal our assets.

$0 because I only used the exchange on a few occasions and I don't leave any balance on the exchange, but I have some close friends who lost huge amounts in the FTX exchange hack and most of them are traders who leave their capital on the exchange.
I don't want to believe that FTX customers have lost their money already because a big exchange like FTX will have a reserve where their settle client's in time such as this

I don't feel that way now, so I can still live normally and not feel difficult and feel already poor because I am always grateful for what I have got so far through the work I do every day. And for other people I also don't know if they feel the same way as me or they find it difficult as you say. But what I see here in my surroundings is that there is no increase in the price of staple foods and no one is experiencing difficulties for any reason at this time.