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2041  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 Oscar Awards betting and discussions on: December 08, 2022, 03:23:44 AM
@dezoel. I agree that much of the people in the world do not care about climate change, however, we are not talking about the world. We are talking about the Oscar Awards and the members of the Academy of motion picture arts and science who are followers of the idea of wokism, LGBTQ and climate change hehehe.

Also, betting on Avatar: Way of Water's opening box office performance is being offered in Coinplay. I am quite certain it will be over $174.5 million in America's opening box office.



Avatar: The Way of Water. Domestic Box Office: Opening Weekend (16th - 18th December 2022) - Over 174.5 Million - Yes 1.57

Avatar: The Way of Water. Domestic Box Office: Opening Weekend (16th - 18th December 2022) - Under 174.5 Million - Yes 2.25


https://coinplay.com/line/tv-games/1033765-special-bets-cinema/142976657-avatar-the-way-of-water-opening-weekend-box-office


The first reactions on the movie have been very positive.



More than a decade has passed since James Cameron blew away audiences with Avatar, and now the first sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water, appears to be doing the same thing. Critics have seen the follow-up, which returns to the world of Pandora with even more ambition than the original, and it appears to be another technical and visual marvel. Does it also improve upon the story, characters, and 3D action? Initial reactions to the movie seem to indicate the movie does all of the above and, like the original, is another essential theatrical viewing experience.

Source https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/avatar-the-way-of-water-first-reactions-we-never-should-have-doubted-james-cameron/
2042  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Apple blocks Coinbase wallet release on IOS on: December 08, 2022, 02:25:09 AM
The title is a bit misleading, Coinbase wallet was not banned but the latest update, as far as I understand if they remove NFT feature they will not be banned.

Apple is now putting pressure on digital services, monitoring them, and imposing harsher conditions on them than governments. Perhaps they should reconsider, especially since many of the reasons for removing applications do not appear to be for the purpose of protecting the user from fraud or protecting his data.

The title never said that it has banned Coinbase wallet, it said that it has blocked a wallet release from Coinbase. The title is accurate on what real story is and has also kept the clickbait classification hehehehe.

In any case the title is not the argument. Similar to @mindrust has said, the community needs more players that can deliver the necessary infrastructure for the cryptospace or Apple and Google's duopoly will have the power over what is released or what gets blocked. The government can also use regulations over Apple or Google to force what is released or what gets blocked.
2043  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin and the cryptospace is threatened by this legislation backed by Sam on: December 08, 2022, 01:39:56 AM
News update.

I reckon in Europe, this is mission accomplished for Sam Bankrupt-Fried and his creation the FTX trojan horse. This might be my most skeptical of all speculations, however, Sam Bankrupt-Fried might be a being who is supported by another being to do what he and FTX has recently done to the cryptospace.



ECB seeks urgent regulation after multiple crypto bubbles burst

Crypto investors suffered a series of blows this year from the collapse of the FTX exchange, to the crash of stablecoin TerraUSD and the decline of Bitcoin.

"This is not just a bubble that is bursting. It is like froth: multiple bubbles are bursting one after another," Panetta said in a speech in London. "Investors' fear of missing out seems to have morphed into a fear of not getting out."


Source https://www.reuters.com/technology/ecb-seeks-urgent-regulation-after-multiple-crypto-bubbles-burst-2022-12-07/
2044  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: December 07, 2022, 02:35:39 AM
Dustin Poirier posted a picture of his staff infection on Twitter...  His foot looks messed up.  I'm worried he might be done fighting if he can't get it healed up well and quickly.  I'm not a doctor, but it looks like the possibility is there for him to lose his foot...  I hope he heals up because he's had one hell of a career and this latest setback may actually put him in line with Connor McGregor's return.  I don't want to see them fight again, but it's clear that Connor feels like he has some unfinished business.  Dustin having foot problems now is probably a gift to McGregor if they do line up another fight.

There were speculations that those antibiotics the doctors were giving him were not working. Poirier also said that it was serious implying that there might be something more than a staph infection. However, he posted an updated on Twitter that the antibiotics were starting to work and he will be out of the hospital in 2 days.

He might only be looking for more engagement for his social media accounts hehehehe. Influencers like to do this.



On Tuesday, Poirier had some good news to share with his fan base regarding his health status.

"Antibiotics are working.  Getting outta the hospital tomorrow morning!”


Source https://www.mmanews.com/2022/12/dustin-poirier-hospital-update/
2045  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 Oscar Awards betting and discussions on: December 07, 2022, 01:52:09 AM
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) has yet to be released on december 16th. It was recently claimed that Avatar TWOW is the most expensive film in history with a whopping $300+ million dollar budget. Given that it will likely have a strong climate change and environmental message. The theme of it could align with current events in a way that will cause annual events like the oscars to throw awards at James Cameron and Avatar. The only thing Avatar TWOW is missing is Greta Thunberg and Al Gore cameo appearances.

Agreed and because much of these awards shows are used for political messages which climate change has become very much inserted by politicians into their own political agendas, it would not be very shocking if Avatar: Way of Water would receive more than 5 nominations in the Golden Globe and the Oscar Awards.

Avatar has made the top 5 for best picture in some of the sportsbooks, however, there are others that have not updated and have it listed on very big odds. Best picture for Avatar and best director for James Cameron hehehe.

The Golden Globe will announce their nominees on December 12. I reckon if you speculate that Avatar and James Cameron would be nominated for best picture and best director, place your Oscar bets for them before December 12 hehe.



The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced on Tuesday that the nominees for the 80th annual Golden Globe Awards will be revealed on Monday, Dec. 12. Lopez vs Lopez stars George Lopez and his daughter, Mayan, will be on hand to unveil each of the five nominees for the awards' 27 different categories live on NBC starting at 5:35 a.m. PT/8:35 a.m. ET.

Source https://www.etonline.com/2023-golden-globe-nominees-to-be-announced-live-by-george-and-mayan-lopez-195531
2046  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: December 07, 2022, 12:59:37 AM
Congrats on being all alone in first!
Of the three 8-5 teams the schedule seems to be toughest for Jerkers, playing HH and Corpse, and Lamar being likely out next week at least.

Hehe yes! Lamar Jackson has chosen the most perfect time to get an injury. I should have taken my chance on getting one of the better quarterbacks when I had the chance during the beginning and the middle of the season. I only presently have Daniel Jones who is not as good someone similar to Kyler Murray who was available if I remember it correctly.

I give my advanced congratulations to South Park Cows for going to the playoff. I hope this advanced congratulations will give the reverse effect and bring more luck for my team hehehehehee.
2047  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: More platforms will bite the dust? on: December 07, 2022, 12:08:00 AM
It's not farfetched to think that there's some platforms that are also insolvent, but just currently not exposed.

I wouldn't make conclusions based solely off layoffs though, since exchanges tend to earn a lot less in bear markets in the first place — regardless if solvent or insolvent.

I very much agree. This should not be taken with a grain of salt, however. Similar to what occurred to FTX, much of people in the community would never have considered that it was going to be the next exchange to bite the dust during October.

Coinbase

From what is shown in this table, Coinbase made statistically the smallest layoffs..  Roll Eyes

BTW - From my research, Coinbase and USDC are the safest on the market right now. But of course everyone can have a different opinion.

You did not look further down the list. There is an additional 1100 layoffs on the 60 listed.

There are people in social media that have warned to be cautious with platforms that offer high APY and those platforms that have laid off employees from jobs in their companies.
While high APY is definitely a huge red flag even before everything that has happened in the last six months (are there even any platforms left that offer ~10% like Celsius did ?), I don't think that exchanges laying off people is something to worry about. It even makes sense as crypto businesses (and not just them) tend to hire/lay off based on the market conditions and since we are deep into bear market that may last for a couple years and you have to cut your expenses in order to survive.

Regarding your question in the title, I wouldn't be surprised if some platforms from that list you shared go under. Anyone that still has money on any of the platforms is simply asking for trouble.

You might be correct that it is nothing to worry about, however, it would still be the correct decision to be careful and avoid them because in a cryptospace bear market, there should be always something to worry about hehehe.
2048  Economy / Gambling / Re: ⚽🎮🎲 Coinplay.com | Brand New Crypto Sportsbook & Casino on: December 06, 2022, 06:59:29 AM
@CoinPlay_official. Can you include the odds for one of the most exciting prospective boxing fights next year? This is Tank Davis vs. Ryan Garcia hehe.

Also, I can see that there are also odds for some of those good prospective fights for boxing and the UFC in the site like Deontay Wilder vs. Anthony Joshua, Wilder vs. Ruiz and Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou. It might be good to make them easier to find in the site, I reckon. Thank you.
2049  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Tank Davis vs. Ryan Garcia betting and discussion (May, 2023) on: December 06, 2022, 05:55:09 AM

Before and after I created this thread, my prediction was always Tank Davis will win because he is the better boxer and the tougher man. However, when I was looking at King Ryan's record more closely, I think he has made the much needed preparations to give him a better than expected chance to win. King Ry has very much prepared himself to fight a 5'6" left handed boxer by fighting 2 left handed boxers in his last 3 fights. The last opponent is Javier Fortuna, he is short and can knockout anyone, having much similarities to Tank. I would laugh at King Ry's bettors last week, however, we cannot laugh if we have studied his preparation more.
If there's a poll in this thread, I would appreciate it.  Smiley
please OP hear me out.

I created the poll, however, only 3 have voted and one of them is me hehehe. My vote is for Ryan Garcia because of the reasons and the speculations that I have shared already.

In any case, @Baofeng, you are one of the boxing news events expert hehe. Would you speculate that this contract dispute of Tank Davis vs. Floyd Mayweather promotions will threaten if this event will happen or not?
2050  Economy / Gambling / Re: Neodice.com | Futuristic Dice Platform 🎲🌌 on: December 06, 2022, 02:19:25 AM
Autobet is hidden perhaps, but I'll investigate more if it exists.

There is no autobet in Neodice, it might also not need one because the site is using a concept for a dice site for relaxation. It is doing it very effectively, I reckon. The music is something similar to being massaged in a spa hehe.

If Neodice implements a feature for autobet, it might be better to do with a 3-2-1 counter with nice, relaxing graphics of the numbers.

In any case, have you played it with the music on? You will not need autobet with music on hehehe.
2051  Economy / Speculation / Re: Countertrading Jim Cramer on Bitcoin on: December 06, 2022, 01:48:35 AM
News update.

Jim Cramer told investors to sell all their cryptocurrency that they are presently holding. Everyone knows what to do if you are a follower of Inverse Cramer trading strategy hehehe.

However, has Jim Cramer been saying opposite statements of what was supposed he was to say? This is the head scratching question. It appears the followers of Inverse Cramer should begin doing an Inverse of Inverse Cramer strategy if this is true hehehehhe.



Jim Cramer urges investors to exit crypto

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday told investors that they still have time to sell their cryptocurrency holdings.

“You can’t just beat yourself up and say, ‘hey, it’s too late to sell.’ The truth is, it’s never too late to sell an awful position, and that’s what you have if you own these so-called digital assets,” he said.


Source https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/05/jim-cramer-urges-investors-to-exit-crypto-its-never-too-late-too-sell.html
2052  Economy / Services / Re: [OPEN] Coinplay Crypto Sportsbook & Casino Signature Camp. |Up to 80 $BTC Reward on: December 06, 2022, 12:22:26 AM
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2053  Economy / Service Discussion / More platforms will bite the dust? on: December 05, 2022, 01:45:57 AM
There are people in social media that have warned to be cautious with platforms that offer high APY and those platforms that have laid off employees from jobs in their companies.

Kraken, Coinbase, Crypto.com and Bybit did the biggest layoffs for exchanges this year according to the data in this spreadsheet which was created by Wublockchain.



Source https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1xUELawoXnmkJH2G_M8JIVtRbXI-Q9gB8jkdW4NmYWrI/htmlview
2054  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: BlockFi files for bankruptcy protection. on: December 05, 2022, 01:00:38 AM
Victims should just keep an eye on every podcaster they followed who promoted Blockfi, they may have another sponsor with same scheme in the next bull market.

I very much agree! Some of those podcasters are social media influencers and marketers who might have only pretended to be Bitcoin maximalists to get more engagement and trick users into holding their coins in Blockfi.

These 2 influencers have criticized Defi in Ethereum where you do not give up custody, however, promoted Blockfi which is a centralized lending service where you give up custody. This is very head shaking.



2055  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: December 04, 2022, 01:16:29 AM
@Eli-2 Brady-0. Michael Carter is projected as D with 0 points.

Speaking of yahoo estimates...



Corpsed at 5th!  Angry Cheesy

I do not trust on those estimates too much to begin with, even if yahoo is giving me the edge on our match it is way more closer than what it may seem, Sanders plays horribly every time I play him, I had to play PIT defense as they were the best that were left on FA and right now I have 3 QBs on my team and only one is remotely viable and he is a big risk.

I cannot really play Fields as he is not really recovering too well, besides if I were the Bears CEO I will take advantage of it and use this opportunity to bench Fields and tank for a better draft position next year, as Fields is so good he could win a game or two on his own, then I cannot play Brady either as he is playing against NO and he does not really play well against them, so I have to take the risk and play the favorite QB of bbc.reporter, “Massage Watson”, after almost two years of not playing professionally.

Yeah I don't like the yahoo percentages.  They swing massively throughout all the games.  I never really look at the percentages much rather the matchups of each player.  Yahoo gets it wrong all the time.  With that being said I think if they put me down for 0% for the rest of the year I might change my mind lol they might be onto something

Agreed. The projections always can change every week depending on performance. Yahoo also cannot project injuries.

In any case, I am excited to witness the return of our favorite regular spa goer hehehe. I am hoping that his return will be more helpful for Amari Cooper than what Yahoo projections expected.
2056  Economy / Gambling / Re: Neodice.com | Futuristic Dice Platform 🎲�� on: December 03, 2022, 06:55:07 AM
I reckon Neodice or any site that has a bitcoin faucet available should always reserve the right to ask for KYC. It would be very easy for any group of people to create 100 or more accounts and farm their faucets every hour and every day.
Faucets are very little in value and usually gamblers can use what they claimed from faucets to play for fun. They can use faucet to explore new games and learn from their betting experience. I never think that they can exploit faucets to get rich.

I think having that rule in Faucet page and in Terms of Service is good enough. Prevention is better than cure and with that rule, casino will have a good prevention.

It is very little, however, this is still bitcoin. We should also not underestimate human greed and some people's readiness to take advantage of anything to get something that can be valuable in the future. We have witnessed this in this forum where many users would make many accounts to cheat an altcoin project's campaign to receive tokens that has presently no value but might have value. I am quite certain that there will be those types of people who will create many accounts to take advantage of Neodice's faucets.

@Neodice. The graphics in the website's faucets are very nice. It might be productive for the site to issue them to your loyal players as soulbound NFTs and each holder is given access to special promos and vip levels hehe.
2057  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Tank Davis vs. Ryan Garcia betting and discussion (May, 2023) on: December 03, 2022, 05:56:51 AM

Before and after I created this thread, my prediction was always Tank Davis will win because he is the better boxer and the tougher man. However, when I was looking at King Ryan's record more closely, I think he has made the much needed preparations to give him a better than expected chance to win. King Ry has very much prepared himself to fight a 5'6" left handed boxer by fighting 2 left handed boxers in his last 3 fights. The last opponent is Javier Fortuna, he is short and can knockout anyone, having much similarities to Tank. I would laugh at King Ry's bettors last week, however, we cannot laugh if we have studied his preparation more.

Both are great boxers, some fans just don't like Ryan Garcia because he talks so much, but looking at his resume, he can certainly beat anyone as he has the power and speed and the height which is his advantage against Tank Davis.

We have our own prediction though, but I'm pretty sure this is going to be a close fight so let's continue predicting and don't forget to bet once the bookies are ready to accommodate us bettors.

If there's a poll in this thread, I would appreciate it.  Smiley
please OP hear me out.

I would definitely vote for Ryan Garcia, I love the underdog of this fight, it doesn't matter to me if he talks so much because I'm always satisfied with his performance in the ring everytime he has some action. This is probably the first time where he is listed as an underdog, so might as well take that opportunity.

Agreed, however, I would be betting for him with not much expectation of winning money hehehe. Ryan Garcia is a better boxer than many others in his weight division but he is an entertainer more than a fighter much similar to Conor McGregor, I reckon. Tank is the real fighter and the future king in his weight division, very similar to Khabib. However, we cannot underestimate King Ryan's left hook which can certainly knockout tank.
2058  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Bitcoin Family is moving more than $1 million into decentralized exchanges on: December 03, 2022, 05:15:21 AM
It is good to have some good news after the scam of Sam, however, after reading the article I was head shaking after every paragraph. Encouragement of self custody and the use of decentralized exchanges is admirable but I reckon the writer of this article does not know the differences between bitcoin, wbtc, ethereum, bisq, uniswap and sushiswap.

However, it is still good for everyone to know that solutuons are being created. It might not be the best solutions, however, they are certainly better than centralized exchanges.

I did not include those parts of the article where I speculate was only added by the author because I think self custody should always be encouraged.



CNBC caught up with the 44-year-old patriarch a few days after the family made the move from Lagos, Portugal, to Phuket, an island just off the western coast of mainland Thailand in the Andaman Sea. The family is currently living on 0.3 bitcoin a month — about $5,000 — and they are buying back the bitcoin that they sold when the cryptocurrency was trading at around $55,000 a year ago. For the Taihuttus, the cascade of crypto bankruptcies and failed tokens just shows that “bitcoin is the king” and “completely different than all the other projects,” Didi Taihuttu said.

n crypto, one of the mantras is “not your keys, not your coins,” meaning that rightful possession of tokens comes through the custody of the corresponding private keys.


Read in full and scratch your heads https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/30/bitcoin-family-moving-more-than-1-million-into-dexs-after-ftx-collapse.html
2059  Economy / Service Discussion / Apple blocks Coinbase wallet release on IOS on: December 03, 2022, 03:40:46 AM
It appears Apple executives are trying to find more creative methods to make more revenue for the company hehehe. This might be because Apples's production of their products in China will go down because of workers' protests in their sweatshops?

In any case, this might only be the beginning. The government might use this and regulations to force other technology companies to cause impairment on the infrastructure of the cryptospace. It begins with consumers and their wallets.



Apple blocks the Coinbase wallet on iOS. As per the details from a tweet thread by Coinbase, iOS users will be unable to send NFTs from their wallets on iOS devices anymore.

The main reason cited and mentioned by Coinbase is that “…the gas fees required to send NFTs need to be paid through their In-App Purchase system so that they can collect 30% of the gas fee.”

Additionally, Coinbase mentioned that, for anyone who understands how NFTs and blockchain work, Apple’s request is impossible. “Apple’s proprietary In-App Purchase system does not support crypto, so we couldn’t comply even if we tried,” cited Coinbase.


Read in full https://watcher.guru/news/apple-blocks-coinbase-wallet-release-on-ios
2060  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: December 02, 2022, 03:35:51 AM
Whats nexts week big Match?

You and I of course Smiley - could be for the lead if Eli can manage an upset against Jerkers.

Also Cows vs Corpse, especially if the latter lose today - that'd be a fierce fight for that last playoff spot.

I would not be shocked if I lost another week. McCaffrey is beginning to show some minor knee injuries that I speculate would become a major injury. Tyreek Hill also has problems, however, I am starting to be very worried about Lamar Jackson. His hip injury appears to be placing him on questionable for more than 3 weeks every week. I should have dropped Daniel Jones and got Massage Watson from the waiver wire. I speculate that he will give more points than projected for those who rostered him.

Your depth of roster may come into play soon, you've been very lucky this season not having to deal with injuries like the rest of us. Wink
Ohh, and I've noticed you have made some very nice waiver picks. Who you listening to this year?
Definitely not that moron Steve smith you were listening to last year! Cheesy

No injuries is beginning to make me worried because these injuries might come during week 14. The only chance I have to win everything is for McCaffrey not to be in IR and it appears that he might get injured hehehe. I speculate that there is something more serious with his minor knee injury.

Also yes, I have dropped Steve Smith and have upgraded to Skip Bayless, a very smart man this Skip heheheheee.

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