This might be the weirdest partnership in the cryptospace hehe. What is FTX's plan in their partnership with a chain of video game and electronics retail company? FTX might be speculating on play to earn and NFTs next after organizing themselves as one of the largest cryptocoin and derivatives exchange. I am also quite certain this will not only be about FTX giftcards.Video game firm GameStop (GME) is partnering with Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange FTX.US to promote interaction between the gaming and crypto community.
The deal unites GameStop, one of the key players in the meme-stock craze of a year and a half ago, with one of the leading crypto exchanges.
The two companies will promote e-commerce and marketing initiatives, while certain GameStop retail stores will carry FTX gift cards, according to a statement Wednesday. GameStop is also being given the label of FTX’s “preferred” retail partner in the U.S.
Deal terms weren’t disclosed.Read in full https://sports.yahoo.com/gamestop-partners-crypto-exchange-ftx-203033710.html |
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I speculate that because of the high cost of energy and the concerns caused by ESG, proof of work mining might be more than regulated. It might be banned in some jurisdictions. We might also begin to witness a more serious argument battle between proof of work vs. proof of stake within the cryptospace. I also predict that Elon Musk and Tesla will buy Ethereum for Tesla's balance sheet.
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What an event and leaving the fans in the Apex wanting more!
They witnessed a grappler taking down his opponent as perfectly as possible and it was a sight to behold.
Now why did Holland even try to touch gloves right after the match had started?
They do that when they meet in the middle of the octagon at the very beginning.
Don't trust an opponent like Chimaev to be your friend or friendly once in the ring.
That was his first mistake. Then from there it went all down hill.
That choke hold finished him off quick and clean. Once again Khamzat was not touched in this match and goes 12-0.
They are saying his next opponent who could atleast be worthy enough to step in there and make it challenging for him would be Colby.
UFC 279 was not in the Apex, it was in the T-Mobile Arena. The Apex is a much smaller place located in the headquarters of the UFC in Las Vegas. The T-Mobile Arena is a bigger place which is also located in Las Vegas hehehe. Much of the arguments say Khamzat tricked Holland, however, I am quite certain the fight would have ended similarly with Khamzat the winner if did not trick Holland. I speculate Borz with Paddy the baddy to be the faces of the UFC. |
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Another victim of Hodlnaut has been discovered. Algorand Foundation has lost $35 milllion in USDC after having exposure in the cryptolender before it suspended withdrawals. Oh, yea, yet another piece of the great list of "strong" businesses, built on top of each other like castle of playing cards... I guess that we have to be happy there's crypto winter now and then to get rid of these before they grow bigger (and make even more damage when they collapse). Hehe if they want to become similar to banks but their source of profit is from the yields of very speculative Defi tokens, they will certainly never become big. Everything will be over when the bubble pops. What will be head shaking in the cryptospace is these type of services will return and it will again lose millions of users money. |
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I reckon this only gives an argument for those cryptocoins that are trying to maintain Asic resistance to develop methods to maintain it longer.
Only if ASIC resistance wasn't a fake concept and could actually be implemented. So far what we have seen has been ASIC postponement since they create a different algorithm that the existing ASICs are not meant to solve so it buys them time until the day there is enough incentive for them to build a new ASIC that solves that particular algorithm. Like LTC history with scrypt which was introduced as ASIC resistance until the day they created LTC-ASICs. I am aware of this. This is why I was saying to try to maintain Asic resistance or develop methods to maintain it longer. I reckon the best example of a cryptocoin that has been trying to maintain Asic resistance is Monero. However, their hard fork to the RandomX mining algorithm might be the last try. If it will not successful, they will change the mining algorithm again to Sha 3 where it will be easier for hardware developers to create Asic. |
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It appears that I should have followed how everyone ranked their draft picks instead of trying to speculate and outsmart everyone. Choosing Christian McCaffrey instead of Jonathan Taylor was my biggest mistake and presently my biggest regret. You are welcome Hhampuz hehe. News update on Lamar's contract extension. This is head shaking. What type of contract does he want with the kind of economy the whole world is presently in. Will this cause Lamar to play better to prove himself for a better contract? Report: Lamar Jackson turned down long-term deal worth up to $290M with RavensSource https://www.sportsnet.ca/nfl/article/report-lamar-jackson-turned-down-long-term-deal-worth-up-to-290m-with-ravens/It’s week one. Nothing is set in stone, we’ve still got 17 weeks left in the season. I personally would have drafted Taylor but my next pick would be Christian McCaffrey. He’s an extremely versatile running back and he pick it up. Again, we are looking at just one week here. But if you’re truly down on him he can trade him to me!  Can’t believe the Bears won. I put some btc on the Niners but I guess this is one of those times I’m “happy” to have lost the money. Still going to be a shitty season for them but this was impressive. Agreed, however, I am very disappointed in my fantasy team being the first participant to pick in the draft. Jonathan Taylor would have me on the lead vs. you this week if I did not speculate on Christian McCaffrey. Next season, my first 6 picks will be the safest picks. Also, I learned that MacCaffrey is prone to injuries hehehe. In any case, do you have a bag of peanuts? I might trade Cam Akers by week 5 or 6 if Sean McVay decides to use Henderson more than Akers. Also, where is Mike Evans? Again, it's week one. Like I said I would have drafted Taylor of McCaffrey is a star as well and there will be weeks when he scores more than Taylor. He's also more involved in the passing game than any running back in recent memory (since Matt Forte or so). He will be fine. And Evans, what do you mean? He had like 70 yards and a TD. That's an awesome game. He will also have some much bigger games. Week one, deep breaths lol I posted the question before he made the touchdown hehehe. Yes I am happy. Tom Brady was throwing everything on Julio Jones for much of the game, however. In any case, Cam Akers ruined my first week. I hope week 2 will be better for him after Sean McVay's statements. Also, I was shocked to see the score was 0 - 7 when I started to watch the game. |
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Another victim of Hodlnaut has been discovered. Algorand Foundation has lost $35 milllion in USDC after having exposure in the cryptolender before it suspended withdrawals. It appears very similar to Celsius where they might not really care about their trustworthiness and reputation to make many stupid investments with their depositors' coins. If they are wrong, they declare bankruptcy and go create their next scam.The Algorand Foundation has revealed a $35 million USDC hole in its balance sheet as a result of exposure to embattled cryptocurrency lending firm Hodlnaut, which has paused withdraws since Aug. 8.
Source https://cointelegraph.com/news/algorand-foundation-outlines-35m-exposure-to-crypto-lender-hodlnaut |
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It's about time, a lot of other countries have already regulated bitcoin mining and they haven't done it yet over there. It's funny how they go at it from an energy standpoint at this point when they are also facing an energy "price" crisis.
There might be good arguments on the regulation of bitcoin mining and the regulation of energy usage of proof of work mining in America, however, similar to what the regulators have always done before, they use the laws and the rules created into a weapon to use against the ones who are regulated. I reckon this only gives an argument for those cryptocoins that are trying to maintain Asic resistance to develop methods to maintain it longer. |
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It appears that I should have followed how everyone ranked their draft picks instead of trying to speculate and outsmart everyone. Choosing Christian McCaffrey instead of Jonathan Taylor was my biggest mistake and presently my biggest regret. You are welcome Hhampuz hehe. News update on Lamar's contract extension. This is head shaking. What type of contract does he want with the kind of economy the whole world is presently in. Will this cause Lamar to play better to prove himself for a better contract? Report: Lamar Jackson turned down long-term deal worth up to $290M with RavensSource https://www.sportsnet.ca/nfl/article/report-lamar-jackson-turned-down-long-term-deal-worth-up-to-290m-with-ravens/It’s week one. Nothing is set in stone, we’ve still got 17 weeks left in the season. I personally would have drafted Taylor but my next pick would be Christian McCaffrey. He’s an extremely versatile running back and he pick it up. Again, we are looking at just one week here. But if you’re truly down on him he can trade him to me! Can’t believe the Bears won. I put some btc on the Niners but I guess this is one of those times I’m “happy” to have lost the money. Still going to be a shitty season for them but this was impressive. Agreed, however, I am very disappointed in my fantasy team being the first participant to pick in the draft. Jonathan Taylor would have me on the lead vs. you this week if I did not speculate on Christian McCaffrey. Next season, my first 6 picks will be the safest picks. Also, I learned that MacCaffrey is prone to injuries hehehe. In any case, do you have a bag of peanuts? I might trade Cam Akers by week 5 or 6 if Sean McVay decides to use Henderson more than Akers. Also, where is Mike Evans? |
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It appears that I should have followed how everyone ranked their draft picks instead of trying to speculate and outsmart everyone. Choosing Christian McCaffrey instead of Jonathan Taylor was my biggest mistake and presently my biggest regret. You are welcome Hhampuz hehe. News update on Lamar's contract extension. This is head shaking. What type of contract does he want with the kind of economy the whole world is presently in. Will this cause Lamar to play better to prove himself for a better contract? Report: Lamar Jackson turned down long-term deal worth up to $290M with RavensSource https://www.sportsnet.ca/nfl/article/report-lamar-jackson-turned-down-long-term-deal-worth-up-to-290m-with-ravens/ |
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Well, that was an embarrassing blowout. Buffalo played near perfectly, at least in the 2nd half.
The saving grace is my fantasy team players crushed it, am now projected to get 151.79 pts this week
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I didn't get the time to do a draft recap but one of the things that made me shout at the screen is when you grabbed G. Davis right before me !!! I am not quite certain why the Rams would not give the ball to Cam Akers after Stafford has showed that his elbow might not be 100% and the Bill's defense is strong this game and playing more than 100% hehe. It appears Akers might only be the introduction to my fantasy team. I am speculating that Tyreek Hill is next to have no or lower than projected points. Lamar next after Hill. I might trade them for a bag of peanuts by week 5. Its a good idea to sit guys your not sure of that have either moved into another scheme or come off a serious injury until you can gauge their usuage. A lot of teams will restrict a players touches when coming back from injuries and players that go to new teams may not get the full workload for a variety of reasons. For example Josh Gordon popped around to alot of teams and never had any workload because he was too stupid to learn the playbooks. Case in point on my team I am sitting Julio, JujJu and Bobby Trees until I see their workload. But I fully expect W00ds to come out on all cylinders. Speaking of W00ds, I called LA would be screwed without him. No-one gave him the credit he deserved for that teams success and now the idiots are all scratching their heads after this disaster. This is why I did not draft one Ram (I would have grabbed Kupp in the third though, he is immune with stafford pineing on him continuously). Oh and the Injury curse has hit me already, KITTLE out on all my teams before week 1 ! To a lesser extent Lazard injured in practice as well. but he was a gamble anyway that I didn't have alot of faith in. I got Kirk Cousins from the waiver wire already hehehe. I am not very optimistic about Lamar's contract extension and this might negatively affect his performance with his team. In any case, Cam Akers I will give a chance. However, I am presently regretting that I chose him instead of Travis Etienne who was my candidate for rookie of the year last season before his injury. I think he will have a similar performance as Najee Harris' performance last season. |
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Coinbase has been very much hated by the cryptospace community because of their behavior that has been considered anti-bitcoin, however, this initiative by Brian Armstrong should be supported and should also be given respect, I reckon. Leading crypto exchange platform Coinbase on Thursday announced that it was funding a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Treasury Department to block sanctions barring Americans from the virtual currency mixer- Tornado Cash.
Commenting on the sanctions, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said that the Treasury Department had gone too far “by sanctioning an entire technology instead of specific individuals.”
“There are legitimate applications for this type of technology, and as a result of these sanctions, many innocent users now have their funds trapped and have lost access to a critical privacy tool.”Read in full https://coincodecap.com/coinbase-funds-lawsuit-against-the-us-treasury |
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It appears that everything that the bitcoin antagonizers have speculated is becoming a reality. We cannot ignore this anymore. Also, we have already witnessed that the government does not stop with regulations as a way to regulate. They might also use their positions of power in creating laws as a weapon to attack bitcoin. I speculate another policy that the American government can create is a ban on all Asic imports. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Energy (DOE), and other federal agencies should provide technical assistance and initiate a collaborative process with states, communities, the crypto-asset industry, and others to develop effective, evidence-based environmental performance standards for the responsible design, development, and use of environmentally responsible crypto-asset technologies. These should include standards for very low energy intensities, low water usage, low noise generation, clean energy usage by operators, and standards that strengthen over time for additional carbon-free generation to match or exceed the additional electricity load of these facilities. Should these measures prove ineffective at reducing impacts, the Administration should explore executive actions, and Congress might consider legislation, to limit or eliminate the use of high energy intensity consensus mechanisms for crypto-asset mining. DOE and EPA should provide technical assistance to state public utility commissions, environmental protection agencies, and the crypto- asset industry to build capacity to minimize emissions, noise, water impacts, and negative economic impacts of crypto-asset mining; and to mitigate environmental injustices to overburdened communities.Read in full https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/09-2022-Crypto-Assets-and-Climate-Report.pdf |
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@franky1. Agreed. Tulip mania is a story of a market bubble of overpriced tulips and an explanation on human behavior. There are similarities between the market bubbles of the tulip mania, the internet IPO bubble, the housing bubble and 2017's crypto ICO bubble. After all the speculation on the cryptospace, we can be quite certain that the market's real price levels will be discovered. In any case, news update. It appears Michael Saylor, Microstrategy's new head of strategy for bitcoin purchases, plans to buy more bitcoin. I hope this does not imply that the pump is over similar to his other purchases hehehehe. MicroStrategy could sell up to $500 million in class A common stock and could buy more bitcoin.
A new prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says the firm has entered into an agreement with agents Cowen and Company and BTIG to sell up to $500 million in stock with a possible eye towards acquiring more bitcoin.Source https://www.theblock.co/post/169010/microstrategy-could-raise-up-to-500-million-to-buy-bitcoin |
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And if not mistaken, Dana White doesn't want his UFC fighters like Conor to do one boxing exhibition because of this reasons. But they are making good money so I guess they will continue to do business with Floyd and the Paul brothers.
No doubt that they'll continue even if Dana White says so. There's a huge money that's being involved and they might have been offered with an amount that's hard to decline. Just like any other athlete, when is being offered with good compensation and talent fee, they won't think twice but will grab the offer. The Paul brothers did discovered this niche that will make them and their opponents big money. Dana is losing contracts as more fighters actually get off from Dana's control. Nate Diaz also was to fight against Jake but of course, Dana didn't like the idea and the contract also does not allow UFC fighters to have another event involving his fighters. Unfortunately, UFC fighters losing against Jake embarrasses UFC. It would mean this combat sport is not really as ULTIMATE as it may sound if that is the case. They are different sports. I am a fan of boxing and MMA, however you have made a very head shaking argument. You argue that MMA is not as ultimate because retired MMA fighters cannot win against Jake Paul in boxing? Why not the best professional boxers fight in MMA to prove that MMA is not as ultimate as it may sound? I estimate that there may be 1 of those boxers who might win, however, I am quite certain the other 9 would never return. |
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Oh, I missed this ^^ but I don't our vote here would translate to money where the odds would be almost even because at the end of the day Canelo would still be the heavy favorite to win this match at the bookies.
I think everyone knows here that Canelo really has the upper edge in this fight against GGG but still hoping that the latter will the fight. I'm siding with GGG her also and want to put some money on him not because I'm his fan but rather just want to see Canelo losing again. For me, Canelo losing this match will fuel him more to be a better fighter. If he was beaten by an old GGG, that will be disrespectful to him. That will turn him into a much more serious boxer and will do his best to rise up. He is still young and has lots of time to climb to the top. By the looks of its odds, the Stake agrees to this consensus. Betting for Alvarez, Saul By KO 2.80, seem enough reason to bet for him. Before I watched the replay of GGG versus the young Japanese fighter Ryota Murata, I would not agree with you. However, watch the replay. Murata was doing body punches on GGG and he makes a face that makes it appear that he was very uncomfortable. This might be because GGG is an old man already. He cannot take the punches to the body anymore and who has more destructive punches on the body than Canelo? I speculated that GGG might make this very competitive when this thread was created. However, after more research, I predict that Canelo's punches to the body will knockout GGG and medics will take him out on a stretcher hehehehe. |
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@bittraffic. There might be a misunderstanding between Tiki and the team of Nate Diaz. According to other stories, it was Khamzat and Kevin Holland who were fighting. Tiki was there and stopped them. After everything was settled, Tiki was standing with Khamzat when Nate Diaz and his team arrived. They began throwing water bottles on Tiki and kicking him hehehehe. An altercation between Khamzat Chimaev and Kevin Holland sparked a backstage melee that ultimately led to the UFC 279 pre-fight press conference being cancelled on Thursday.
That’s according to UFC President Dana White, who confirmed the initial incident between Chimaev and Holland started the problems that only escalated after he went on stage to start the press conference at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Multiple sources also confirmed that once Holland went on stage to start the press conference along with his opponent Daniel Rodriguez that a second altercation exploded that involved Chimaev, Diaz and their respective teams.
It’s not clear if any additional fighting broke out, but water bottles were thrown between Chimaev and Diaz’s camps, according to sources, which was at least part of the reason why White ultimately decided to cancel the press conference before things got more out of hand.Source https://www.mmafighting.com/2022/9/8/23343831/khamzat-chimaev-nate-diaz-kevin-holland-involved-altercations-ufc-279-press-conference-cancellation |
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I am not quite certain why the Rams would not give the ball to Cam Akers after Stafford has showed that his elbow might not be 100% and the Bill's defense is strong this game and playing more than 100% hehe. It appears Akers might only be the introduction to my fantasy team. I am speculating that Tyreek Hill is next to have no or lower than projected points. Lamar next after Hill. I might trade them for a bag of peanuts by week 5.
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@everyone. What is the video gaming sector in this comparison? Does this include Nvidia and AMD graphic cards? I think with electricity shortages and the prices inceasing, the government might begin to enter and regulate proof of work mining. This has been an argument before, however, the validity of the argument is only beginning to become a reality.
If the energy usage of the video gaming sector includes graphic cards and if proof of work mining will be regulated, I reckon it might give a good argument for some cryptocoins to maintain their Asic resistance for as long as possible.
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This might be where I have made my biggest mistake during the draft. Lamar Jackson as my quarterback. He is not my first choice. My first choice is the new MVP Josh Allen, second choice Patrick Mahomes then my third choice is Justin Herbert. Lamar was my fourth choice, however, I was uncertain. This news makes my uncertainty on him quite certain hehehe. Is the waiver wire open and available already? Lamar Jackson's contract situation has been dragged out beyond the point of discomfort, but it might finally be heading toward a resolution.
Jackson told reporters on Wednesday he and the Ravens are still discussing extension terms, and he set a deal-making deadline for Friday. Jackson also pleaded ignorance when it came to how close he was to coming to an agreement.
"I have no clue," he said, via the Washington Post. "You have to ask the guy who I'm talking to."Source https://www.nfl.com/news/ravens-qb-lamar-jackson-sets-friday-deadline-for-extension-as-of-right-now-we-re |
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