The thing is, we as users decide to use technology in a certain way, even if it was not originally designed for that purpose.

Take the telephone for instance.. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone for people to talk to each other.. then Telemarketers saw an opportunity to use this technology to spam people with telephone calls to market their products and services.

People think of ways to spoil technology for other people, just because they can profit from it.

Albert Einstein said it best, " I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

So, if WWIII  destroy the world with Nukes, Bitcoin will not be the focus of the people that has to survive such a hostile and damaged planet. 

Drake is a sponsored streamer, so he is getting money from casinos to promote them, while he is gambling.

People are also just focussed on his large losses, but he has also won a significant amount of money before.

Drake is printing money from his very succesful career, the money he gamble are only a small percentage of his total wealth. (We think it is a lot, because we do not earn that kind of money)

I just want to say thank you for the email reminder about my "idle" account. I signed up years ago and I played for months on this site and then I started playing on other new sites and totally forgot about the money that was deposited here.

I got the email... I logged into the site and saw there was still funds and it has grown significantly in value. I then played a few rounds again and won something and was able to withdraw a nice amount to help to repair my car that was damaged in a accident. 

You have mentioned the positive impact of Bitcoin ETFs, but there are also many negative impacts, namely :

The bitcoins that are bought for these Bitcoin ETFs are locked into a centralized database and it is taken out of circulation.

Bitcoin's future are determined by the miners fees that are generated by on-chain transaction and these coins stay in these cetralized databases and they generate zero miners fees.

Huge amounts of coins are also owned by centralized financial institutions and less people can buy those coins and the remaining coins become very expensive. (The idea was to spread adoption to millions of people and not just a few super rich companies)

Was these members chosen for these slots?

So what should be the lesson from this? I say, if you want to bet on something that is "fixed" .. even if it is fake, then you deserve to lose your money.

You are trying to scam the betting platform by betting on fixed matches, so you are also a scammer then.

Two wrongs does not make something right. 

It all depends on what you played. You might have played more slots before and we know Stake give more Monthly when you play games where you lose more money.

If you only "wager" on games with a 98% win change, then Stake will give back less for your bonuses. (They get more... you get a higher bonus) 

I can tell you one thing, trading platforms have find a way to attract more investment capital with the introduction of these new Bitcoin ETFs. (So they are milking a new Cow)

They saw the need of investors, wanting to invest in Bitcoin.. but  not having to worry about having to worry about securing the coins and fighting over regulatory and tax issues.  

Bitcoin ETFs also brought institutional investors into the Bitcoin scene with lower risk offerings on a regulated and familiar platform.

I know the final verdict has not been done yet, but I wonder if CW will be given the opportunity to take this on appeal to a higher court... and simply dragging this out for years?

Can someone with some legal knowledge sketch a possible roadmap for a case like this and what options could be followed?

My guess is, CW will go on until the money runs out..  and that might take years with the support he is getting.

Yes, there are still a lot of coins that are already mined, but the demand for those coins have increased a lot, because Bitcoin ETFs are popping up like mushrooms and these trading platforms are buying coins like there are no tommorow.

The "Halving" will reduce the supply of new coins, so the stockpile of coins will be reduced over time and there will be a bigger shortage of coins in the future. (That is to say, if trading platforms keep buying more coins)

How do you bring the price increase of Bitcoin into a scenario where you want to use that as proof that whales funded the development of the Covid virus?

If you said that "Big Pharma" developed the virus to profit from the jab that they created, then that would make more sense, but to say that BTC whales would do this to manipulate the market, is a bit too far fetched for me.

Bitcoin whales can simply manipulate the markets with joint collaboration to syncronize their trades. (They dump together when the price is high and they pump together when the price is low)   

The thing is, China and India have a population growth that are not controlled, so border conflicts like this will be a ongoing problem, because they have to put those people somewhere and they also need more agricultural land to produce more food.

The thing is also that they are both part of BRICS ... so they have to find a way to work together for that to succeed.

It is one thing being a passionate fan and a supporter of your team and betting on the Sport. You cannot be too emotionally involved with the Sport, when you are betting on it, because it will cause you to lose bets.

You should rather use your knowledge about the Sport to your advantage and win more bets.

Enjoy the Sport, but bet with your knowledge and your brain power, not your heart.

You have to regularly "refresh" your browser when you watch it live, because people with slow connections get behind on the acctual stream and a "refresh" will cancel the delay between what is live and what is streamed.

In any way, there are so many people with fast Internet and limited drops... that it is gone in less than 30 seconds.

Yes, I can see why there is such a rush to get the Bitcoin ETFs approved, but I think the Ethereum ETFs are a mistake.

We will see the same thing happening that has happened with the 1000s of Alt coins that are diluting Bitcoins true value. (The more Alt coins you add, the less money flows into the strongest and most secure technologies)

If one of them fails, doubt and FUD will hurt the stronger Crypto offerings.

Social media are making people crazy and they will do anything for their 5 minutes of fame. This guy was lucky and I bet you he would have turned into a "Meme" for the biggest loser if he lost that bet.

We know how this is going to end for him, because this gave him his 5 minutes of fame and that attention is more addictive than drugs or gambling... he will do this again and this time he will lose everything.  

So you basically want people to "Live stream" for you... but are you going to fund those streams like Stake.com are doing with their paid streamers? This is very expensive and a marketing option that are used when a casino is well established.

Which streaming platform still allow gambling streaming apart from Kick? (Owned by Stake.com)

The problem with the Nigerian economy has nothing to do with the US Dollar, but more with the government corruption and bad political decisions and appointment of friends and family in key government positions.

Nigeria is a Oil rich country and the citizens are supposed to be benefiting from that, but the spoils from that are flowing into the pockets of a few elites and the corrupt government that put them into those positions.

The 1400% return on investment sounds better when you devide it by the 4 years. It is 350% return on your investment per year.... which is almost 3 times more than what the S&P 500 achieved over the 4 year period.

The thing is, not a lot of people had the balls to buy those cheap coins during the price crash. (I did and I am smiling from ear to ear)