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21  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: May 21, 2024, 04:10:08 PM
There are times when acting aggressively when prices fall by 10% or when we get additional income.
On the one hand, cash flow must be stable without becoming a burden when we make aggressive purchases.

The thing is that in as much as someone or rather an investor is rich doesn't mean that they cannot run into trouble if they are investing aggressively, however even if the price drops 10% is not actually a good reason to accumulate aggressively but instead you can possibly adjust your DCA accumulation were by if you normally accumulate a certain amount of Bitcoin on a weekly basis and it happen that your source of income has increased you could possibly increase your accumulation amounts that will be well suitable for you.

Though I no that most investors have there way or perspective they feel they can take advantage or facilitate there investment on Bitcoin but it will be very bad that they will get overwhelmed and invest all they have without realizing that in as much as long term holding doesn't really involved risk but aggressive investment could be regarded as one of the risk or barrier that could have a negative effect on there investment plan.
I believe what you mean by aggressive investment is huge amount of investment i guess, because contextually I might be misunderstanding you. moreover if there is 10% reduction in price it then means, it is more like a dip and that is when investors should be encouraged to aggressively accumulate as much as they can, not the other way round as you put it.
 
Your also saying that it is advantageous to be a long-term holder than an aggressive investor. maybe I need to ask, do the two investors not get the same value for thei investment when there is profit or increase in value?
22  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Seeing is no longer believing on: May 21, 2024, 02:14:38 PM
Imagine being on a video call and everyone interacting with you are fake?


At first I don't believe this until later on, a guy from my local Crypto WhatsApp group lost close to 18k in dollars to scammers, this is a guy who have been a victim of some past scams and jave learned from it all, thinking he has passed been scammed until now.

He is into startup projects just like I am, using Seedify, Decubate, Ape terminal and others, he is an investor of a newly launched project who have raised some money and they are planning their second fundraising, the team came for him, and to confuse him they use video.

Imagine talking to the CEO of a favorite crypto project that you liked, including two extra team members on video call, and they managed to confuse you that they are picking few numbers of people to invest into the second seed round at a cheaper rate per token?  They got him good, he was too excited and all sense of curiosity was shut down.

Before he knew what was happening he lost everything and accused the team on telegram group only to find out that none offer existed and all seed rounds are already completed.

The scammers went online and download the pictures of the company, including every staff members, everything they can get and used Artificial intelligence to create fake videos and with fake voices they will use in the video call, I went on doing my own research amd ended up with Deep fake technologies.

Read more about deep fake technologies 👇


https://www.idenfy.com/blog/deepfake-technology/amp/

Be on the look out guys, anytime you found any CEOs or notable people online telling you to do something or sending some transactions, please do not rush, take a minute, relax and do some research first or just look away.

If you are curious, find the projects telegram group and ask questions, and post screenshots on the group, I am positive that people will stop you from getting scammed, they will be exposed to you that you are about to get scammed, sadly we have gotten to this stage only to end up having more confusing tools for scammers, all we can do is warn each other of the threats that lurk

Once you begin to tell me stories that are too good to be true on social media, I will begin to suspect you immediately especially on telegram.
I found out that no matter the sensitization people have been making concerning scammers on the internet, vulnerable people are still falling for them, maybe there is need to do more sensitization or awareness program to people on the internet about who they do business with. Most scammers have mastered the act of approaching you with a company and telling you that this is the CEO of the company talking to you directly, some come with mouth watering offers that if you're not careful you can barely resist the temptation of rejection their offer.

For your friend, this is more like an experience to him, at least he can educate others about the need to be careful on the internet, but then it's really a sad one for him, $18k is a lot of money.
23  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: [Merit] Share your best local board posts/topics on: May 21, 2024, 12:43:29 PM
Link 1: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5495499.msg64039680#msg64039680

Link 2: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5495615.msg64043526#msg64043526

Link 3: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5496009.msg64058822#msg64058822

Link 4: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5496087.msg64072179#msg64072179

Link 5: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5496486.msg64080281#msg64080281
24  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: May 21, 2024, 12:10:49 PM
In my wildest imagination I never thought crystal palace will even win Aston villa,  not to talk of winning Aston villa 5-0. It was really embarrassing for the Villa side.
Honestly, I never imagined it either, never even thought about it, or even in my dreams it seems like it has never appeared. If there is any thought or prediction, if Crystal Palace is able to beat Aston Villa, it is with a reasonable number of scores. This, 5 - 0. What a senseless defeat for Aston Villa. However, losing is normal, especially at the end of this season which in fact probably won't affect their position in the standings. But 5 - 0, and without a single goal from Aston Villa, it was completely unreasonable and unthinkable. This was a very surprising season finale.  Cheesy Grin


Chelsea have had a good end to this season, they could well have climbed up to 5th place but alas, no such luck. But on the other hand they should have done better during the season itself, nevertheless I am surprised by their achievement that they went from 10th place to 6th, which is not so bad for them considering the situation.
Yes, Chelsea's performance has actually gotten better and more consistent at the end of the season. Unfortunately they are still inferior in points to Tottenham. However, I read news in Premier League site that if there is a possibility for Chelsea to enter another league, it will depend on the results of the FA Cup.
 Here is what I read from the source:
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There are two more European places up for grabs - a second spot in the Europa League, and one in the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Chelsea will get one of these places, after they beat AFC Bournemouth 2-1 to seal a sixth-place finish. But they won't know which European competition they're going into until AFTER the FA Cup final is played on 25 May.
Read more here:
https://www.premierleague.com/news/3999885
Crystal palace did a wonderful job against Aston villa last Sunday.
As for Chelsea, I think what the article is talking about is that, they've already secured a place in the UEFA European competition for next season, between Europa League and Europa conference league, but only can be determined after the game between Manchester City and Manchester United during the FA cup finals, because if Manchester United should win  the FA cup, I think they would be securing a place in the Europa League, then the other spot will be occupied by Chelsea in the Europa conference League, but if Manchester United loses, they will be going for Europa conference league, while Chelsea will go for the Europa League.
25  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: May 20, 2024, 07:16:46 PM
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Crystal Palace, on the other hand, managed to continue their rise in recent weeks against Aston Villa.Crystal Palace, who managed to score exactly 5 goals against Aston Villa, played a good game against their opponent.Mateta completed the match with 3 goals and 1 assist in Crystal Palace, who did not give many opportunities to their opponent and I think played a great game.Eze supported him in the match where Mateta was the star.Eze completed the match with 2 goals and 1 assist.


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The result made it six wins in seven to round off the Premier League season, and secured Palace just their second top-half finish in the competition.
The statistics speak for themselves: four straight home wins for the first time in the Premier League (and for the first time since 1990/91); a joint-biggest Premier League win (5-0); and a joint-highest Premier League points tally (49).
Palace not only broke their record for the most goals scored in a Premier League season (netting 57 times), but obliterated their record tally in a top-flight campaign, previously set back in 1992 (with 53).
Source: https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/first-team/crystal-palace-5-0-aston-villa-records-statistics-from-premier-league-final-day/

I did not expect this kind of result at all. I thought this was going to be pretty easy for Aston Villa to actually win this match. But obviously, the opposite happened. Even if for some unbelievable reason, anyone expected Aston Villa to lose this match, I am pretty certain that they did not expect Aston Villa to lose like this.

Anyway, the good news is that Aston Villa is going to finish in the fourth position. That means they are going to take part in the Champions League competition next season. I hope they will be able to be a little more consistent with their performance. Because if they are inconsistent just like this, I do not think it is going to be good for them in the long run. I believe they will probably not be able to even finish the top four next season. I am not expecting anything much from them in the Champions League competition. But let’s see.

In my wildest imagination I never thought crystal palace will even win Aston villa,  not to talk of winning Aston villa 5-0. It was really embarrassing for the Villa side. The good thing for them is that they've secured a place in the champions League next season, but they should bracing up, this is not the kind of performance we should be seeing in the champions League. I think they played the game with so much of relaxation, that they've already secured their fourth position already so they didn't give much of attention to the game, because you cloud see EZE, OLISE and MATETA  displaying as if they've met a lower division team. Though I must give you to crystal palace this season, if not for anything at least for being among the top ten finalist, they tried.
26  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: May 20, 2024, 01:19:19 PM
Actually one thing you should know about Bitcoin investment is that if you should wait till you get the amount of money you want in your bank account before investing you could end up not investing at all because the more you are waiting to get rich first that's actually the more expenses are compounding, although I no that you have your own decision to make but waiting to be completely financially stable could possibly take you a very long time before you can start accumulating Bitcoin.

You don't have to get huge amount of money before you can start investing on Bitcoin, however is not like everyone who are into Bitcoin now have a bank stored with huge amount of money but instead they started from somewhere and before they realize they had already gotten a good amount of Bitcoin on their portfolio, so I would advised you start from little through the use of DCA strategy and with time and consistency you could be surprised with how far you will go on your investment.
Not everyone is blessed enough to have huge amount of money to invest in bitcoin at once, if i am not mistaken majority of the people don’t have that much to invest all at once that’s why the DCA strategy was introduced to so the less privileged can also have the opportunity to invest as well and not miss out. The amount we invest depends on the capability of risk tolerance and not the amount of money we have in our bank accounts. Some might be earning just little and still risk 50% of it into investing in bitcoin while a person who earns more might find it difficult to invest up 10% of their money in bitcoin.

Waiting to accumulate more money to invest is not the best way for me, while trying to save up one might be faced with different financial challenges which might lead to spending part of the money meant for your investment so investing the little you can afford first and topping up whenever you can is the best way to accumulate bitcoin especially for those who don’t have huge amount.

You are very correct, individual capability differs in terms capital to invest in Bitcoin but the area of concentration should not only be having the money itself but the ability to keep the ground running by accumulating continuous which should be an investors priority, although Bitcoin investment is not meant for everyone but it is an opportunity thatt has avail itself for every interested person be it poor or rich, although DCA strategy has help everyone so there shouldn't be excuse for anyone to be ababdone by the train, note investing in bitcoin should be depndent on the amount of money you can afford to lose not necessarily the amount you have because if anything happens no one will be blamed for it, the loss incurred will be a personal problem of the investor, thats why is not advisable to risk it all. Invest with what you have and accumulate more as your income increases, this an investment, don't risk what you can't tolerate in other to avoid emotional upset.

For me I think emphasis should be laid on having the money, because the DCA method can work only if you have the capital to follow through it, whether it's 6 months or one year or how long you plan to invest.
For those that risk it all Just like you said, are people that are not factual about their analysis, the DCA method was not created for you to risk it all, is an avenue to buy Bitcoin little by little no matter the price, so if you say you want to risk it all, and you have the capacity for huge investment then why not use the lung-sum method instead. but mind you, Bitcoin investment is not that sort of investment you wake up one morning and you've lost all your investment, it's even rewards you even for your huge investment and your long time wait.
27  Economy / Services / Re: [CLOSED] BestChange Signature Campaign | Sr Member+ on: May 20, 2024, 12:07:45 PM
Best Change was indeed left a positive mark here in the forum. Having been around for so long and the positive impact they have left in the life of their users it will be difficult to see that they closed the campaign. I believe it for the best interest of the company and I wish them success in the future, believing that if they ever need the services of promotion they won't hesitate to come back to bitcointalk forum.

My appreciation goes to the management, all the best.
Yeah Best change indeed hard a positive Mark on the forum, it's so sad
to see that they're leaving at this point in time, but they've been around for a very long time and I really thank them for that longevity and they've left a foot print here in the forum. just as it is likely said that, for anything that has a beginning must have an end, but I believe this end should be on the positive side because I'm hoping there is more to come positively. It was really good to see their green logo scattered all over the forum as I most time come across their campaigners.

A handful of appreciation to the best change team.
28  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: A debate between I and a friend who is real a time trader(Physical Trader) on: May 20, 2024, 11:39:18 AM
It was fun between I and a friend that we have not met for long now but has though keep active on communications.
So this friend is actually a trader who deals on physical commodities and I am proudly a bitcoin Investor.
So while we finally met today having some good times, Oh damn!!! It was fun when it was likely that we turned it up to a debate of defending our source of income.

It goes this way:

Him: Real time trading as it maybe popularly be known as physical trading has varieties sectors by which traders can engage on and make profits on diversifications of expanding source of incomes, it exposes traders to be familiar with lot of jurisdictions that may create quick highly profits in a very short term.
At some certain level, you can determine the future outcome of the market which traders can be possible to be avoided but though it does not mean we the real time treaders doesn't account looses.

Me: Bitcoin is a digital assets which could give Investors the flexibility allowances how by, you do not need those interpersonal marketing strategies before you can stand a chance to make profit like the physical traders.
Bitcoin has the potentialities to be beneficial for long term goals and investors can always set up their investment goals and as much diversify their investment portfolios characterizing of achieving a goal.
It doesn't require all that muscular energies such as the walkabouts and the stresses on mental strategies of drafting curve ways due to hedges potentials of economy downtimes which can as well be characterized on age fitness or age restrictions which apparently investing on Bitcoin is not based on all that.
Most interesting advantage of bitcoin over the real time treaders is that it posses the capacity to mitigate its Investors from global economy inflations and suppress the volatility of the fiats when the economy condition goes south.

His summary: Economy condition affects realtime traders as inflations but though traders can as much take advantage over the economy condition and deliberates on personally increasing the value of their goods.

Mine: Bitcoin encounters volatility as market condition but it's not worth panicking because the facilitations movement of bitcoin values requires the volatile potentials to drive the transformations of the downtimes to the uptimes.

I literally asked him what he think about being a full custodian to his source of income and what he think about his assets privacies?
He took a deep breath and say he would have love it better if the real time traders could take self custodial of their trading firms. He also said that the government would always keep eyes on the commerical sectors conditioning the treaders. I smiled when he said the government's regulations in some points makes it difficult for them with their sentiments of running a monopoly economy system.
It was like I have heard too much of his crying out loud over the governments policies.
Then I told be him that bitcoin is out of that era where the government make those authoritative policies for selfish interests. So, bitcoin as a non custodial digital investment network has its investors and everyone else associated with bitcoin the privileges to keep privacies with their portfolios and takes absolutely self control of their assets to trade and transacts on a non custodial person to person (P2P) without those government regulations such as the exercises  with the fiats transaction.

So dear fellas, defend your Bitcoin investment if you were me!
The physical trader understand the day-to-day transaction of goods and services and they know how to navigate the market whenever there's an inflation, physical trader's have a chain of trade that they follow, the wholesaler buys his product from the warehouse which is the producer, the wholesaler then sell to retailers, who then sells it to the end user,  so whenever there's inflation they usually adjust the prices to suitable amount so as to make gain. Some of them have been doing this and the master this craft for years to come and they made gain, however government interference will always come into play because they wouldn't want a situation whereby traders will not be checkmated on the activities.

Bitcoin is a different environment from those kind of traders, bitcoin is decentralized, it doesn't have government control, unlike your conventional trader that sells goods on a day-to-day routine and get their gain almost immediately, bitcoin requires long-time plan and a whole lot of knowledge for you to start making profit. Between the two distinctive competitors, I think they have their own advantage and disadvantage, you just need to choose the one that best suits you.
29  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: People are interesting talking more about their success stories. on: May 20, 2024, 08:00:28 AM
I see more of success stories of bitcoin, like how people invest bitcoin for their parents,  uncles,  and themselves to make fine profit. These stories are very interesting one and good to listen of what bitcoin has done for people but it makes me wonder if people don't have stories of failure about bitcoin. In the real life I see people who talk about their failed investment because of not having the right knowledge.  But here everyone talks about success stories and it makes me wonder if people are shy to talk about their failures, it can also help other people to learn. Learning is not just about from successful investment.
Ordinary in life people just want to tell stories that will make them stand out, so success stories are always mind-blowing and appealing to the audience. So investment in Bitcoin or cryptocurrency can be two ways is either you are a long term or a short term investor or you are a trader, for long term and short-term investors as far as bitcoin is concerned the progression has always been gradual, sometimes you invest a certain amount and after a long time or a short time the price reduces in value and it stays like that for a very long time, some investors might want to sell or see it as a failed investment, but for a long time investor who understands the psychology of the market, he will see that as an opportunity to still wait and believe you me after a long wait, You will see the price appreciating again.

So but for people that trade, the market is always on a volatile stage, so you might want to record some losses as you navigate through the market and you still might record some gains.  for most traders, they will tell you that your profit and gain depends on the knowledge you have,  so nobody should tell you that they don't make losses, they do make losses but it depends on what you know and how you apply it.
30  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: May 19, 2024, 03:54:05 PM
All the matches will be at the same time, so I'm a little confused about whether I will watch the Manchester City or Arsenal match, and I'm preparing to watch it on 2 different screens. I don't want to miss this match, because this match is a match that will be very decisive for both teams, and of course Manchester City is the first favorite to win the title this season.

If that really happens then Arsenal will have to do it again in the following season to realize what they want to become champions in the Premier League. However, Arsenal has very good progress where they can continue to improve every season. If last season they lost consistency at the end of the season, then this season they can compete until the last week of the Premier League, it proves that they can learn from the mistakes they made in the past, and if they can maintain it all, then it is not impossible next season they will be champions.
Today is the Grandfinale and like you said, I am also confused on which match to watch. I am also interested in both Arsenal and Manchester City match too, but I will only be able to watch one of them. So I will prefer to watch that of City to see if there will be any strange thing or surprises from their match. This is because if they win, watching Arsenal becomes useless since they will not the the title winners.

Manchester city has the league in their hands and I don't think that they will let it slip away from their hands since they are more careful when it comes to this period than Arsenal. Arsenal should wait till next season and see if they can win it, because this season is over.
The super Sunday is becoming unkindly to arsenal, as they are currently playing 1-1 with Everton, and on the other hand Manchester city are winning west Ham united 2-1. West Ham are really fighting hard to see if they can get an equalizer before the end of the first half, but even if Manchester city get a draw against West Ham which is highly unlikely, arsenal too needs to win there own game, at least arsenal should force the attack more on Everton and score more goals in the second half. This is the last day of the premier League, it can come with a lot of surprises, but then Manchester city has one hand already on the trophy.
31  Economy / Speculation / Re: Road to 100k? on: May 19, 2024, 03:07:47 PM
Basically this section of the forum is about speculation of the price of Bitcoin that is why it looks like a lot of users are exaggerating about it's price but even though our speculations may not be accurate but it helps to boost our confidence morale to be hopeful that the price of Bitcoin reach the speculated ATH of $100 and all this speculation we do here works some times. Okay just take a look at the price of Bitcoin now and some days back that the price was dipping so Bitcoin is a volatile asset which the price tends t go forward and backwards and it is what keeps the market balanced so speculation continues.
I would not exaggerate to speculate on the value of BTC as touching $100k is reasonable and that too this year. May not happen again. You may have noticed that none of us are saying that BTC will be worth $100k. We only estimate the probability through this thread. We make assumptions from our place of freedom and basically from a place of logic.You will also see that when Bitcoin started its journey in the market - in 2013 it was worth so little. In 2015-2016, the value of 1 BTC was highest only $1000 and in 2024 it was ATH $73,750.00. If you analyze the data I have provided you, make an estimate of the value of BTC by 2025? So the speculation we are making about the value of BTC in this thread is not unreasonable at all.
Apart from the fact that Bitcoin is meant to reach a new ATH after every circle do you know that Bitcoin price can stay for a very long time before reaching an all time high again due to the fact that it has already gotten an ATH before the halving so all we are doing is speculations and this speculations depends on the effect the market will create so if there is no much investors buying Bitcoin you can't expect the price to skyrocket.
I cannot agree with you. In the month before halving we saw BTC's ATH which was normal as we expected more higher prices. After the halving its price naturally had a slight downward trend (correction). I can't guess if you have noticed the current BTC market situation but you will have seen that the bullish season has started and has already touched $67k and is about to rise. We may have to wait much longer for the next ATH maybe tomorrow or next week. Again it may take some time. But the possibility of price increase is relatively high. I think we should study more before we think negative about the market because we are constantly seeing the number of BTC investors around the world increasing day by day and without some correction it is certainly reasonable to expect its price to skyrocket.
I agree with you, before the BTC halving we witnessed an ATH, and after the halving we saw a reduction in price, which a lot of persons where erroneously thinking that immediately after the halving there will be a new ATH, forgetting that it takes time for before we see an increase in price, this increase might not be tomorrow and it might still not be next week.
Ideally people will naturally attach some level of uncertainty or speculation towards the price of BTC, but experience will teach you that  all these back and forth movement of price, is majorly about the market forces displaying its self, even at that, investors are not relenting as they are still trooping in.
32  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: May 19, 2024, 12:33:56 PM
I still can't believe that Manchester United paid 95 Million Euro in Antony. This guy is a joke, he is a spinner, the internet is full of his memes. I don't know why but seems the whole Bitcointalk community missed when Antony came off the bench for Man Utd against Arsenal. Just look at this photo down below, this guy is funny.

Source: buy Antony for €95 Million

I was reminded of this, discussed a few months ago, Man United really wanted him, he was expected to become a star and make Man United a success, and he even spent so much money.
And in the end...
This is what happens, this video tells all.  Grin
The internet is full of memes about Antony. Here is the video: https://www.tiktok.com/@user.ye.naing/video/7368326023902989569

... Manchester City is basically more likely to win the trophy again, and it seems that West Ham will not be able to make Pep Guardiola squad drop points. Even though Arsenal can get full points, it will not be meaningful because the final result is determined by Manchester City consistency. ....
It should be like that, at least Man City should win even with a small goal difference, it doesn't matter, the important thing is to win. Because this match really determines the results of the Premier League matches this season. This is really tighter than last season, so anyone who slips up and loses will definitely regret it. And what Arsenal only hoped for was that Man City would lose to West Ham. But honestly, Arsenal's wish will probably be very difficult to grant.
Dybala is a fantastic player who maybe might have contributed his brilliance to the United squad, but there is one thing I'm seeing that goes beyond just a single player for united to stand back to its feet, don't forget that this is a United team that have had and still having, the likes of Ronaldo, Jodan Sancho, Raphael varane from Madrid, casemiro too from Madrid and even the Antony himself was doing well in his previous club but when it gets the turn of Manchester United, it always have different result. so it's a fundamental issue that have to be fix, else united is heading to no where, look at sancho since he wemt back to Dortmund, he has been performing well, but it was almost looking as if he was a flop when he came to United. However the amount Antony was bought, for me was ridiculous.
33  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: May 19, 2024, 11:19:53 AM
I think it seems like the president of Manchester United still believes in the current coach so he is not thinking about bringing in a new coach but prefers to bring in new players.
I agree with you that this would be a slightly wrong decision because in my opinion MU has given several opportunities to this coach but still has not been able to make a change and MU should try to hire a new coach to try to get a new atmosphere that might be able to provide good improvements in future.
It is true that there is no guarantee that bringing in a new coach will bring positive changes, but in my opinion this is the best way compared to having to waste a lot of money bringing in new players but the results will end up being the same as this season.
Man United management spent a lot of budget in the transfer window last summer, but overall Man United this season failed to appear impressive and instead experienced a significant setback. As the manager, Ten Hag is clearly the person most responsible for the team's performance. Personally, I think Ten Hag deserves to be replaced. If the management and club officials think that Ten Hag is still worth keeping, it means they have to be prepared for the consequences, although we know there is no guarantee that Man United can develop for the better next season after changing coaches.

Ten Hag contract will end in June 2025, perhaps Man United is reluctant to fire Ten Hag because they have to bear compensation costs if they do. It could also be that Man United management is having difficulty recruiting their target coach, so they are forced to retain Ten Hag for next season. However, what is clear is that the risk of retaining Ten Hag as manager is greater than if Man United changed coaches. On the other hand, everything also really depends on the depth of the squad they build for next season, but under Ten Hag control I think it will be difficult for Man United to develop.
If at the end of this season, the Manchester United management don't look for a replacement for Ten hag, then they have all this while been the enablers of the club poor performance, Because going by the realities of today, is obvious that Manchester United with this set of player's and manager will definitely perform abysmally.
Manchester United shouldn't even dream of standing tall to tall against Manchester City during the FA cup

It is a very polite way of saying that Ten Hag is the best, I have been saying for two seasons now that the only problem of the MU is Ten Hag, because they can't stand up with him, and I would rather pay compensation for the loss than lose another longer season, some have the hope that they can win the FA Cup, but come on, they have to face a Man City that has been hurt in the PL and the UCL, especially in the UCL, then they will want to win that title no matter what, and Between Pep Guardiola and a failed Ten Hag, the one who has the best chance of winning is Pep, and as long as they continue to have Ten Hag in the MU, they should forget about win anything.

If at the end of this season the Manchester United management don't look for a replacement for Ten hag, then is obvious that they are the enablers of the poor performance and abysmal poor results the club have been having. Looking at the present circumstances in the team, especially giving the fact that this present players and the manager are not in their best form, at least to the expectations of their supporters. For me, it's not a far cry for Manchester United to look for a new coach, because they need it, just like human beings need oxygen to survive.

The FA CUP final between Manchester United and the Citizens, I foresee a tough game, as Manchester United will be holding onto that trophy as the only thing left for them to still grab haven lost out in other titles. There is these different aura that Manchester United normally bring out whenever they are against Manchester city, but then Manchester City always have a way of demystifying other teams, however I still see a tough game ahead.
34  Economy / Economics / Re: The collapse of central banks...Inevitable? on: May 18, 2024, 06:35:48 PM
Central banks will stay even if the fiat is facing hyper inflation and they will start collapse only if the government itself started collapsing.

The chances of all Central banks will cease to exist is close to zero but hypothetically Bitcoin can be one of the preferred payment options if that happens.
Virtually every country in the world use fiat as legal tender, so fiat will always be in use. the Central Bank can only fight inflation by bringing out policies that will checkmate the financial activities of market forces, that way they can easily monitor the forces behind inflation. Because going with the narrative of the OP, if the Central Bank collapses we are in a huge financial disarray, because the Central Bank is the one saddled with the responsibility to understand the activities of financial flow across all board, so I believe they know measures to apply to reduce the effect of inflation.
35  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: invest for Capital preservation and capital appreciation: on: May 18, 2024, 06:04:15 PM
One of the most talked about concepts on this forum has revolved around Bitcoin price movement and speculations as to when Bitcoin will hit a new ATH or get above $100k and the truth is that these upward volatility is a beautiful advantage of investing in Bitcoin but outside of the appreciation in value of our invested funds, it's necessary we also know that by investing in Bitcoin, we're also preserving our capital for future use.

So I'm kind of looking at a possible scenario where Bitcoin attains a sort of stable volatility and doesn't really increase too sharp in value and maybe maintain the range of $100k to $120k over a long period of time, if you're too fucosed on the appreciation aspect of your investment, it's most likely you might feel that you've not made the intended profit out of your investment but if you're stacking your Bitcoin with the mindset that you're preserving your capital on the one hand while allowing the time effect of holding on to your asset play the role of causing your investment to appreciate in value, it will help you to invest for the long term.

Let's talk about how your investment plan will look like if Bitcoin should revolve around $100k to $120k over a long period of time. Would you still continue buying for the purpose of preserving your capital for the long run or would a reduction in the upward volatility of Bitcoin cause you to reduce the pace of your DCA or stacking?
For me whether there is reduction or no reduction in price, stacking my bitcoin is my utmost priority because no matter how volatile the low price is, it will inventually come up, that way I am preserving my capital and saving value for the future. Investing your capital in bitcoin is more like escaping inflation because over time your capital will be increasing in value, that is why holding for a long time has it's own advantage too. So even when the price hovers around $100k- $120k, it won't stop or reduce my DCA method.
36  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Concerns grow over online gambling among teens on: May 18, 2024, 04:18:58 PM


"It's time for schools to focus on the root cause of online teen gambling by implementing gambling prevention education in all high schools. Health class curricula across the nation cover the typical risks for teens such as smoking, drinking, vaping, etc yet gambling education is nowhere to be found in our schools. "

This is what Colby Cotrone said when interviewed by NBC News about the article he published in NYpost about the online gambling trend among teens causing concern because, in the school halls, they can already overhear teens checking odds and their parlays like it's the most casual thing to do in the campus. This is due to the gambling apps easily downloaded by anyone.

When Marc Potenza the Director of the Center of Excellence in Gambling Research was asked whether they were seeing young patients calling for help, he said there is an increase of 90% in young males with sports gambling problems. Either the patient himself or the parents calling for them. https://youtu.be/pCDbvDDLpFg?t=313

What's striking the most of what Colby Cotrone said was that kids are unaware of what they are doing. Could it be that even the grown-up man may also not be aware of what he is doing as over time a gambler may be consumed by how much he enjoyed the thrills of gambling?

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They think they are doing something as simple as rooting for thier favorite players but it's turned more into making money than the game and having fun as a fan. - Colby Cotrone

And would you agree with him in implementing gambling prevention education in schools?

To reduce the number of teen that plays gamble online, the gambling site should make sure that, for anybody to be able book a game on their site, they most register and part of the registration should be that, you most show an ID that will be verified by the gambling company, to show that your an adult registering on the site, before they can allow you book any game.

I think the school has little role to play, it has more to do with parenting, parents should be checking the gadgets of their teens to know the kind of site they browse at least on a regular basis, the policing of the children activities has lots to do with the parents, the teachers spend few hours with them, however it's not within their job predictions.
37  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: May 18, 2024, 11:18:36 AM

The final match of the Champions League will be a match that is eagerly awaited by world football fans at the moment, when the two teams are able to continue to show quite consistent and stable performance in every match they play in the Champions League this season, Madrid will come with the status of as the king of Europe so it is quite natural for them to be favourites, while Dortmund, who came from the start of the season as the underdog team this season, of course surprised us all because of their consistency and performance in the Champions League, both teams have quite stable performance in their game, even though it is true in terms of quality o course Madrid is above Dortmund at the moment.

What you say will of course happen in the match later, both teams will of course field their best squad in the final match so it will be full of prestige, emotion and high tension, so far Madrid will try to get their 15th trophy this season of course will try to play aggressively with high intensity, but we also cannot deny that it is very likely that Dortmund will be able to make Madrid difficult in the that match and maybe even have the potential to beat Madrid in my opinion.
Dortmund can make the match difficult for Real by playing good defense, as they were able to do against PSG. But let's be honest, PSG's attack is not so strong now, and Dortmund were able to withstand them, but such a trick will not work against Real Madrid, I really doubt that Real Madrid with such attacking potential will not be able to score a single goal. Therefore, Dortmund will have to play well in defense and also try to score, otherwise their chances will not be so great.
PSG attack was definitely strong especially for the second half, they missed a lot of chance to initially equalise that first 1-0 Dortmund were winning, but just as you said, Dortmund can make a match difficult by playing defensively. Now you saying that the Dortmund trick will not work  against Real Madrid might as well not be true. They've mastered these trick to a point that they use it the control the game structure, Real Madrid will definitely have more possession in the game, but Dortmund will certainly use that defensive mechanism to frustrate their effort, thereby making room for counter attack, which Madrid might not be prepared for. For me I see it that, it's a dicey game as I cannot wholeheartedly say it will go the Madrid way, though the odds are in their favour.
38  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Swap crypto or sell first then buy? on: May 17, 2024, 04:13:14 PM
Hi,

I have a few altcoins that are doing pretty well and want to take profits soon to then reinvest into other altcoins that haven’t pumped yet and I am wondering if it is best to swap directly or sell my altcoin that is doing well into USDT and then buy the new altcoin I want with the USDT?

I use Coinbase mainly so wondering which way is best to do it or is there not really much difference?
Why not sell it, use the USDT to invest in bitcoin, altcoins are not reliable like bitcoin. New altcoins are not promising, because I know as an investor, you would like to hold for a long time, Bitcoin allows you to hold for a long time and you will eventually get your return on investment upon holding. So I will advise you take the profit and invest in a stable coin like bitcoin, it seem to me like you are more involved in altcoin investment, which is more like exploring but try and also do more on bitcoin.
39  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: May 17, 2024, 03:48:18 PM
Liverpool had official announcement said thanks two players Thiago Alcantara and Joel Matip after both of them contract expiring and Liverpool not extended their contract. I think Thiago Alcantara most injuring and has opportunity few appearance for Liverpool in this season make management not extend his contract, currently in midfielder position right now Liverpool has many option for replacing his position.

The same condition with Thiago Alncanta, in Premier League season 2023/24 its not good start for Joel Matip just getting 10 appearance of 37 matches because he most of injury and absent for longer time. Actually both of them is most important players for Liverpool success won UEFA Champion League and Premier League trophies last several season.
We will see a completely new Liverpool in the next season, no Klopp, no Salah, no Thiago, no Matip, and no Diaz. So all of midfielders and strikers are dominated with new generation, only the defenders and goalkeeper are the veteran.

The Reds shouldn't expect anything in the next season, I predict their journey would be like Chelsea and Manchester United, they might not able to reach at least Europa Conference League.

Yes. The Klopp era is over and Liverpool's new era will come under new coach Arne Slot, maybe there will be many changes when the new coach comes and what is certain is that Liverpool's playing style will also change.
and this is something that many Liverpool fans must understand when changing coaches. by not expecting too much at the start of the season to win the title, for example Klopp can restore Liverpool's glory, it takes a long time, it cannot be given instantly.
maybe with the arrival of new players and not many old players remaining and of course with a new coach, maybe being in the top 6 at the end of the standings is a good achievement for Liverpool
I think the Liverpool management will make a mistake not to extend the contract of some of these players except for thiago alcantara who has been ON and OFF the pitch for almost two seasons now, the new manager would have been left to manage the midfielders that they have now, then take out time to replace them gradually not a 360 degree change. They would have allowed Salah, matip, and even Diaz, for the New coach to come and manage, before gradually building the team he wants.
Klopp had a wonderful era but it would been an icing on the cake if he had won the league because at one point he had that privilege, but then is all good that's all in the past now for the REDS.
40  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: When investing in Bitcoin: what to consider? on: May 17, 2024, 03:31:20 PM
First how does Bitcoin operate? Bitcoin it's a digital currency uses Blockchain technology to support transactions between users. If you know how Bitcoin operates then you will also know the consideration that comes with. And critics say Bitcoin doesn't work as a currency, Citing volatility use in illegal activity, but supporters argue that it's too early to make  some of these claims, is already fixing many of those concerns. I know their are so many things to be consider with when it comes to anything investment. Mostly concerning the highest exchange in the world. So what are your opinion towards the people that are investing in Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is a digital currency, so it has monetary values. I don't understand the aspect you said about volatility use in illegal activity, volatility is basically about the instability in the price flow, and i don't see how that can be used in illegally maybe you need to explain further.
Well, for people that have invested in bitcoin, I think the testimonies about the reliability of bitcoin and the return on investment on bitcoin cannot be overemphasized, because over the years there has been an upsurge on investment because people have seen what it entails.
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