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301  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: BitMex Founder Accuses Trump of Being Insincere About His Support for Crypto on: July 16, 2024, 12:38:53 PM
I don't agree with Mr. Hayes, but he gave some advice to the crypto community. He said that crypto voters (if there's anything like that) should ask elected officials to push for pro-crypto laws before election day.

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Some readers may believe this essay is a thinly veiled attempt to poison the minds of pro-crypto Trump supporters. I am not a member of either political party, nor do I care who wins the US Presidential election. The party in power has the means and motive to do whatever it takes to remain in power. This is even more true if the ruling party has done questionable things to block the opposition from taking the reins. That is why it’s more effective to work with the Democratic party. If the situation were reversed, I would advocate supporting the Republicans. The point is that, in a highly polarized two-party system, being partisan is detrimental to achieving your single-issue policy goal.

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If crypto voters in the US can pass a simple yet profound piece of pro-crypto legislation, it will be highly publicized. As a result, it will politically activate crypto holders in other jurisdictions where a small, vocal, and focused minority voting bloc can achieve legislative results.

Look how quickly Hong Kong and the London Stock Exchanges launched or scheduled launches of Bitcoin spot Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) once the US listed an ETF. Nation-state competition is our friend. Suppose there is a serious effort to use this unique moment in history to push through a transformative, simple, yet effective piece of pro-crypto legislation in the US. In that case, it behooves non-Americans to help the cause.

Helping the cause means shaming individuals and companies that propose legislation that reeks of crypto-crony capitalism. Helping the cause means analyzing and offering feedback on serious proposals. Helping the cause means demanding that those who claim to champion crypto politically in the US not accept the empty platitudes of politicians seeking reelection but demand concrete action now before the votes are cast. And finally, helping the cause means organizing a similar effort in your country if it is a representative democracy featuring highly polarized political parties where no one party has an overwhelming majority.

https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/hot-chick



It is best to push for pro crypto laws that are favourable for the cryptocurrency market before elections are held, because it easy to hold politicians at the jugular for them to do your bidding as citizen before they are elected, so if there are intending laws that Donald Trump wants put or initiate for the betterment of the crypto space, then we should start seeing them.

Though this is political season in the U.S, so most persons on the political divide will see this article as an attack on their own political party, no matter how neutral the author of the article would want to sound.
302  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: July 15, 2024, 04:49:07 PM
Since Manchester United couldn't get good results in the last season with Ten Hag they decided to keep the coach and hire more -layers to get the team improved and this will be easier for them since they won't need to make big changes in the team.
Now it seems Manchester United hired Joshua Zirkzee the player of Bologna for five years.
They will pay 42.5 million euros for three years for this Dutch player.


Nooo way, Joshua Zirkzee is taking big risk to join Manchester United instead of Milan, he must able to show off if he can score many goals, if not Manchester United will prioritize Hojlund over him. I think he choose Manchester United because the team is more popular and the manager speak same language, but Manchester United isn't a place to develop your potential.

Many good players who joined Manchester United suffered performance declines.
LoL i just read through your comment and I couldn't hold back my laughter, so Manchester united has become this worse that you think the youngster will not do too well with the RED DEVILS.
The thing is that, Ten hag has been criticized enough during last season, and I think he is putting up a strong army for which Joshua zirkzee will be part of this coming season. Manchester united needs Frontliners that will create opportunities for goals, so believe he can be shuffling Rasmus Hojlund, Marcus Rashford and Joshua zirkzee or sometimes give a perfect blind of the various Frontliners.
303  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Being hesitant could make or break you. on: July 15, 2024, 04:22:08 PM
An event from the European football championships final - Spain vs England was almost turning into a disaster for three young men on their youth corp service program/camp , just about half a mile away from where I reside.. " I heard people screaming terribly and I had to look below from my balcony". It was an intense argument about one of them being too hesitant in wagering a bigger amount, and the rest being too afraid to make any bookings at all. It was a 2.98 odds on Spain and 3.69 odds on England at around the time of booking.
He managed to win 100k from the little he was able to summon up courage with.

What's the best way to overcome the problems of uncertainty and hesitation when determining an amount to wager?
Gambling is risk, you just have to look beyond your hesitation and stake what you can afford to lose, the rest of the two guys that weren't as courageous as him will only standby and watch him celebrate his win or celebrate along with him, because if they had taken the same risk as the winner did, they would have all been celebrating their wins together.

Opportunities like this don't always present themselves in the gambling world, so if you see an opportunity, just grab it, some person's go as far as sharing their money into two places just to stake on the both teams to win on different slips, whichever that enters is a win-win for them.

304  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers➡Group Stage➡1/8➡QF➡HF➡FINAL on: July 15, 2024, 02:22:32 PM
The Spanish players have the mentality on the field especially Yamal, Olmo and William these players are quite important for Spain they have a big contribution to the Spanish victory in addition Olmo made a great save, if there was no him at the back maybe the score would be 2-2 but fate says otherwise that Olmo is said to be special because he helped save Spain.

Whenever Harry Kane reaches a final and he fails to win a trophy then many people will attribute that it is a curse but this is true he has never won a single trophy with any club.
Can Harry Kane be called a jinx? Not really, he's done a lot for the club but it's just unfortunate that he's always missing out on trophies, which is a shame.
Spain played very well, and it's not Kane's fault that England can't win, I'm sure he's not the only player who still remains without trophies. I really hope that this season he will be able to win several trophies with Bayern at once, so that Kane will finally stop being associated with this.

And I think that in any case it would have been difficult for England to beat Spain with such a game, they spent too much time near their goal, and it was good that they were able to take advantage of a quick attack, but this was not enough to count on victory. De La Fuente assembled a very strong team, they were immediately one of the contenders for victory.
Yes, Harry Kane cannot be blamed, even though in last night's match he didn't show a good performance, but if you look at England's game, the one who should be blamed is the coach, Southgate was unable to utilize his star players. It can be seen that England's game is having difficulty developing, the attacks that are built are very monotonous and easy for the Spanish players to guess, and only rely on long balls, not many surprises occurred in last night's match, making the match less interesting, England must immediately improve and immediately fire Southgate who must immediately considered.

I have no doubts that Spain will become European champions this year, it's clear they control the game on the pitch very well. Once again, congratulations to the Spanish national team for becoming Euro champions in 2024
I don't agree with you on blaming Gareth Southgate, his tactics where logically and the team defended quite well, Harry Kane lost out at some point in the game, but that was as a result of the way the Spanish defence keep him amd jude Bellingham. Kane is a player that stands as a threat on that Spanish defence wether you agree or not, because if the opportunity presence's itself, trust me he will score perfectly. The Spanish team are so fast with their ball movement, Nico Williams, Dani olmo, alvaro morata and yamal literally making the English defence busy at every, but then the English team tried to manage their defence all through.

The only blame I have for the England players was their inability to be proactive, they are always reactive. Before they equalize that first goal, they literally where incharge of the game, immediately they equalized, they began to relax, thereby allowing the Spanish team to gain momentum, which they eventually did and scored at the die minute of the game.
305  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Copa America 2024 Prediction Thread on: July 15, 2024, 03:19:40 AM
In today's copa America Argentina vs Colombia final match, Colombia is showing a really good performance. They are playing equally against a strong team like Argentina. The first half ended in a 0-0 draw with equal performances from both teams. Now the second half has started, as usual both teams continue to perform evenly. If the match continues like this, it will eventually go to Tribecar. Now let's see if Argentina can do anything before that.
Sincerely speaking I'm really surprised at Colombia's performance, they've been tackling Argentina with so much energy from the first half and up till over 70 minutes of play, though the Argentines have been showing a good level of experience football, but unfortunately for them their talisman Lionel Messi has been brought out due to hamstring injury he has sustained and that has caused a bit of setback for them.

 Luis diaz, James Rodriguez and few others Frontliners are finding it difficult to breakthrough the Argentina defensive which is looking solid like the wall of Gibraltar, though Colombia too are a bit solid with their defense but most times Angel di maria still dribbling his way in sometime and causes a lot of panic from his wing with his moves. It's 80 minutes of play and still goalless from both sides, looks like we are going to witness extra time of play.
306  Local / Politics and society (Naija) / Re: Problem of native language identity cause for concern, if not now in the future on: July 13, 2024, 04:54:03 PM
It is true that Nigeria has hundreds of languages. Choosing one could be judged as tribalism or neglect of others. Making it seem like others are not important or necessary. But there is a truth that having a unified language can strengthen a Nation's identity here in the forum or in other diversified places.

Pidgin is a Lingua Franca and not a Native language but it is expected that the local board should be a place for us to speak our Native language. The question could be is Pidgin our native language? I saw a thread discussing where one member was saying he sees Nigerians speak Pure English and sometimes Pidgin that he is not sure if we have a native language unlike other LB in the forum which is obvious you can see them speak fluently in their native language.

However, cheers to all of us who have managed tp promote unity and national identity without imposing a single language here in the forum, but we shouldn't forget that anyone can infiltrate our local board speaking a pure English, disguising as a member of the LB. Or dont we think so?
Nigeria is a country of diverse language, so we cannot unanimously choose a particular language to be spoken here in the LB. our diversity in language difference is what makes us unique. so for the adoption of pidgin English and English language for the local board is a welcome development. If people from other countries want to engage us here in the local board, then so be it, we are open to discuss issues that surrounds us in Nigeria and also in the diaspora.

Also in the future I don't see it causing any problem as you've pointed OP, because even as citizens in Nigeria we don't have a single native language that everyone speaks apart from English language and pidgin, yet we've been living together with mixed tribes in peace and harmony.
307  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Africa Football Discussion || Current Topic: Worldcup qualifiers - CAF. on: July 13, 2024, 03:48:30 PM

https://dailypost.ng/2024/07/12/nff-reportedly-offer-herve-renard-e2million-salary-to-coach-super-eagles/
The Nigeria Football Federation are now in contacting with Herve Renard seeking for his services in the position of the head coach of the Super Eagles after Finidi Goerge resignation due to losses of the Nigeria super eagles in the qualifier games under his management. For which which many argued he was incompetent for the job. But here's Renard are we sure he's going to take up the task? I heard the NFF are offering to pay 2 million euros as salary.

Renard is one foreign coach that is well acquainted with the African football games, and following his profile as the only foreign coach that have won the African cup of Nations twice, may be , he can bring back some hopes if he eventually takes up the job.
Well the first thing to take now is that he obviously has a strong record and that's what counts although even if he indeed signs the contract, he still needs to perform some magic to be able to see Nigeria scale through in terms of the world cup qualifications because their chances now are very slim after the series of disappointment that occured with the super eagles and George finidi.
I think it's due to the 50/50 chances of the Super Eagles qualifying for the world cup qualification that they are out for someone who's with a high propensity of scaling the Super Eagles through and not just an average coach. Knowing what is at stake It's seem Renard believes he can actually deliver that's why he's asking for a huge pay salary for the role. Nigeria didn't qualify to the immediate past world cup and that was so embarrassing, it would be worst we don't qualify for a second time in a row.  if Renard has what magic he can use to scale the super eagles through despite where we are now then it's worth giving him a shot.
Herve Renard will do little to salvage the super Eagles to qualify for the world cup, because the time frame to select various players that he would have wanted to help out in this situation is short. The huge pay he is requesting for is because he knows that if he doesn't succeed with the qualification, the Nigerian football federation will call for his sack almost immediately, because the NFF is always impatient with results, so most coaches already know about that. So Renard is giving the NFF the shorter part of the stick by demanding for a huge pay.
308  Economy / Economics / Re: Are business partners worth it. on: July 13, 2024, 02:05:32 PM
I was reading about partnership business and I came across this article somewhere, we’ve all heard the horror stories about business partnerships gone wrong – disagreements, legal battles, and even, in extreme cases, assassinations. But on the flip side, we see famed partnerships in developed countries that have stood the test of time and grown into industry giants. Think of Google, founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, or Apple, started by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

Though partnerships can be incredibly rewarding, they aren’t for everyone. If you’re considering entering into one, it’s crucial to be well-informed about the potential risks and benefits.

The Pros of Business Partnerships
Shared Resources and Skills: Pooling resources can enhance operational capacity.
Partners can bring complementary skills, enriching the business.

Increased Capital: Financial contributions from partners can provide a stronger capital base, facilitating growth and stability.

Shared Risk: Partners share the financial and operational risks, reducing individual burden.

Enhanced Network: Access to a wider network of contacts and potential clients through your partner.

The Cons of Business Partnerships: Conflict Potential:Differences in vision, work style, and decision-making can lead to conflicts.

Shared Profits: Profits must be divided, potentially reducing individual financial gain.

Legal and Financial Liability: Each partner is liable for the actions of the other, which can complicate legal and financial responsibilities

Decision-Making Challenges: Slower decision-making processes due to the need for consensus.

Best Practices for Successful Partnerships:
Clear Agreements: Draft a detailed partnership agreement outlining roles, responsibilities, profit-sharing, and exit strategies.

Aligned Vision and Goals: Ensure both partners share a common vision and business goals to prevent future conflicts.

Effective Communication: Maintain open, honest, and regular communication to address issues promptly and keep the partnership strong.

Defined Roles and Responsibilities: Clearly define each partner’s role and responsibilities to avoid overlap and confusion.

Conflict Resolution Mechanisms: Establish mechanisms for resolving conflicts early to prevent disputes from escalating.

This push me to ask "Are Business Partners truely Worth it"??

https://kudikonsult.com/are-business-partnerships-worth-it/
When it comes to partnership in a business environment, it is always advisable to have a clear cut understanding of the both parties agreement, there should be set up agreement signed by both parties in the presence of their lawyers or some form of sworn affidavit to show proof of partnership. The reason for some of this agreement is that, at the long run, if the business partnership is successful and disagreement occurs, both parties will now how to share the profit and go solo in peace.

But the best thing is to start up a business venture on your own without a partner if you have the resource, because it will sometimes save you the stress of wanting to wait for the response of your partner before initiating some transactions or executive some orders.
309  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers➡Group Stage➡1/8➡QF➡HF➡FINAL on: July 13, 2024, 01:01:28 PM
Every prediction can still be wrong because we all don't know what will happen in the final match so England could get lucky again and win in the end. Because if I look at the performance of the Spanish players, it cannot be denied that they were the best during their time at the Euros this time. But I also don't ignore the other players in England who can also make big changes in the final match because this is the deciding match to become champions at Euro 2024.

What you say is true because so far the final match is usually a match that allows both teams to show their best performance, so anything is possible, although so far England has not performed well except for a slight improvement in yesterday semifinal match, but I hope Southgate will be able to create a significant difference in their game strategy to face Spain later, because it is not an easy thing to face a team that relies on team collectiveness in their game all this time, but one thing is certain I hope that the match between Spain and England will be became a fierce match and deserved to be the final match between two big teams.

With this both teams will definitely play their hardest. But even so I still feel that for now Spain is still slightly superior. Not that England will not fight back for this final match but looking at the Spanish style and their confidence against big clubs then I think that the victory will lean towards Spain in this final.

A lot of persons are already giving the Spanish team an edge over England, which I wouldn't want to argue about that because mere looking at the playing pattern of Spain, the teams they've been able to conquer before getting to this final stage, leaves them with a lot of advantage over England in the minds of a lot of football fans.

 However Looking at both teams, England are a bit balanced when it comes to defence and their central midfield, the only thing they have found lacking is their attack, which has a more retroactive mindset of players instead of being proactive, they mostly like to pick charge when they've been scored first, then they begin to force the attack and probably equalize. The Spanish team on the other hand, are very fast with their movement of the ball and are good at cutting the ball in from the edge, which a very good attacking formation but their defence is not as good as that of the English team. So I'm open-minded as to seeing how the game will go, hopefully England will defensively control the ball to their own advantage.
310  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: What better ways can Bitcoin contribute to the economic situation in the country on: July 12, 2024, 04:45:41 PM
I greet una my country people. As we all know this our country condition don dey pass be careful, things done dey get out of hand. My question Na how Bitcoin fit take in any way help in making Sure the less privilege fit afford to purchase or invest in Bitcoin through any ways, since we all know the hiking level now.
OP your topic and the body of your message is not correlating, first you're asking about how can Bitcoin help the economy of the country in your topic, while you're asking on the body of your text about the possibilities of the less privilege to be able afford Bitcoin given the hike in the prices of Goods and services, so for me there is a distinct difference between the both of them.

However in answering your question, first you must understand that to invest in Bitcoin you must have some  purchasing powers, and given the current rate of naira against the dollar, the less privilege will have double their effort to see how they can raise some reasonable amount to start their purchase or investment on Bitcoin, at least the DCA method can help out in this situation.
311  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Betting on favorites or upsets? on: July 12, 2024, 02:46:49 PM
In betting, we always need to want to make a profit, i.e. to win our bets.
To do so, we need a good analysis about odds and teams to bet on. If we are not doing our research, we won’t be able to generate as much profits as we want because we can fail. We always need to make a good analysis about odds and teams to bet on.

We have a few strategies available when it comes to 1x2 bets.

1x2 bets are generally very popular because it’s a very easy bet to bet on.
1 means home team will win
x means a draw will happen
2 means aways team will win

Now, we just need to find a game, when a favorite is playing or where possibly an upset can happen.

We can bet on favorites and make a profit from when favorites are winning. Odds are usually always lower when we will bet on favorites but we will make more often a profit when betting on favorites because favorite teams will win more often. A strategy to bet on favorites is generally less volatile for our bet balance.  

We can bet on upsets and make a profit from when upsets are happening. Odds are usually always higher when we will bet on upsets but we will make less often a profit when betting on upsets because upsets will happen less often. A strategy to bet on upsets is generally more volatile for our bet balance.  

Bets on favorites or upsets need to be considered carefully for which teams are playing and odds difference is also playing an important role. High odds for a favorite playing or high odds for an upset happening need to be evaluated carefully as well as when odds are just not good enough to go for a favorite winning or an upset happening.

We also need to consider aways or home games because it can make a big difference if a team plays at home or away. Usually, home teams have a considerable advantage and will win more often compared to away teams. But also, odds are lower if a team plays at home and odds will be higher, when a team plays away.  
Home advantage needs to be considered as well because some teams are stronger at home compared to competitors.

When we square now favorites and upsets and away and home teams winning, we have plenty of opportunities to go for a bet and to make a profit. Bookmakers are offering a wide range on opportunities to bet on.
It is up to us now how we want to make a profit from a good strategy for our bets.
So, share your best strategies to bet on favorites or upsets.

OP this is more like a lecture for football betting. The thing with football betting is your ability to see beyond the ordinarily eyes, most analyst use their minds eyes to give out possible result that might come out from a game, even betting against the favorite team they support. High odds in every game are mostly a trap, because is likely that it might not go in favour of that high odd, so is better to avoid it and look for a more balanced odd and place your bet, sometimes a win or draw for the home team can go, since we recognize the advantage of the team.

However this home and away advantage doesn't really count for most games. A team with more tactical technique will win an opponent team that lacks those tactics wether home or away, those that watch football will agree with me on that.
312  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season on: July 12, 2024, 02:10:05 PM

Real Madrid is the most consistent team in the UCL cups and has won the most trophies. We can call them winners. Everything is in place for the next season. An important addition at Real Madrid, the transfer Mbappe is now with them. Real Madrid and Manchester City appear to be the best candidates for the Champions League cup.

Ancelotti uses the squad he knows very well. They didn't even have a centre-forward last season, but Ancelotti developed a game and system.
To say that they will be championship candidates again next season I would agree with that, but to say they are winners for next season I think is too hasty.
Even though I like this club and hope they win the Champions League again next season and even new targets such as the treble winner are always expected for Madrid but still saying they are winners from now on I think it's too much and seems arrogant, because after all the Champions League is not an easy competition and there will be many obstacles to become a winner in this competition. There are still some big clubs that are worth paying attention to, especially for Manchester City, which in the last few seasons they have always been successful in setting records at the end of the season.

So in this case we only need to see whether the loss of Nacho and Kroos in their defense and midfield and the arrival of Mbappe in attack can make Madrid more stable or not for next season.
Every other club are stepping up their team just as Real Madrid are doing while getting ready for the next season Champions league trophy, and no doubt that Real has dominated the Champions league competition in this recent years, and regardless of them being the current champions league winners, Champions league is still more of an open competition each season and no team is guaranteed of the winner even though it happens that Real Madrid is dominating the competition, we have quite number of strong Big teams that are fully ready to stop them come next season.
I absolutely agree with your line of thought. There is no doubt that Real Madrid are one of the best clubs when it comes to the champions League and we respect them for that, but people should not always capitalize on that and write off other teams. We all saw how the France squad for the Europe 2024 performed below the expectations of many, especially coming from the fact that they where finalist at the last world cup with Argentina and a lot of people where thinking that they will repeat the same thing in the Europe's but unfortunately it ended in deadlock for France.

 In the minds of a lot of football fans, they have already guaranteed that Real Madrid are still going to win the champions League for next season, given the fact that they've added kylian mbappé to their squad, so automatically Real Madrid are unstoppable. They should be loudly be reminded that it doesn't always work like that in football, as other teams are springing up everyday with new tactical formations to counter Real Madrid.
313  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Why can Altcoins fail? on: July 12, 2024, 11:59:08 AM
Altcoins are not reliable for the long term, the successful tactics with alts is buying when no one is buying and selling when you are in profit, it is not something you cab hold for a long period of time.

If Bitcoin falls altcoins will lose value 2x, and even more, it is not a goof choice for a long term play obviously, but do not buy the idea that altcoins can't make you rich, the best money I made from crypto are all from altcoins, find the good ones and hold, when altcoins season begins you will be rewarded big time vs holding Bitcoin.
A Lot of this altcoin project where not even built for longevity, so finding the good one to hold might just be a waste of time. At best once you hold an altcoin for a short term and you've seen a seemingly double of your investment, you should take your profit almost immediately.

This kind of advise of waiting for an altcoin season to buy, is what has made a lot of people invest wrongly, we sometimes talk more about the success stories of how we where able to get good rewards from our altcoins investment, then talk less on the risk involved, just the way people that have invested in Tron are currently counting their losses, we should always balance the discussion by identifying the risk factors in some of this altcoins.
314  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: Why you should choose digital assets over physical assets. on: July 11, 2024, 05:26:51 PM
One sign that tells you that someone is still some centuries behind is when you talk about an investment option with them and all they talk about is physical assets. Some don't even see buying a digital asset as a good investment option probably because they've been used to buying properties or assets they can easily see and show people that they own it or one that's popular like land, gold, houses, machinery, etc. But when it comes to choosing either physical or digital assets to invest in, the advantages of owning digital assets are far more than that of owning physical assets.

Advantages of digital assets.
1. You can be filthy rich with a Bitcoin holding that's worth $billions and still live a low-profile life unlike owning physical assets like acres of land or properties that are tied to your name and will bring unnecessary attention.

2. Digital assets are mobile which means that at any time you choose to relocate to a desired destination, you don't need to worry about selling all your assets before doing so, you can just sell a small fraction that's enough to sort out your traveling fair and keep holding to your digital asset. That's not possible for physical assets as it will require that you sell them under pressure and you might be forced to sell them at a very low price.

3. It's not subject to government regulations or environmental issues: digital assets are not subject to regulation of the government or environmental changes that will affect assets like lands, gold, houses, and properties. As long as you're with your keys and you're alive, regardless of the environmental hazard or bad government policy that's not favorable in your location, you can easily change location while holding your digital assets.

Physical assets are good from the standpoint of diversification of investment and maybe for showing off that you have wealth, but in comparison to digital assets like Bitcoin, it's better to invest in digital assets over most physical assets.

OP just like you rightly said, some persons are centuries behind, so I wouldn't blame them too much for their ignorance, what I do most times is to lecture those person's I know that don't  have idea about digital asset, so they too can know the benefits that comes with it. For some of us in Nigeria, we most recognise that this is still a developing nation, some person's mindset are still fixated to a certain belief system, so it will take a gradual process to change it.

Digital asset like Bitcoin is a personal asset that is hidden from the eyes of the public, as most of the investors enjoys their personal investments privately to reduce too much attention from people, meanwhile in the psychology and mindset of some of our country men, you most have physical assets that their eyes can see before they can agree with you that you've made investment somewhere that is what while, which for me I don't blame them because that is the kind of information they are prone to.

But in choosing between digital asset and physical assets, I will likely choose both, because there is nothing wrong in having digital asset and also having physical assets too, they are both investment and is mostly advisable that as an investor it is always good to diversify your investment.
315  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: July 11, 2024, 03:59:34 PM
Of course, Bayern Munich will never choose Kompany if they have no strong reason. It can be about the style of Kompany in managing a team, or it is about the personality of Kompany. But it is very doubtful if Bayern management chooses him because of his achievement as a manager. There are too many other coaches/managers who have a better achievement than Kompany.

Regarding the characteristic of strong leadership, I think each manager/coach has that characteristic. There is nothing special about it, it is just a common matter. However, if a coach has a charismatic impression, it can be something special. Not every coach/manager has it, it is only owned by few coaches such as Zidane, Pep Guardiola, Sir Alex Ferguson, and Ancelotti. It is too early if we assume Kompany has the nature like those coaches.

Yes you are right Bayern Munich must have a good reason to think about making Vincent Kompany their manager. Just because he was great player doesn't mean he will be great manager. Many managers have good leadership skills but some special ones have unique way of inspiring their teams. I think it is too early to say if Kompany has what it takes to be like some of the best managers. I think Bayern Munich is probably looking at how he coaches and leads not just his achievements as a player.
I don't think the idea of making Vincent Kompany a coach of an A-list club like Bayern Munich was a bad one, but however i know he has managed other teams before now, but I don't see the level of success from those previous teams to add up to his resume for him to have landed this Bayern job, well maybe i will just agree that favour found him.

I agree with you that it will be too early for us to expect too much already from kompany, but the unfortunate thing is that managing a top-notch club of that caliber requires almost an instant results, more like it's not a place for you to come and start testing the microphone. When he was a coach for those previous clubs, most people cared less about what he was doing, but trust me the Bayern job comes with a lot of responsibility and less excuses. So does Vincent Kompany have capacity to handle those responsibilities, is what we are going to see next season.
316  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: July 11, 2024, 02:09:33 PM
Chelsea getting a huge cash injection is not going to "solve" anything for them. Lets be real, they do not have a bad team anyway, and they got a good manager, that is not the problem and money certainly isn't because they have some awesome players they bought as well, overpaid mostly too.

The issue they have is that they are not a "team", like if anyone thinks that City has the best team in the world, or at least in this league, has no idea about football, they have one of the best, but not better than everyone enough to win it four in a row. Why are they dominating then? Because they are a team, and being a team beats anything else in the world. Chelsea needs to learn to be a team, and if they do that, then sky is the limit for them, they have everything else ready.
Chelsea do have a team, but how effective is that team. They have a lot of young players I think don't have enough experience to pilot the affairs of the London pride and it played out last season. If the management of the club wants to pump in Money to help the manager buy some players he feels will help improve on the teams current performance, I don't see any problems with that.

The kind of team you're looking out for Chelsea to get will Definitely take a bit of a time, Chelsea literally overhauled their team for last season and brought in new set of players who for me I still think are learning on the job, give them the next two seasons or even lesser, then you will see the army they will turn out to be. Mikel Arteta had almost similar experience with arsenal, but today the Gunners are one of the most solidify team in the English premier League.
317  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers➡Group Stage➡1/8➡QF➡HF➡FINAL on: July 10, 2024, 09:42:40 PM
Another underwhelm game for England.
Even today they can't dominate the game.

England and France were the 2 favorite teams before the start of the cup and they can be both out from the final if they can score another goal in the final 30 minutes.

They are having a lot of ball possession but they cant score, fun fact, 65% ball possession and 0 corners.

What good is possession of the ball if 90% of passes are cross-field passes from defenders? At the end of the game, the Netherlands looked better in my opinion (even despite the fact that England scored from offside now). Southgate makes a double change with an emphasis on attack but I doubt Palmer and Watkins will do anything in 10 minutes, most likely we will see extra time.
The match ended 2-1 and England won. This was a great experience for them and they qualified for the final, the last match, with the goal they scored in the last minute against the Netherlands. Watkins will remember the goal he scored for a long time. We will see the Spain-England match in the final and my favorite was Spain, who I thought would win from the very beginning. Spain, there were 2/3 teams that I consider as favorites and I think Spain has a higher chance of winning in the final
Ollie Watkins was the man of the match after entering as a substitute to score the winning goal for the three Lions of England. Of course Watkins will surely remember this goal for his entire football career especially the fact that he came in less than 10 minutes towards the end of the second half to make that spectacular delivery.

So we have England against Spain, my favourite to win between both of them is the English team, though I understand that Spain have higher chances due to the calibre of intensity they approach with every game they have played so far in the competition, but I still believe England can still make out something from that final game.
318  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread on: July 10, 2024, 06:00:29 PM
I think this is for the continent group stages of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. In the African Continent, Group C,  Nigeria will not qualify because their performance is very poor in the time. At least they qualified to play the group stage in the world cup but this time, they will disqualified in the qualifiers stage.


Rwanda, South Africa and Benin Republic has the highest points of 7 each while Lesotho has 5 points and Nigeria 3 points then Zimbabwe has 2 points.

Quite alright, we can not justify the underperformance of Nigeria in this world cup qualifying but it's also difficult to predict their final position in the table. There are still many games ahead to play which we are not sure of the outcome yet. It's too early to make conclusion that Nigeria can not qualify for the 2026 world cup. I know it will be difficult but it is very possible mathematically to qualify.

Nigeria only need to win all their remaining games in this group and the chance to qualify will be revived. Nigeria squad is capable of beating every team in this group if they have a good couch who can manage the squad effectively. I think there is no motivation from the couch because it is very obvious that Nigeria is not playing this qualifying game with the same spirit they used to play AFCON. Until it is all over, there chances is not completely dashed.
It is very unlikely that Nigeria is going to win all their remaining matches at least From the way I've seen them play, I don't think they have hope to qualify for the world cup. The last match they played resulted in the resignation of their coach finidi George as the NFF raised a lot of concerns, up till now I don't even think they've been able to put themselves together to have a new technical manager for the next qualifying game they to have to play. Nigeria literally drew all their first leg encounter, I don't know how sure their going to win the remaining games they have without a draw or lose.

Left alone with me and with the results on ground, I doubt if they are going to scale through this qualifiers stage being almost at the bottom of the group with just 3 points, I know that this is football anything can happen, but for the Nigerian case, it will likely take a miracle.
319  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: My Opinion Concerning Holding on: July 10, 2024, 03:44:44 PM
Infact I consider anyone holding in this current economic situation as a very disciplined person, I think they must have other sources of income before embarking on such journey if not I wonder how any Nigerian would be able to hold for long in this present situation of the country with just one source of income, if there's anyone here then I must commend you for your discipline,  cause on a normal Nigeria would humble you and you'll be forced to sell.

 With that being said I think and I've concluded that those holding currently must have numerous sources of income to do so, I might be wrong though. Well, people might say one is putting their future at risk if they don't invest by holding Cryptocurrency but then people with one source of income would be putting themselves at risk of holding if they don't eat, lol. it's easier to preach about holding but with the current economic situation of Nigeria not much people are holding

Normally Nigeria economy is getting worse each day, but I believe that despite being in such economy alot of Nigerians are still holding base on the knowledge they have concerning this space, because most of us in this space are already aware of the bullrun season, and we just experience bitcoin halving months back. And we are still waiting for the main bullrun, and before any bullrun occurs base on history bitcoin do experience alot of up and down movement before the main surging.

But the only thing the economy can literally affect is the rate of ones accumulation, let me say a guy who normally accumulate $100 monthly, but due to are tough economy has turn out to be lately he decided to reduce his accumulation rate to the range of $50-$30 , so his Stashes rate of increasing will also reduce inorder for him to take care of some financial situation and to keep up with his normal daily activities.
Financial and economic instabilities within your country can deter you holding. So for me, it's most advisable for you to invest an amount you can actually hold for a long time without it looking like you are strangulating yourself.
As an investor that is ready to hold on for a long time, there should be other businesses and incomes that should be coming in to your purse to enable you run your day to day activity without disturbing your investment because the exchange rate on one hand is very unstable, so hence you can strategize yourself on how much you can accumulate on a monthly basis with your several sources of income, maybe using the DCA method, it will somehow help your holdings.
So I agree with you when you talked about Nigerians are still holding despite the unfavorable economic conditions majority are facing.

320  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Is Nigeria a blessing to Africa? on: July 10, 2024, 02:20:25 PM
Nigeria could be seen as a blessing to the continent Africa because she played a crucial roll in the formation of ECOWAS, she also supplies electricity to some countries in Africa and also have the highest population. In terms of security she fathered so many peace keeping nation to ensures the continent enjoys peace and stability. Nigeria is in did a blessing to Africa.
That blessing you are mentioning that Nigeria is to Africa, I as a Nigerian I've not seen it. Nigeria should first be a blessing to itself first before wanting to be a blessing to other African countries across the Sahara. This issue of Nigeria supplying another African country electricity is another mirage i find very difficult to believe why because, Nigeria itself doesn't generate enough electricity to supply her citizens because the national power grid collapse every now and then, so how do i believe such kind of story that nigeria supplies another country electricity.

What Nigeria can easily boost off is their numerical strength, which is the largest in Africa, outside that I don't see anywhere their pride is coming from. If you look towards the economic aspect, south Africa has a more sustainable economy than Nigeria in terms of GDP per capita.
The ECOWAS you mentioned is just a council of west African states, so it doesn't encompass the entire Africa and all the members of the council do supply military assistance to a country that is at war for  peace keeping.
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