How is something that doesn't exist today is going to replace the backbone of global economy in just 3 years? If you listen to bitcoiners, Bitcoin should have replaced fiat many years ago. Yet we all still go to supermarkets and pay with fiat for groceries.
Regular people have no incentive to switch to crypto banks and crypto in general. They don't care about fiat's inflation that much. And they don't care about privacy. And control over own funds. And let's not forget that even if crypto banks started getting traction, governments and traditional banks would either resist this trend or hijack it.
Crypto may be globally adopted in the future, but that won’t mean that it will replace fiat and traditional banks. Crypto will only serve as an option to fiat, fiat will always be the main currency. So it’s hard to expect that crypto banks will replace traditional banks because majority will still use traditional banks over crypto banks. |
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I think I’d rather be betting on whether or not this fight takes place. Tommy has ducked Jake so many times now, it seems more like he’s trolling Jake by accepting these fights. If they do fight though, I don’t think Tommy has a chance. I was watching some of his fight videos and he really doesn’t look like a pro fighter. Jake will probably be able to knock him out at which point I think KSI or Nate Diaz would be the next fights to make.
Fair point, and for that, Tommy still has another month to decide if whether he will continue to fight Jake or not. I know that this fight has been inked already but considering Tommy's past decisions towards this fight and Jake Paul in particular, it's not that far that he will make a run again and leave Jake in the air with the thoughts of finally having a bout with Tommy. But in any case, if this fight really pushes through, Jake Paul will eventually defeat Tommy Fury, no doubt. |
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If this fight will be at 154 lbs then it's clear that Spence vs Crawford won't happen now not unless the latter will also move up.
The fight was one of the weirdest matches I have seen. Why not just Spence moved up in the usual way and vacate his 147 lbs belts?
How did it become possible to fight at 154 lbs when the title at stake was meant for 147 lbs? There's a current champion at 154 lbs so how this fight between Spence and Thurman will turned out? After the fight, like it will still consider as 147 lbs fight lol.
WBC is making things confusing and a bit technical. Why this fight should be that way when there's a normal process? They are crazy.
There's no opportunity for Crawford even if he will follow Spence or Charlo at 154 lbs because in the end, the same thing will happen, he will get toyed with Al Haymon and eventually, would waste another year that could be more fruitful. Crawford just need to be patient about his situation because eventually, Spence will vacate all the titles because I don't think the latter can always bring his belts with him at 154 as there's already an existing champion at the said weight class. |
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Also, these Mexican cartel won't be messing with any foreigners that will be around in their country during these games because surely, the respective nations will hunt them down and destroy each one of them until their whole business will turn into ash and I bet they don't want those things to happen. Besides, it's also their pride that their country will be hosting some of the World Cup games and they know that these things are rare. I agree that Mexico may not want foreigners to have a negative experience while visiting for the World Cup, but we also can't assume that they will be able to completely prevent any crime or violence from occurring. Additionally, the idea that the Mexican government would be able to control and prevent all crime during such a large event is unrealistic. It's important to remember that crime and violence exist in all countries and it's important for visitors to take necessary safety precautions. It's also important to note that Mexico has the right to handle its internal issues and it's not fair to assume that other countries should intervene Yes, it is indeed unrealistic believing that the Mexican government can handle the situation well and prevent such things from occurring in the said event because they can't even handle the chaotic cartels inside their jurisdiction, what more about these said events? Well, I'm also one of the hundreds of thousands of people that is hoping that there won't be any chaos during these games. It's also important to note that Mexico has the right to handle its internal issues and it's not fair to assume that other countries should intervene If the issues are just an internal problem that are occurring almost every day, then indeed, the Mexico has every right to handle and solve the situation. But these things will change if there's an unfortunate event that a foreigner will be involved in such disaster, the countries will do everything on their power to intervene and to help solve the case as soon as possible. Truth is, this is not new anymore because there's a lot of documentaries about these stuffs. |
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You are not alone in this forum because I bet there's somebody out there too who wasted some of their precious time neglecting bitcoin despite the fact that it was already introduced to them few years ago. Even me, I only started working and knowing more about this crypto stuff more than 3 years after it was introduced to me and believe me, I understand the feeling.
Although, the last line is a bust because believing that no one can steal your bitcoin is totally false and actually, you could lose it all in just a blink of an eye if you're not that careful. I guess OP should know more about the security stuff and how to make your coins much safer.
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A couple of televised games on ESPN tonight. The first one is between the Hawks and Mavericks. Not too exciting but at least there’s Luka and Trae.
Speaking of the Dallas Mavericks, Luka Doncic is reportedly pushing the Mavericks to be active in the trade market before the trade deadline. He badly wants an upgrade and that's no secret even to the community. Mavericks are not that really good at getting a good role player in the market. They are just trusting the process. And as I noticed, they are just always active in doing trades, not before the trading deadline but in the off-season. Let's see the action of Mark Cuban here and the whole Mavericks to Doncic's request. Who will be traded? That's the question. There are so many inconsistent players on their roster and the Mavericks management should listen to Luka Doncic on this part. He is the playmaker, he knows what is missing. If there's someone who has great usage to him, it's Dwight Powell. Stats-wise, he ain't registering good numbers but upon watching that guy, there's the activity on screens and tapping the ball back outside for an offensive rebound. The Mavericks are building a team around him so he has the power to demand the whole management to be active in trades. He's like Le-GM Version 2.0 now. Kidding  . Anyways, Mavericks are now at the 5th spot despite having a bad start and at the bottom at the start of the season. They have many players to trade with. Hardaway Jr., Bertans, some draft picks. There are some rumors as well that Wood might not get an extension with the Mavericks thus, they might use him as well to get some players. Either way, Doncic is the one who has a big impact of the team and the role players are performing better now compare to how they performed at the start of the season but if they want to be a playoff contender, they might tweak the roster a bit and get some better role players Luka is just being reasonable for pushing the Mavericks management off the edge to be active in the upcoming trade to salvage the season and increase their chances to go much further than what they attained last season. Furthermore, what's the hold up when they already have what it takes to get a good role players to surround Luka in the upcoming trade. They badly need an upgrade so that Luka won't be carrying the whole team in the end, he needed someone who can balance things. |
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Meanwhile, have read a news article that Donaire and Moloney will slug it out for the WBC belt vacated by Inoue. This is good news for us fans of Donaire as we all know that he still have some tricks to do the job even if he is 40 years old.
It's still floating. But if it's guaranteed and official then Donaire will just have to prove himself that age doesn't matter and he's still a great guy to box with. He'll take back what's taken from him. And I think that he's going to have more intense training and will be more pursued to win this match after his loss against Inoue who will just leave his rank and division. Regarding this potential bout between Donaire and Moloney, here's an article for you guys. Donaire Sends Notice To Team Moloney On Title Bid Donaire is making a stand that he is still interested in fighting for the WBC title that Inoue vacated recently. In the same article, Donaire also revealed that his camp and Moloney's aren't yet getting into discussions and that he's waiting for somebody to give him a call so that a bout will soon be happening. I understand Donaire's urgency because he doesn't have the time in his side as he's already 40 years old, he might be strong and agile in his age but he knows that father time will be catch up to him anytime soon, so he does want a fight already before any of that happens. |
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Dmitry Bivol Backing David Benavidez In Caleb Plant ClashEven the WBA champion (LHW) Dmitry Bivol is backing the young blood and somehow certain that David will prevail in this fight. Although, Bivol himself admitted that his choice was quite biased because he and David had a bond in the past where they sparred with each other but the thing is, Bivol witnessed what this kid has that made him believe that he can ultimately defeat Caleb Plant. How about you guys, got any thoughts about this? Anyway, I hope this fight will listed officially and won't be one of the good fights that will not materialize. I guess if we look at the votes, it's David that is the clear favorite for us boxing fans in our community. I mean it's a smart thing to do, to vote and then bet on the young guy because he has been chasing this kind of fights and wanted to show that he has the tools to become a future champion. So I believed as well the David will win against Caleb, but it will be a very hard fight for his young career and he will be tested here. Besides, it will be a lot more interesting if we can see some new faces challenging Canelo Alvarez's throne and this David indeed got some real talent and IQ compared to what Caleb had shown when he had the chance to upset Canelo. I mean, it's not that I am underestimating Caleb Plant, it's just that I'm more inclined to see what David can do because Caleb already had his chance and I don't expect anymore from him to make a difference. |
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Well, many think that Mexico is just drugs, cartels and things like that... I wonder if mexico would be an appropriate place to organize the world cup since they are a very insecure country:  “ You could hear the shooting – huge blasts, so much noise,” said the Mexican businessman, who had planned to board a flight to the eastern city of San Luis Potosí.[/size] reading the article, and just do more research that anyone can see that this type of news is very frequent in mexico, I can not understand why they are putting mexico to organize the world cup when they know the issue of crimes they have, I know that in every country in the world the number of crimes varies, but the difference between Mexico and other countries is that in Mexico they are dealing with drug crimes in which criminals already have evolved weapons and fight against the police, the brazil for example has this, they organized the world cup, but in brazil drug dealers stay in their territory, they have no power in the cities where the police are, whereas in mexico all institutions are corrupted by drug dealers It's true that Mexico is currently facing a lot of issues with drug crimes and it's understandable that some people may be concerned about the country hosting an event as big as the World Cup. But we can't deny that Mexico is also a country with a lot of potentials and we should also look at the positive side. Hosting the World Cup can be a great opportunity for Mexico to show the world that they can organize a successful event and also to show that they're making progress in dealing with their issues. One way to look at it is, hosting the World Cup can be a way for Mexico to show the world that they're taking a stand against drug crimes. Maybe the criminals will think twice about causing trouble during the World Cup, knowing that the whole world will be watching. It's also important to remember that the World Cup is not just about soccer, it's also about bringing people together and creating a sense of unity. So let's not just focus on the negative, let's also think about the positive impact the World Cup can have on Mexico. If something bad happens during the event, moving the rest of the match to USA or Canada is still affordable. @Slow death I believe that the authorities will do proper research, and will seek reassurances from Mexico’s government that they can organise the World Cup without any issue’s. Furthermore while it does looks risky to organise the World Cup there based on these stats, but I agree with @slapper that Mexico government will not want to ruin their image hence I have a feeling that the authorities may be tempted to give them the permission to host it. I'll admit that I'm not an expert in this Mexican war against Drug Cartel but I can somehow say that these Drug Cartels won't touch any international games that will be hosted by their own country especially if the government is involved. Why? We all know that government is not their enemy, it's the rivalry between each cartel, so touching one of these games will be a no go zone for these cartels. Still though, can't risk anything like this especially when life is already at stake even if government will be assuring the people. Also, these Mexican cartel won't be messing with any foreigners that will be around in their country during these games because surely, the respective nations will hunt them down and destroy each one of them until their whole business will turn into ash and I bet they don't want those things to happen. Besides, it's also their pride that their country will be hosting some of the World Cup games and they know that these things are rare. |
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Or probably this is another classic example of how corrupt WBC. And I will admit that we love boxing, but sometimes this is the main reason why it is becoming trash, with all the politics and so we haven't see the fight that we want.
Hope that boxing fans will not support that fight lol. Defending a 147lbs title in a 154lbs fight, there's even no need for an explanation on this on why it becomes a bullsh*t match. A clear ducking to the supposed mandatory fight. Can't blame Spence's camp only as they are just being under but the whole WBC themselves are ruining the fun. There's a good chance that this fight will be boycotted by many because Al Haymon and WBC connived without considering to get things discreet, it's like they are saying to us face-to-face that we can't do anything about it because of their influence in the industry and that they are the only ones who has control over things, and what could've happen. I wonder if Spence really likes this because I know his goal is just to make himself pretty at the paper but things are getting ugly already and he's getting dragged. |
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Why should one deposit his money when the option to take an advantage of investing with it is available, and it does not end only on investing but also on something worth it, an appreciable asset like bitcoin in digital cryptocurrency and not a liability, depositing money in the bank will add to depreciation of the value in it over time because inflation will overcome such value and the bank as well will always make their own deductions for charges, but when invested on a profitable asset, it will make more opportunities come of the money invested by realising some earnings than loosing part of the money gradually.
One can as well save in the bank and also use part of it to start up something like investing in a lucrative business that will bring in more capital, that's for those business creative minds because some will only choose to work and save without having any plans of growing the money into something much more productive. Saving without making use of the money to start up something much more productive is like waiting for the saved money to increase on it's own. The mindset of an individual tells more if he/she would want to invest or just deposit. I once made an investment and it was a scam and I lost trust in the investment to me everyone seem a scammer I would rather depist than investing It all depends on where your taking your investment to and who's the middle man in the investment because it's very hard to do anything that involves money that you won't get those scammy eyes around, is a 50/50 thing, you win or you lose. as stated above - the investment involve so much risk too. Not all the time investment is profitable - most of the time it is scam too My father was a gov employee - here the gov employee gets a house after the retirement - many of my father's friend sold their house and invested their money - they don't have their house neither the profit not the money. My father did not invest anywhere - he kept his house - thank God he made good decision Well, you already said it yourself, not all the time is profitable for investment and I don't agree with the thing you said that most of the time, it's a scam too. How can you say that? Is it because your father's friends haven't got the expected result of their investment? We all know that investment needed some thorough time to prepare and to have a proper knowledge before doing such thing, investments doesn't guarantee anything, it's still a two-way road, either you lose or win. |
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Either way, the Lakers should call a timeout and nothing else. That was around 10 secs. left and lots of time to make a good play.
The Lakers are down by 1 and no one from the coaching staff even advises their players to call a timeout. They blew that opportunity and chances to win the game. I don't know why they thought that time and didn't decide to call a timeout.
I want the close game though that both teams managed to perform where there are lots of exchange of score leads happened.
Maybe that is due to the inexperience of the coach and his staff. But Lebron was also in the court, he could have called the time out himself since he is the most veteran player in there. Anyway, if they called a time out, they can set up an offense but the defense of Philly will also set up. Maxey and other defenders will be on court and it may be harder to execute. Now, I really doubt the capabilities of the Lakers coaching staff. It is not yet playoffs and they are not able to make the proper calls already. That is too bad. It seems as though the coaching staff of the Lakers has no idea what they are supposed to be doing. There are times when you look at the coaches and wonder what they are thinking. They are able to make decisions and feel as if they have a plan in place. However, that is not the case with the Los Angeles Lakers. In my opinion, the coaching staff of the Lakers looks like they are just doing things and hoping for the best. Well, that's what you and the others thought. We all have criticized coaches and players for every mistakes they have done in their career, but remember, they are always better than us. Plans and plays doesn't work every time. We can't just say, the coaching staff has no idea of what needs to be done. They actually do, they're only making bad decisions, especially when it did not work. The Lakers may not be easy to coach, because of LeBron presence. He is the kind of player who have a huge influence in the whole management. So, that's not gonna be easy for the head coach to handle. I don't think that Lebron is hard to coach, I mean he has been with several teams already, winning rings, so it's not about the coaches, it's probably his team mates around that could make or break him. Although it could be intimidated to coach him because of his superstar status, but I think Lebron is not that hard headed and he respects his coach who ever it is on the current team that he is in. And speaking of Lebron, big games for him again, but this time they got the win, 48 points and almost put a triple double. I agree with you that I don't think Lebron is hard to coach either. In fact, often when I see him taking coaching/directions on the sideline during timeouts and what not, he always seems to be quite intent on what's going on, always paying attention etc ( at least from what I've seen ), but, yeah it's going to take certain type of coach to be able to coach Lebron. He's not going to allow just anyone coach him, that's for sure. It's because LeBron already knows the game too much, who won't be so familiar about how the game works if you're the oldest player in the league right now. I think that's also the reason why coaching him will be difficult for others as you need to coach him something that he doesn't know. For example, last season, I noticed that he isn't paying attention to Vogel that much because he feels like the man don't know what to do anymore, unlike now, new face and new attacking style. |
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This is the reason why Donaire suddenly changed his course after knowing that Inoue will vacate all the belts once he climbs the next weight class, supposedly Donaire will go down at 115 pounds in super-flyweight division because he knows that he won't be holding any belts while Inoue is still in bantam weight but after knowing the fact, he is now maintaining the weight and I've heard that he's already scheduled to fight once WBO belt was vacated. Correct me if I'm wrong.
It's not that Donaire suddenly changed his course but it was an option right from the start. It's just that some conditions were met. As you mentioned, WBC mandated a fight involving Donaire if Naoya Inoue decided to vacate all his belts in the bantamweight. Moving forward, since Inoue now officially moved up weight, Donaire will now instead push on the better option which is competing again in the WBC Bantamweight title against Australian's Jason “Mayhem” Moloney. I guess though the condition still base on Inoue, and now that he has official going to super bantamweight, it make sense for Donaire to stay at the bantamweight and fight against Moloney for the vacant belt. And if by chance Inoue decided for at least fight another one in the bantamweight, it's either Donaire moving down to 115 lbs and could remain semi retired. But the good thing is that the first condition has been met so Donaire will have another crack to get his belt back. Also, Donaire is more suited in the bantamweight division rather than looking for a title at 115 pounds as I'm inclined that his career might end sooner that what he expected. Having a fight against Moloney for the vacant title is already a good opportunity for Donaire to display his prowess again in this division that he was once a champion, it will be a perfect bout for him to test if he can still do few more fights or it's time for him to hang up his gloves. |
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Dmitry Bivol Backing David Benavidez In Caleb Plant ClashEven the WBA champion (LHW) Dmitry Bivol is backing the young blood and somehow certain that David will prevail in this fight. Although, Bivol himself admitted that his choice was quite biased because he and David had a bond in the past where they sparred with each other but the thing is, Bivol witnessed what this kid has that made him believe that he can ultimately defeat Caleb Plant. How about you guys, got any thoughts about this? Anyway, I hope this fight will listed officially and won't be one of the good fights that will not materialize.
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Are you on weed or something? Do you know what the impact of Name is in someone's life? If you name your child Bitcoin and something unexpected happens to Bitcoin in future it means you have ruined your child's life, he will be nothing but a failure at that point in time. And mind you, Names are forever magnet 🧲 that can never be erased till death comes.
A nickname is better, not the actual name.
Good point, it's really a terrible idea and bitcoin's future is not yet guaranteed nor defined so even if the OP and his wife are an avid supporter of bitcoin, things could still go wrong in the expense of his child's life because they named the child "Bitcoin". Worse case scenario, the child's childhood experience will be ruined because he or she will be teased and bullied for sure, moreover, that same child will be famous instantly too but not in a good way. |
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Here's what I found when I was browsing Spence's request to the WBA to contest the fight at 154 pounds. It’s highly unlikely Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) will bother come back down to 147 and get filleted by Boots & Crawford. Spence isn’t another General McArthur who once said, “I will return.”
Spence isn’t returning to 147 after he faces Thurman at 154 because there’s too much risk involved at welterweight, and he’s not about to want to deal with all the danger, especially if he’s drained. SourceI think this is the most desperate move that I witnessed in the whole history of boxing industry. Errol Spence Jr. and Al Haymon was really too desperate to get themselves out of the welterweight just to maintain Spence's value and record. Also, the governing bodies shouldn't just agree with their request to make the Thurman-Spence fight at 154 lbs. because their image will be scathed as it looks to the public that they are eating their words that they said in the previous months. quote author=Vaculin link=topic=5420331.msg61605581#msg61605581 date=1673894219] If I were Thurman, I wouldn't take this fight because it's not what I wanted in the first place as there will be no belts on the line. I think he (Thurman) can take the fight and give his own condition. Reading the article is just confusing. How could a mandatory title defense @ 147 lbs or welterweight division be done in 154 lbs or jr. middle weight division? Isn't that ruling a joke? It looks like Spence and his promoter is more influential and has more authority than the governing bodies. I'm confused as well, if there's no belt involved, then we cannot call it a mandatory fight and Spence could say no if he wants to. Well, even if there's no belt involved, it will be okay for fans that are desperate to see some action as we will definitely see a real action of these two.
Yeah the current situation looks like a circus. Because Spence doesn't want to give Thurman a chance to fight in a title match he moves the fight to 154 lbs, while the governing bodies order a mandatory title defense. How ironic when the sports authority issue a mandatory title defense and the fight will be done on a different weight division, doesn't that makes the governing bodies a joke? And it boils down again how corrupt this governing bodies, issuing mandatory fights and yet they can't even imposed it to boxers with influential promoters such as Spence (PBC/Al Haymon). I don't think though that Thurman can give his own condition in this fight though. He is the B-side here, they have the same promotion, so he will be under what conditions they set on him and even the purse split. And that goes to show how powerful Al Haymon is as a promoter as his influence to his boxers and governing bodies as if he has total control of them. Well, it really shows in this particular situation that Al Haymon really have a lot of control towards the governing bodies because he can influence them to change the first order that was given to the Thurman-Spence fight and make the fight happen in Jr. Middleweight division. I don't know man, this is so untrue to me because boxing industry isn't the same anymore. |
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The Lakers are coming from a back-to-back game and are 19-23 against the spread. so I do not think it is good idea to bet on that line.
Ya, but the Rockets are tanking on purpose while the Lakers are desperate to try and stay in position for a playoff spot. I think they should be able to win today. By how much, who knows... Besides, the Los Angeles Lakers will certainly get prettily embarrassed if they will still get defeated by the Houston Rockets who's currently sitting at the bottom of the conference whether if they are doing that on purpose or not, the Lakers image will heavily criticized if they are defeated earlier. Their next game will be against Sacramento Kings, they will get tested again for sure. |
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Hi, friends.
We are currently in a chaotic phase of global economic uncertainty, everywhere in the world is almost similar to this situation in terms of economy, energy scarcity, food scarcity and many others. but that's not what will be discussed with friends here.
A few days ago I was walking around the housing complex, and I noticed that a lot of grocery stores and other needs (conventional/retailers) had gone bankrupt, maybe this happened because prices were soaring even worse, and people prefer to buy from online stores instead of buying from neighbours, which causes the economy to slow down is undeniably this is the impact of the global economic chaos and technological advances.
If you are a person who has money to shop for daily needs, I suggest you buy from merchants around you instead of shopping online whose stores are far from your place. This must be done to turn the wheels of the economy in your neighbourhood and save them from bankruptcy, at least you give them space to live.
Your intention is good but that would also depend on the choices of the buyer. If he is in a tight budget, then he will surely buy in a big grocery store wherein he can save some money, whereas buying in neighborhood and expect that their goods prices are higher compared to bigger grocery stores. But if it only means for some small amount, maybe a neighborhood store is a good place for that. |
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well, in my case as I live in Africa where living conditions are not so good and it is normal to have some problems, I remember that at the beginning when I entered this cryptocurrency market I didn't have money in the bank to buy bitcoin so I had to sell my computer and bought bitcoin, but then I also spent years constantly asking my parents for money to buy bitcoin until a few years ago someone lied and stole from us and we had to sell a lot of things, it was a very bad phase of my life because I I saw that people already treated us badly because we were poor, it was shocking because when we had money they treated us very well
I guess that’s the reality of life, you can be perfect for others if you have the money and wealth, but if you have nothing, you will always be unimportant to them. Anyway, I have also my own ups and downs in life but I think the most memorable one was when we I got scammed with my hard-earned money that I used to entrust with my old friend. I had even made a loan that time just to make that business possible but everything end up very badly that I don’t even know where the profits of that business go. That even until today I’m still regretting why I was really in a hurry that time. |
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everyone definitely wants to be successful in investing, especially in bitcoin. and of course it is not easy to achieve success in investing, even though it sounds easy to invest in bitcoin, for example as follows:
: buy at a low price sell at a high price.
: must hold strong, and do not sell it when the price drops.
but in reality there are so many people who sell when the price drops, even though they have to take the risk of loss.
I, who don't have much experience in bitcoin, want to ask what is the key to your successful investment in bitcoin?
and I want to ask if you have ever experienced investment losses in bitcoin?
I hope my post is useful for me and all in this forum.
You will only be successful investing in bitcoin if you have the experiences needed to make a successful investor. Because if you are still a beginner in investing, perhaps you will still experience more losses than significant gains, but that is a part of molding your experiences that will be helpful in the long run. And successful investing comes with patience and a high sense of determination. If you are just here for money and would always want quick profits, you will never be successful with bitcoin. |
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