There are a lot of sport personalities into crypto as of late, maybe because of the hype. I still remember Bucks Giannis, when someone ask him where he get his money, he said, "Bitcoin".

I think it's good though, nothing wrong with them getting their salary on crypto or investing some part of their money on it. For sure they have realised that crypto is the best investment, although there are big risk, but it's a win-win situation for them. Maybe in the next 5 years we will see majority of athletes asking their salary to be paid in crypto.

How can the government keeps the country from high volatility of bitcoin? No one can control the price movement, not even El Salvador. They can only protect it if they have other investments or reserves such as gold and oil and not totally dependent on bitcoin alone.

At least they have plan B in case we see the market going into a long bearish trend just like what we witnessed last time. The bear market took 3 years before we can finally see a good recovery and eventually bull run.

Yeah, no need to be angry or what, just focus on your goal to win the fight against one of the best we have right now in Canelo. Caleb needs to concentrate and developed a perfect plan on how to defeat Canelo otherwise he will be the next victim and going to be knock out. Although Caleb has a good chin, he was never touch in his previous fight with a power of Canelo. Not sure what the odds are for a Canelo knock out, but if it good and attractive, I might go with it.

You can't compare the lost of his to Marquez and then declaring that he is retiring. This time, the main reason is that he is running for the Presidency of his country.

So if ever he wins, then it will be a big responsibility and I don't that he can run a country and being a boxer as well.

Nevertheless we will have to see, if he lost, he is still a Senator if I'm not mistaken.

So whoever will be the next Manny Pacquiao from the Philippines, it will be very difficult what he has accomplished.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying, against the big 3 and then showing us super and crazy shots, Lol. Those are my memories watching Monfils when he was in his prime. He can give anyone a good and hard match even the big 3.

However, he played in an era wherein Federer, Nadal and Djokovic was so dominant.

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Haven't check tennis matches yet, anyone betting on any tournament? Need to scratch this itch, 

The thing with Monfils is that he is inconsistent in the last 2-3 years if I'm not mistaken. But during his prime years he was really that good and gave us a good tennis, even with the big 3, Federer, Nadal and Djokovic.

In the finals, it was the top seed that won the tournament, Hurkacz, in the first set it was really very close and I thought that Carreno Busta would have a chance. In the second set, Hurkacz has an early big and that is enough for a 2 set straight win, 7-6, 6-3, and it's under 22.5.

True, 90% of NBA players are vaccinated as what other media states, and the rest, Wiggins and Irving are being highlighted right now. So if they don't take the vaccinate, they will surely missed half of the game. They can be tested every game and have to check with NBA regarding this close contact. I think for now that will be the solution for this two, however, it will definitely cost them money. So regardless what is their reasons for not taking the vaccine, the decision lies on them. Money lost vs their religious belief or any other reasons.

I did not specially say it will drop next year, what I'm trying to emphasize is that we should be ready by 2022. There's nothing wrong to be paranoid specially if this market wherein it's very unstable and volatile. It's not that people started to work inside the internet, is that bitcoin narrative has progress.

So why not be ready for any surprises? Nothing is wrong with that attitude, be prepared for the worst and then adjust on your end. Maybe taking some profits here and there is not that bad.

Yeah, it was in his hometown and a lot of fans went there to see a Joshua win, not just a win, but a big one like knock out or something. However, he just look so average in that fight, you might look at it as Usyk is the champion because he is the one dictating the tempo of the fight. Joshua didn't adjust, or maybe his corner didn't get him instructions after the first couple of rounds. And with the version of Joshua who just stood around fights the version of Fury who knock out Wilder in the second fight? yeah probably in 5 rounds he will be in the canvass.

I'm pretty sure that he knows about the virus and the lockdown situation and the bubble last year. But he is playing the religion card here, so what can we do? If he chooses to ignore the NBA then this will be another situation and drama prior to the start of the season. So I would say that this is really a stupid move from Wiggins, this virus knows no boundaries and worst he can be infected and he can be a carrier in the NBA wherein they are trying to clear and be back to "normal".

Oh well, that's crypto's life cycle, it usually happens in a 4 year cycle, but who knows, maybe the cycle will change as bitcoin's narrative also evolved, so we might see 2 huge cycle that ends in 2020 and then another cycle 2021-???.

In any case, we should be ready specially in 2022, if we made profits in 2021 we can take it and then re-evaluate our investment strategy come 2022. There's nothing wrong to have a exit strategy as others have been preaching.

I check the odds for ML, it is close, both getting a @1.89 odds, so it means still 50/50.

So I agree that the better bet should be the over as this might extend to a full 3 sets because they are the top seeds in the tournament. But the over is @1.94 and under @1.81, just so confusing as the punters might think this will just go in 2 sets with that odds on the under. I will go with Busta to win, I have a feeling that he will go and upset Hurkacz.

Could be, by there is a huge risk involved by using VPN or something to circumvent that ban.

I guess it's better for Chinese traders to get out of country if they can and then move to a country wherein crypto trading is not being ban. The price has been affected already, we are are in the $41k'ish, however, no need to worry about this news, when everything settles down, we will bounce back from this news. Just sad that one of the biggest market is being controlled by their government.

@Russlenat - right, the blue print has been laid out by Manny Pacquiao. So Filipino boxers can follow it to the tee. On the other hand, I believed that Pacquiao is destined to be one of the greatest that came from the Philippines after the Flash Elorde.

So it's dedication and a little of timing and of course the God given talent to really propel the next generation of boxers like Jonas Sultan to follow in the footsteps of Manny Pacquiao.

I didn't see this are acting job for both parties, if this is the case then Caleb goes the short end of the deal with that scratch mark in his face due to Canelo's slapping (yes I consider it slapping because it is not a close fist).

In any case there's no stopping the hype now, boxing fans wanted to see the real action in the ring. There will be the weigh-in so for sure a lot of fans are going to flock and see what will happen next.

Osaka came into my mind, after winning her first Australian Open, she suddenly switch coach Bajin, and then hired Jenkins, and then replace her as well with her father. Now look at where Osaka is, she lost the number 1 spot and it seems that she has a yoyo performance since then

Not saying that it could happen to Raducanu, but switching coach might have a drastic effect on your performance. As the saying goes "don't fix it if ain't broken".

It's the monthly end of bitcoin future contracts expiration, and usually bitcoin does dump during this time. However, I'm not seeing a huge pump on Ethereum, on the contrary, they've lost the $3k price range. While bitcoin remains on the safe side around $42k-443k.

So it means that smart investors are still buying bitcoin at this price. And for those who have dump bitcoin and move to Ethereum, it will be temporary, they know that bitcoin will go up in the next 3 months. So again if they are smart investors-> buy BTC, simply as that. Forget about Dimon, and usually when he opens his mouth and spew negative things against bitcoin, JP Morgan do the opposite (buy the dip.)

Thankfully though, the price was not affected by the recents news or FUD coming from the Chinese. If this is 2017, we might see the price going below $40k and the dip are going to continue in the following days. So investors may have seen this news as nothing news, except maybe for newbies.

And so be it, if they want to continue to ban it then we can't stop their government. It's now up to the Chinese investors or whether to stay in the market or move somewhere else wherein crypto is openly accepted by their government.

It's really hard to give financial advises here, always do your own research (DYOR).

But I would say that there are some good cheap coins, but it's like finding a needle in the haystack. Very difficult in the beginning because they can be used by pump and dump groups and you think you find a diamond. However, after the dump, the price will go down and it might take time for the project to recover. With that said, really up to you, maybe Zero coin will be big, or maybe not.

And in any case that you are shilling for this coin, for sure members here are going to find out and it might back fire on you or the project (if you are part of the team).

Tete though was very cautious, he was a technical fighter, but once Casimero landed that big right now, it was over for him. And with the Duke Mikah fight, it was a banger, love that fight, Mikah was not afraid to go toe to toe, but then again Casimero is really one of the biggest puncher in this division. Obviously, the Rigo fight was a disappointment because of the clash of style. But with Butler who seems not afraid of Casimero's power, I'm seeing as well a good fight and a most probably we will see Casimero with a knock out win.