Obviously, it is, but for us, he beat Kambosos fair and square. But against Lomachenko, it's questionable as most of us here thought that Loma did enough to at least make it a draw. But the judges saw that early score of Haney is enough for him to win. So it's not that it's a left-over fight. And with Haney going up in weight and winning a belt, I don't think he will go back to this weight anymore. And so it's good to hear that the IBF belt is on the line for this two. And I'm seeing Loma winning and maybe it's time for Tank Davis to fight him. Tank has been protected for so long, and they should make fight a real champion.

Loma needs a convincing win though. He is going to travel to Australia and we have seen worst thing happen like in the Pacquiao vs Horn fight. Hopefully, they won't rob Loma. But Loma can remove the judges in this scenario if he can win by a knockout. Or just a total dominant win just like what he did when he has coming to 135 lbs and defeating a lot of great boxers.

And that is the main reason why trading or at least short term of it is not for everyone. We have heard horror stories here specially around 2018 wherein there are members who have experienced a first bull run 2017, thought that it will go like that forever. And they didn't take into account that the next cycle might be worst and that's what happen to the majority of them. They continue to short or day trade, to no success as the market make a U-turn.

But for "smart" investors, well, volatility could be a friend to say the least. Not that it will affect us mentality, but used it to challenge us and then be intelligent to buy during the dip, or do the best strategy that is known to us, DCA. And then have the mental toughness to go day in, day out, daily grind or weekly to stack sats as much as we can and then just sell it when the time comes or necessary.

Everyone can make her/his prediction here, it's free, but you have to understand the reasoning behind, perhaps this entities will have something to gain with this kind of exorbitant predictions, like in this case, they are institutional investors and so they are what we call, "buy the rumor, sell the news", a strategy that is very effective, as this is deeply rooted for marketing, hence they want to attract more clients.

But for bitcoin enthusiast, this price might be possible but not as early as 2030. We still haven't seen the price reaching $100k yet, although this bull cycle, almost majority as saying that the 6 digits might be hit. Still a long way to go though, and it will take a lot of money to flow into the market for Bitcoin to reach at last $1 million in the next 2-3 halvings.

Definitely, if we look his past history, there are patterns on prices, but it's hard to predict where and when and what will be the highest it will go through. And that's why there are early bag holders who tend to sell instead of holding as they thought that bitcoin will not go that far. But look at what happen to it, majority of them regret their decision to sell early. Nevertheless it's not that late for them and for the majority of us to buy and then HODL (specially for those who don't want to trade).

And in the incoming bull run, or right after the block halving, bigger prices are to be expected, again. Speculators are predicting a minimum $100K at least as our new all time high. But we will see, it could be +/-, however, if we have accumulate this past couple of years, we might be just sitting in the bull run and see how it unfolds and look how bigger our portfolio will grow.

Right, as far as I can remember, when this project was listed, it was on top tier exchanges that's why it was able to break at least in the top 20-30 list. Even their airdrops was worth something, a thing that we haven't seen in years in the altcoin market, and lucky for those who got the airdrop around March of last year, and maybe some of them have sold it already for a quick profit, or just HODL on them as we are now in the bull market and just time when the price will go up and shot.

But if we look at it's previous all time high, ARB is way below at -81%. But I think that is the norm for some of the top altcoins. Because as I have said, everything really depends on the bull run and I think this year and the next year, some of them will reach new all time high, including ARB. Everything right now is at Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum as it powers faster smart contract and that's what a project needs as it include bring down the cost of transactions.

They got everything going right now, I think they made adjusted like putting Nunn as their starting point guard. And obviously, Lauri Markkanen is still improving, how many 7 footers we have seen that can dribble the ball (that behind the back that he pulled against D'Lo), and then shoot the ball with ease. Another big man that can do that is Jokic, but I think Lauri belongs to the top along with Joel Embiid.

I think that Jazz has the potential to make the playoff, or worst be in the play-in but still the chance are still there if they keep on improving and be healthy throughout the season. The team has completely rebuild already from the last couple of years and if I'm not mistaken, only Clarkson, who remains as the remnant of the old Jazz. But still though, coming off the bench, Clarkson is still big in Utah.

Zhang vs Parker is also very difficult to predict. We've seen that Zhang left hand has that power and Parker has great lateral movement. So it's a question if Zhang can land that power and or Parker uses his movement to make Zhang misses his power shot.

And Zhang is dangerous in the early rounds and so if Parker can weathered the storm early, avoid that power and then uses his jab to not let Zhang set up his left hand, he might win this fight in the judges score card. But if Zhang in 6 rounds hit Parker, it might be an early fight for him. So the key for Parker is to ouboxed Zhang just like what he did against Wilder to stay away from that big left hand. But for sure this is going to be a great and competitive fight.

In sport betting, this might be true, and we have seen parlays being destroyed by just one game. And so if you just bet on a couple of single bets you might have to win, like 2 out 3 bets, for sure you will be in the positive.

But for games like lets say roulette, wherein it's better to bet like 10 numbers straight out of 36 on a single zeroes, you might still take some profits and then rinse and repeat. And if you're lucky, you can hit single numbers successfully and win big.

Yes, big game by the two, Towns taking advantage when Westbrook is guarding him. He even had a alley-oop pass to Gobert for a slam. A good comeback by the Clippers but it was not enough, even Wb blew that easy two and the announcer says it was karma, Lol.

It's the other way around, the Clippers tested the Wolves at home, they take a good lead in the first quarter and then in the final, but Clippers also a good team with Powell shooting 3 that close the score but then again, the Wolves can be denied with Gobert playing defense in the middle with that great block shot against Kawhi.

Yeah, I think Maxey is emerging as their second option now behind Joel. But since Embiid is not present he will be the leader of and then Tobias Harris as the 2nd option for now. This is how they did against the Hawks and they almost win that game if not for some miscues in the last seconds.

But this time, they can't be denied as the Kings can't do anything about it. Bad shooting night for the Kings and they are a high scoring team. But with this phase by the Sixers, they can't do anything about it so good win by the Sixers to snap from their losing streak.

Yes, but he loves to throw a lot and so he is a volume puncher and that's why people says that he might have a chance to beat Inoue. But I don't think so, Inoue has matured already and getting better every fight.

For sure, Naoya will be the heavy favorite in this fight regardless on how they are going to hype Nery's as a big puncher. Naoya has been with the best in bantamweight and super bantamweight and he beat them all and make them look amateurish.

Exactly, casino operators or those who created slot machines are the only ones that are going to make lots of money out of us. And even us gamblers knows how the game is being played here, still though, we are willing to take that risk and hope that someday we are going to win big. But to consider gambling as like as means to an end, to bring food in the table for your family on a daily basis? it's a wrong mindset.

There could be some successful gamblers, like professional poker and win millions in a tournament. But still skills are a requirement and it takes someone years to perfect his craft to become a pro poker and still not assurance that you can land in the top 10 and make a lot of money.

Good for you, everyone in the beginning here have been criticized, although it is very constructive for sure so that you will improved. The thing is that there are sensitive members who joined this community and then when they are criticized they take it negatively.

So just enjoy your stay here, this is a community so you can go around and see what topics interest you and then developed yourself. You can even study how others, specially respected members reply so that you can get something from them. So best of luck to you, it seems that you are going to rank up to Member as well.

This market has been speculative for years though, even since in the beginning. So we already understand how everything works, it's volatility, FOMO and what parameters affect the price. The good thing is that many of us knows how to play around and take advantage of it.

And so right now, with the whole ETF approval as 100% already, this could fuel the price to go up and ramp up before the halving. And then with the halving, it will pushes the price, and we all know that it will be the catalyst as we have seen it based on our history. So I think we can see 6 digits as our baseline for a new all time high, and it might peak at around 2025.

^^ A lot of good fights indeed for this year. But it's hard to argue though for Inoue winning that coveted Boxer of the year nod against Crawford. Even Haney had a good year as well but they give the award to the Japanese.

For unification between Beterbiev and Bivol, another anticipated match this year and hopefully it will be pushed or happened. I think that the Saudis are interested of making this fight as well as they love both of this fighter. We will just have to wait for Beterbiev to beat Smith this weekend and maybe their managers are going to sit down and talk for unification at LHW.

I think the closest that we might see how Joshua can take a power puncher is obviously against his first defeat, Andy Ruiz. But I think Ngannou has more power that Ruiz and with that, if let's say Francis landed the way he landed on Fury, it might be goodnight for Joshua.

So not sure what bookies is putting him as a big underdog in this fight. But I think it's going to be a field day for gamblers who wanted to bet on the underdog. As we all know that Francis is a live dog and that odds is very enticing and it might cost big money on casinos if Francis is going to pull the biggest upset and score a knockout against Joshua in this fight.

Yes, it was really a blow out games, Blazers losing that big points against the Oklahoma City Thunder. I know that OKC might deliver a win in double digits, but not that huge. And then the Lakers started very slow against the your Suns,  .

Beal having his best game as Suns and almost shooting perfectly in the 3 point line, 8/10. And then Durant and Booker too providing the needed offense and they really buried the Lakers in just 3 quarters and it was just moot in the 4th as we are waiting what will be the handicap win by Phoenix.

It's not about a a fighter vs fighter beef, it's promotion (headed by Dana White) vs their fighter. So there's no agreement in between, and I don't think that Dana will give in to the demands of Francis if we talk about money. Dana is business and we all know that he will have his way one way or another and that's why I do not see Ngannou going back to his franchise.

And as we have seen, he is a natural striker with raw power. And boxing is the perfect fit for that kind of athlete. And besides, money in boxing is big for Heavyweight, specially that they have the back up of one of the richest nation, in Saudi Arabia.

That is the question for whoever is the head of the Boxing commission in Japan, but it seems that this is already a good and they are going to lift Nery's ban anyways. So the fight is on and maybe they will released a official date once everything has been written in a contract that both parties have agreed.

And as we saw on Inoue, he is unbeatable and when we thought that fighters will at least give him a good test like Fulton or Donaire for instance, it's not even close as he takes control of the fight and knock them out.

And just to cap off Inoue's 2023 campaign, he was name fighter of the year by Ring magazine, https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/01/06/more-sports/inoue-ring-magazine/

If you have the capital, then you can gamble as long as you want, it might affect your physical and mental health though. And as far as we know, everything in life should be done in moderation as we don't want to be addicted in gambling and other vices.

So for me, no, gambling like everything will bring more harm that good even if you win big. And we all know that sooner or later the house edge is going to caught up with us. And then we also have the luck factor. If you are unlucky, you can have a string of bad luck in days that will make you lose money.