Yeah, as long as you’re offering value to others then it’s always a business unless proven otherwise, the goal of a business is to provide value for others and if you have customers that like your products then you’re good to go.

Nike too is a shoemaker, it is just structured in a way that it serves the world, you can go read the book about Nike and see how you can integrate it to your own thing.

I think it depends on the individual and how they view it, gambling as we generally know is not business, so you can’t rely on it to make any sort of sustainable income, it has to be just for fun and always play with what you can afford to lose.

And if you have problem with self control is best to not even start and do something else with your money maybe give it to the needy etc

Depending on your circumstances, buying a home seems ideal because you get to own it forever, and you don’t have to pay rent, money meant for rent can be invested otherwise etc depending on your priorities.

While the risks of renting a house is enormous you’ll have to pay rent and also make sure you’ve fix dents, you can get evicted at anytime with a short notice.

I think it’s pretty straight forward what you need to do is pay attention to the type of exchange you’re securing your coins on, do you due diligence and make sure it’s legit, you can secure assets through various ways by depositing your local currency to the platform using P2P, or using a debit card to purchase

Later, If you’re not satisfied with an exchange you can move your assets to other exchanges.

To get started as a beginner in crypto currency you’ll have to learn the basics, you can buy a course, there are a lot of courses out there for beginners you can start out with, even free ones on Udemy and Khan Academy.

And if the money is enough you can go ahead and purchase a mentorship from someone you trust and verify his results etc, also you can deposit some money you can learn with, but always make sure you can afford the lose them.