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3401  Economy / Speculation / Re: BTC broke through 33,500 USDT on: July 11, 2021, 02:08:12 PM
Is there any extra significance of $33,500 that Bitcoin breaking it could mean more than what is currently happening?

Nothing.

The price movements of Bitcoin for the past few weeks are somewhat boring. The charts are generally showing a sideway movement. But despite this, I am still looking at the big possibility that one of these days the bullish sentiment of Bitcoin would suddenly translate into a huge price rally.

Same here, I'm still thinking that we might see another big rally that will push the price after this boring and sideways pattern that we have been seeing for the last 3 months if I'm not mistaken. Investors are just waiting, and if there will be another FOMO, we might see a repeat of the super fast rally last year before the end of the year.
3402  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: TENNIS: Wimbledon 2021 on: July 11, 2021, 01:26:45 PM
The game has started already, Berrettini going for a break point game 3 has failed as Novak come back after a 30-0 deficit. Berrettini serving, I do hope that he will hold serve to make the first set very exciting.

I have him winning one set in this finals @3.65. I know that it's going to be very difficult, but the first set will be the biggest test for him.
3403  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2020-2021 betting on: July 11, 2021, 12:05:57 PM

Bookies are sometimes wrong, many times Bucks are overvalued but they play a bad game. Getting into 0-2 hole will motivate them to win in game 3, but if they will not adjust or improve in all aspects on the floor, we might still see the same result in game 1 and 2. Maybe we think that Bucks will win in game 3 because it's a must, not because they will play well.

Being down by 3 games would put them in great danger, they need to take this game with high pressures, they need to create system that will allow them to adjust on both sides.

Not only in their offense but more on their defense, they need to put each defenders that will really delayed Paul and Booker.

Learn from how Clippers take this putting Beverly and Mann too close not to allow Booker to get his confidence in the early minutes of the game, this is the finals and Bucks needs to show why they are here now and why they deserve to compete with the title.

Unfortunately, the Bucks don't have a Beverly kind of defender, but they have Holiday and Tucker which could improve in game 3. However, it's still a good team performance that is needed, it cannot be just these two who should perform their best because their opponent is also looking to play hard to win every game, everyone on the Bucks has to contribute, and having consistency is very important.

I think the best series that PJ play is against Durant, but it seems that he has a hard time defending either Paul or Booker because Phoenix uses a lot of pick and roll to free them or look for the mismatch. I remember one instance in game 2 wherein they find Tucker guarding Ayton under the rim and he has to give up a foul to stop Ayton. So that's how good the Phoenix team are.

I'm betting on the over 221.5 @1.89.
3404  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: July 11, 2021, 11:07:04 AM
The current odds for Djokovic is @1.19 and Berrettini @4.20.

For some strange reasons though, I can't put a bet on Berrettini at +5.5, now the odds are slipping away to 1.77. And since is the finals, I think Berrettini will try to fight it out and I don't think that Djokovic can cover the -5.5 @2.20 spread, just like his match against Shapovalov. So I'll pass on this. But for me, this will be Djokovic title this year.
3405  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: 21 July is going to big for btc price? on: July 10, 2021, 10:34:04 AM
As we know that ELON MASK is a big factor in crypto industry so i think this meeting will play a vital role also. I see this meeting with positive side and waiting for what happened next Grin Grin

That is, if Elon Musk changes his stance on bitcoin specially about bitcoin mining. Otherwise, this is just moot meeting and I don't see it will have a drastic impact on the market. Jack Dorsey though is a willing participant here. But if Elon Musk insist that bitcoin is harmful to the environment then there's nothing that Jack can do to sway his belief.

But probably more crypto enthusiast are going to tune in and wanted to hear Elon Musk. Specially when he started spewing things that he doesn't have knowledge (bitcoin mining).
3406  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2021 NBA Season on: July 10, 2021, 09:49:18 AM
Just like in the previous series, Giannis always owned the offense for the Bucks which is not actually good.

Lopez, Holiday and even his duo Middleton are missing in action. The rotation is just fine but I don't know what's the missing link.

Whatever it is, I'm expecting for them to make adjustments on Game 3, as it was really necessary to do so. Being down at 0-2 is really nothing to me but down by 0-3 is now a serious matter and almost closed from losing the series.

Bucks in 7 lol.

But they have to come and play and become aggressive and stay away from a 0-3 deficit against the Suns in the next game. Yeah, specially Middleton, it is expected of him to really help Giannis in the finals but so far he is missing in action.

While the Suns with CP3 and Booker are pulling away with huge margins in the 2nd and 3rd quarter and that makes Bucks playing the catch up since Phoenix is really very good at protecting at lead, even a 3 point lead can balloon to 7 and then double digits advantage for them in matter of minutes.
3407  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: July 10, 2021, 09:14:22 AM
This is the 1st time for an Italian in the final of Wimbledon, never happened before!
Also, I think this is the 1st time in our history that we have4-5 players in the top 30 ATP leaderboard.

But tomorrow will be almost impossible to win.
well you said it yourself, it's almost impossible for Berrettini to win, it is unlucky for him to face Djokovic in the final who's currently unstoppable, he lost only one set in Wimbledon this year, Berrettini needs a miracle to win, i just hope we see an entertaining match.
You are right Djokovic has only lost one single set during all the tournament but his last match against Denis Shapovalov has been very tight 7-6, 7-5, 7-5 then if Novak is in a bad day or if he gets injured during the match then there could be chances for Matteo Berrettini to win.

Yes, first time as well the Djokovic didn't cover the spread in a match, too bad for me. Dennis Shapovalov proved though that Djokovic can be beaten, if Berrettini plays 110% chances are he can upset Djokovic in the finals and yeah this could be a miracle. If ever though Berretinni lost, I do hope that it will be in a five setter down the line game, 5 hours of game play for us tennis fans who's going to watch.  Grin
3408  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Manny Pacquiao vs Errol Spence Jr - August 21 on: July 10, 2021, 08:21:13 AM
No backing down for  Pacquiao, he will continue to fight big names in boxing, and he will also continue to run for Presidency.

I read some news that he is already getting into sparring sessions, he fought professional boxers with 5'10'' height and the same style with Spence. Manny's camp really prepared for this and they will ensure they'll get this win although they are still the underdog until now.

That's one thing about Manny and his camp, they really prepared for this kind of big fights and looking for sparring partner that can emulate how Spence stance and height is. George Kambosos, Teo Lopez next opponent used to be one of Manny's sparring partner and probably will boost his confidence against Lopez.

I was surprised though to see Ivan Redkach as Manny's new sparring partner, I guess the because of the height at 5′ 9½″.

Because Manny is very popular to the media and they open the training to the media, it gives us the opportunity to see more updates about him and to see how he prepared for this fight. If we are convince that he is well conditioned, then there's no reason not to bet on him since he is the underdog.

It's not just because he is popular, he has been in the boxing business for many years and knows how to tickle the media's attention and he is a willing participants, answering questions, providing interviews. I have no doubt that there will be big celebrities that are going to visit him next, hollywood and sporting fans wanted to see a glimpse of the legends.

And for those sparring partners, this is a good chance and experience to see Manny and his work ethics and they should copy him.
3409  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Manny Pacquiao vs Errol Spence Jr - August 21 on: July 09, 2021, 12:44:21 PM
No backing down for  Pacquiao, he will continue to fight big names in boxing, and he will also continue to run for Presidency.

I read some news that he is already getting into sparring sessions, he fought professional boxers with 5'10'' height and the same style with Spence. Manny's camp really prepared for this and they will ensure they'll get this win although they are still the underdog until now.

That's one thing about Manny and his camp, they really prepared for this kind of big fights and looking for sparring partner that can emulate how Spence stance and height is. George Kambosos, Teo Lopez next opponent used to be one of Manny's sparring partner and probably will boost his confidence against Lopez.

I was surprised though to see Ivan Redkach as Manny's new sparring partner, I guess the because of the height at 5′ 9½″.
3410  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Why altcoins are rampant in the market on: July 09, 2021, 11:10:29 AM
When people saw the value of Bitcoin, they also created various altcoins. Some people who make a profit from investing in Bitcoin will also choose to invest in altcoins.
In such a messy market, can we still allocate assets to cryptocurrencies? What should be done with altcoins?

There are bitcoin maximalist, and there are investors who played on both market, nothing is wrong with that.

As far as profit making, altcoins returns could be higher, obviously as the price of bitcoin can't be afford by average joe and there are investors that chooses altcoin and they can invest and play around and in return could make tons of profits.

I agree that it is a messy market, but it is free, open to everyone and trading is 365/24/7, so nothing can be done here. It's either you win or lose depending on your trading strategy.
3411  Economy / Speculation / Re: Is this a good plan on: July 09, 2021, 10:15:18 AM
You can never go wrong investing when the price is going down. So for me this is a good strategy, and as long as you can accumulate and look to hold it for long term, so you don't have to worry. We already know bitcoin's track record, so if the price hits $60k, you are already making profits.

This is the classic, BTFD a winning strategy so at least you are also mitigating the risk on your part. Goodluck!!
3412  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: July 09, 2021, 09:08:40 AM
This is how my bet looks like in this semis:

Berrettini (-3.5) + Djokovic (-6.5) = @3.13.

I thought the games are tonight, waking up in the middle of the night here to check the score, unfortunately, I made a mistake. I could have put my bet on other games today and get the result and then put a bet on tennis. Anyhow, those two are the favourites, and hope that there will be no upset and that the spread are going to be covered.

I haven't followed Berrettini's match so I'm not sure if he can cover the spread. But for Djokovic, yeah he seems to be covering almost all the spread in this tournament, even as high as -9.5 early, he managed to do it. So wishing you good luck and hope that there will be no surprises, specially the Hurkacz vs Berretini match.

Ladies is all set, Barty vs Pliskova in the finals.

Well Berrettini is the favourite so there's a good chance that he can win against Hurkacz, just matter of preference I guess and do hope that if ever he wins, he can cover the spread and more to be on the safe side. Same with Djokovic, as you have said, he even covers the -9.5, so most likely if everything is perfect tonight he can win his match as well. So best of luck to those who are going to bet on the semis.
3413  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2021 NBA Season on: July 09, 2021, 08:03:47 AM
Suns played their part at home, two matches two wins, it is a good advantage, but far from over
Bucks have their home matches, that could bring them back, Giannis is back, and things are get to be more interesting if Bucks win their first home match, with Suns on 3:0 it will be a close-call for them to win the championship

nevertheless, my bet is with Bucks for game 3

I thought that the Bucks will steal one game in Phoenix, unfortunately, it was not the case. Giannis play his hearts out, but he needed support, Middleton and Holiday is missing, they are the key pieces for Bucks to win here. Yes, they are moving to Milwaukee, so I expect that the Bucks are going to win very strong in game 3 and make a statement win. Just like what they did against the Hawks. So I will be betting for the Bucks as well in game 3 specially if they are going to be the underdogs.
3414  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: July 08, 2021, 11:05:35 PM
This is how my bet looks like in this semis:

Berrettini (-3.5) + Djokovic (-6.5) = @3.13.

I thought the games are tonight, waking up in the middle of the night here to check the score, unfortunately, I made a mistake. I could have put my bet on other games today and get the result and then put a bet on tennis. Anyhow, those two are the favourites, and hope that there will be no upset and that the spread are going to be covered.
3415  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Nigeria To Launch Digital Currency on: July 08, 2021, 12:05:36 PM
The numbers are with us here, I mean we haven't seen any successful crypto that is back up by government. I remember Russia's crypto rubble, and so far we haven't heard anything from it since its inception. And then we have the digital Yuan, well if this becomes successful then maybe we will see waves of government around the world experimenting with CBCD. So fingers crossed, bitcoin and the whole crypto market will here to stay despite this CBCD floating around.
3416  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: TENNIS: Wimbledon 2021 on: July 08, 2021, 10:54:13 AM
Here are the men through to the semi-finals:

Djokovic
Hurkacz
Shapovalov
Berrettini


What a Wimbledon this has turned out to be  Shocked

Just sad to see Federer lost against Hurkacz in this fashion, 0-6 score in the last set? And it was a straight set lost, he was leading in the second set and then suddenly he wasn't able to score and he played poorly. No injuries whatsoever, maybe father time has really caught on Federer and it's evident on this match. And probably this is Roger Federer's last match in Wimbledon.

So it will be Djokovic vs Shapovalov and then Berrettini vs Hurkacz. Djokovic stock for winning this tournanament is very high.

Berrettini and Djokovic are the clear favourites in their respective match.

I think the Hurkacz vs Berrettini is a must see match, for sure this might go for a 5 setter match as both are going hard to reach the Finals for the first time in their career.

Djokovic though, 1.08, Lol, you won't profit ML, might be better to bet on O/U as the odds are much better.
3417  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Will people who ban Bitcoin in some countries give up Bitcoin? on: July 08, 2021, 10:18:37 AM
Some countries now ban the use of Bitcoin, or banks restrict cryptocurrency transactions, resulting in an increase in the number of long-term Bitcoin holders.
For example, in China, China prohibits the use of Bitcoin. If I were Chinese, I might be more anxious. Some ways can be found to avoid being caught by the Chinese government. I will consider putting it in a cold wallet. In this case, you can only choose to hold for a long time. After all, there is no exchange to trade,
So will anyone give up Bitcoin?

We have reach 10 years already, I don't think just because some communist chooses to go anti-bitcoin, that anyone will give up their bitcoin. I'm pretty sure that there are still lot of Chinese whales still holding regardless of their government hard line stance against bitcoin.

And for those investors who lived on a bitcoin friendly country, obviously nothing has change, they can trade, and HODL. And there are data that there are less bitcoin in an exchange, meaning investors now prefer to HODL long term or continue to accumulate at this bear cycle.
3418  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2021 NBA Season on: July 08, 2021, 09:45:54 AM

Maybe he was still rusty in game 1 and probably that injury is not yet 100% healed. If it's good already, the defense played a big role in containing him specially in the second half of the game. But just like the hallmark of any superstar (he is a MVP), he will adjust in game 2 as they have seen how and what defense they are throwing against him.

Still early to call the Suns the NBA champions, this is just game 1, a lot of things can happen. It's going to be a chess game from here on.

Still far from that not unless Bucks will not adjust and try to more harder,

Giannis is one of the factors for them but if they managed to win without him better to keep that intensity and keep playing as a team.

Bucks other stars (Holiday and Middleton) they need to start the fire to stay up and close, they able to close this game in the first half they just need to keep that same momentum and not to allow the Suns to dictate the game.

Everyone adjusted when Giannis goes back to the starting five. Middleton did a great job, but Holiday has missed some shot that he supposed to make and have some lay up drive that he misses too.

Probably it's all jittery on the side of Bucks, but they have reach this far, the team is so resilient specially against the highly touted Nets. So the adjustments will be seen in game 2 here. I wouldn't be surprised in they pull a win and then go back to their back yard to take a lead in this series.
3419  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: July 08, 2021, 09:23:41 AM
I can hardly believe it, but Federer was now clearly defeated in 3 sets (The last set is very suspect, injury?)
I watched whole 3rd set and I don't think there was injury involved. Hurkacz played very well after wining that 2nd set, he was full of confidence and he hit some very good shots. Federer was just the opposite, he played mediocre and gave away few cheap points but that is it.

I would feel bad if this was his last match. Not nice to go away with 6:0, better to win some small ATP 250 in Basel or something like that and then call it quits.

TBH, I didnt expect Federer to win Wimbledon this year, he hasnt been playing at his top
obviously coming back from being off. Can anyone see him winning any GS in the future?

Can we apply Serena's situation to Roger's?
Being off, then recuperating, followed by a period getting back to fitness and then getting
match fit takes time and in that period everyone else is developing their games and progressing.

Yeah, I agree that we didn't even see Federer reaching as far as the quarter finals. On the first round, he has struggled, sign of bad things to come. And they he had a light draw in the tournament. Almost pair with players that are mostly clay court specialist. But this time, it was very different, Hurkacz is playing very high level tennis. And now that he will be up against Berrettini, another clay court player, maybe he can upset the #7 seed  and meet Djokovic in the finals.
3420  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2021 NBA Season on: July 05, 2021, 11:29:19 AM
^^ Suns is the opening favourite in game 1.

The fun thing is that we have like 2 days to decide our bet in the first game. Lots of parameters to look at, Suns has more days or rest, are they going to be rusty in game 1? What is the status of Giannis? will he be available?

So it's hard to decide who will win this year, Suns has CP3, Booker and Ayton and then role players. While the Bucks has Giannis, Middleton, Holiday and Brook Lopez. It will be a good matchup between Ayton and Lopez in the middle but Ayton has the advantage. But Brook can draw him out, specially if Lopez will hit his 3's.
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