I think the main concern relies on the purse split why Spence seems to avoid Crawford. A 50-50 split is not making sense for Spence. The reason? Between him and Crawford, the former seems the one that will make the possible fight profitable. He is a much-considered King of PPV compared to Crawford and that was proven already. Maybe a 60-40 should be fine but I don't know if Crawford will like that idea. Also another concern is the pot might not be very big enough for Spencer to accept Terence Crawford's challenge. As I mentioned before, Errol Spence Jr. is using a similar tactic as Floyd Mayweather where he will so no until the money is right for him to say yes. My only hope is they will not be old before they say yes similar to Amir Khan versus Kell Brook hehe. I don't think there will be no money in this fight, there will be enough for both, biggest paycheck ever for anyone of them. The hype is still there specially if Spence bet Ugas in his fight. Crawford has been calling him for quite sometime now, it's up to Spence to response back to make this fight happen. We don't want to see him on the downturn of their career before facing each other. It should be in their primes, in the next 2 years. I never told everyone that there will be no money for Spence versus Crawford, however, it would be very wrong to assume that there will be enough money on offer for 1 of the fighters. I am implying Errol Spence might want more than how much is on offer for him to fight the other king of the welterweight division. This is happening very much similar to Mayweather vs. Pacquiao. There were offers proposed for Mayweather, however, he rejected them because he was very certain the next offer would be bigger. He waited until he thought it was the biggest offer possible from the promoters. I reckon Spence is also waiting for the biggest offer that he speculates would be the biggest possible from the promoters. So you saying that it will be waiting game moving forward? If that will be the reasoning that maybe there will be no hype if they decided to fight in the next couple of years or when Spence is satisfied with the offer. And who knows, maybe along the way there could be some that might come up and this fight might not going to happen until it was too late. And it seems that Crawford will have to sit because of this one: Terence Crawford has filed a lawsuit against his former promoter Bob Arum’s Top Rank, in which he’s alleged that ‘revolting racial bias’ prevented him from securing big fights and earning millions of dollars. https://talksport.com/sport/1022645/bob-arum-terence-crawford-lawsuit-top-rank/I am only speculating that it might be a waiting game like Mayweather and Pacquiao. Boxing is not only a sport for the professional boxers. It is also a business and I am certain that many kings in their divisions also want to become something similar to Floyd Mayweather. My only wish is they will not be very ancient if they fight hehehe. Did you see Amir Khan versus Kell Brook? That fight was years late, I reckon. |
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No way the Chargers are not at least 11/12 wins team next season with that defense: Bosa, Derwin James and the new signings Mack and JC Jackson.  Lots of interesting moves around the NFL today, but it's funny what the Cowboys decided to do with their receivers. They traded Amari Cooper to Cleveland for a fifth-round pick, but gave Gallup a $62.5 million contract despite the fact that he played six fewer games than Cooper last year, had 400 fewer receiving yards, and 2 TDs to Amari's 8TDs. Agreed! This is very good news after witnessing the Chargers lose their final regular season game because of their weaknesses in their defense. Justin Herbert certainly deserved more after that type of performance. Herbert was also my planned first choice quarterback for our next draft, however, with the goat Brady coming back from his fake retirement, it appears that I might choose him again first before any quarterback hehe. Yeah the Chargers are going to be a force to reckon with for years to come. Justin Herbert is one hell of a quarterback. They are pretty stacked all around on offense. It's amazing how there are so many good newer quarterbacks in the league but of course my Chicago Bears select a guy who looks like crap lol. I guess I need to give him time to get adjusted (and under a better coach) but I sure wish we had Herbert. I could definitely see a deep run by the Chargers this coming year. I reckon the Chargers should take good care of him and they should not treat him like they have done to Philip Rivers. According to some articles Philip Rivers had the talent to become a champion, however, he was not in the right team. This man has spent his younger football years to become a loser. Where is the picture with his many children hehehehehee. Yeah they will be locking Herbert up with a massive contract. The afc is loaded with good qb play. Good time to be a fan of an nfc team, now even Jax spending like crazy to put together a good team. God forbid TL becomes as good as these qbs. The next 10 years is going to be fun to watch. Fantasy football dream here lol. I forgot about the Jaguars. I was very naive about them. I thought their no.1 pick quarterback would take them to the playoffs and there was also the tight end for marketing before the season. It was a very good strategy for fund raising. We might have also forgotten about Massage Watson. My prediction, he will go to the Atlanta Falcons where he will be accepted whatever type of person the news media has denounced him to be heheehe. The Cleveland Browns were informed Thursday that they are no longer in the running to land Deshaun Watson in a trade with the Houston Texans, a team source told ESPN.
Browns officials met with Watson on Tuesday in Houston and attempted to persuade the quarterback to waive his no-trade clause to play for them. But Watson instead eliminated the Browns from contention, leaving the New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons as the remaining known contenders for Watson.Source https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33526461/cleveland-browns-running-trade-deshaun-watson-now-face-decision-baker-mayfield-source-says |
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There was a thread arguing why we should not invest in NFTs. I agree that similar to the ICOs of 2017, there will be scams and this is a good reason to avoid them. However, similar to ICOs as a democratic method to fund a project, NFT is becoming a cultural submovement that also earns income for the artists and the collectors of the artists’ work.
I speculate similar to ICOs and Defi, NFTs will be here for many years.
Being here for many years doesn't mean that it's a successful technology. You mentioned ICOs and Defi, can you tell me how many projects based ICO you knew were successful? Among thousands of running ICOs, i only know Ethereum (was first lunched with an initial coin offering) and Binance (BNB). All the rest was a way to scam investors or used for money laundering. The same situation can be applied for DEFI and for meme coins as well. NFT market has few use-cases (mainly in gaming) but we can't say it's successful because someone was successful to sell a pixel art for thousands of dollars as no one can tell who bought it and for what reasons. There are not many projects that begun as ICOs that have become successful, however, the projects that became successful has become very successful. These are projects like Ethereum, Binance smartchain, Avalanche and other blockchains. Was Chainlink an ICO? I reckon that project is also very successful. In any case, this news might also imply that my speculations on NFTs might become true. One of the world's biggest bank is investing in the metaverse. This is certainly only the beginning. NFTs will in portfolios of billionaires. HSBC (HSBC), with almost $3 trillion in assets, is the first global bank to enter The Sandbox metaverse, the blockchain gaming firm said on Wednesday.
The bank will buy a plot of land at The Sandbox metaverse, which it will develop to engage with sports, e-sports and gaming fans, the statement said.
Details of HSBC's development in the virtual plot of land weren't announced. A promotional GIF that was posted along with the statement showed an HSBC stadium next to a virtual body of water.
HSBC sees "great potential" in creating "new experiences through emerging platforms," said Suresh Balaji, chief marketing officer at HSBC Asia-Pacific, in the statement. The partnership with The Sandbox will enable the bank to "create innovative brand experiences for new and existing customers," he added.
Gucci, Warner Music Group (WMG), The Walking Dead, Snoop Dogg and Adidas are among global brands that are working with The Sandbox.Source https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/16/hsbc-enters-the-metaverse-through-partnership-with-the-sandbox/ |
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There were competitors even before binance, its just that the exchange was easier to use with yuge volume and Legendary users shills for Binance back in 2016 that users leave polo and bittrex for it. Binance has BSC so it will stand a chance of getting richer and richer I hate BSC with a passion. Binance tricks customers into withdrawing their own made-up tokens instead of Bitcoin. Exactly. Its what makes this Binance sucessful with BNB. Tricking users is the trick but I think this isnalso to model of some other exchanges today. Having their own token and platform to have made up tokens. I reckon if Binance tricked their users to withdraw in their own blockchain's token and it created a new model for other exchanges to copy and follow, was it not the most natural move for exchanges and it was only Binance did it first? I speculate that after Solana's failures, SBF might order the development of a fork of Solana as FTX's own blockchain and use FTT as the token. I have also speculated that banks and other traditional institutions will buy exchanges, similar to how Circle bought Poloniex. However, I might be mistaken. It appears exchanges in the cryptospace can also grow bigger to buy the banks hehehe. Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is looking into acquiring banks and payment processors in Brazil, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said Wednesday.Source https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/16/binance-ceo-says-firm-is-looking-into-buying-banks-and-payment-processors-in-brazil/ |
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No way the Chargers are not at least 11/12 wins team next season with that defense: Bosa, Derwin James and the new signings Mack and JC Jackson. Lots of interesting moves around the NFL today, but it's funny what the Cowboys decided to do with their receivers. They traded Amari Cooper to Cleveland for a fifth-round pick, but gave Gallup a $62.5 million contract despite the fact that he played six fewer games than Cooper last year, had 400 fewer receiving yards, and 2 TDs to Amari's 8TDs. Agreed! This is very good news after witnessing the Chargers lose their final regular season game because of their weaknesses in their defense. Justin Herbert certainly deserved more after that type of performance. Herbert was also my planned first choice quarterback for our next draft, however, with the goat Brady coming back from his fake retirement, it appears that I might choose him again first before any quarterback hehe. Yeah the Chargers are going to be a force to reckon with for years to come. Justin Herbert is one hell of a quarterback. They are pretty stacked all around on offense. It's amazing how there are so many good newer quarterbacks in the league but of course my Chicago Bears select a guy who looks like crap lol. I guess I need to give him time to get adjusted (and under a better coach) but I sure wish we had Herbert. I could definitely see a deep run by the Chargers this coming year. I reckon the Chargers should take good care of him and they should not treat him like they have done to Philip Rivers. According to some articles Philip Rivers had the talent to become a champion, however, he was not in the right team. This man has spent his younger football years to become a loser. Where is the picture with his many children hehehehehee. |
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I think the main concern relies on the purse split why Spence seems to avoid Crawford. A 50-50 split is not making sense for Spence. The reason? Between him and Crawford, the former seems the one that will make the possible fight profitable. He is a much-considered King of PPV compared to Crawford and that was proven already. Maybe a 60-40 should be fine but I don't know if Crawford will like that idea. Also another concern is the pot might not be very big enough for Spencer to accept Terence Crawford's challenge. As I mentioned before, Errol Spence Jr. is using a similar tactic as Floyd Mayweather where he will so no until the money is right for him to say yes. My only hope is they will not be old before they say yes similar to Amir Khan versus Kell Brook hehe. I don't think there will be no money in this fight, there will be enough for both, biggest paycheck ever for anyone of them. The hype is still there specially if Spence bet Ugas in his fight. Crawford has been calling him for quite sometime now, it's up to Spence to response back to make this fight happen. We don't want to see him on the downturn of their career before facing each other. It should be in their primes, in the next 2 years. I never told everyone that there will be no money for Spence versus Crawford, however, it would be very wrong to assume that there will be enough money on offer for 1 of the fighters. I am implying Errol Spence might want more than how much is on offer for him to fight the other king of the welterweight division. This is happening very much similar to Mayweather vs. Pacquiao. There were offers proposed for Mayweather, however, he rejected them because he was very certain the next offer would be bigger. He waited until he thought it was the biggest offer possible from the promoters. I reckon Spence is also waiting for the biggest offer that he speculates would be the biggest possible from the promoters. |
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I've heard they don't have a very good reputation and seem a bit scammy too so it might not be a good idea to use them at all - especially when there are better and safer options out there.
It seems weird to see the US, Syria, Iran and China on the same list though - presumably it's due to regulations in those countries though.
Those 4 countries are certainly not weird to be in their list of banned countries. Syria and Iran are 2 countries that are sanctioned by America. China has banned the cryptospace in their jurisdiction and America is a compliance problem and it would clearly be better for a small exchange to avoid. However, agreed. I am not certain of gate.io's reputation but if you are forced to KYC, do it with bigger exchanges similar to FTX or Binance. |
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And what's the point of this tweet? Not only is it most probably not true, it also seems irrelevant and pointless. If Su Zhu is saying that Binance is actually bigger than all the European banks combined, well, the numbers don't agree. If Su Zhu is saying that Binance is actually worth much more than its declaration, I'm more than sure these European banks are, too. And if Su Zhu is simply promoting Binance, well, it might not be effective at all. Binance is on the road going down.
I am not certain what Su Zhu's point is, however, my point in sharing this tweet is that I am beginning to admit that I might be wrong in telling everyone that FTX is the Binance killer hehehe. In any case, Su Zhu might be implying that if there was a financial company that will be worth more than the European banks, it might be Binance and it appears he is quite certain of this. It might only be a larp but why would he larp this unless he is a direct investor of Binance. @Husires. Agreed. We do not know how Su Zhu measured networth. |
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Who are those 3 voters for Dillian Whyte hehehe. I have speculated that Wilder might win versus Fury, however, after we witnessed Fury again winning has convinced me that he might retire as a champion. This will certainly be a knockout victory for Tyson Fury, however, I am not sure if this will be under 9.5 rounds or over.
@bisdak, @Boafeng. What are your bets or advice for this? Can this be an 11th round knockout victory for Fury?
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It appears Dana's new pet Paddy the Baddy is doing a similar strategy of hype like Dana's other pet Conor McGregor. Paddy Pimblett and Ilia Topuria almost went into a fight in the hotel where the fighters were staying hehe. The video appeared to be Paddy throwing a box with food some inside, however, the article mentioned that it was Topuria who punched Paddy. This feud began when Paddy tweeted that people from Georgia are stupid. I reckon this implies Paddy wants to fight Topuria after Rodrigo Vargas hehehe. The tweets and video are in the article. UFC fighters Paddy Pimblett and Ilia Topuria may not be fighting each other this weekend at UFC London, but that didn’t stop them at the fighter hotel.Source https://www.mmanews.com/2022/03/paddy-pimblett-ilia-topuria-altercation/ |
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That is ridiculous, how can Binance worths more than the whole European banks? Not even comparing it with one or two banks. Binance is the largest crypto exchange but as people are getting to knowing about cryptocurrencies, there are new exchanges that are developing. No KYC is one of the reasons Binance growth was more than those of Huobi Global and some other exchange, not that Binance offer better services, but now Binance mandate KYC. Cryptocurrencies are getting regulated and there are a lot of competition, people should not expect Binance to grow more than usual.
Agreed that it might be ridiculous. I had a similar head shaking reaction, however, why would Su Zhu larp about CZ or Binance? Also, I am quite certain he knows more about the people behind the cryptospace than people like us who are ordinary forum cave trolls hehehehe. In any case, might Su Zhu also be implying about something else like illegal or hidden weath? I reckon CZ begun buying bitcoin on 2012. |
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Anyone who reads the news would speculate that the American dollar's replacement would certainly be the Chinese yuan, however, nothing has occured to make this speculation very clear. But something has just occured and it appears this will be the beginning of the American dollar's descension. I speculate a big trade war between China and America which will transform into a cold war then it will become an open war that will start world war 3. I hope I am dead before this occurs. Saudi Arabia considers accepting yuan for oil sales.
Western sanctions on Russia have made countries that aren't on good terms with the US acutely aware of how money can be weaponized and that appears to have rekindled Saudi-China talks on pricing oil in yuan.
The talks over pricing oil in yuan have been ongoing for six years but the WSJ reports that they've accelerated as Saudis "have grown increasingly unhappy with decades-old U.S. security commitments to defend the kingdom." The report says the Saudis want US support for their intervention in the Yemen civil war.Source https://www.forexlive.com/news/saudi-arabia-considers-accepting-yuan-for-oil-sales-opec-leaves-demand-forecast-unchanged-20220315/ |
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Forgot to mention that Golden Globe awards for 2022 are out, which can somehwat helps to deermine who could win an Oscar. Here are the winners in the few most popular categories: Best Picture Drama : Power of the Dog (just confirms that it's Oscar favorite) Best Picture – Musical/Comedy: West Side Story (for me one of the worst Best Picture nominees) Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama: Nicole Kidman Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama: Will Smith You can check the full list here https://variety.com/2022/film/news/2022-golden-globes-winners-list-1235149340/I reckon if a movie wins best picture, best director, best actor or other major award in the Golden Globe, it increases the chance that those movies or actors and actresses might not win in the Oscar awards. I am not quite certain why this occurs, however, we have witnessed this many times. I speculate Coda or Belfast might presently have a chance hehehe. |
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No way the Chargers are not at least 11/12 wins team next season with that defense: Bosa, Derwin James and the new signings Mack and JC Jackson. Lots of interesting moves around the NFL today, but it's funny what the Cowboys decided to do with their receivers. They traded Amari Cooper to Cleveland for a fifth-round pick, but gave Gallup a $62.5 million contract despite the fact that he played six fewer games than Cooper last year, had 400 fewer receiving yards, and 2 TDs to Amari's 8TDs. Agreed! This is very good news after witnessing the Chargers lose their final regular season game because of their weaknesses in their defense. Justin Herbert certainly deserved more after that type of performance. Herbert was also my planned first choice quarterback for our next draft, however, with the goat Brady coming back from his fake retirement, it appears that I might choose him again first before any quarterback hehe. |
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Lol - this will get juicy Sorry Davef - but I couldn’t help myself …feck me ..this guy looks like robocop I was monitoring this news but I stopped because it appeared it did not have more updates and it became boring. However, agreed! It will certainly get juicy because it was also speculated that there was 1.938 billion in euros that was deposited by one of the trustees to 6 bank accounts in 2 Philippine banks. The banks denied receiving this, however and said that that Wirecard was not a customer. This makes it appear that the trustee used different names not under Wirecard to open those bank accounts to launder the money. It would not be very shocking if there were bank employees helping the trustee to launder the money. A financial scandal has rocked Germany as its fintech darling comes crashing following revelations some $2.1 billion, about a quarter of its assets, has gone missing.
Fingers are now being pointed towards Mark Kristopher G. Tolentino (pictured), the so called “Trustee 2” who managed this money and apparently is not responding.
According to a mainstream German daily, after being appointed as trustee in late 2019 Tolentino is said to have opened six accounts for Wirecard with the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and BDO Unibank.
“He is said to have deposited 393.5 million euros for Wirecard UK & Ireland Ltd. For Wirecard Technology GmbH it was 400.5 million. 30 million for Wirecard AG, 20 million for Wirecard Sales International GmbH and finally almost 1.1 billion for the subsidiary Cardsystem Middle East FZ LLC. In total: 1.938 billion euros,” they say.
When KPMG auditors went to talk to these banks however, BPI told them there are no business relationships with Wirecard, while BDO said Wirecard is not a customer.
The two banks further said the money could not be found, with the Philippines central bank also saying this two billion “never reached the Philippine financial system.” If it had, they would have noticed it as it would amount to 5% of all foreign currency deposits they said.
Wirecard is a financial company founded in 1999 that through a subsidiary was also an issuer for crypto payment card providers Crypto.com and TenX.
FT alleged in January 2019 that a senior executive was suspected of “falsification of accounts” and “money laundering,” with Wirecard launching a lawsuit in response for “unethical reporting” and market manipulation.Source https://www.trustnodes.com/2020/06/21/mark-tolentino-the-2-1-billion-wirecard-thief |
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It might be close according to 3 Arrows Capital cofounder, Su Zhu who is also a known to have become one of the largest investors in the cryptospace. I have speculated that FTX would be the Binance killer, however, it appears that Binance's competitors might not have enough funding to do this if Su Zhu's speculation on Binance's networth is true.  Do not attack this manIs Binance worth more than the sum of all European banks now? Might be closeSource https://mobile.twitter.com/zhusu/status/1503228704247644165?s=12
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I didn't read the article, I'm not an economist, much less a market analyst, but even I know that the US dollar will always exist, so I respect the opinion of this guy who wrote this, but I disagree with him, the US dollar will always exist , bitcoin did not come to replace fiat, governments will not leave their fiat that contains the history and sovereignty of their country to use only bitcoin, this will not happen, bitcoin will be used together with fiat even if it is 50 or 100 years from now. so
I reckon he was telling everyone that it was the end of the US dollar as an international currency for international trade and as the currency preferred to be held in their vaults. However, I agree, the American dollar might lose its position but it will never go away and bitcoin will certainly not be the replacement. I speculate that it might be the currency of the strongest economy behind it, the Chinese Yuan. |
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Brady the goat is back as predicted hehehe. He is not playing in San Francisco as speculated, however. That would have created a more exciting preseason trade and another exciting situation on the beginning of the regular season on September. We cannot have everything hehe. In any case, Brady will certainly be in my draft list again on our next fantasy football. When are we going to begin this? These past two months I’ve realized my place is still on the field and not in the stands. That time will come. But it’s not now. I love my teammates, and I love my supportive family. They make it all possible. I’m coming back for my 23rd season in Tampa. Unfinished business LFGSource https://mobile.twitter.com/tombrady/status/1503147141795045378?s=12 |
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@Welsh. If we can be very honest, the fight was very boring for a light heavyweight fight between 2 fighters who are in the top 10. I am not certain what the other fighters are hyping in their posts in social media. https://www.mmanews.com/2022/03/fighters-react-to-ankalaev-outlasting-santos-at-ufc-vegas-50/I reckon if Ankalaev challenged Glover Teixeira tomorrow my bet would certainly be on Glover Teixeira. Ankalaev clearly did not show anything in this fight vs. Thiago Santos. |
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I think the main concern relies on the purse split why Spence seems to avoid Crawford. A 50-50 split is not making sense for Spence. The reason? Between him and Crawford, the former seems the one that will make the possible fight profitable. He is a much-considered King of PPV compared to Crawford and that was proven already. Maybe a 60-40 should be fine but I don't know if Crawford will like that idea. Also another concern is the pot might not be very big enough for Spencer to accept Terence Crawford's challenge. As I mentioned before, Errol Spence Jr. is using a similar tactic as Floyd Mayweather where he will so no until the money is right for him to say yes. My only hope is they will not be old before they say yes similar to Amir Khan versus Kell Brook hehe. |
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