Just for those who are wondering: the reason why a lot of people don't know about FTX despite it being a huge exchange, is that FTX's user demographic are mostly akin actual traders who know what they're doing — compared to the typical Binance user which is a lot more "retail-y"(for a lack of a better word).

Anyone who has held bitcoin for just about any length of time is way ahead of people in fiat, stocks, bonds etc.  Between inflation and authoritarian kleptocrats around the world, there are few safe havens.  PMs and bitcoin being the main ones.  I did sell some between 58k and 62k, but I have only sold rarely since 2010.

Posted this in the other contest thread..

One item, I was reading this thread and saw that my name was on the list.  I apologize, but my input was a suggestion about reaching out to Max and Stacy, or other Bitcoin celebrity. I am not that artistic and was not intending to volunteer:

"I like the idea, but had another variation to throw out there....  What if you were able to contact some of the big influencers in Bitcoin?  What if you got them to color a page or so, and sign it?   Then auction the coloring book off for a charity?   I know it's a bit far fetched, but figured people on this forum could maybe have some contacts and that would make it way more valuable, plus would make the remaining ones more valuable as well."

I did reach out to Slumberjack and he might be interested, but I wanted to see if anyone else would like to take my spot.

Again, I apologize for any misunderstanding.

@mx12.levins perhaps?

I'm looking forward to receiving the colouring in book in the not too distant future.  Hopefully I'll have it over the Christmas & New Year period, so there *might* be some added flair (who knows - I'm handing the book over to proper artists to fill in the blanks).

Will keep you all posted when the item arrives.

^^ What do you think of Musetti's chances against Stricker? Not familiar with Stricker though. The current odds is for Musetti at -3.5 at 1.90. But Stricker at +3.5 seems to be the at 1.80. So really hard to bet on this one.

I might go with Nakashima against Lehecka here, -2.5 will be a great odd at 1.80 for me.

Best of luck everyone.

This is certainly true, everyone should think more about it, and let's not forget that he created his own centralized blockchain so he can do whatever he wants there, even creating fake bitcoin for supposed ''lower fees''.
CZ is taking down any competition and he wants to have full control over Bitcoin trading, but I think there are forces behind the scenes who support him in his actions.
It's best to stop using all centralized exchanges, and developers should focus more on improving available dex exchanges or on making new better ones.

Isn't it weird that at the same time we are having twitter takeover by Musk?
It looks to me that world is going towards more centralization of power and money, biggest price of this will probably pay regular people and middle class.
Crazy thing to think that for some people CZ and Musk are now some kind of heroes.

I'm following, although I'm new to tennis betting, I must confess that I get sleepy when I tried to watch every tennis game, so for now I prefer to bet before the game starts and I'm not doing live bets

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for today's games:

Matteo Arnaldi - Francesco Passaro

I think Matteo Arnaldi will win this game, bookmakers are also giving Matteo Arnaldi as a favorite and I saw some news and tennis analysis sites giving Matteo Arnaldi as a favorite, but this odd is still low and risky and that's why reason I won't bet, if today I were to make a multibet bet with absolute certainty that I would put Matteo Arnaldi in the my parlay

Brandon Nakashima - Jiri Lehecka

I also think that the favorite by the bookmakers will win, I mean Nakashima will win this game, from what I read of the performance of the two, I believe that Nakashima has a greater chance of being victorious

Jack Draper - Tseng Chun-hsin

I don't have much to say about this game, Jack Draper will win

Lorenzo Musetti - Dominic Stricker

Lorenzo Musetti will win that game, I'll still think if making a multibet bet with those 4 teams would be a good idea, I'll still think

Musetti today won easily against Tseng (4-2 4-2 4-2).

The Italian player is in a good condition and can perform a good tournament also because... he is playing at "home" here in Milano (Italy) ....There is a lot of support for him even after the recent positive results...

I don't think it's only Nigeria. A lot of countries are facing the same issue, especially if the trades are going through licensed exchanges. Some countries are obviously facing more 8ssues due to the devaluation of their own currency like Nigeria but more or less it's same for other countries as well.

Despite this odd, I personally think, it's a good time to buy bitcoin if you have long term outlook. Yes, you will have to shell out more money but that will be worth in long term.

But time will come I will not regret

Yeah, same here, I'm not disappointed by the result, Rune has been playing good not just in this tournament, but in the last couple that he is in.

It just so happen that he has to face Djokovic, and we may have seen this version of Djokovic before, mentality prepared, winning the first set. But Rune has improved a lot and really be the future of tennis with Alcaraz. So another break out win for him, and I will not be surprised that this will not be his last. For Djokovic, a good maybe2-3 years that he can still play, nevertheless, the young guys are taking over now.

Yes great victory for the Jaguaretes aka Pumas

A very strange statistic two games in the same day/week/round finishing 30-29, a margin of only 1 point and the same exact result.

Who its the favourite to win the Rugby World cup?

Good games from Rune vs Djokovic, the first set was relatively easy for Djokovic but the second and third sets all became so difficult for him and Rune was able to end the match well and emerge as a champion, a young star and he deserved it.

I am giving Rune a solid chance against Djoković and I am taking him on some handicap for sure. Brought me nice money yesterday and some more today. Have to honor him after performances like that. Yesterday was actually perfect day for me with tennis. All my singles passed as well as this free bet multi:


How come nobody is talking about WTA Masters? Sabalenka and Sakari are playing some incredible tennis as well as Swiatek but it was sort of expected from her. Whoever passes from group with Swiatek is loosing 2:0 against Sakari/Sabalenka. I am playing that one tomorrow for high stake together with Rune handicap.

The issue I see with this example is that people here request the BTCtalk username and date as part of the picture taken, meaning the pictures by themselves without this won't really carry any weight here.