I’m sure some retail investors will prefer to own the ETF instead of MSTR stock. However, a lot of people may actually prefer Microstrategy, just because they have a revenue source so the potential is there for your holdings to actually grow, while with an ETF your holdings will forever be dropping due to the fund management fees (even though they are small).

^ I’m sure the bad press and instant reaction from people was enough for Tesla to change their tune in order to avoid damaging their brand. I’ve heard that other carmakers like Rivian have done the same thing in the past though. Admittedly, I’m only caring about myself when I have my opinion on the matter. Whatever Elon or Tesla does to scare away preorders ahead of me in line, I’m all for it. I hope reports come out saying the Cybertruck explodes when you unlock the door.

The Lakers are “showing interest” in Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan, & Alex Caruso. Basically, the Lakers are going to try all they can to get a win out of the Bulls need for a rebuild. With Anthony Davis having shown interest in going to Chicago, something big could be happening with this. Getting Zach LaVine and Caruso while dumping Anthony Davis would be a huge win for them in my book.

I’ll admit that I’m not the biggest baseball fan, but it does seem odd that there isn’t more baseball discussion here. My interest is usually reserved for Spring Training as I live near quite a few stadiums. The Savanna Bananas are also gaining my attention…

I was shocked to hear the Oakland A’s are moving to Vegas though. Another blow for the Bay Area in my opinion. 

I disagree with your line of thinking. I think rich people may need Bitcoin the most, as it is an incredible store of value and when shit hits the fan rich people could end up with nothing like everyone else. Bitcoin is most valuable as an insurance policy, so it is arguably more important for rich people who want to maintain their living conditions than for “poor” people who may have more immediate concerns than investing for future wealth.

Blockstream’s work to establish other forms of transmitting the blockchain like using radio frequencies (ai believe that was Blockstream but could be wrong) would finally be useful. I would imagine people would then focus on creating a mesh network with radio waves in order to keep Bitcoin operating. It would be seen by some as an opportunity to strengthen Bitcoin as well as make a ton of money selling suddenly needed hardware.

I guess the penalty does seem a little bigger when you look at how much money he makes per game. According to Woj, Draymond Green is going to lose more than 3 quarters of a million dollars due to this suspension. I don’t care who you are, that’s not peanuts. I still think it should have been worse, but I’m glad it will sting a bit.

Link to the post here: https://x.com/wojespn/status/1724962628252954930

There is no chance in hell that Bitcoin ends the year at $69,000. If anyone wants to bet on that, send me a PM and be prepared to escrow some BTC.

Imagine the god candle it would take to reach $69K. I just don’t see it happening. Don’t get me wrong, I would thank my lucky stars if that were to happen, but it’s just not going to. Maybe late next year, but more likely in 2025.

No. I was a victim myself who lost somewhere around 50 BTC when pirate closed up shop. All messages between me and pirate were also subject to subpoena, so this is a confirmed fact by law enforcement. That’s why nothing happened to me while others went to jail.



All of them. Luckily, near the end of pirate’s run there were quite a few people offering better deals than myself, so everyone withdrew their deposits from my program before the collapse to deposit with other members who offered better deals. 2 people left their profits in knowing they would be covered by the “emergency fund” (your words), which they were. That is why you can’t find a victim from my deposit program. There are none.



The extortion message you sent me is available for anyone to read here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5352637.0

People can decide for themselves if they think that is a (pathetic) extortion attempt or not. As for the trust abuse, anyone can see that for themselves as well. You claim I’m gravitate (total nonsense) you claim I’m MrDove (that was a team of people I actually met in real life), you claim I stole from the forum (my title is Donator) which is not true or theymos wouldn’t trust me like he distrusts you. Not to mention all the other nonsense ratings you’ve left me which I believe amount to libel and would get you in hot water if I felt like it mattered enough to care. As far as the current state of the DT network of course it bothers me. You can see in my trust settings that I don’t trust DT and haven’t for years, primarily because there are members there who trust you, even after the constant provable lies, harassment, and extortion attempts.

I’ve answered all your questions. I’m now hitting the ignore button to the delight of everyone on these forums.

Sacramento has proved once again that the Kings are the best team in California. Sabonis absolutely manhandled Anthony Davis, showing that Davis is soft and will never be the player the Lakers thought he would be. If you asked me 2 years ago if the Kings would ever be the best team in California I would have said not for a long time, but that’s clearly the case now.

Looks like the NBA made the decision to suspend Draymond for 5 games for his choke on Rudy Gobert. Honestly, I was expecting at least a 6 game suspension, but the NBA is pretty lenient when it comes to fighting (in my opinion). Draymond has a long history of this though, so I would’ve liked to have seen him get a little bit longer of a suspension.

I grew up in Nor Cal as well. It is amazing how people there think they have the best of everything when it comes to food. It’s actually quite laughable when you get older and start traveling. I’ve never been to Tijuana, but I live close enough that I’m sure the food isn’t incredibly different. My tacos are irrefutably “white people” tacos though.

In my opinion, when it comes to food nothing beats Mexican or Italian. They’re in their own class. Everyone else is just fighting for second tier. 

Let’s leave the middle earth beings out of this.

I’m with the $39K prediction. I’d even go as far as to say it will hit $39K before it hits $40K. Controversial I know, but I like the odds and would be willing to bet on it if anyone wants to take the other side. I’ll even give you 3 to 1 odds. Feel free to send a personal message if you’re interested in taking me up on this offer.

Vod, I have put up with your nonsense for far too long. Much longer than any reasonable person would expect me to. Still, you continue to spread lies about me for some strange reason. So here’s my offer to you. Since you clearly misunderstand so many things, you can ask me all the questions you want in a single response to this post. I will answer your questions honestly and then I am hitting the ignore button on your account to never think about you ever again. I’d recommend you take advantage of this offer as I will be hitting ignore and forgetting about you either way.

You would of course argue that the Donator tag is meaningless because you’ve never donated anything to this forum. It’s actually a pathetic comment to make. If it weren’t for people like me, there would be no funds for you to complain about how it’s spent. The fact that I’ve donated 10 BTC to the forum does mean something, whether your envy can comprehend it or not.

  I’ll admit it, I’m clueless as to what this means. Worst measurements ever was the first thing that came to mind.

The rally is real though. Back above $37,000 is crazy. I’m starting to feel like FOMO is coming into play here. Maybe my end of the year $40K prediction which seemed incredibly bullish a few months ago is not bullish enough.

I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before someone creates and AI bot that can sit around making thousands of bets per day and winning at a rate slightly higher than the average gambler. I still don’t think AI can beat the odds over a casino in the long run, but I imagine it could probably bet a massive amount of money with a ton of bets to make gamblers inflate their amount bet numbers like never before.

A couple of good matchups being televised on ESPN tonight. First up you have the Boston Celtics vs the Philadelphia 76ers. Both have an 8-2 record so that will be a good matchup. Then you have the 2 best teams in California right now, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings facing off. Both should be great games to watch, but I’ll stay away from making any bets.

It feels like the honey badger has definitely been doing its thing lately. No matter how much the market tries to correct, the price just keeps marching upward. This has got to be funds scooping up coins in anticipation of an ETF approval next month. I don’t think regular folks are doing this much buying as I’ve seen quite a few signs that people are beginning to struggle as the effect of Bidenflation sets in.

I’ve never heard the term offline casino before. I was wondering how an online casino could have an offline version but it seems as though you’re talking about an actual casino that exists physically. Very weird to refer to it as an offline casino. I think you may be spending a little too much time behind a computer if you refer to normal things in your life as the offline versions.