Telecoms services that used CDMA technology didn’t last, or eventually failed, in Nigeria.

E.g., Starcomms, Reitel, Multilinks and Visafone.

Why is it so?

Whereas telecoms companies that use GSM technology survive and thrive to this day.

E.g., MTN, Airtel, Glo and 9Mobile

Why did CDMA technology/services fail in Nigeria while GSM technology/services survive/thrive?

The Greatest Risk of Nuclear Confrontation Since the Cuban Missile Crisis…

Depending on how events unfold, the world is potentially facing the greatest risk of nuclear confrontation since the Cuban Missile Crisis. A limited nuclear war is a real possibility in the not-distant future…

Putin Doesn’t Bluff
It’s difficult to know what comes next. It could be that Russia uses a tactical nuclear weapon. Russia might detonate a dirty bomb and blame Ukraine. The U.S. may use a tactical nuclear weapon if it suspects Russia is about to do so, an example of a first-strike advantage. The U.S. may detonate a dirty bomb and blame Russia in a classic false flag operation.

Regardless, it’s not difficult to know that we’re on a path to nuclear war.

We also know that Putin doesn’t bluff. When George W. Bush raised the issue of Ukrainian entry into NATO, Putin invaded Georgia. When Obama staged a coup against a pro-Russian president in Kyiv, Putin annexed Crimea. When Biden green-lighted a Ukrainian assault in Donbas, Putin invaded Ukraine.

Again, Putin doesn’t bluff. It would be a great blunder to believe otherwise. We’re sleepwalking down a road that could potentially lead to Armageddon.

Regards,

Jim Rickards
For Altucher Confidential

“One way to make more money investing is to have good habits. But another is to simply get rid of bad habits…. Bad habits need to turn into Good habits over time in order to become a successful long-term investor.” – James A.

You can see the attached image… The kind of scenario in the Daily chart is no longer a rare occurrence in the markets if you have been in the market for years.

And you can see James Altucher’s quote above.

We often tell professional traders to use stop loss and cut their losses: But they won’t listen.

We always tell pro traders not to use big lot sizes per trade and not to overtrade. Even 0.1 lots are too risky for 1000 USD: But they won’t comply.

We tend to beg trading gurus to test their trading idea for at least 4 months or better, for up to one year or more, so that they can see how their trading idea can withstand all market conditions (including black swan events): But they will never obey. NEVER!

Why would you trade a demo for only one or two weeks and then go live? Why would you use your live accounts as a guinea pig project?

Your strategy will occasionally undergo the baptism of fire and 95% of floored. Can your strategy survive adverse market conditions?

I have seen a trader being moved from one prison to another, because of losing clients' money. After he came from prison, his trading habits show the same thing that led him to jail in the first place.

I have seen traders with many years of experience, still blowing accounts, because they tend to trade the way they did in the past, owing to undisciplined psychology. Give them another chance again? They will blow the accounts again.

Some are heavily in debt because of stubbornness.

Pros who have destroyed numerous accounts over the years would be seen begging people here and there, for funds to manage money. And if you ever give them any chance again, they will blow the new funds.

Most experienced traders have mental problems.

Why would you keep on doing what is putting you into problems? And plunging into deeper debts.

Your trading results show that something is wrong with your brain, and you need to find solutions before it is too late. The markets can ruin one’s life if one proves too stubborn.

As for me, I am a trading idiot.

I am a certified, pathetic, and intercontinental idiot.

This is the reason why I don’t risk too much per trade… My position sizing is very conservative and that has worked well for me. I don’t blow accounts.

Because of my stupidity, I tend to test a new strategy for at least one year, and I have seen how my super strategy can withstand all market conditions and I am happy.

I don’t argue with the markets or rely on hope. I know the market is opaque and the next movement cannot be predicted.

Since I am a compound fool, a universal fool, I use optimal stop loss always and I even cut some losses before the stop is hit. I let my profits run.

My foolishness has enabled me to reach financial freedom because I have a strategy that can withstand all market conditions (developed from over 15 years of experience). It can make money in all market conditions. The strategy is the simplest strategy I have ever seen because even a slowpoke like me can trade it (and a monkey can trade it). It suffers minimal drawdowns in adverse markets and bounces back quickly.

I not only survive the kind of market condition in the image above, but I also jump back quickly and make money within a short time, owing to my stupidity.

And on the other hand, wise, intelligent, and sensible traders are blowing accounts.

Doing the right things pays (cut your loss and risk very small), and permanent success is possible.

Make money in bull markets, bear markets, sideways markets, and during unusual, unexpected events.

I am a living witness.

Kind regards.

Hello Traders:

Why is USDT so popular?

It is the most popular stablecoin and the largest-cap stablecoin in existence. 68,977,092,527 USDT is currently in circulation.

There are certain types of USDT, but the most popular and the most widely used is TRC20, followed by ERC20.

At least, 90% of online trading brokers now accept USDT for deposits and withdrawals, and the adoption rate is projected to increase further. So, you can use it to fund your trading account and trade for profits.

You can use it to pay people or receive payment.

You can use it as a bulwark against crazy fluctuations in the markets. If BTC or ETH or TRX crashes, USDT will not.

Having USDT is like having US Dollar because they have the same value and USDT is pegged to USD.

You can use it as a store of value.

You can convert it to any cryptocurrency offered by your exchange, and you can convert any available cryptocurrency to it. So, if you need any crypto, buy USDT and convert it to that crypto. If you want to withdraw any coins, covert them to USDT and sell for money!

You can trade it versus many other popular currencies, as pairs. You can use any trading styles you want.

You can also trade it versus other popular coins. We have ETHUSDT, BTCUSDT, TRXUSDT, BNBUSDT, ADAUSDT, DOGEUSDT, SOLUSDT, etc.

The uses for Tether – USDT – are so versatile that it is now more popular than Perfect Money, Neteller, Webmoney, Skrill and PayPal (who imposes obnoxious restrictions on people).

And this is just the beginning.

Therefore, open a crypto wallet and buy USDT today.

As it is now, anybody who publicly or stylishly shows or drums support for any other presidential candidates apart from Peter Obi, is in trouble, for Peter Obi supporters will curse them, abuse them, threaten them and blackmail them.

Assuming Peter Obi doesn’t win the coming presidential elections, what would happen?

Would Peter Obi supporters burn down Nigeria because of that?

Would the Eastern part of Nigeria secede because of that?

Would there be perennial unrest and anarchy if Peter Ob doesn’t win?

“Illusions are something pleasant. The disadvantage is that they tend to burst like a bubble.” – Wolfgang Kurz

There are many Internet fraudsters and scammers out there whose primary aim is to turn you into a dupe. They will do everything possible to convince you that their claims are genuine. This includes fake websites and/or fake groups, doctored results, phony testimonies from their fellow swindlers who are members of their criminal networks, and dogged persuasion.

What is their ultimate aim? It is to take money from you and never return it and never deliver on the promises they made to you in the first place. And even if possible, they want to take more money from you.
What If I Sent Some Crypto To Scammers?They impersonate people and pretend to be reputable and authentic. You may never know their true color until you fall into their trap. Once you have fallen into their trap, you will then know what they’re up to, but it would be too late then.

In most cases, they will never ask you to send funds via traditional payments systems, because, with traditional payment methods, recipients are easy to trace and possibly arrested. They will usually ask you to send funds via any popular coins/tokens or stablecoins.

Some Ways To Identify Scammers
Unbelievable promises: If something seems unbelievable to you, then it is. Scammers will give you guarantees like:

“We can never lose money”

“Once you send money to us, we give you double or triple it soon.”

We will give you so and so percentage returns every day or every week.” Etc.

Statements like above are a red flag.

Giving guarantees is unethical and it is a very simple way to identify a scammer. Sadly, giving guarantees is a proven method to trick greedy souls, who like to reap where they did not sow.

No-one wakes up in the morning and says, “I want to make so-and-so person rich today.” If they can really double funds every day, they should be able to do so for themselves and their family members. You know that if they can really never lose money, they should be among the richest people on earth and they need not persuade small fries like you. They don’t even need to beg strangers for money if it is true that they have the secret to make money out of nothing.

What If I Sent Some Crypto To Scammers?They direct message you first (DM) or private message you first (PM): The rule here is very straightforward; anybody who DMs or PMs you first is a thief looking for potential victims like you, no matter the kind of impression they are trying to make or what they want you to believe. They appear so friendly, and can even exercise enough patience with you until you fall into their traps.

They offer you free tokens via airdrops: That formula is simple, when online robbers are offering you free coins via airdrops, they will require you to send crypto/money before you can benefit or you need to reveal sensitive details about your crypto wallets before you can benefit.

Learn2.Trade (L2T) impersonators: Don’t join L2T impersonators’ groups. This is a WARNING! Traders, note that we never speak to any of our subscribers via Telegram. Only the official Learn2.trade email is how we deal with communication. If you are speaking to anyone pretending to be from Learn 2 Trade on Telegram it is a scam and do not send them any money!

There are many FAKE TELEGRAM ACCOUNTS pretending to represent Learn2.Trade. It has come to our attention that some persons/organizations are offering profit-based investment schemes, pretending to be our company. They are using our logo to contact subscribers in order to scam them. Please DO NOT invest. You must report this telegram group for wrongful actions immediately.

Please be aware we do not offer any communication or admin support via telegram. We are available via email only at support@learn2.trade. Any supposed L2T employee or admin who communicates with you via a Telegram ID/handle or any other medium apart from the email in this paragraph, is trying to steal your money.
What If I Sent Some Crypto To Scammers?To put it in a simple way, if anyone who claims to come from L2T communicates with you via any other means apart from support@learn2.trade (the only legitimate means), the person is a bandit.

What If I Sent Some Crypto To Scammers?
“Unfortunately, if you’ve sent crypto, it’s likely gone for good, never to be recovered. At this point, because of the worldwide nature of cryptocurrency, there is no central authority that can help you recover your crypto. Make sure that whatever price you paid becomes tuition in the school of crypto life. You’ve learned a hard lesson. Print a certificate or do whatever you need to do to help you move on, but ultimately learn from the experience and move on. Trying to recover what you sent is a battle you will likely waste more time, energy, and maybe money on with NOTHING to show for it in the end.” (Source: Airdrops Blog)

Source: https://learn2.trade/what-if-i-sent-some-crypto-to-scammers?fbclid=IwAR05wSjypyI-oBwLXSfKmzIpIiTzbQZrgNlmnfrpphNiioGIPwks-JLC1m4

Some people know how Ayinla Omowura was killed. Bayewunmi smashed a tumbler on his head.

Ayinla was very popular then and he had a lot of connections.

He was once a thug… Especially before he started his music career.

And after he became a successful musician, he was still known for being, “sometimes, but not always” temperamental, jealous and stubborn.

As he had gone to Bayewunmi and a fight ensued, what if he was the one that “accidentally” killed Bayewunmi?

Would he have been sent to jail? Would he have been acquitted or just fined? Would the matter have been buried?

Just because Ayinla was popular and he had money?

My friend’s enemy = My enemy

My friend’s friend = My friend

My enemy’s friend = My enemy

My enemy’s enemy = My friend

When Reality Wins, the West Will Suffer

The Ukrainian money-laundering racket continues.

Last week Joe Biden pledged another $3 billion in aid to Ukraine. The aid includes weapon systems that will allow Ukraine to defend itself over the “long term.”

Just how long is the long term? How long does the administration plan on watching Ukraine be destroyed simply because they want to weaken Russia?

By now, it’s a familiar script. Ukraine says, "Give us more money and we'll counterattack." Then they skim the money, wait a week or two and make the same demand. Biden gives them your tax money. Wash, rinse and repeat.

But support for Ukraine’s money-laundering racket is resulting in the impoverishment of Europe. Germans are buying firewood. Poles are lined up for days to buy coal. They just want to keep warm in winter, but globalist elites don't care. Regular people are just pawns in the service of the globalist agenda.

Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron said, “We are living through the end of abundance.” Well, that’s true if elites manage to shut down the oil and gas industries while forcing everyone to use costly and inefficient “green” energy.

Let’s unpack this…

Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing
The green energy crowd talks about sustainability and saving the planet, which sounds nice. After all, who doesn’t want a clean environment and to save the planet? That sounds like a policy we should all applaud.

Unfortunately, the reality is quite different. The movement is controlled by corporate and government globalist elites aligned with the World Economic Forum.

The environmental target is part of the climate alarmist effort to use phony climate change claims as a Trojan Horse to destroy the oil and natural gas industries, shut down internal-combustion engines and force countries to use wind turbines and solar modules that are intermittent and nonscalable.

They’re also trying to take over global finance and central banks (through the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, or GFANZ), to prevent new loans to oil and natural gas firms and to force loans to subsidize electric vehicles (EVs) and battery manufacturers.

Never mind that CO2 is not poisonous (it’s plant food and humans exhale it all day) and that batteries are poisonous. Never mind that there is no climate change emergency. There simply is no existential climate crisis as the alarmists claim.

There may have been very slight warming from 1995⁠–⁠2005 (which is perfectly normal) but there is no evidence either that CO2 is the principal cause or that human activity is a material factor.

Here, I discuss U.S. and Chinese CO2 emissions and the folly of the Paris Climate Accord, which Biden recommitted to after Trump wisely pulled the U.S. out of it.

Real Climate Change
Climate change itself happens all the time and had happened long before the invention of the automobile. The Medieval Warm Period from about AD 950–1250 featured unusually warm temperatures in the North Atlantic region. This was the period when the Vikings roamed as far as Canada and farms were thriving in Greenland in areas now covered in ice.

The Little Ice Age, which reached an intense phase from 1650–1725, featured frozen canals in Holland — one reason the Dutch are such competitive speed skaters today. In London, you could cross the frozen River Thames on ice and winter carnivals were held on the frozen river.

Both of these episodes occurred centuries before the invention of the automobile. You get the point.

But the elites just want you under their thumb using expensive technologies that they themselves control. If that means you must suffer from greatly diminished living standards, so be it. It’s also why Germans are stocking up on firewood and Poles are lining up for days to buy coal in the 21st century. It's more like the 18th century.

We need to consider the role of sanctions in all this.

I Hate to Gloat, But…
As soon as the first economic and financial sanctions were imposed on Russia by the U.S. and EU at the beginning of the war in Ukraine, I wrote and said that the sanctions would fail to deter Russia.

I went further and said that the sanctions would do more harm to the U.S. than Russia and that sanctions would actually help Russia by reducing the power of the oligarchs (Putin’s rivals) and increasing the price of energy (Russia’s main source of hard currency).

All of those forecasts proved to be correct. I’m not trying to toot my own horn. I just want to illustrate how clueless our so-called elites and policymakers are. They’re simply incapable of thinking even one move ahead.

Instead of sanctions hurting Russia, it’s making over $21 billion per month from its energy exports. That’s far more than they made before the war, and the Russian ruble is stronger than it was before the war. In fact, the head of the Central Bank of Russia recently cut interest rates because the ruble was too strong.

Of course, all the “experts” said that sanctions would cripple the ruble.

Meanwhile the U.S. is in a recession, inflation is at 40-year highs, interest rates are rising and gas and food prices have doubled in the past year. In Europe it’s worse with energy and food shortages looming in the months ahead.

Could the situation get any worse? Actually, yes.

A New OPEC Based on Natural Gas?
By weaponizing the U.S. dollar, freezing Russia’s assets and ejecting Russia from the global payments systems, the U.S. has forced Russia to consider alternative payment currencies, alternative payment channels and possibly a new global reserve currency including new digital currencies backed by a basket of commodities including gold.

These projects are already underway in the BRICS+ meetings and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, both of which are centered around Russia and China. Now a new effort has begun to form a natural gas cartel with participation by Russia and Iran and eventually other countries.

This new organization could function like OPEC except that the strategic asset would be natural gas rather than oil. Other countries that could join this new cartel include Qatar and Azerbaijan. Russia, Iran and Qatar alone control about 60% of the world’s natural gas reserves.

Such a cartel would be in a position to strike exclusive deals with favored buyers like China, which would leave Europe out in the cold literally and figuratively.

We need to confront the reality that the sanctions were a blunder from the start. But the “hate Russia” crowd was so blinded by their contempt for Putin that they plowed ahead regardless.

Now the unforeseen consequences are emerging and they’re even worse than the critics imagined.

The globalist elites and Western politicians pursue their fantasies of windmills and solar modules while serious countries like Russia and Iran gain a lock on the only energy supplies that will really matter for the foreseeable future — oil and gas.

When ideology and reality collide, reality always wins in the end. That doesn’t bode well for the West.

Author: Jim Rickards (for Altucher Confidential)

When will Saudis revolt against their rulers?

For a revolution to occur, people must go through starvation, injustice, and instability. We have seen such revolutions occur in Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Libya, and Venezuela, but not in Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi people have never taken to the streets because living standards are high, justice and equality are ensured, and the crime rate is very low (among the lowest in the world). On top of that, each Saudi is entitled to the following:

Free education from kindergarten through graduate school (including paid scholarships abroad).
Free healthcare for all (including medicine and complex surgeries).

Subsidized gas and water prices.

No income tax and only 15% VAT.

Here in Saudi, there is a strong tie between the government and the people. There is a trust that promises will be delivered, and they do get delivered!


Source: https://www.quora.com/When-will-Saudis-revolt-against-their-rulers

Many Neteller users wonder why it is so expensive.

Neteller is very popular among traders, bettors and investors. Most online brokers offer Neteller for deposits and withdrawals, and that payment system has a lot of flexibility.

However, Neteller is not easy to come by, especially for Nigerians who don’t have many deposit options (unlike their foreign counterparts).

And most people buy Neteller and fewer and fewer people sell. If there were many people selling Neteller, it won’t be scarce.

Many people are not selling Neteller because you need to make profits from the markets before you can sell, and you need to know that, making money from the market is not an easy thing, especially consistent money.

There are some traders who have large quantities of Neteller but they are not ready to sell because they don’t need the money. They want to sell only when they need the money, and they sell according to their needs only. We cannot force such people to sell to us.

Finally, apart from scarcity, Neteller is expensive because the costs of transfers are very high. Imagine paying 3 USD to send only 100 USD worth of Neteller. That is the cost we bear for you.

Neteller fees are no longer capped as it used to be. If you buy 1000 USD worth of Neteleller from us, then we bear close to 30 USD as fees for you, because you need to get the exact amount you pay for. And in the face of this high fees, we need to increase the spreads in order to remain in business.

So the most important thing is that you make profits as a trader or a bettor. Once you make profits consistently, you can always sell Neteller to us to make more and more money and that is our prayers for you.

May you continue to make profits.

To fund and withdraw with Neteller, please visit: www.instantforex.com.ng

Summary: The big upgrade to Ethereum — a.k.a. “The Merge” — is planned to be a once-in-a-lifetime switch from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake, making Ethereum more energy-efficient and potentially much more valuable. Three ways to invest now: buy ETH, stake ETH, or invest in the top staking companies.

Windows 95 was a huge deal.

It’s hard to believe now, but the launch of Windows 95 was a global phenomenon.

Journalists from around the world descended on Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters for a massive event, hosted by the comedian Jay Leno.

To celebrate the new Start button in the lower left corner, Microsoft paid millions of dollars to license “Start It Up” by the Rolling Stones.

Sales of the operating system immediately broke records.

Windows 95 was a radical departure for Microsoft.

It was the first Windows to streamline the graphical user interface for the masses: even your grandpa could find the Start button.

It was the first 32-bit operating system, which meant every app needed to be rewritten to take advantage of its new architecture.

It was a huge step forward. And it was a massive success.

At computer stores (most people still bought software in stores), lines stretched down the block. It sold 40 million copies in its first year, quadrupling sales of all previous Windows versions combined.

Microsoft’s stock price soared, quickly doubling in value and starting a magnificent 25-year run:

The Merge as an Inflection Point
Technology often has these “inflection points.” Because Windows was the operating system installed on most computers (Apple was in its death throes at the time, and only weirdos used Macs), Windows 95 radically changed the world.

Ethereum’s upcoming upgrade — “The Merge” — is a similarly huge event, but it won’t be celebrated with traditional marketing campaigns. There will be no big-name comedian at the launch event (there may not even be a launch event).

But The Merge will be every bit as transformative as Windows 95 because The Merge will upgrade the operating system of crypto. Here are 3 ways to invest early.

Investing Opportunity #1: Buy and Hold ETH
There are plenty of Layer 1 blockchain platforms, but Ethereum is the largest by far, holding 2/3 of the overall market:

That huge slice is Ethereum.

In blockchain, the principle of “network effects” is enormous: the more people using a tech platform, the more valuable it becomes. Ethereum has network effects galore: more users, more developers, and more apps than any other L1 blockchain.

If Ethereum keeps innovating — as Microsoft did with Windows 95 — they’ll further that lead, creating a significant competitive moat.

The Merge is an enormous innovation because it will cut Ethereum’s energy usage by 99.95%. (You read that right.) All the arguments about crypto using too much electricity will go up in a puff of smoke … except for the energy-hungry bitcoin, which may start looking like a worse investment than Ethereum.

The new Ethereum may also become deflationary. That’s a good thing for investors, as it means that instead of continually enlarging the pie and diluting your ownership stake, the pie may start shrinking – making your stake more valuable.

The easiest investing opportunity is to simply buy and hold ETH. You can already see the correlation between The Merge getting closer and the price of ETH going up as investors start to wake up from their crypto winter hibernation:

ETH price over the last month, as The Merge looks more and more likely

In my view, The Flippening — where Ethereum eventually overtakes bitcoin in total market cap — is likely. Ethereum is innovating at a furious pace; bitcoin is not.

Investing Opportunity #2: Stake ETH

When you stake ETH, you earn rewards, generally in the form of more ETH (like earning interest), and sometimes in another token as well. (See our workshop on How to Stake ETH for more.) There are a few staking options.

Solo staking. If you’re tech-savvy with at least 32 ETH (about $50,000 today), you can run a validator node (instructions here): basically, souped-up PCs running special validator software. These machines “run” the new Proof-of-Stake Ethereum network in the same way that mining machines “run” the bitcoin network.

Staking as a service. If you’ve got the ETH but don’t want to manage your own node, you can deposit it with a staking service, which will run the validators on your behalf, and split the reward. (List of Ethereum staking services here; please DYOR.)

Pooled staking. For most of us, the cheaper and easier option is to stake your Ethereum with services like Lido or Rocket Pool. These let you stake smaller amounts of ETH, which they “pool” together to run their own validators. Users share in the rewards.

Lido is the more user-friendly option by far, allowing you to stake any amount in an easy Web3 interface (try it out here). Lido has grown so popular that a new problem has emerged: the service may end up staking up over 50% of Ethereum, which would give it control over the network. (Mo money, mo problems.)

Rocket Pool offers a similar service, but it also lets you run “minipools” with just 16 ETH, plus additional collateral (instructions here). It’s a cheaper option than running a full node, but it still requires an IT background and a lot of spare time.

Centralized exchange staking. The easiest option is to simply stake your ETH using exchanges like Binance. You won’t get as many rewards, but it’s probably the safest and easiest option, as the big exchanges want to keep their investors safe: they have a lot at stake.

Investing Opportunity #3: Invest in LDO and/or RPL directly

Both Lido and Rocket Pool have their own native tokens (LDO and RPL, respectively), which are used as additional rewards. Our investing thesis is always that buying a token is like buying stock in the underlying “company.”

Rather than staking ETH with Lido and gradually accruing LDO rewards, in other words, you can simply buy LDO now if you believe the value of the Lido “company” will increase over time.

Think about it this way: you see a transformative new technology hitting the market, but it’s still too geeky for the mainstream. A company finds a way to make it more user-friendly, and they rapidly gobble up a third of the entire market, with people worried that it might go even bigger.

This is exactly what is happening with Lido.

But who or what is Lido? It’s a Decentralized Autonomous Organization, which means you can see what’s happening in the “company” in real-time via their message board. For example, here’s a proposed budget that would grow the team to 80+ employees.

Today, however, the team is small: they have just six core devs, located primarily in Russia and Eastern Europe. But they’re backed by a number of big investors, including some OGs in the crypto space.

And they’re growing like a weed.

Rocket Pool, on the other hand, is trying desperately to keep up with Lido. Compared with Lido's smooth Web3 interface, trying to set up a Rocket Pool minipool is like trying to build a quantum computer in your bathtub.

If Rocket Pool wants to beat Lido, they have to focus on one thing: making the product user-friendly. That’s it. Product, product, product.

In my view, both LDO and RPL are high-risk, potentially high-reward investments. The hope is that you’re investing early in the next big thing, and their fortunes will rise with the launch of The Merge.

Mo reward, mo risk
If you want to take advantage of the sweet rewards of The Merge, never invest more than you're willing to lose, because there are still significant risks, such as:

The Merge is not guaranteed to happen. It is looking increasingly likely, but it has been delayed several times already.

If you stake ETH now, you may not be able to get it out until The Merge does happen.

If you invest in LDO or RPL, those services may not stand the stress test of The Merge – or they may be eclipsed by even better staking services.

That said, I think these are some of the most exciting times in crypto — this generation’s equivalent of the Windows 95 launch. This is why we’re issuing our first-ever BUY ALERT for both ETH and LDO.

Start it up.

Source: https://learn2.trade/3-ways-to-invest-in-the-merge