@Lucius. These types of developments in Asia was what I was trying to tell you. The Asian market is beginning to open and adopt the cryptospace again while everything is trading very slowly on low prices. In America, they have only begun to create stricter laws and control how much liquidity goes in the cryptospace. I reckon by the time America has opened up, it might be close to a new all time high where it might be the correct time for Asia to dump hehe.



DBS Group Holdings has unveiled its plan to expand its services in Hong Kong. The Straits Times reported Monday that the bank plans to apply for a license to offer crypto trading services to Hong Kong customers. Headquartered and listed in Singapore, DBS is the largest bank in Southeast Asia with a presence in 18 markets.

Read in full https://news.bitcoin.com/southeast-asias-largest-bank-dbs-unveils-plan-to-expand-crypto-services-in-hong-kong/

@pawel7777. This is certainly what everyone in the cryptospace should be expecting. They do not want the cryptospace to compete with the moneylaundering operations of their backers from the banking sector hehehe.

I would begin to be more skeptical if the Biden administration began a more supportive attitude on bitcoin and the cryptospace.

Also, more stricter legislations should also be expected under Biden. I speculate that everything will be banned in time and with only a few whitelisted projects and services allowed to continue.



Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said she plans to reintroduce legislation with Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., that would extend anti-money laundering laws to a broad array of the cryptocurrency ecosystem. That would include digital asset wallet providers, miners, validators and other blockchain network participants.

The original version of the bill she and Marshall introduced last December also would have prohibited banks and other financial institutions from transactions with digital asset mixers, which are meant to mask transactions made on public blockchains.

If introduced in the same form as last December, the bill would also extend anti-money laundering reporting requirements to include U.S. persons who transact in $10,000 or more in digital assets using an offshore account and require the Treasury Department to do anti-money laundering compliance examinations for money service businesses, the registration that large U.S. crypto companies fall under.

Source https://www.theblock.co/post/211783/warren-pledges-to-reintroduce-crypto-anti-money-laundering-bill

I very much agree. This exchange was not a service that was created in good faith with an honest intention. It was a already a scam and a scheme to launder money for their backers from the very beginning. The name FTX should be forgotten in the cryptospace. It was a horror show that was happening with or without CZ's dump of FTT that triggered a liquidity cascade.

Also agreed on the first in line are the significant clients. They need to do this to avoid prison and also a hope to avoid a trial hehehe. They might not like what Sam Bankrupt-Fried might say if pressured to a corner.

I am quite certain that it will be very easy to prove if he was given IV. The UFC can begin by looking at Islam's body if there are pin marks from the IV. It might be visible until now, I reckon. In any case, this will also be very difficult for the accuser to prove. Where did they hide the nurse? Was it Khabib dressed as his wife?



Cameras are always following the fighters everywhere including the hotel. Dan Hooker is very much similar tweeting like a bitcoin fudster hehehehehee.

It would be head shaking if we witness the SEC allowing a comeback for FTX and it would not be shocking also, however. The SEC is a corrupt government department that only cracks down on those who did not pay them their bribes and extortion money.

Also, the SEC has failed to protect FTX users.

Create the thread! We can do the research and continue the discussions there. This thread will be locked 1 week after the Oscar awards ceremony and it will be better to have a separate thread for different entertainment betting events hehe.

I sent @tyKiwanuka a private message before and asked him if he was creating another thread again for Eurovision but it appears that he was very busy.

Also, it appears that there is another storyline being created. This storyline is more right wing that endorses patriotism and encourages the youth to be recruited to the military. How many of Oscar voters are right wing? Hollywood has gone far left and this is making moderate left wingers appear like moderate right wingers hehehehehe.



“Everything Everywhere All at Once” led the Oscar nominations with 11 and is currently the decisive front-runner to win Best Picture according to the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users as of this writing. The question is, what could possibly beat it? Right now Golden Globe champs “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “The Fabelmans” rank second and third, respectively. “Top Gun: Maverick” follows in fourth place, but might we be underestimating the high-flying sequel?

On paper, “Top Gun: Maverick” doesn’t look like your typical Oscar winner. First off, it’s a sequel, and the only sequels that have ever won Best Picture were “The Godfather Part II” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” — and some might not even consider “Return of the King” a sequel in the traditional sense, but rather the completion of a single planned-out story. Second, “Maverick” is a summer blockbuster.

Source https://www.goldderby.com/article/2023/oscars-best-picture-top-gun-maverick/

I am not taking anything from the Chiefs' victory, however, of course I will be biased because my bet was on Philadelphia hehehe. Everything I saw occur that went against them would be on Philadelphia. There was also the late holding penalty Philadelphia that has certainly affected the game's ending.

In any case, I am very much excited for our next fantasy league. Can we begin the draft order earlier? Also, let us begin collecting payment while bitcoin is priced low hehehehe.

@mindrust. I disagree. Higher expenses on mining bitcoin will not cause the price of bitcoin to pump. What it will certainly do is cause the miners in Kazakhstan is sell their bitcoin now to pay for the expenses to transfer their mining equipment somewhere else, very much similar to the cryptomining ban in China.

However, this will be bullish for the other miners outside of Kazakhstan because mining difficulty will fall and this will give them a good chance to increase their share of the total hashrate.

I thought momentum was beginning to go on the Chiefs until thr Eagles get this touchdown and 2 point conversion to make the game tied with both teams have 35 points each and there is only 5 more minutes. My only wish for the game is an overtime hehehehe.

In any case, Chiefs was also lucky. If Jalen Hurts did not fumble the ball during the 2nd quarter the Eagles should be leading with the score 35-28.

I have updated to the new signature. Thank you.

@wheelz1200. I disagree because if everyone or much of the bettors and gamblers on the superbowl are laying on the Eagles, they would have adjusted the spread to -3.5 or more on Las Vegas already. The spread is only on -1.5 or -2. This implies that it might be a competitive game with gamblers divided on both of these teams. However, which secondary is better? Is it the 49ers or the Chiefs? I speculate that the Eagles secondary might make it very difficult for the Chiefs but the Eagles offensive team will make it easy to score against the Chiefs secondary.

Dagestani wrestling is also very much different from American wrestling. We will certainly witness Alexander the great have a very hard time on the ground with Islam. This might become a new experience for the Australian, however, not a very welcome experience hehehe.

Also, what is this pound for pound best UFC fighter in the world? This is nothing. The UFC only created this for hype and promotion for another type of storyline.

Agreed. Also, there are other peer to peer marketplaces with more traders that began offering better conversion prices than Locabitcoins in Paxful, Binance and Kucoin. I have only learned about Binance and Kucoin peer to peer marketplaces last year. I was shocked that they have become very popular.

@pawel7777. I am quite certain that centralized exchanges are only the beginning. The crackdown on Defi protocols that have lending pools, give staking rewards or anything that offers yield for your tokens locked might be uncle Gary's real target.


Brian Armstrong might be naive to think that reduced carbon footprints were a real concern for the American government. It is only about politics. I speculate that people in government who really care about the environment might only be less than 10% of them.

I disagree that the box office should determine if a movie is the best or not. Much of the Marvel movies are box office hits, does this imply that they are the best movies? Should we ignore other movies that show us good film making and replace them with films created for financial gain? If this was true for you then Titanic and Avatar are the best work of film making in the world? This is will be very headshaking hehehe.

In any case, Coda won best picture on 2022. This might be because the Academy of motion picture arts and sciences members wanted to vote on something light hearted after what the world has gone through with the coronavirus pandemic. The voters are following on what they want the storylines and the narratives for the present time. This is why I speculate All Quiet on the Western Front might have better expectations to win best picture because of the antiwar agenda on Ukraine.

@Rikafip. Is there a Ukranian candidate for Eurovision?

I very much agree. Also, everyone should remember that gambling should not be a way to make money. Gambling is only for entertainment similar to watching a movie. In watching a movie you spend your money on the movie ticket, your drink, your snack and sit for 2 hours being entertained. In gambling, you also spend your money, also watch the cards, the dice or the ball give you what you need to win and also sit there being entertained. The excitement and the anxiety should be considered part of the entertainment hehehehe.

@pawel7777. I was mentioning this in another thread. Yes, Gary Gensler has begun his crackdown on illegal securities in the cryptospace and it appears that he will use forceful action without giving warnings. This will not be similar to what the SEC has done before where they issued warnings before enforcement. This time it might be enforcement first before discussions. I speculate that exchanges' staking programs will be stopped in America and market capitalization of tokens issued by Defi projects of American developers will be dumped. This will be the crypto storyline of 2023.

I voted yes on the poll when this thread was created, however, there are very concerning reports that SEC comissioner Gary might become more aggressive in enforcement of regulations on exchanges, Defi projects and banks that are cooperating in the cryptospace to put them under the control of the government. The fear this might create on investors might cause bitcoin and all of the cryptospace to another big dump again.



SCOOP:@GaryGensler
 is embarking on a "midnight massacre" in an attempt to bring all of #crypto under his control. In the coming weeks, the @SECGov, @NYDFS and the @USOCC will be bringing a myriad of enforcement actions against exchanges, banks and entities that mint tokens in an attempt to label the majority of them as securities. I'm told Gensler's strategy is to bring as many enforcement actions as possible while the 118th Congress is still getting its bearings.

Source https://mobile.twitter.com/eleanorterrett/status/1623796900586573826?s=12&t=Y8PGZiPJkfD7x2wbVVy53g



I reckon they have began on Coinbase and Kraken already.

That is a very good suggestion. We can also play the other league with a different format like superflex or one of those 2QB type leagues. There are other scoring formats also like PPR or half PPR. I am not certain what kind of scoring format we used. Was it PPR or standard?

In any case, who does everyone have on Sunday? Are you team Jalen or team Mahomes? I have always ignored the Eagle's performance because they had an unchallenging schedule. However, their win vs. the Niners has convinced me. I am team Jalen.

It appears that Tommy Fury is learning the tricks to win before the fight begins from his brother Tyson hehehe. I am only speculating about this, however, not appearing for a press conference to cause an opponent to be angry might be something Tyson Fury might do. Jake Paul might have forgotten that the Gypsy King is always with the family first.



Jake Paul wasn’t happy to learn that his upcoming boxing adversary Tommy Fury skipped out on their first pre-fight press conference.

During a recent press conference, Paul unloaded on Fury for no-showing to promote the fight.

“He’s a flake,” Paul said of Fury. “He’s not a serious businessman, he’s not a serious fighter. I’m gonna prove that. That’s why this fight is called ‘The Truth’, because the truth’s gonna come out and he’s gonna have to pay for all the times he’s pulled out…

“It’s disrespectful. There’s some of the biggest names in boxing, some of the biggest promoters in the world, some of the most influential people in the world, one of the greatest countries in the world…and he doesn’t show up because of a private matter… it shows me he’s scared. He said he didn’t need to train for this fight, but meanwhile his excuse first was that he needed to train extra for this fight…it’s typical Fury stuff… I like Tyson, but the dad and Tommy, it’s typical from them.”

Source https://www.mmanews.com/2023/02/jake-paul-rips-tommy-fury-presser/