If you're in the EU, you can also deposit Bitcoin to Bitpanda and sell it for euros, and request the withdrawal in Amazon.de vouchers. It's not exactly the same as buying a gift card, but it is a way to feed your Amazon spending habit with crypto =) Also a tad cheaper than bank withdrawal (despite the not-so-good exchange rate).

Edit: This is no longer true, thanks pixie85 for the note.

Crypto banks? What would that even mean?

The best we see today is crypto companies acquiring controlling stakes in banks -- and these existing licences are on products they're not going to let go of anytime soon for want of keeping customers.

When banks accept other assets, they don't become different types of banks. They are still banks, whether it was gold, dollars, shares, bonds, stocks, all kinds of investments and assets. That didn't make them gold banks, bond banks, stock banks.

Get used to the idea that traditional banking doesn't evolve just because it accepts crypto deposits. Let's wait for when they let customers actually withdraw coins first before we discuss crypto banking.

Like I said, most specials didn't hit, though many came close. The first two hit proper "easy" -- Haaland hattrick wipes everyone out, and Arsenal corner count almost hit by HT... them winning was always going to be a tight affair so that 27/10 was amazing value, really.

Also as expected, the big special on 7 corners apiece was too much to ask from United. They're a counter team this season and especially in new year don't play the style you do to get corners and especially away. This was their most corners (4) they've had since November (5).

Anyway, done with all my Casino freebets, nothing gained. New Free-6-6 and 4-3-free are up:
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https://sportsbet.io/sports/bet-free-6-6

Curious stat: I had 3/6 twice during the World Cup. And all season long elsewhere only 1/6 three times.

Never saw myself thanking Nketiah... I was literally on my last chance saloon with bankroll and needed Arsenal to win. Jesus will want to remind people he was only a stand-in, though.

Call me facetious but... United collapse coming round after 2 huge exertions and only a point?


I can't find any space to disagree. It's really so depressing to watch us now. Doesn't seem to matter which team comes out, whether in the league or in cups, we're looking lost at sea.

VVD is... not even a shadow, it's like he's second-guessing himself and as a result, the entire back are jittery. Salah I know will eventually come good, maybe we get another final 10 games of season with him blasting on all fronts, but that's just me clutching at straws.

Midfield we've always needed to replace Hendo... Thiago probably to keep and Fabinho if he doesn't reset, needs some energy back. Naby lad, much as I want to give him a chance, he has to go. Bellingham's not coming, I don't think... so I have no idea who now.

Jota/Diaz, I can't wait for them to come back, their hunger's missing from this team.

Avoid women's haha. Only 3 of the top 20 seeds left, might as well throw money on outrights left if you like doing that.

Meanwhile, Tsitsi definitely on course for another semis, probably really lucky to get stronger opponents knocked out before their route reaches him but I'm not falling for him. If he does make the final, then the gods are really laughing at me.

I'm with Trofo on Rublev. Hoping for a strong start, will take Djoko if first set goes against him, and another even bet if he even drops a second set. That's the only sure thing I can foresee for now.

It'd be interesting to see what the difference will end up being taking max time/weight multiplier so I'll try this soon. I see I get a Premium boost in 7 days and my Reward Points are almost ready for conversion. Is there a way to get alert for new bet offers? Or is there a particular time they get released? I'll test out even bets on all outcomes (1x2) and see what kind of odds they end up getting at the end.

@Saint-loup I don't really see all the extras (freespins freerolls) as additional to the betting though -- I'm only talking about the betting option (I do all the others casually too haha).

Man, I did miss Bundesliga after all. Sure, the disappointment from Freiburg was personal, so deeply personal because of me choosing to ally with them this season, but then you go and watch BVB do what they do best (score, to hell with everything else) and that's the encapsulation of this league, really.

Anyway, Bellingham looks set to reject their offer, but I feel less and less confident he's coming to Liverpool now. After 4 seasons of flirting with him, we're at the worst we've been for years.

I'm in two minds about all this talk of side-hustling, increasingly popular after Covid.

Yes, improves financial stability for the short and even medium term, but it usually involves some kind of enterprise that to me isn't sustainable without further investment into "upskilling"... and that takes away the focus from an existing career that, if spent time on, becomes the route to financial stability (provided it is a career you actually believe in and are interested in).

How about Bitcoin earning and DCA as a truly passive "side job"?

Haha, thanks and keep it coming! Rivals like me are fine, I'm nowhere near any kind of position to threaten anyone. But yeah, Greenwood only got in at 88th minute, so I got it wrong on that gamble, and a nice goal for Ferguson.

Should still have captained Haaland, he did get vice, so I guess my changes anyway brought me up a tick but there's very little skin left for me in FPL.

All this practice for when I finally get this exercise more of a habit

Re the specials: City one hit way too easily, damned Wolves.

Next ones? The way this match is going to go, either a few of those specials will hit, or none at all...

Over 3.5 and 7 corners each is pretty out there, but not impossible if we see BTTS in first half, but United don't rack up the corners anymore with their counters I feel, so I think they'll fall short on those.

If I had any money I'd back Saka to score in first 10 minutes and on Fred sending off.

Tempting to think this will be a classic United/Arsenal encounter but if anything, it's the Gunners who are prone to red cards these days...

Damn you, Sampdoria. Initially thought the draw was smart, then switched allegiance to the home team, not that I'd have gotten points either way  -- winless in 5 games but still in 7th place now (thanks Juventus). Wonder if I need to start taking them a bit more seriously now?

Still messing about with my Atalanta prediction. SO tempting to back Juve to go win every game from now on after their drama but odds on Atalanta are just. so. tasty.

Yeah, Almiron's drying up and they were last saved by Isak, would have backed them to score anyway in all games if they continue to play the way they've been when I could catch their games, but haven't watched them for a while now.

Saints rooted to the bottom so it looks pretty dire, but at least there are plenty more games to play and points to bag. League cup glory?

No further bets for me today, just the Arsenal special (win + over 7.5 corners). Also Wolves bet from a long time ago, was 14/1 but that was before they lost to United and clambered out of the hole with Spurs, so looks good at 12/1 now.

It wasn't so much how dangerous stablecoins were -- algo or not -- to me, rather than the fact that all that value was built up on imaginary funds, plus the practice of unlimited money generation from staking (vapour making vapour).

And behind all that lies the only utility: speculation. Which we should have learnt by now isn't sustainable.

Hmm, not sure we're on the same page. You interpret candles, candles form on strict conditions -- it's what you do with them and how you think the next action will be lies the interpretation.

And far as I know, candlesticks are indicators themselves, suggesting future patterns and confirmed by subsequent candles -- you don't jump ahead of the first main candle

Yeah, don't get caught up in the news (which is all after the fact, really) and don't get caught up in predictions. As pointed out above, people were gunning for 100k 5 years ago (not to mention the prophets of 1 million dollar Bitcoin). That might seem like a certainty in next ATH (I certainly think so) but we'll probably hear about 500k and more in the run up. Don't buy any of it.

This isn't manipulation, to me. It's just a return to the mean. We'll probably suffer a lot more before proper confidence pushes price back to actual value.

Just checking in to see the vibe here and seems like the betting options get a lot of love these days, despite the terrible odds haha (sorry!). Get that you can't find many other price predictions but sports wise, losing a lot on value.

Anyway, popped myself 5k lottery tix today on a WoF. More than I would ever get on wager. Be nice to snag something here as my sports betting is very unhealthy now!

Always knew we were going to say goodbye to a lot of players and seeds well before QFs (sorry for making a pointless point) but I did not think to see Tsitsipas still alive this late. One of the guys I used to bank on a lot, to great disappointment, and finally having given him up, if he goes on to take AO I will crack lips smiling.

P.S. He's only still in second set after taking the first but on the way Sinner's not able to convert enough breaks, I think this is over.

Yeah killed me anyway because Liverpool was on my ticket, so it looks like another sad day for me, to compound several sad weeks in a row. I actually do decent because of upsets over the long run, but I'm wiping out my profits by putting Liverpool on almost every acca I have.

PNE did themselves another favour once more keeping in tune with my feeling that this league is for martingaling on a team with odds above 2/1. Stick with Blades HT win for a bit, it's good value, but don't take my word for it.

^^^Thank icopress and Betnomi, I'm just helping along

Honestly, at this low point in Liverpool's season, I'm really looking forward to UCL. We get to meet Real, hopefully who maintain their freakish form, and we reset the season from there. We're over 10 points behind UCL spots, I'm sure we'll still get 4th, we know how, but it would be amazing to just win this trophy to make up for this deep disappointment.

Slightly out of topic but did anyone notice Betnomi has 2026 World Cup outright odds out? First thing that greets me on their Sports page haha.

Someone remind me never to put money on Freiburg again this season, please. At least not after Bayern drop points. 4 point gap became 5, throw away the game in hand, won't you?


I'm still going to bet against them every time odds are 10/1 and above (yesterday only 3/1 so that was dumb). They'll win, no doubt. Just only because every other pretender to the throne is incapable of capitalising on Bayern's inconsistency.