@suchmoon. This information might be incorrect, however, I remember that there was also a situation where Bitfinex partnered with Bitgo as a security solution and that it would have been impossible to steal the funds without both keys held by someone from Bitfinex and Bitgo to sign a transaction. There were speculations that the hack was an inside job but they were ignored by Bitfinex and the exchange's own users.

I have been bullish on the cryptospace recently, however, there is a rumor that CZ and Tether are fighting. I speculate when this person owns the biggest exchange, this person might have the capability to decide in what state of circumstances where Tether might be in 1 year. This might end with another big dump on our faces.

I will collect more information and share updates in this thread.



Isn't it interesting that USDt is being pressured down (slightly, within 10bps, just to push market makers to react), and USDc, the main competitor that you would expect being gaining from the situation, is redeemed heavily nevertheless, while suddenly a competitor born 2 days ago is getting it all?
Exactly! It feels definitely organic and not manipulative at all.
Some people never learn.

Source https://twitter.com/paoloardoino/status/1687203348561223680

@zasad@. However, there might be a problem with that definition because uncle Gary can declare any project that has issued a token a fraud and a ponzi scheme. Ethereum, Uniswap, Sushiswap, Curve, Convex and many projects in DeFi issued a token but they never scammed the buyers. Is it right for Gary Gensler to crackdown on them because for the old holders of those coins to profit, new buyers must come in?

I reckon that you are one of the people in this forum who knows that a project that has issued a token should not be automatically declared a ponzi scheme.

@babygun. What is head scratching here is Binance left certain jurisdictions voluntarily maybe to avoid any legal battles, however, they are staying in America despite knowing that there might be the risk that uncle Gary might start a legal battle. Why is this? Why is America very much important for CZ and he is beginning to be so annoying for uncle Gary and the SEC?

In the cryptospace, calling some type of coin or token a ponzi scheme would open an argument that other coins and tokens of a different type might also be ponzi schemes. This is reality.

Also to take the argument further, from a ponzi's definition, assets of any type traded in markets also of any type can also be considered ponzi schemes, including bitcoin, stocks and futures. For older investors to make money, new money should enter the market.

Why are you angrily forcing people to bet on Trump? No one in this thread knows anything better than what we read from the news and speculate what might really be happening. Also, the smart bettors would only place their bets after each of the political parties have declared their nominees. Trump presently with those odds is certainly not a very good bet considering that he is also being indicted with various cases.

1) Agreed, but 2 weeks before is also okay.

2) Okay with me. We do not want our commissioner lost in a casino without internet on draft day heheheheee.

3) No veto.

4) Yes.

5) Yes.

6) This thread is always open, no choice but to vote yes hehe.



In any case, sharing this old article about football being a combat sport. Some of you might like it.



As I said earlier, football is basically simulated war, but with a ball. The offensive line and defensive line is the main war front. The line is arguably the most important part of a football game, protecting the quarterback, giving the running back and full backs room to run, and more.

The quarterback is your general. He commands the players, making the most important plays with the ball. He delegates to the wide receivers, tight end, running backs, blocking assignments from all positions, play calling, audible, and all. Running backs, receivers, and tight ends are your skill players. For the most part, they’re responsible for scoring in a variety of ways.

Defense is the same boat. An defensive line is the front. The linebackers are the generals. Secondary protects the endzone. All have similar goals to the offense, just the opposite.

Read in full https://mymmanews.com/is-american-football-a-combat-sport-yes-it-is/

News update.

Since when does the government care about the consumers? For the skeptical me, it appears that they cannot charge Binance with anything without fighting a legal battle that they might lose. Their only choice might be to presently make it appear that they are being sensible hehehe.

A fine is a victory for CZ. This is a bullish fine hehehehe.



The United States Department of Justice is reportedly considering charging cryptocurrency exchange Binance with fraud, but hesitating based on costs to consumers.

According to an Aug. 2 Semafor report citing people familiar with the matter, Justice Department officials are concerned about an indictment against Binance causing a run on the exchange similar to what happened with FTX in November 2022. They are reportedly considering fines or non-prosecution agreements for Binance rather than criminal charges in an effort to reduce the harm to consumers.

Binance was already reportedly the target of a criminal probe in the U.S. for allegedly violating the country’s sanctions on Russia. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission also filed a lawsuit against the crypto exchange in June for allegedly offering unregistered securities and operating illegally, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission targeted the exchange and CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao in March for allegedly violating trading and derivatives regulations.

Source https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-doj-concerned-binance-run-prosecutors-fraud-charges

Correct. This might be why he is trying to make big promises and gather as much people to support him for his campaign because he might already know that he has no chance hehehe. Also, promises of a currency being backed by bitcoin is very stupid because it will not work in the American economy which need times of inflationary periods to grow. Maybe he forgot about the failure and abandonment of the gold standard hehehe.

The skeptical me thinks these corrupt people make some money in these campaigns that they know they will lose. However, his free press for bitcoin was good, I reckon.

I agree with @DireWolfM14 on having 2 payouts. If I remember correctly, everything went to the winner last year. This season we have 2 more recruits. Their entry fees can go to my opponent as 2nd prize after the final.

That might be the UFC's new tactic for marketing hehehe. WWE and the UFC has merged to become one company operated by the Endeavor Group. The CEO of Endeavor Group is Ari Emannuel who is a super agent who represents the biggest stars in hollywood movies.



Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Entertainment has agreed to merge with UFC to form a new publicly traded company controlled by Endeavor Group, the companies announced Monday morning.

Endeavor will own a 51% stake in the new combat sports and entertainment company, while WWE shareholders will have the remaining 49%, according to the terms of the agreement.

Source https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/wwe-agrees-merge-ufc-create-new-company-run-ari-emanuel-vince-mcmahon-rcna77880



Also, does anyone know the old HBO show Entourage? The characters are based on real people. The agent in this show is based on Ari Emanuel and the main character is based on Mark Wahlberg hehe. Mark Wahlberg is also a holder of some shares in the UFC.

However, doing that would also be his enemies' chance to call him a liar and the bitcoin community to call him a larper hehehehe. Also, someone should tell him that he bought the wrong cryptocoin if he wanted more anonymity and privacy. However with a warning, the Monero community is very small it will not help him collect much supporters for his campaign hehehe.

Similar to every pump that have occured in the cryptospace, they always started with a storyline and China's blockchain ambition will certainly be one of the biggest and bullish storylines during the next bull market on 2025. As an investor it would be a mistake if you did not buy some Chinese projects' tokens while much of the cryptospace market is in the stage of disbelief.

It might be Sam, it might not be Sam, however, it might also be someone who wants everyone to think that it is Sam hehehe. But what would be the real reason behind this? Is this a demonstration on the power of DeFi and DEX of listing anything and for the SEC to begin cracking down on them? Is this a message for Coinbase that their chain is not safe? Everything about this is head shaking.

Hehe agreed and in the following months he will be talking to Al Haymon again for another fight vs. another boxer being promoted by PBC, Jermell Charlo. I reckon Haymon and Charlo should cancel negotiations with Canelo and begin a new one for a bigger fight vs. Crawford. There will certainly be more money for everyone included in the deal hehehe.



With Terence Crawford the official king of the welterweight division, his trainer Brian McIntyre talks about what could come next for the Nebraska native. McIntyre says he didn’t quite hear what Crawford was saying to Jermell Charlo after dropping Errol Spence during the live fight, but admits their willingness to move up to junior middleweight to face him.

Source https://www.badlefthook.com/2023/7/31/23814258/terence-crawfords-trainer-expresses-interest-in-facing-jermell-charlo-at-154-boxing-news-2023

News update.

I am not quite certain if China's plans for their blockchain ambitions will pump Conflux and the other Chinese projects presently being traded in the cryptospace, however, I am quite certain that this will be one of the biggest storylines on the peak of next bull market. This is why as investors it might be good to begin your research on Chinese projects.

One of the next biggest pumps might be the pumps being caused by the new Chinese Ethereum storyline hehehe. It was Neo on 2017, my speculation is it will be on Coinflux on 2025.



In yet another example of the country’s commitment, China is moving forward with a new blockchain infrastructure plan for one of its largest cities. However, the city’s governor announced the plan and what it could mean in the short- and long-term future.

Specifically, China is set to develop a blockchain infrastructure in Shanghai by the year 2025. Nevertheless, the official government update stated that the plan is to “strengthen the application of blockchain in the real economy.” As well as using that application in other sectors as well.

Source https://watcher.guru/news/china-to-develop-blockchain-infrastructure-in-shanghai-by-2025

This is a very strange news update and very shocking if confirmed true.

In any case, the story. There is this token called Bald issued in Base, Coinbase's Ethereum layer 2 network. It became popular to a small group of traders and pumped by more than 50x from the first day of issuance. However, it appears to be a rugpull when the developer removed most of the liquidity from Uniswap and sent the ETH to Binance. There is nothing strange with this hehehehee. The strange part of the story is it was discovered that the deployer of the contract for Bald tokens also had transactions from a wallet speculated to be owned by Sam Bankman-Fried.

I have no comment, only a question. Why would Sam use this wallet to deploy a contract if it was really him?

All transactions and discoveries are in this thread shared by @MidasFoolsGold.

https://twitter.com/midasfoolsgold/status/1686126874500767744

@Hueristic. I recently read your email. I am certainly joining this season!

On the other details mentioned in this thread, I would like to vote for the same donation amount to the pot of .0025 similar to last season and also vote to use the same website Yahoo Fantasy. All of the other changes being discussed within the fantasy league, I will vote yes of most of the participants agrees and will also vote yes.

Also, welcome to @yahoo62278 and @SouthPark's victi, I mean recruit hehehe.

The skeptics of RFK should challenge him hehehe. It might be good for some people from the bitcoin community to ask Robert Kennedy for the transaction hash of each of those 2 BTC that were sent to each of his children. He should not be lying because it can easily be proven by using a blockchain explorer. However, if he is lying, he should pray that not one person would starting demanding for the transaction hash hehehe.

Agreed. There is nothing to watch in welterweight anymore if Terence Crawford fights Boots Ennis and also wins it, I reckon. Is it possible for Crawford to move to light middleweight and challenge Jermell Charlo? It might be easier from Crawford to be the first 3 division unified champion than Naoya Inoue hehehehe.

Also, Bob Arum might presently be looking at the mirror and shouting at himself for letting go of Crawford from Top Rank heheheehe. Arum should have treated Terence more respectfully.