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3261  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin Recovers Amid Bull Trap Warning on: April 28, 2022, 01:57:30 PM
Rebound? Recover? Cointelegraph is throwing some shit on us aren't they?
Just by looking the chart of Bitcoin on a weekly time frame, you can see that in the 4 weeks Bitcoin has been going down and we are seeing 4 red candles and we might see another one this week because right now Bitcoin went down again.

At the moment in my case it would not be a bad idea to continue investing in this because at any moment it will rise to normal or even more and that is where we will see the fruits.
Well, this is a good advice coming from the OP though but the article you shared is the thing. For some reasons, I just don't want to read news articles from Cointelegraph. They also said that Bitcoin recovered even though it isn't which is funny. Just do dollar-cost average and you're good to go.
3262  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Elon Musk bought Twitter on: April 28, 2022, 01:44:11 PM
When rumors of him buying Twitter came out weeks ago, I already taught to myself that he will pursue and will do everything just to get it and now it already happened.

He wants Twitter to be a platform where free speech is being implemented. I don't know if this will be a good thing or a bad thing and TBH, I just don't know how will the future of Twitter is with the hands of Musk. Well, he hyped DOGE a few years ago and he is holding Bitcoin so we might see him using Twitter as a platform to advertise cryptocurrencies and maybe add some features that will connect crypto into the platform like tipping etc. One thing is for sure though, changes will be coming Smiley.
3263  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 NBA Season on: April 28, 2022, 01:22:58 PM
They will double or triple team Giannis when he gets the ball. Horford + Williams will have all the works but they will have a help just like what they did against Durant. They will swarm him with 3 players and going to force turnover on Giannis or pass the ball.

They can do that but it will lead the shooters open. Though Middleton is not playing Bucks now have a lot of good 3-point shooters and for sure they already know that kind of strategy by their opponent so they are prepared for it. Let's look back how the Bucks beat the Suns in the last year NBA Finals.

But defensive teams are willing to give a long shot than a layup. Take for example what they did against Durant, he has a bad shooting slump throughout the series specially in the first 2 games. And that setup the tempo for the Celtics. So for sure they will focus on Giannis more and then rotate as fast as they can if Giannis will able to find the open man. So it's really up to shooters of Bucks to close the gap and hit their shots. If not, then the Celtics has a good chance to win.
That is one of the reason why the Celtics are the best defensive team right now. They are good at rotation and hustle that is why they can still defend other players even though they are focusing on one player and in this case it will be Giannis.

It is a mystery TBH for me on how they will stop Giannis or at least lessen his production especially in offense. I agree too and I would love my opponent to shoot a much harder three than a layup though the Bucks team has many good shooters as well. I predicted Celtics in 6 games here but if Middleton will play, I might go pick Bucks in 7 games. It would surprise me too if they will do what they did to KD with Giannis where he isn't the usual Durant that we've seen in playoffs. That might be his worst playoff series in his career.
3264  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Celtics vs Bucks 2nd round Series. on: April 28, 2022, 01:04:20 PM
I honestly don’t have any idea who’s going to take down this series. The Boston Celtics are a very well rounded team as well as are the Milwaukee Bucks, bud I think the difference might simply come down to Giannis. In order to win a championship it really comes down to whether you have a mega star or not, as of course as we all probably are aware of. I will probably put my $ on the Bucks at this point because of the Greek Freak.
This is my prediction only but if the Celtics can make a way to stop Giannis and at the same time, defend the threes then they might win this series in 6 games at least. Giannis can just dominate inside but if he also knows how to dish out the ball to his teammates and the Bucks have multiple three point shooters in their roster. Portis, Allen, Connaughton, Holiday, Middleton and even Lopez.

The Celtics are the best defensive team right now and they are very good in hustle as well. They are lacking in height compare to the Bucks but with their defense, I believe that they can defend Giannis and the Bucks so I will bet on the Celtics in this one. The question though right now is how they can defend if Lopez and Giannis both at the floor at the same time.
3265  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Your NBA Champion this season? on: April 27, 2022, 03:37:58 PM

Wait, what? Boston Celtis vs Miami Heat? I think that was way too advance to even discuss, they are about the face the Milwaukee Bucks first in the next elimination who is also the champion last season. I don't think that Giannis and his team will give the Celtics an easy pass on this one because they are also working their way to be in the finals and maybe be the champion again.

Same as the Miami Heat, even if they advance there's a very high chance that they face the 76ers along the way. It's still a long way to go before we can those teams you've mentioned.

Too early for that, Bucks and Sixers are still a big threat agree what the defending champ will not just give an easy pass

they will show that they can continue chasing another title. While if ever Sixers finished the series against the Hawks, that's also a heavy

competitors for the Heat. Unless they will again choke and lost this opportunities the way they've lost it from the Hawks last season.

Lots of things can happen both from the east and west. Changes will keep coming, especially with the odd.
Bucks? Yes they are still a threat right now in the East because of their roster and they are the defending champs right now. I think even though Middleton isn't playing because of injuries, the team can still win because they still have Giannis and other good supporting players.

Sixers? Yes but when I saw that Embiid had a ligament injury, I removed them in my list of winners in the Eastern Conference. Just imagine the Sixers without Embiid. Can Harden carry the team? Obviously not. Who can step up if the worst happens in the Sixers which is Embiid's injury getting worse? Embiid said though that he will play thru it but it might be a problem with his performance all throughout the playoffs. Lets also add that they have a coach that is choking.. Ooops Cheesy.

I like the Bucks though to win but I will bet on Celtics on this one though I agree that saying Celtics Vs. Heat in the ECF at this time is too early to tell.
3266  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin continues to decline, what causes it? on: April 27, 2022, 03:21:03 PM
I'm thinking of the possible reasons why Bitcoin continues to decline and I think its because of these.
The Demand is lower than the Supply thus, the price declines. Another one is the sentiments of the investors. Maybe there are some bad news which caused the price declined which I think there isn't.

Just basing on the chart, 36k-37k is considered a short term support and it goes below that price, the next one is the 35,000 and below that would be the 30,000. TBH, I'm a bit optimistic that's why I see this decline will end up sooner that we expected but just by looking at the current events right now we might see Bitcoin going lower than what we expected and I hope it will not happen Smiley. I'm still bullish and I will not be surprised if Bitcoin will go sideways for weeks to months.
3267  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: solid portfolio? 8 coins on: April 27, 2022, 02:56:14 PM
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What do you think?
The 4 of the coins that you picked are pretty good TBH. All of them are staking coins and you can earn passive income already just by holding it.
Apecoin has been the hype for a bit and now I think its already wearing down. The other 3 coins are the coins that I'm not popular with since I'm focusing more in investing into the top coins.

I like the slower approach but less riskier. Just investing into the top coins and some staking coins as well. Passive income + Capital appreciation in the long term.
3268  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Klay Thompson @51 for NBA Finals MVP. on: April 27, 2022, 02:34:50 PM
The Warriors are my favorites in winning the championship right now. I believe that their offensive power can beat the Suns even though they have Booker.

This might be an odd prediction coming for me but I think if the Warriors will go into NBA Finals and win it, I will add Poole in the list of possible NBA Finals MVP aside from Curry and Thompson. We can add him in the discussion just by seeing how he is playing in his first games in the playoffs. If he will be a consistent scorer until the NBA Finals, I think Poole can win it TBH.

I still remember the time in 2015 where people are focusing on Curry and Thompson in winning the Finals MVP but Iggy got it. It might happen again this time with Poole but to the OP, if you have some spare money then you can risk it and bet on Thompson in winning it. They have a chance just by seeing how good they are offensively.
3269  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 NBA Season on: April 27, 2022, 02:09:02 PM
The Suns showed they could win a game without Devon Booker as they take a 3-2 series lead. Bridges picked up the slack for them putting up 31 points, which is somewhat unexpected from him in a playoff game.

The Suns have the potential to finish the Pelicans in their next game because the game last night was just a one-sided match-up where they didn't even get a chance to catch up in the second half. If they can remain their way as they used to play in the Regular Season, the Pelicans have already been knocked out in 4 but as we all know, Playoffs are different because there is more pressure than usual and every decision made is crucial and important.
We all agree that they can beat the Pelicans yes even without Devin Booker.
The question is their succeeding games. Can they still defeat the winner of DAL/UTA series which I think Dallas will win.

Can they still defeat the Dallas Mavericks even without Booker. Base on this article, he is expected to miss 2-3 weeks or in this case 1-2 weeks more. With the absence of Booker, they need another player from them to step up offensively and in Game 5, its Bridges who stepped up. I believe though that the Suns are loaded with talented scorers who can step up anytime if needed.
3270  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: What happens to $DOGE after Elon Musk bought Twitter? on: April 26, 2022, 01:18:38 PM
Why many are relating DOGE with the acquisition of Musk on Twitter?
Is it because Musk hyped DOGE a few years ago and now they are connecting it to him again.

Well, some are saying that DOGE might be used as a tipping tool in Twitter since it already is a private company and anything Elon wants to add on it will be added. In the end, this is just a rumor and there are no signs that he will do it. Right now, there are no correlation between DOGE and Musk buying twitter though DOGE's priced jumped by at least 20% just this day. Cheesy.
3271  Local / Altcoins (Pilipinas) / Re: Axie Infinity Philippine Thread on: April 26, 2022, 12:54:17 PM
parang madaming mag quiquit sa origin kapag hindi worth it ang rewards, sa pvp kasi masyadong time consuming parang umaabot na sa 10th round.

Kaya nga, isipin mo na lang..

Longer play time = frustration lalo na kapag laging talo
Frustration is bad for our health.
Reward = less and less

So, ang nangyayari  ubos oras pero kulang pa ang reward pangpaload para sa DATA internet. Talo na nga pwede pang maapektuhan ang health ng player.  Hindi lang iyon, since emotionaly unstable ang player, apektado rin ang mga tao sa paligid nila.  Kaya nga pinatigil ko na agad ang mga players ko, sa halip na makatulong tayo sa kanila, magiging cause pa ng problema para sa kanila yung offer natin.
Dati napa quit ako sa paglalaro kaya naging manager nalang ako at pinasa ko nalang sa mga scholars ko yung init ng ulo. Ta try ko muna itong origin pero base sa mga napapanood ko sa stream, ang tagal ng game play.
Sana naman iconsider ni Sky Mavis yung time at yung reward para naman maging sulit. Talagang toxic sa mental health tapos may kahati pa sa rewards, sa akin, walang problema kasi manager ako pero yung sa mga players o scholars, nauunawaan ko sila.
Pinanood ko ung gameplay sa Youtube at ung iba inaabot pa ng 20 turns. Meron pa akong nakitang isang healing bading team na kapag ikaw ang makakakalaban ng ganun, mababadtrip ka na lang to the point na magsusurrender ka na lang.

Sa pagkakaalam ko, icoconsider nila ung reward at since nakikinig rin sila sa mga hinaing ng mga users, sa tingin ko gagawa sila ng paraan para pabilisin ung gameplay ng laro. Bilang manager rin, nag aalala ako sa future ng mga iskolars ko kasi baka pag nangyari na ung transition from Classic to Origin, tuluyan na silang tumigil sa paglalaro kasi makikita nilang hindi na worth it sa time nila. Ako rin bilang isang player, nag aalala rin ako sa sarili ko since malaking oras ang kakainin ng laro lalo na kapag maraming energy ang kailangang ubusin.
3272  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 NBA Season on: April 26, 2022, 12:35:55 PM

Let's wait for the news, there's certainly a news that will come out, maybe one of the two superstars will be traded or the coach will be fired. Nets and the Lakers were the favorites coming the regular season, but look where are they now, that really tells that it's very unpredictable, anything could happen.

They have all the time evaluating the roster and the coaching staff. For now, let's just enjoy the playoffs, bad news will ruin the fun, so hopefully, they'll not make an announcement soon. The Celtics is a bit scary, but I think the Heat will have an answer against them as they are a better defensive team.

2nd round possible match-up.

Celtics vs Bulks, which team do you think will be the favorite?
Its good that I'm not a Nets fan or else, I will continue ruining the fun right now Cheesy. Just kidding.
Well I agree that lets just enjoy the games Smiley. Lets bet if we want to but not too much.

Now with regards to the Celtics Vs. Bucks match-up, I will go with Celtics with this. I believe that with how good the team is defensively, they can make a way to stop Giannis in the paint. I know that Robert Williams isn't 100% because of his injury but still they have 4 starters who are very good defensively. Add the fact that they have Tatum and Brown that can do the scoring.
3273  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 NBA Season on: April 26, 2022, 01:40:08 AM
Watching this Nets/Celtics game and you can see the Nets players giving up. They aren’t putting in any effort on defense and are just bombing 3s. I think this fourth quarter is going to be ugly to watch. I hope I’m wrong and we see Kevin Durant step up and do something amazing to win the game, but as soon as they went down 15 you could see the fight in them die. Nash is tossing Blake Griffin out there to try and get some new energy, but even Dragic is half trying out there. Claxton also looks like he’s going to break the record for the most missed free throws without a make in the playoffs. He’s currently 0-9 with Shaq holding the old record of 0-8.
The Nets/Celtics game has just ended. The Celtics won the game and swept the Nets.
I was just "WHAT!!!!!!!" while watching how the team who most of the bettors pick as the champions this season getting swept by the Celtics.

Griffin played very huge in the final minutes but the Nets just lacked on hustle especially the last play. If somebody watched the end of the game, you will see Horford shot but missed but instead of the Nets battling for the rebound they just watched Smart getting the rebound and score. Like WTF you're in the playoffs and you will play like that. I just hope that the Nets will win at least one game but... it is what it is. I don't know if it is just me but I think Coach Nash must be replaced after what happened to them right now.

Congrats to the Celtics. They will face the winner of the MIL/CHI series which I think MIL will win.
3274  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Microstrategy rug us again? on: April 25, 2022, 01:32:11 PM
Does this institutional investors manipulating the price or traders is just using there news as a negative signal?
TBH, I just don't know why people are blaming these institutions for the downfall of the price of Bitcoin.
Yes they bought many Bitcoins but that doesn't mean that we will always blame them whenever prices fall.

I'm leaning more on a coincidence than blaming somebody especially huge constitutions in the price decline of Bitcoin. At least next time, don't blame companies whenever prices goes down and vice versa because they aren't the reason to it.
3275  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: The Hunt for new NFT project on: April 25, 2022, 01:10:05 PM
I am looking for new NFT project that has very good utility Do you have any project in mind that can be as good as APE NFT in future? What new NFT project you are presently into? Bored Ape Yacht NFT and other are just way too overpriced.
APE NFT has a future? In what part?
NFT's especially these Bored Apes are very expensive because many are willing to pay for the price the seller is asking.

I just don't know what is the use case of these NFT's. They are just random pixelated JPEG's or PNG's that are being sold online and it doesn't have any use case at all. Whenever I'm investing, the use-case of the token/project or in this case NFT is what I always see first.

If you want to buy NFT arts, I'm afraid I don't want to recommend because these don't have any utilities or use case at all. You can't use them to earn something or you can't use them to buy anything etc. Now if you want to invest into NFT project games then there are many out there. Just pick the most popular ones but still do your own research before throwing money.
3276  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Move-to-Earn (M2E) tokens on: April 25, 2022, 12:45:47 PM
Have you heard about a new business model in the crypto industry called Move-to-Earn (M2E)? It's about tokenization of various forms of physical activity. According to the idea, this model should provoke more people to an active lifestyle, which will be encouraged by the tokens of the corresponding blockchain application.

At the moment, the most famous project is STEPN and their token STEPN (GMT), which has already raised almost $2 million in capitalization.

What do you think, what is the future of this business model and will there be a hype for such tokens?
I remember Sweatcoin with this one where you will be paid just by jogging. Its a win for the user but I just don't know what will be the benefit of the company with it.

Same with this one. STEPN is the most popular one where you will be paid when you buy the NFT shoes which will be paying you tokens. Now with regards to the current business model, I just don't know what will be the future of this one because its hard to know but if this M2E tokens will be a hype then I would be exercise everyday. Keeping myself fit and at the same time, paying me. Double compensation Cheesy.
3277  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Your NBA Champion this season? on: April 25, 2022, 10:47:15 AM
This will be a challenge to the Brooklyn Nets if they can recover this huge deficit, as far as history tells, there's no team that have recovered from that huge deficit.
All of the analysts already saying that this series is over already when the Celtics are up 3-0 because history has already shown that no team has ever won  coming from a 0-3 deficit. Well, the numbers don't lie but there is still a chance for the Nets to win but the chances are very low to close to zero.

Its very early to predict TBH and I will just predict the winners from both conferences. In the Western Conference, I will pick the Warriors because they are just unstoppable right now with what Stephen A. calls the "Lethal Weapon 3". Their small ball line-up is even more deadly than what it is years ago because of their unlimited range. I'll go with the Warriors because I'm a fan of them every since their dynasty started years ago.

On the East, I will pick the Celtics. They are just good defensively to the point that they can shut down Durant and Irving, the 2 of the best scorers in the NBA right now. If the Celtics can pass the Bucks, they will be the champions in the East.

Its good to see Warriors and Celtics play in the NBA Finals as well Cheesy. Warriors one of the best team offensively and Celtics one of the best teams defensively.
3278  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 NBA Season on: April 25, 2022, 09:43:59 AM
I didn't think the Boston Celtics could beat their opponent so easily, Brooklyn Nets can't do anything. Jayson Tatum played amazing and scored 39 points and played a big part in beating his opponents.
Not only is it possible to win matches with Durant and Kyrie, the rest of the team is playing pretty poorly. So it was a match that was going to end fast Smiley

This is a break out year for Tatum, he now becomes a superstar in his own right. You can see that he improves at every department, specially his defense and passing ability. See how he locks down Durant in this series. Kyrie and Durant non-existent in the last 3 games. So as Jalen Rose says, bring the "walis-walis", lol, because it's gong to be a sweep.

I admit, Jayson Tatum's recent performance was really impressive not because he can shoot and contribute big numbers but because he was able to stop the KD who have been known to shoot even if it's almost impossible and KD that we know who always carry the ball especially in critical times. Tatum was indeed holding the fate of KD in his hands and if you saw saw KD's face, he is really pissed because he cannot make some good shots because he is guarded well. Yes, this might be a sweep! Cool
The Nets fans are very disappointed on what is happening with them for sure.
Many are predicting that the Nets are winning this in 7 games including me. Most predicted that this will end in 6-7 games but now we might see the Nets getting swept in 4 games.

Include also the fact that Simmons isn't playing in Game 4 which is very disappointing as well. They are saying that he will play but he will not. In the Philly-Brooklyn trade, many said that the Brooklyn won the trade because on how good Simmons is defensively but now we can't see him playing in the court even for only 10-15 minutes. Like WTF!!!. They paid you to play and you will not play. Injuries? Nahhh it isn't the injuries anymore I think. He doesn't really want to play because on what happened to him in Philly.

Tatum really stepped up this playoffs offensively and defensively which is very impressive. If they will pass the Bucks next round, I will pick them as my NBA champion Smiley.
3279  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2020 Philippine Basketball Association betting discussion on: April 24, 2022, 02:08:21 PM
Hello for those people saying PBA is monopolized and everything is business Smiley Maybe true in some cases especially in giving trade rights but not on a Finals series between two different companies. Maybe if between sister teams, that is possible although it's on the officiating and not on the team and players themselves.

Even Brownlee's poor performance in the first half makes people think that it's already scripted and Meralco will control the game. The low scoring in the first half was also even pointed out. But in the second half, Brownlee does his Brownlee thing.

2 months from now I think, the next conference will commence.
Now with regards to PBA is business, it really is business Smiley. What is the main reason why companies wanted to join the PBA? To advertise their company and its part of their business Smiley. Why would the PBA wants to continue the league? We can say for entertainment yes but its very hypocrite if we will say that it isn't because of money. Again business Wink. Not debating whatsoever but I just want to share my opinion regarding PBA a monopoly and a business.

You got mislead, bro.Smiley

What I'm saying about business is the other side of the league, for example manipulating trade rights and approving an unfair trade and they will call it fair, something like that. In other words, there's a business internally.

Of course, PBA is business in terms of advertising, marketing, etc and that's obvious.

You didn't get what I'm trying to point out and really focus on the word "business". Cheesy
My apologies on that bro Smiley. I thought you are talking about the business in literal. I'm a bit close-minded on that part so my apologies Smiley.

Now regarding on what you said, I just don't know why they need to do unfair trades. That just kill the competition of the whole league. That just decreases the chances of independent teams to enter the playoffs because they are left with some average players only. These companies are just offering free agent players more money just to play in their team. I don't want to give teams but we've seen players who went from this where he is playing many minutes to team to another team and ended up as a bench with limited minutes.

One solution to this maybe is the salary transparency. If they will be transparent on how much the salary of each player is like in the NBA, it might solve this problem. The chances of this to happen though is very low to zero.
3280  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 NBA Season on: April 24, 2022, 01:57:35 PM
I didn't think the Boston Celtics could beat their opponent so easily, Brooklyn Nets can't do anything. Jayson Tatum played amazing and scored 39 points and played a big part in beating his opponents.
Not only is it possible to win matches with Durant and Kyrie, the rest of the team is playing pretty poorly. So it was a match that was going to end fast Smiley
I know that the Boston Celtics are one of the if not the best defensive team in the NBA right now but man... I did underestimate how good they are defending other teams.

Its obvious that the main scorers of Nets are Irving and Durant and in this series, they managed to stop them offensively especially KD which we know is one of the best scorers in the NBA right now. TBH, this is the first time I see him play like this because we normally see him scoring 20+ in a normal game and more in the playoffs but right now he is in his worst performance in his whole playoff career.

On the other hand, Tatum really stepped up offensively and defensively right now. 6 steals this game and 2 block shots on Durant on Game 2? That's incredible already. Many are picking the Sixers and the Bucks to win the Eastern Conference but with how the Celtics are playing against the Nets, I think I will pick them as the Eastern Conference champion.
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