The cryptocurrency industry is going through a dip right now, which is not unsurprising to anyone paying attention to the sector, as the market can be volatile. Since the bear market began in the summer after crypto markets crashed alongside global financial markets, it has become harder to perform day-to-day activities within the industry, such as trading and investing. This is because of the extreme market volatility and the negative prices of crypto present within the industry courtesy of the bear market. As a result, crypto regulars find it hard to make profits within the current climate and have become exposed to unprecedented losses.

It is often said that desperate times call for desperate measures. It is a sentiment that crypto regulars will share within the current climate. The bear market is the perfect time to utilize this form of crypto investing as it mitigates the risk of running at a loss and could bring massive returns in the long run.

This piece will examine three altcoins that could make for perfect long-term cryptocurrency investments in the ongoing bear market. Here’s why FTX Token (FTT), NEAR Protocol (NEAR), and Big Eyes Coin (BIG) are must-haves for every investor in this period.

FTX Token (FTT) – The Great Exchange Platform

FTT is the native cryptocurrency of FTX, a notable decentralized exchange (DEX) platform within the cryptocurrency industry. FTX has a reputation within the industry for functioning as an exchange built by traders for traders. It is a platform that recognizes traders as the primary users of exchange platforms, and these platforms should consider their concerns. As a crypto derivatives exchange, FTX provides users access to various innovative and unique trading options, such as derivatives and futures.

As its native cryptocurrency, FTX Token (FTT) plays an integral part in the FTX ecosystem. It is responsible for facilitating several crypto-related operations, such as payment fees, network governance, and user interaction. FTX Token (FTT) is available on several crypto platforms, such as Binance, Coinbase, and FTX.

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) – The Speedy Crypto

Near Protocol (NEAR) is a blockchain-based platform that solves the cryptocurrency industry’s scalability problem. It is a platform with the scaling capacity to host the next generation of Decentralized Applications (dApps). Near Protocol’s speed and performance have received high praise from crypto analysts and crypto regulars like traders.

Its native cryptocurrency, NEAR, is an integral part of its ecosystem and facilitates crypto-related activities, such as network governance and payment fees. NEAR is a highly sought-after cryptocurrency available on top crypto platforms within the industry.

What is Big Eyes Coin (BIG)?

Big Eyes Coin (BIG) is an upcoming meme coin that has been in the headlines of crypto news for some time now. The token has received high praise from crypto analysts and is one of the most anticipated cryptocurrencies this year. Native to the Big Eyes Coin project is a cryptocurrency that does not require transaction taxes and possesses a massive supply. These features make it an ideal token for all sorts of interaction between crypto regulars like traders.

Big Eyes Coin (BIG) is currently in its presale and has raised over $3.2 million. It is now approaching the third stage of its presale, where its price could increase by 25%. For more information on the token and its native project, visit the links below:

Presale: https://buy.bigeyes.space/

Website: https://bigeyes.space/

Telegram: https://t.me/BIGEYESOFFICIAL

Independence day celebration is the most unnecessary annual event in Nigeria and other underdeveloped African nations.

What is the reason for the celebration; what calls for the celebration? 

Nigerians celebrating that the country is free from its colonial masters and colonial rule, and so what? 

We should ask ourselves these basic questions;  are we better off governing ourselves, is Nigeria in any way better than when it was under colonial rule, or is Nigeria worse now? We all know the answers to these questions.

The countries that deserve to be celebrating independence day and make a big deal out of it are countries like the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Bahamas, and other developed countries that were former colonies of the United Kingdom because they can boldly beat their chests and say that they are better off governing themselves than when the British was in charge of governance and it is obvious that they are better off as the evidence is glaring in their economy, human capital development, infrastructural development, education, etc.

As a citizen of Nigeria and or a citizen of other underdeveloped African Nations that are former British colonies, is independence really worth celebrating? Independent from what exactly?

We are more impoverished than they were under the colonial powers. We are enveloped in abysmal corruption. 

Don’t you see that it is paradoxical to celebrate independence day in Nigeria and make a big fuss about it? We do not deserve to Jubilate or celebrate freedom from colonial rule yet, maybe we can in the near future, but we do not deserve the pleasure of celebrating freedom from colonial reign yet. 

Someone may raise the argument that nothing beats freedom; that it is better to be poor and have your freedom than to be a rich slave but can we for all good reason claim that African countries are free? We might be free from other taskmasters with white-colored skin but we were only handed over to other despotic and corrupt colonial masters who happen to have the same color of skin as us and happen to be our kinsmen.
Being a slave under a white man and being a slave under your fellow black man, you are still a slave and you are not in any good conscience independent by any stretch of the imagination.

The reason why we think we are enjoying freedom under our current leaders is that they share the same color of skin with us, speak the same languages with us, are from the same tribes with us and we happen to see them in our religious centers and we are forced to think that they are one of us, but do not be deceived, they are still taskmasters who took over from the white taskmasters and will rather prefer to keep you as their slaves and make sure that the resources never get evenly distributed so you don’t acquire the material resources to stand up to them. 

These black slave masters are far more brutal than the colonial slave masters but they were able to gaslight us into believing that we enjoy freedom under their reign. 

Until we get rid of these black taskmasters who call themselves our leaders and build “a close to” utopian Nigeria where every citizen will have access to good education, where the economy will be stable, where there will be jobs for the qualified ones, where there will be high human capital development, infrastructural development and other good things of life, we are not free or independent yet and we do not deserve to celebrate independence and the past 62 previous independence day celebration we have had since 1960 were just mere deception and delusion of grandeur.