CBDC's will be implemented independently of the FTX fiasco. Government realizes they have the perfect opportunity to regulate exchanges/crypto sector using FTX as the scapegoat, when the reality is FTX was a fraudulent organization ran by corrupt leaders. So, expect regulations to come out of this, not a launch of CBDC's.

CBDC's will have the same problem FTX had, in a sense. Central authority and a reliance to trust the holder of your funds. I don't suppose it'd be prudent for the government to pitch to its citizens the same idea wrapped in a different package. Not now, at least.

What will happen during the winter season? I have seen contrasting claims. Some claim that the fighting will die down and resume when the winter season ends. Some others claim that both Russia and Ukraine have mobilized large number of reserves and therefore the fighting may intensify in the coming months. Muddy weather hampered the operation of tanks and armored vehicles in the past and this issue won't be there once the ground gets frozen. What I don't know is which of the sides will get the advantage of winter climate.

Lewandowski is a legend. If he was not a player of Poland team, but a player of any other good football team, his achievements would have been greatly revealed. He brought back the image of the Barcelona team after joining Barcelona.

I don't think Roma is that bad. In the end, even despite recent setbacks, they are not far behind second place. Do you practically want them to be on equal footing with the tournament favorites? But this was initially unrealistic, since they do not have such a strong team composition.
The bad thing is that now Roma will be under additional pressure from the departure of Mourinho, who seems to be leaving the club in the summer to lead the Portuguese national team.

Ronaldo has already said that he believes that 40 years is a good age to retire. I think that this can be regarded as a direct confirmation that he will not end his career earlier.
As for his possible coaching career, I'm not sure about that. He is too ambitious and demanding of himself - if he makes at least 20% of such demands on ordinary players, then this will lead to nothing but conflicts.

In terms of funds and sponsors, the Dutch are in a good position. But in terms of grass roots development, they are in a horrible state. A number of cricket clubs, especially those based outside the capital region have closed down in the recent years. Two decades ago, the club players were 70% Dutch and 30% foreigner. Now it has reversed (70% expats and 30% Dutch). They are managing to stay competitive at the top level because some of the Dutch players are part of the county system (vdMerwe, vMeekeren, vdGugten, Klassen, deLeede, vBeek.etc). But the younger players are not coming through.

@Kro55 while Netherland’s have grown well, but they’re yet to scale it up and if they want to achieve constant success then they need to to groom their domestic cricket player’s well. @Sithara007 I totally agree with you and it’s really baffling to see because they have the funds yet they’re unable to make good use of it to groom their young player’s, however whenever they’re able to groom them then they’ll definitely achieve great success in the T20 format.

A few questions about Binance:
1. Do you store assets on this exchange?
2. How big are they? You can not answer with numbers, at least at the level - significant for me / not significant
3. After the news about potential problems appeared - did you withdraw your assets from the exchange? If not, why do you trust Binance?

While the truth is I am a big bitcoin fan and supporting this coin all the way , I must admit that I also diversify from some altcoins , maybe at least 30% of my total investments are in Altcoins , so yes diversification is always best because I must say that in the past I already gain from all of my holdings.

the only problem Ronaldo has now is not club to sign him or his current performance, but he's wages, which you just listed in your last paragraph. Ronaldo is still good and can still complete with in any league in the world regardless his age. He's still fit to play.
Santo deserved the sack,  he humiliated Ronaldo, he knows that Ronaldo needs more time on the field to bounce back after all the emotional issues he had with man utd and the Media. Yet he benched Ronaldo in a must win match, Santo wasn't ready to win the world, how can he bench he's best player and expect to win the game. It's not possible,  Ronaldo should just reduce his wages so that top clubs can bid for him. I know any club that sign him will also benefit from him too.

If Mbappe was not playing for France tonight,they would have been suffering a humiliating defeat as they were really bad in attack,the only attacks and goals started and ended with Mbappe,he was also the top scorer of the World Cup.France is most likely having an end to Giroud,Griezman era and they need to find new replacements for them as I doubt they would be playing the next World Cup while Mbappe is so young that he can at least play 3 other World Cups and based on his performance even 4 of them so it is normal for France to rely on him as the best player.

Ronaldo has had many problems this season right from his former club Manchester United to the interview that he granted. Among all the problems he went to world cup to vindicate himself but it was very unfortunate that he had more problems. He was being benched and later they were eliminated by Morocco. So Ronaldo has not actually done anything in the world cup to prove Erik Ten Hag wrong.
The Purpose of any club signing Ronaldo will be for business and not for him to play as the Ronaldo we use to know.

France depended on Mbappe and Mbappe single-handedly scored three goals and held Argentina to victory with three goals.  However, the rest of France's players did not play well and they missed a penalty . However, Argentina's goalkeeper was much stronger and much smarter . Mbappé was great for France and if another player like him was in the France team I think they would have won the World Cup every time. Anyway good luck to France they may play better in the next World Cup and congrats to Argentina for winning the World Cup again after many years.

This is why this world cup is so amazing to me. You know the team are very good but the keeper really tried but you know I can't even imagine him stopping Messi the Goat from scoring.
Mbappe is another Goat I am happy about. He was able to score 3 goals in one match to make France proud but the penalty was a mess from his team.

You know everyone has lapses and this is why we can never be perfect. Well the match has ended and I am happy to see very supporters if Argentina happy.
Let's be happy guys 🔥🔥🔥

So what happens if Lionel Messi gets Injured, gets double booking, Mmmhh ?! I honestly think they should come correct as a team and not for Lionel Messi to win the game for them alone, that will be the biggest flaw in that game over reliant on Messi to deliver them.
France are already looking for a way keep him silent in that Tchouameni can not do it alone, he would need Griezman dropping to support him.

Both Kylian Mbappe and Ousman Dembele should be very precise when attacking, taking good chances of the opportunity they have early enough will seal the game for France. It won't be an easy night I know lol.

The single card shown to Boufal during the Semi finals against France was biased, FIFA didn't look into that game well, the officials and VAR are damn biased.

In women's games the totals are not as high as the men's game. And given the bowler friendly conditions in New Zealand, I would say that a score of 220-230 would have been enough. But Bangladesh couldn't even manage that much. In both the ODIs they scored well below 200. It is sad to see the slow progress from Bangladesh, despite being awarded test status almost 23 years ago. They have remained at where they were in 1999, both in men's and women's varieties. Anyway, the last match will be played tomorrow and the Bangladeshi women will be hoping for a win.

The continued growth of cricket in India is benefitting other countries. Many of the smaller teams now have sponsors based in India. Amul has been sponsoring the Irish cricket team for sometime now, and this month Indian owned IT firm SISAR (Rajaraman Santhanam is the CEO) became the official sponsors of the Dutch women's cricket team. Fairtree is the sponsor of the men's team since 2021. But the concern for Netherlands is that the ODI Super League has been scrapped by the ICC and after 2023, they won't get many matches against the test nations.

I just realized that Argentina has not won a title for a very long time. 1986 to now means about 36 years ago. So of course Argentina's motivation to win the world cup title this time will definitely be at its peak. But France, which has won the title in 2018, will certainly be a difficult opponent. so as you said that the final match this time will really be very difficult to predict. But I'm also interested in the Croatia vs Morocco match for third place. I think these two teams have almost the same style of play. both of them have a fast counterattack style. but croatia should have excelled in the match.

I say we diversify. Not going all-in on either saving it a bank, Bitcoin, property, etc. It’s all about balance and risk management.

Yes I know that it’s really tempting to invest a lot of money on Bitcoin and other kinds of investments. The risks are high, but same as the rewards if it goes “to the moon” unlike in banks where we can only get a few percentage per annum.

Indeed we should use our money wisely and never go all-in.

European economy has already lost it's competitiveness in the manufacturing and heavy engineering sector. Many of the factories and chemical plants have been shut down (BASF in Germany for example). And the problem here is that once the market share it lost, it takes many decades to win it back. EU officials are refusing to accept the reality. They are still dreaming about replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy overnight. And at the same time, they are hell bent against the most viable form of renewable energy (Uranium).

Ferran Torres is a precocious player, but the truth is that he was not getting enough playing time in Manchester City, back then Pep even opted to play without a striker, sending Ferran Torres way down the pecking order at City, he saw an opportunity to move to a club like Barcelona and he took it, City saw the money Barcelona were offering and they had to take it, both parties were happy. Mind you that when Ferran arrived at Barcelona, the club didn't have many of the players they have now, and he was playing regularly then, but last summer Barcelona bought quite a lot of players, including striker Lewandowski, and Ferran now has to manage a place on the bench as he mostly comes on as a substitute.

Having said that, if Arsenal are interested in him, then he could grab the opportunity and come back to the EPL, quite a lot of attackers have been linked with Arsenal this January, including Athletico Madrid's Joao Felix, i'd prefer the Portuguese sign for Arsenal rather than Ferran Torres, he is a better player imo, but the window will open soon and we'd see the new faces that would arrive at the Emirates.