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1441  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue | WBC & WBO 122 lbs bout | July 25 on: April 27, 2023, 03:50:20 AM
@Boafeng, @bisdak40. Is there a rematch clause for Fulton and Inoue? It appears that this has not been made clear in the news. I cannot find anything that mentions a rematch clause in my hard 10 seconds of searching hehehe. I will do more searching on google later, however, this should be easy to find but is not.

It would also be good for the division if there was no rematch clause. Tapales vs. Akhmadaliev had none and Tapales does not have any mandatory defenses. This implies that he will be given the freedom to fight for a unification against either Fulton or Inoue.
1442  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: April 27, 2023, 03:23:13 AM
@ChiBitCTy. My hope is the Panthers make their pick on quarterback Bryce Young a certainty before the draft begins. This would imply that the Texans, another team that wants Bryce, can use their no.2 pick on the first round to bargain a trade for Lamar Jackson heheheh.
1443  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Suspected Tornado Cash (Ethereum mixer) developer arrested on: April 27, 2023, 02:59:50 AM
Update:

According to some news sources, the Court has ruled that the Tornado Cash Developer be released, but he will be under house arrest.
- From next week he will continue to be monitored and under home arrest.

- A court panel in the Netherlands had previously rejected the bail.

The developer of Tornado Cash reportedly received some kind of redress from a Dutch court. From the beginning of next week on, he will continue to be monitored and under home arrest. No official accusations have been brought against Alexey Pertsev, who has been in pre-trial custody since August.

I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that these guys had all the guts to arrest the Dev. Dick move IMO.




They arrested him to send a message very much similar how the mafia sends a message to create fear. They did not need a reason or a legal case, there was really no real case behind the arrest. However, this will certainly only cause some developers to be more anonymous and to develop better tools to help maintain everyone's anonymity in everything we do online.
1444  Economy / Speculation / Re: Thinking about what caused the flash crash? on: April 27, 2023, 01:18:27 AM
@Stedsm. According to some people in social media, it is being blamed on the fake alert from Arkham Intelligence. The alert had the information that the American government has begun dumping the coins from the Mtgox hack. We cannot be certain if this caused the flash crash, however, the dump occured 6 minutes before Arkham Intelligence's fake alert. Head shaking because a whale can short sell on the pump, leak the fake alert then have the fake alert released by Arkham Intelligence. Am I being too skeptical? I might be but after FTX, after Luna, after 3AC, we can assume that anything is very much possible with the hustlers of the cryptospace.
1445  Economy / Speculation / Re: Will April be a red month? on: April 26, 2023, 02:48:23 AM
My vote is not sure, however, April might be a green month despite bitcoin having witnessed a dump from April 19 to April 21. The dump did not cause a big correction because much of the pump since November was caused by spot market buying. Everyone should consider that this is different from a pump caused by trading on leverage in the derivatives market which causes more volatility if dumped because of liquidity cascades.
1446  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Gary Gensler's SEC sues Crypto Influncers and posts on his Twitter as propaganda on: April 26, 2023, 01:54:06 AM
Brian doesn't seem to be a big believer in Gary and his brotherly love. Coinbase is securing an escape route from the US and got a license to operate in Bermuda. They're also securing locations and licenses in Brazil, Singapore and Canada...
Brian knows that Gary is stubborn like a donkey and won't give him a license even if Coinbase wins that lawsuit with the SEC. The SEC is going to do what it always does, play the long game to suffocate the business, like they're doing with all the ETF proposals. If they can't win in court they'll delay you for years until you get it into your little head that you're losing money doing this and leave.
Well I guess the SEC took too long and now Coinbase decided to counter sue them instead:
https://blockworks.co/news/coinbase-sec-rulemaking-petition
This has stemmed back from July 2022 when the SEC were putting a case against them in deciding whether bitcoin and ethereum were deemed a security or a commodity.
They want clearer regulation rules when it comes to all cryptocurrenies so they can not keep suing other companies as the SEC had done to them last year on these undetermined rules.

I reckon that this might only be the first. If this lawsuit begins getting the attention of the community, the other exchanges and other crytospace services in America, we might witness the other founders like Jesse Powell and Cameron Winklevoss to join this war against Gensler.

I speculate Gensler might lose his job before the presidential elections on November 2024. He is becoming very unpopular. There are also people from the Republican party who appear to be using Gensler and the SEC as a storyline for their own agenda hehe.



Republicans blasted the SEC’s lawsuits against cryptocurrency firms under Gensler’s tenure and accused him of refusing to comply with congressional requests for documents.

Source https://thehill.com/business/3956812-republicans-rip-sec-chief-for-crypto-lawsuits-climate-rules/
1447  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Genesis' crypto lending (Genesis Global Capital) halts withdrawals on: April 26, 2023, 12:57:49 AM
News update.

It appears Barry Silbert's problems concerning Genesis Global Capital is having problems. Creditors have rejected the restructuring plan. Do they not trust Barry? I am quite certain the Winklevii do not hehe. We can only speculate that the deal is more advantageous only to Barry than the creditors. This is not how to do business, I reckon.



Genesis Global filed a motion asking the courts to supply a mediator after some creditors backed out of the bankrupt crypto lender’s restructuring plans.

Genesis owes around $3.5 billion to its top 50 creditors, including Gemini — the exchange co-created by the Winklevoss twins.


Source https://blockworks.co/news/genesis-petitions-for-mediator
1448  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Is Tornado cash still up and usable? on: April 25, 2023, 04:31:20 AM
AFAIK, the dev is already in the jail and the last update they made was August last year with an existing problem with their code. I think tornado cash is long gone and this new website is just made by someone trying to use the brand with their own gain.

I think this new tornado cash hype is due to the news that the dev is considered to be set free.

https://decrypt.co/137355/dutch-court-agrees-to-free-tornado-cash-dev-alex-pertsev-pending-trial

I reckon you do not understand how this works. The smart contracts are immutable and cannot be censored, only the frontend is censored. Anyone can still connect and mix their coins with the smart contract directly.
1449  Economy / Exchanges / Re: Coinbase vs SEC on: April 25, 2023, 03:41:06 AM
@Abiky. There was a case when the SEC sued someone but the judge made a decision that ruled against the SEC, citing that there was no clear regulatory structure to use as guidelines for the projects in the cryptospace. I have posted about it, however, it did not have the attention of the readers. I will find it and share it later.

In any case, news update. Coinbase sues the SEC heheheheheh.



Coinbase is suing the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The lawsuit follows on a petition for a rulemaking that the company filed with the SEC last summer, requesting the commission draft and approve a rule specific to digital assets. The lawsuit aims to force the agency to provide a yes or no to Coinbase's ask.

Since that request by Coinbase, the SEC has reopened custody and exchange rules to explicitly say that they apply to digital assets, but has not engaged in drafting a rule specific to digital assets.


Source https://www.theblock.co/post/228047/coinbase-sues-the-sec-for-answer-on-rule-specific-to-digital-assets
1450  Economy / Exchanges / Re: Bybit to introduce mandatory KYC requirements starting May 8 on: April 25, 2023, 02:53:47 AM
We have another one. However, similar to the other exchanges that started introducing their own mandatory KYC, this is expected. Exchanges need to be compliant with regulations or they are risking a regulatory crackdown. Unless the exchange is something similar to Tradeogre hehehe.

It appears Justin Sun's Poloniex might become a popular destination again for traders. I heard it does not ask for KYC on withdrawals below $10k per day.
1451  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Tank Davis vs. Ryan Garcia betting and discussion (May, 2023) on: April 25, 2023, 01:19:55 AM
Did anyone see a confirmation on Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence to fight on June 17 or is this confirmed to be really an April Fools joke? I am waiting more than 1 hour for the announcement.


I don't know if I missed the announcement or I was just busy on my day because right after the Tank vs Davis fight ended, I directly tuned up for the NBA games because in that same hour, it's still the LAL vs MEM (Game 3). But since you mentioned this now, I directly rushed to search it on google if there was indeed any announcement made regarding about the Terence vs Crawford fight but no, there wasn't any. Another disappointment, IBF should now make their move to give the mandatory fight.

Hehehe I was joking. It was already very clear that it was only an April Fools joke. I wished it was true, however. But it appears it might presently not become a reality. Sad

In any case, that post of mine was deleted by a moderator. Who reported it? We do not have the right to make jokes in the forum anymore?
1452  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Betcoin.AG SCAM!!! -1000$ on: April 24, 2023, 03:33:44 AM
As mentioned above post about this in the scam accusation board.

But I wonder, are you sure that you deposited to the actual legitimate site? Because these things normally happens when someone deposit money to fake/clone site and I am saying things because usually the site will ask for documentation at the time of withdrawal but you said they asked immediately after you deposited that's why I want to make sure that its legitimate or clone site.

Sometimes we cannot be quite certain how a sportsbook finds a red flag or what they consider a red flag. They keep their methods private, very much similar to this Coinplay gambler who went on a winning streak in NBA but Coinplay saw something in the gambler's betting patterns and declared that he was arbitrage betting. A practice that sportsbooks clearly do not like.

In any case, since Coinplay does not want to show their methods on how they caught the user, we cannot be certain if the user is right or if the sportsbook is right. However, I do not think Coinplay was trying to steal the person's money.
1453  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Tank Davis vs. Ryan Garcia betting and discussion (May, 2023) on: April 24, 2023, 02:47:48 AM


One lose cannot break out his achievement also he's so young there's so many room for improvement so provably he will bounce back for this big defeat he encounter in the hands of Davis. That big lose is a huge wake up call for him that he need to improve more so that he can maintain his superstar status and also to defeat more big names in industry.


I agree Davis is too good for him, he was calling out for Gervonta all these years, while Davis is getting better he was opting not to do a tune-up fight he is in a hurry to fight Davis, Tank is still a superstar he just needs tough opponents he has been cherry picking opponents, only Campbell has a good record in his resume.

His next fight should not be cherry-picked, maybe he and Rolly Romero will be a good match even though I read they are friends, it could be a good comeback fight Pitbull Cruz is also a good challenge for Ryan, I just don't want Ryan do cherry picked fight.

Or maybe he should go up in weight at 140 lbs, I thought that he won't be looking drain at 135 lbs, but for me it seems to be case. But I do agree that there's nothing to be ashamed of losing to Tank, he acknowledge his lost already so maybe he will have to move on.

Ryan looks drained, Davis just tricked him into agreeing on the rehydration clause, lol.  We have seen a not 100% conditioned Ryan Garcia in this fight.  But still I do not think that the fight ending would change but we shouldn't have seen that 7th round KO via shot on the liver.  It was the same case when Manny Pacquiao[1] losses his title on the Thailander challenger when he wasn't able to make the weight and drained himself further but still didn't met the requirement and as the result he was KO'ed via body shot.



[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHj2P04ElEo



I very much agree! King Ry's punches were not very impactful when he hit Tank Davis and also that body punch would not have a big effect if Ryan was allowed to rehydrate more properly. Why should Tank Davis care how much Ryan Garcia weighs on the day of the fight? His team scammed Ryan and Ryan's team should be responsible enough to tell him not to sign the contract. However, for much of the people who watched it, they do not know and they will not care.
1454  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: [WARNING] Unknown Exploit Drained Over $10M in past 5 months on: April 24, 2023, 01:21:46 AM
I have been following his thread on Twitter and it’s scary what he discovered. Apparently there were some people whose cold storage and hardware wallet funds were also drained. And he still can’t find the flaw.

Many ETH ICO tokens which were never moved were also stolen and these were OG unlike new retail users. Only thing I can think of is the last pass hack and they kept their seed hosted there. Since the hacks started around that time.

If coins in hardware wallets can be stolen, might this exploit be something that can give the hacker the ability to bruteforce the seed phrases? An exploit like this that has stolen only $10 million must have been done only through bruteforcing means because it is taking much time. Unless the hacker is smart and does want to be very public on what he discovered hehe.

@o48o. Thank you, I have changed it already.
1455  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2023-03-15] Forbes - How Africans Are Using Bitcoin Without Internet Access on: April 24, 2023, 12:56:30 AM
The moment when you are going through some centralized cellphone service provider, it is not decentralized anymore.... right?

The idea is to just replace (also centralised) Internet Service Providers with mobile phones service providers. This doesn't have much to do with (de)centralisation of Bitcoin network. The main concern is whether the app itself (Machankura) has control over your funds or not.

I work part-time in Africa on contract basis and I know first hand how challenging their Internet can be, but they have Internet Cafe's there with WIFI that people are using. One thing I can say..... they are very innovative with their solutions.  Grin

As the old proverb says: necessity is the mother of invention.

I reckon much of everyone in the community underestimates how much centralisation there is in bitcoin's decentralised sphere including development. Similar to what you mentioned, internet service providers are centralised. The same centralized internet providers that give everyone access to Github, also a centralised platform. The creators of the hardware where everything is hosted is a centralisation risk.

However, nothing is perfectly decentralised and about this is bad, I reckon.
1456  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Tank Davis vs. Ryan Garcia betting and discussion (May, 2023) on: April 23, 2023, 02:17:23 AM

I'll go with Ryan with this time, before I'm still struggling on who I will choose between the two but I already came up that I will choose Ryan between the two. Good to see that 2 superstars of boxing will have a match tomorrow. I'm very excited to look forward to their match. A lot of analyst said that this match is a battle between power puncher and lightning punches. Tank is really great fighter but as for my analysis, Ryan has an advantage between the two boxers.

The odds of Ryan before reached 4.0x odds but not it goes down 2.6x odds. Everyone in the boxing community are now looking forward to this great match. Actually I already placed bet to Ryan but I only put the money that I can afford to lose because I understand that everything can happen and Ryan is still underdog. If I win then it is good, If I lose; it is still good because I only bet the money that I'm willing to lose. Goodluck to all bettors out there. Ryan may win this match  Tongue

I'll go for Tank, Tank has 12 title fights and Ryan is fighting for his first title shot, Tank knows the pressure inside a championship fight, he's been there and done that, and will do it again, we have their weigh-in hours ago and I have never been excited in a fight because so much is at stake here I'm sure it will live up to the hype.
Both fighters are totally hyped during the weigh-in, everybody here I'm sure will not going to miss this one as it is three or four years in the making, and now they finally going to face each other in the ring.

GERVONTA DAVIS VS RYAN GARCIA • HEATED FULL WEIGH IN & FACE OFF VIDEO!

In this heated face off, I cannot stop looking and shake my head on what Oscar dela Hoya was wearing hehehe. Is it hot there in that place? It appears he is wearing a sweater but with the cloth used is something similar to black stockings .
1457  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / [WARNING] Unknown Exploit Drained Over $10M in past 5 months on: April 22, 2023, 02:35:24 AM
This exploit appears to be being used against Ethereum users and I speculate that other blockchains that were forked from Ethereum like Binance smartchain, Avalanche, Fantom and Tron might also have this problem.

The article also mentions that wallets between 2014 and 2022, however, was Ethereum not created until 2015?



A sophisticated wallet drainer has stolen more than $10M worth of assets since December 2022 across 11 different blockchains.

The exploit appears to target experienced users who created their wallets between 2014 and 2022, according to MyCrypto founder and CEO Taylor Monahan.

The attack vector remains undetermined, however. MetaMask, the leading wallet provider, said that its security team is working in tandem with other wallet providers to figure out the source of the exploit.

The attacker swapped users’ tokens for ETH, routing the trades through MetaMask Swap, Uniswap, or 0x.

They usually don’t drain NFTs, staked assets, and other low-cap tokens. However, in some cases, the leftover assets were stolen later.

Users with smaller amounts on Ethereum-compatible chains would have their assets bridged and moved out once the attacker had gathered enough ETH to pay for gas fees. The assets would then get converted into Bitcoin using services like FixedFloat, SideShift and SimpleSwap.

Within a week after the conversion, the assets would be run through a Bitcoin privacy mixer such as Coinomize, Wasabi, or CryptoMixer.

Monahan concluded by saying that the exploit is not specific to Metamask and that all wallets, including hardware wallets, are affected by this unknown yet active exploit.


Read in full https://thedefiant.io/unknown-wallet-exploit-10m
1458  Economy / Exchanges / Re: Is the Binance the next to bite the dust or FUD? on: April 22, 2023, 01:56:19 AM
@YOSHIE. How much do you trade? If you are a person who is still trading a small amount of money, it might be better to trade onchain using decentralized exchanges and DeFi. You do not have to give up custody of your coins. Also, there are many tokens in DeFi that have not been listed in centralized exchanges yet which are more volatile and can give much more chances to profit.

The reason to use a centralized exchange is for the huge liquidity they offer. This is why the whales need to trade in them. However, for us small minnows with a small amount of money for trading, liquidity is should not be a problem.
1459  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: April 21, 2023, 04:59:25 AM
I like to include Curtis Blaydes's shin leg and tight were made of metal that when Tom Aspinall kicked on it causes him to be injured, just joking, but I could see Curtis Blaydes being more durable than Sergei Pavlovich but I could see some strength on Pavlovich so he surely got some fight for Curtis Blaydes, for sure, I will look ahead on Curtis Blaydes on this he surely got some technique in the ground game, for me Heavyweight is evolving now because of what Jon Jones have did to Cyril Gane, and because of Cyril Gane the heavyweight have become more technical right now, not just plain I can knock you out in one punch,

What I dont like about Pavlovich, that he is a predictable fighter so far. Maybe his opponents does not allow us to look on him from different angle, but we all know that he will go to close distance and try to knockout with punches. He is like a Ngannou with a bit different skin and stats. It even look like he would better fit in like a boxer or bare knuckle fighter. With all that weight, if Curtis drags him down, Pavlovich would drawn in ground game imho.
I remember what happened in the Pavlovich vs Tai Tuivasa match, and within minutes Pavlovich started attacking and destroyed Tai Tuivasa.

It was also a very much similar occurrence in Sergei Pavlovich vs. everyone's favorite fighter, the Black Beast hehehe. Also, Curtis Blaydes has a glass jaw, everyone should watch how Derrick Lewis knocked out Blaydes with 1 punch. Pavlovich will certainly be a good underdog bet. Another good underdog bet might be Bruno Silva. I speculate that he is presently being underestimated because of his loss during his last fight.

1460  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: April 21, 2023, 04:40:39 AM
The draft begins next thursday and it appears that there might be a possibility that the Texans might trade for Lamar for their 2nd pick on the first round. The Texans are clearly searching for a replacement for Massage Watson.

@Hueristic. You know you are addicted to football when you are annoyed and think that Fox is conspiring against XFL hehehhehehee.
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