@boltz ouch! Senegal could've had a soft penalty and did cause some problems but it wasn't to be. Was (and still is) a lively night on Clubhouse TV, English guys happy with the results so far? Hendo opened scoring clinically, and Kane finally got his goal, so I took home my first WC special (too bad I wasn't daring enough with the stake ha). Oi thanks, just saw I have 21 points, missed some of the picks but so far, correct teams have progressed anyway but that I also have Morocco to progress vs Germany, who's actually now going to be Spain heh. Also saw you mention a bet on Senegal lead at 30' mark, guess you and me both will not get our faith in Senegal rewarded. |
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First Bitcoin I ever got was only exciting in the sense I could play around with it. Wasn't worth much then and still isn't today ($1.70) but it was pretty cool seeing the input and how you could manipulate it and magically conjure it back into another wallet when restoring, and seeing the same value reflected on a blockchain. Different feeling getting a significant amount as payment for work. Nervous too, making sure no mistakes made sending it to Localbitcoins to sell. P.S. You mentioned she got it into her account. Might want to ask her to move it into a proper wallet so she does, in fact, own it  |
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Gotta feel bad for Lewa. You can't even call Poland a one-man army cos even he can just dissapear out of the game.
France 2-0 already. England later on, should b 3-0. Easy games
Can't say I've seen him take penalties, actually, is that his usual style, to trick the goalie? Worked, for sure, and gave me the exact score I need to make up lost ground. I went with another 3-1 for England, it'll be really cool to get 3 points for that too, seems that clean sheets are a rare commodity in these rounds now hm? |
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To sum up my point here, everyone hates bitcoin and crypto right now and I don't see it changing. I've never seen more negativity and FTX made everything a lot worse.
"everyone hates bitcoin and crypto" -- I'm almost willing to bet that most of these haters: - actually got burned by using crypto in the very same way they've been using legacy finance (centralised lending and interest bearing services, speculating on assets with no underlying value, not interacting with decentralised networks). - never actually used bitcoin. Actual Bitcoin users have always been slowly, steadily, using and growing and improving. Sure, they're upbeat and as cheerful as everyone else in a rally, and muted in a bear market, some are even enjoying bargain prices. |
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I saw the video, he was using Maguire as a case study to what is going on in the country, I was shocked the majority of the Reps had no idea who Maguire was from the reaction on their faces when he started the story but burst into heavy laughter when he finally told how unfortunate they guy is. The African team has performed better than I expected; they have made significant contributions thus far, and based on current trends, we may have an African semi-finalist.
BTW Senegal Poland @ 7.80 and 10.50 respectively is a huge one.... might dip into one tomorrow.
Yeah the video cracked me up, the guy was so eloquent, and everyone else laughed too. One day that Ghanaian Maguire will become a meme. As promised yesterday, here is my Senegal bet. At great odds, too, I agree! I think England should still scrape through, but the Senegalese are super pumped, they want to do this for Aliou and Sadio! Poland I also took for a similar amount, and at the great odds you quoted (now still possible to get 11/1 if you use a Sportsbet special). |
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Damn you, Woodie, 2/2 right, and already 2 points ahead of me. I'm going to need our different answers to all go my way now, but I have to say you're in a strong position. Quarterfinal bastard-elect.
Now not sure my pick for England trio to have shot on target will hit, suddenly not even sure England will not grind out for penalties. Anyway.
Didn't watch Argentina but on livescores saw Messis scored with the sole shot on target by HT. Pretty much sums up his role, doesn't it?
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New 4-3-free, new specials! https://sportsbet.io/sports/4-3-freehttps://sportsbet.io/sports/sportsbet-specials/daily-specials/fifa-world-cup/matchesPoland 90 minutes at 11/1 is extra value, as nowhere else even scratches 10/1 from what I can see. Put a small one on Mbappe + Kane to score at 5/1. I'm certain about Mbappe, Kane needs a penalty but they should pass easily for LFC_Bitcoin joy haha. buwaytress how are you holding up in Sportsbet prediction competitions in Superbru and Fifa, I don't remember your accounts there?
Very poorly. I'm "Sojourner" in all these games. Mid table in pool, but Matchday 3 saved me actually as I started below 50th place! Now a respectable 20+ position thanks to some awesome upsets. Managed to get closer yesterday too, but I doubt I'm climbing into Top 10. Fifa? Forget it! |
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He's so popular I never heard of him, and might not even remember him the next time his name drops randomly here. Haven't we already gotten bored of these CNN CNBC pseudo-finance-crypto experts by now?
Calling a 10k bottom when we've seen Bitcoin struggle to keep hold of $17k isn't exactly analyses that won't be found elsewhere. It's Bitcoin. Dropping from current levels to 10k is not even a 50% drop, something Bitcoin's fully capable of.
The clever expert would instead be asking how low more can it go if it does breach 10k? It's psychological. Do we see a massive bounce? Or does that cause final capitulation?
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What I don't understand is how can someone be holding such amount of BTC in an exchange and still sleep at night?
I met someone back in 2017 who only bought Bitcoin on exchanges (in Europe, so it wasn't even a big exchange). He couldn't sleep at night knowing no one was going to be there to hold his hand and guide him through if he'd lost his password to his wallet like I showed him too, let alone private keys or seed phrase. Regularly loses his email passwords, apparently, and keeps multiple copies of housekeys, carkeys, etc. So I get it, Bitcoin self custody wasn't for him. At least, I said his wife should know, but that went down a whole different route, and myself haven't figured out how to get my family/next of kin to properly use either. Unfortunate, but it's actually not difficult to imagine why people still flock to exchanges. If I were as rich as Coinbase guy, I'd probably also have private insurance. |
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I can't believe my eyes - luck finally smiled at me and I exactly guessed the far from obvious score in the game Netherlands - USA!  I must say that despite the score, if we evaluate purely statistical indicators, then the United States was at least no worse. The Netherlands achieved the result simply due to the fact that their class is higher. All in all, it's a pity that a great US team is going home, but that's what the playoffs are like. Better finishers on their team, for sure. Pulisic is their main hope but we already know since leaving Germany he's anything but a clinical finisher. I don't think they were ever good enough for more than group progressors, but still, a better showing than previous iterations I guess. A good game overall from the Netherlands, they look much more dangerous with Depay playing. They are strong in defence and really tactical under Van Gaal. I liked them so far - they will be a tough nut to crack for anybody.
I didn't like them at all in group stage, but this match they started the way I enjoy, much, much more like their Nations League form. I suspect they actually have a good chance this Friday if they have the same type of start. Can't bet against a motivated Messi, though. Despite getting correct results for some unexpected matches, I'm far from the leaderboard.
I used to be you, 3 pool seasons ago in EPL. So not worth it when there are many games, but you might stand to gain with QFs because the huge underdogs will probably be out by then, then it's very close and most people like me will still go for favs. |
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Did anyone see the Ghana politician mentioning Maguire thing? I saw it on Al Jazeera, that was brilliant.
Saw the Senegal fans coverage on some local media too, brilliant Senegalese responses, everyone and I meant, everyone, said they weren't afraid of England... just Brazil and France haha.
2-1 Senegal's my pick, I'll share a bet tomorrow if I make it out of tonight alive. Just need Argentina to not mess up their lead!
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I don't like the amount of negativity within the cryptocurrency market. The S&P and NASDAQ seem to have bounced back nicely, while bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are breaking new bottoms. Had it not been for FTX, there probably would have been a bounce as well. Maybe it will happen with a delay when things settle down. As for your chart, it reminds me of May-July 2021 before bitcoin went to new highs.
I'm probably guilty of some of that negativity, but I have to insist it's only for the short term, and only with due respect to cycles -- we're undoubtedly in a downturn. The problem now is no mitigating circumstance. Just industry-specific problems, FTX and others that are obvious, but I feel like there will be more, funds themselves are saying they expect surprises around the corners once liabilities are made known. So I can't see us turning round the corner just yet. Not saying there isn't a corner, and light at the end of that. |
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I'm actually voting no, bottom's not going to come in just yet. Some seller exhaustion as you mentioned, miners getting squeezed out, but dollar is finally relenting by a lot (I send money home so the value's just dropped off almost 10% since last month) and then Fed should make good on their promise to ease off on interest hikes.
That'll bring relief this month, and maybe next -- but it won't be enough for the real bad news when that hits like a heap of bricks.
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Steve, another million dollar payout. Customer happy, Netherlands happy. Australia 2 goals next right? Did someone by any chance listened to my bet predictions I posted for today World Cup matches? If you did than you sure made a nice profit, but it's a shame I already locked my picks in Sportsbet pool much earlier  I actually got South Korea right, but was stupid enough to think Brasil B was way better than Cameroon. Didn't lose me anything at all, as this was a freebet from the 4-3-free promo. First one I won from that, and didn't manage to make anything out of it. Well done on your position for bracket! Which was your proudest country to select to go through? Australia? But this just happened... I made a slight mistake. I put the chip on 0/2/3 and it was too late to remove the chip. It lands on 2, and manager had to come to the table because the ball was slightly stuck on the border, lol. But after 2 mins, they confirmed it was 2, and I won back more than the Germany stake. This is what I call luck, thank you Sportsbet Damn man, and here I am proud of winning $75 betting on the top 3rd numbers haha. Definitely tempts me to try outright selections... |
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^Took the VAR promo yesterday, didn't re-up on this one today, didn't take anything actually, but I'll have a look at the Argentina specials if they're any.
Haven't hit a single special, all the way back to the qualification special (thanks to Belgium and Germany not making it out) so 0/4 is not pretty to look at from my performance.
9/1 for goalkicks was amazing though, it's already 3-4 at HT, good luck!
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That was a fast goal from the Dutch, for the first time not Gakpo having to break down defence, and the first time I've seen the Dutch play the way they're used to. Just their counters are still incredibly slow. Memphis off the mark quickly, I don't mind Netherlands putting US to the sword as I'm ready
Well done Slissy for taking home the yellow cap, I started really well but took my luck too far (did anyone notice Ulven raking in the exact scores and upsets though?).
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Thank you Cro2 for all the effort. @slaman29 I believe almost all participants here don't have English as a first language (I'm trying really hard to think but I can't recognise anyone in the list who speaks English natively!) but I can almost guarantee that being on this forum and actually engaging with the language helps everyone in the long run. It is a fair point you brought up, though, if the idea was to attract absolute newcomers -- but as Cro2's pointed out (and in other conversation threads), the event was aimed for the most active forum users and football enthusiasts, so the terminology's not at all foreign to anyone who bets regularly on football. For example, you see the cricket threads? I speak English well but I can't figure out 90% of the terms in cricket. But I'd bet there are even fewer native English speakers in those threads. But they know the game and all those cricket lingo which is mumbo jumbo to me, it's not for them. If they organised an event like this, I wouldn't participate, and fairplay, I shouldn't On the format itself, I think this is already much more engaging that anything else -- I can imagine other even more fun formats but time-sensitivity does create a problem with a global participant base. what bothers me is the deadline and first question? not sure how many answers did you get so far, but deadline is before match starts, and line-ups will be announced hour earlier, which would give main advantage to people the wait for deadline?
I entered my picks last night, without waiting to see lineups or injuries or whatever for Netherlands. Was I at a disadvantage? I don't think so, because I believe in myself hahaha Good luck @Woodie ! May the best bastard win. |
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Exchanges don't even need to trade any more once they get big enough like Binance. Fees and commissions from volume alone, that's big money, risk free, since it's all charged against deposits, and liquidity.
The trick is for them to encourage users to increase their activity, since fees+commissions are all per tx. Imagine a guy turning over his capital just 10x a day (possible with those leverage scalpers).
The question for you from me, and the answer's not important: when did you get bit?
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