Smells fishy for a so-called legit crypto bank offering 15% per annum interest using stablecoins. It seems like a Ponzi scheme trying to prolong the period of survival in the hope of reaching the next halving and earning huge profit out of it. But they can easily close the company and declare bankruptcy. It is better if you should just buy your own preferred coins and then hold them yourself.

The biggest per annum interest rate I can see at the moment from a registered bank is around 4%. And this is insured at a limit of around $10,000.

Yes, blockchain gaming will continue to grow. Play-to-earn games will continue to grow despite a lot of setbacks happening with most of the games having a hard time balancing their economies. I think some developers will come up soon with better systems that are capable of surviving for many years. The rewards probably are minimal compared to the current NFT P2E games that are mostly for money purposes hyped by its devs.

A game like PUBG is earning billions of dollars yearly. Imagine if it's a blockchain P2E game and is willing to reward like $100 million for its top 10,000 players?

It's hard to comment negatively on Michael Jordan spending $5 million of bets in a single night. Aside from being a billionaire, he is also a successful businessman. We can take it in a positive or a negative way, it doesn't erase the fact that he is successful in managing his assets.

His son though is another story. According to the laws of Nevada, it was wrong, so that's it. I guess they just settled it with the authorities privately. But I guess all of us here tasted alcohol and gambled even before reaching 19 years old? But making it public, especially for a son of a celebrity is a big NO. That kid was just feeling arrogant, as if it was his own hard-earned money being spent.

I agree with the rankings, stats wise Giannis is leading all the way. I think Jokic is better than Luka but only by a slight margin, so maybe you are right too especially since Jamal Murray is back which means some stats might be taken off this season. My comparison earlier was actually between Dallas and Denver. I think Denver Nuggets have a better line-up for next season. I expect Luka's stats to continue rising especially since he is the only superstar on the team. And the fact that he is becoming more experienced at this very young age he already reached the western conference finals without much help.

I know Japan is a very rich country too. Japan is the third biggest economy in the world after the US and China. But I'm still wondering how they are willing to pay $20 million dollars just to see Mayweather facing a non-boxer. Or the Japanese just had a different taste when it comes to sports. I heard Rizin is very popular there and they also had superstars just like K1 before and they are paid well.

On the other hand, yesterday I read a line that Mayweather had a done deal with Connor McGregor. Must be a hoax, but not surprising considering how these athletes talk and hype themselves.

By the way, Floyd Mayweather is currently in the Philippines. He must be looking for Naruto after dispatching Sakura.

In life, there are no guarantees. It's like you play dice in a casino and you picked the 90% win rate probability. So is it a guarantee that you can win? Of course not. The same with education, it cannot guarantee jobs that people are longing for but educated people are still favorites to get the job rather than those not educated at all.

I do not understand what is OP looking for. Do people need to stop going to school because education isn't guaranteed to land jobs?

Sometimes overpopulation and lack of decent jobs and a poor economy are the reason behind unemployment. I knew some Nigerians had great jobs in other countries. The same in my country, there are a lot of our people working abroad for greener pastures.

I tried it before and had some success especially when the market is generally doing good. But for now, it is difficult due to the market situation. So for now, I only have League of Ancients or LOA and Synergy of Serra. I believe these NFT play-to-earn games have very good potential but I think I made a bad decision by investing at the start of a bearish market. I could've purchased them now at cheaper prices. 

The reason why I continue to look for micro-cap altcoins is that every coin at the top started as a micro-cap altcoin. And I want to catch some of these projects that have high ROI. Risky but it will be worth it when successful.

I'm also hearing that Jae Crowder is not going to the Phoenix Suns training camp. Is Jae expecting a contract extension? Memphis Grizzlies do need some veterans to help their young core but Jae's gonna get benched a lot there. Maybe the Miami Heat can take him as a replacement for P.J. Tucker? Jae's also had good chemistry with Jimmy Butler, Adebayo, and co so he is a very good fit. Although if Jae's looking for a contract extension then it will be a different story. Another thing to look at is the Phoenix Suns' demand in return.

So it's less than a week before the last chance qualifier starts in Singapore and then another few days before The International officially kicks in. A close friend keeps convincing me that we should get there and see it live. Maybe someone from here is coming there too? If this event happened pre-Covid I would go there 100%.

I'm expecting the outright odds to favor Team Spirit, OG, and PSG LGD. In the last qualifier, I am still hoping for T1 to qualify.

So I thought Inoue would spend all his training time in the Wildcard Gym with Freddie Roach for the Butler fight but he left for Japan. The undisputed unification bout is expected to happen this December in Japan so there's still some time for Inoue to relax and not overtrain.

I thought the fight contracts are fully signed and official but it isn't. I hope everything in the negotiations is doing well because it's such a waste of time and effort if it won't happen. Although this looks suicidal for WBO champion Paul Butler and the venue is also expected in Japan.

Pink Poodle is full of confidence that he can beat Petr Yan. He was even surprised that he is a 4-1 underdog. Honestly, this is one of the fights that I never expect to happen. I thought the Pink Poodle was just bluffing about fighting Yan. It's less than a month before the actual fight, although it's still a lot of time for Pink Poodle to back out and make excuses.

UFC 280 is a very stacked event. Rooting for the underdogs Oliveira, TJ, Belal, and Dariush. Maybe I should just parlay them together with Yan.

Giannis Antetokounmpo just called Stephen Curry the best basketball player at the moment. Meanwhile, ESPN's NBArank released its top 100 players for the 2022-2023 season. Here are the top 5;

1. Giannis Antetokounmpo
2. Nikola Jokic
3. Luka Doncic
4. Joel Embiid
5. Stephen Curry

It's pretty interesting and exciting who will be the better players in the coming season. Embiid and Curry might not be able to compete to become top 1 since they are also surrounded by very good players too. And I am glad that Jamal Murray is back to help Jokic and the Nuggets. Luka Doncic and the Mavericks are probably the weakest team out of these top players and their teams.

Crawford is turning 35 already. And he is turning a year inactive too. If they are fighting in November then Spence will benefit from the short span of training. We know boxing is business but when people are ducking then they will also expect bash from the fans.

It is a fact that Spence is a better draw than Crawford if we are to base their previous PPV buys. But Spence is also too far from being called a PPV king. The current PPV king is Canelo followed by AJ, Usyk, and Fury. And would you guys believe that Tank Davis despite cherry-picking no-named opponents is just at par with Spence's PPV buys?

Well, if Bivol hasn't fought Canelo earlier then this will be a normal fight for Zurdo. Golden Boy Promotions would be the sole promoter and there is a possibility that they will rob Bivol of a victory if there are rounds that are a little close.

Back to reality, I hope both fighters are in their best condition. I love the neutral venue which is beneficial to the defending champion. I know Bivol is in love with boxing technique but I would love to see knockdowns and knockouts.  

Kambosos better not aim for a single big shot to KO Haney. Haney knows that Kambosos will try to unleash everything in this rematch so I am expecting the young champion to become more careful which can make this rematch more boring. But if Kambosos can impose his style like what he did on Teofimo then maybe we can see a better fight than the first one. 

There is no escaping for the winner of this fight because Lomachenko is the WBO mandatory. Haney also mentioned that he wants Lomachenko. Should Kambosos wins, he can vacate his WBO belt and give up his undisputed status if he wants to avoid Loma. But Kambosos earlier was scheduled to take Loma before the cancellation due to the war. So Lomachenko should be fighting for the undisputed belts soon.

I hope Loma still has it. He was actually the one collecting the belts one by one before that injury that caused his defeat to Teofimo Lopez.

I'm sad that Italy was not able to qualify but football's World Cup is the biggest sporting event so I'm confident that there will be great promotions coming up. I am also hoping for some promotions on the coming The International in DOTA 2 e-sports. TI in short is also the biggest e-sport event so it would be cool if there are promotions too. Jerseys exclusive to Bitcointalk users please @BK8.Official.

Anyways, I am just so excited with many great events coming up. NBA will also start in the next few days.

A lot of people have always learned the hard way and OP is just one of them, except if that experience didn't change anything when it comes to responsible gambling.

As for me, I gambled most of my remaining ETHs and some BTC on different gambling sites and casinos last 2019. I thought the crypto market is not recovering anytime soon and I went YOLO. I knew it would fucked up, especially since I was gambling extensively rather than my usual meticulous picks on sports betting. I was supposed to HODL those coins and just gamble responsibly.

I'm available.

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This doesn't make any sense at all. These are 2 different things.

So crypto and blockchain offer more secure jobs than government jobs? I don't think so. There are millions of stable government jobs that offered very good salaries and benefits. And how many jobs do crypto and blockchain offer at the moment? Unless there is a global crypto and blockchain adoption, until then jobs are still limited and not that secured compared to many government jobs.

So shilling, trading, and investing are secured jobs eh? 

I haven't experienced winning $8,000 in a single day. I do experience betting with a budget limit of $2,000 per day and after several months of playing, I stopped it. I was losing thousands of dollars so I realized that I needed a vacation and to stay out of gambling for a while. I am still betting up to this day but with very small limits.

If I were that person in OP's story, I would've called it a day and then come back the other day but of course with a betting limit. It is greed versus discipline. And sometimes, we only realized when the damage has been done.