Yeah, but when Ethereum shift to PoS, they might, at a certain level loses that decentralization? So it's a argument of PoW being not environment friendly against PoS which they might lost decentralization.

But in any case, it is done already, they are moving to PoS, there merger has been successful in testnet. And I'm also in the majority that  Ethereum will not be devalue to Zero. It's too big already, maybe have invested a lot of money, like 32 Ethereum to become a validator.

Here is the official document so that everyone can see,



https://www.mtgox.com/img/pdf/20220706_announcement_en.pdf

So it's either the recipient has choice of lump sum repayment, cash, bitcoin and or bitcoin cash.

Chances are there will be will availing of the lump sump here, and maybe few on crypto as they have suffered enough of waiting for years. And with that said, cash will be the better options, unless they still want to go to and hold their bitcoin and or bitcoin cash in this bear market.

And there is also an assignment, meaning not all claimants will get everything at the same time (cash or crypto). Going to be a slow process for August up to the end of the year or when all payments have been made.

And thanks to this kind of FUD, members are now well aware as to what will go down to this Mt. Gox repayment program if it has an effect on the market to put it below the last lowest low of $17,500.

I guess it's more of self control on his side, he brought an amount of money and perhaps in the beginning he has a target returns. And if he get to the point, exit, with the money go back to his company and then reinvest what he had just to make the company afloat for the meantime. And he is a business savvy because he was able to let his company survived that time and still now standing as one of the biggest company in the world. Feel good story, but for sure majority of us who tried to gamble have lost every dollar.

Dan Rafael is a good source, as he is a legendary boxing writer, and let's hope that what he leaks in true though. I mean we all have been speculating this fight for months now and hope that it will happen in October, the first date that circulated. And then there is news blackout from both camps although we have seen Showtime Stephen Espinoza and even Crawford himself going into the public and giving some updates, but still it's not that clear. So again, good to hear that there is progress, but we will have to wait for the final announcement.

Well he is so brilliant that he was able to stole that $500,000++ from Curve. Nevertheless as all eyes are watching with his address and he thinks that he is invincible and depositing it to Binance without mixing it, then that is his donwfall.

So almost all the money has been gotten back already and maybe the rest will definitely be retrieved as there is no way that the hackers can't move it without anyone noticing about the remaining stolen funds. And it will be complete if he will be caught and send to jail.

It's more of a cherry-pick fight for Teo Lopez, so that he will look great and bring back his confidence after his defeat to Kambosos. And you can see in Campa's record that all of his opponent is not even close to what Teo have been beaten. So this is like a mismatch, a A-level class fighter against lower tier. For Campa's side, this might be his biggest paycheck in US dollar so even if he losses this fight, still a big privilege for him to fight in US soil.

Even time Green open his mouth since he had that podcast, he always like try to make controversial statement or something. And it is obvious to hype his podcast so I will take everything with a grain of salt moving forward on everything he will say in the public.

And I think we all agree that Green is not a max contract player, specially that his plays are built around the Warrior system and that he perfected that. So it will be interesting to see him with other teams, make new adjustment and see if he can still perform like what he is doing as a Warrior.

Hehehe, as we all expected, Teo will win by either TKO/KO and that's what happen in this fight. And Campa is really not on the same league as Lopez as it was very evident from the first round, the contrasting style, stance, you can its vey different.

Let's wait for him and fight good boxers in this division to see if he can stand with the big punchers in this division. He mentioned a name after the fight, Prograis, that will be a good match and real test for Teo if he can fit in this 140 lbs division. The good thing is that he brings hype already, so maybe there will be fans going to watch now the Jr. Welterweight division.

I guess when bitcoin becomes an asset, store of value or even currency, the narrative has change. And then there are world financial bodies that want to control it, imposing KYC's. So yeah, that thing is gone already.


Maybe some of them haven't touch their bitcoin or cash it out. Others may have done it in succession every bull run, like in 2017 or 2021. Or some may have totally lost their access already, like this guy:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/15/uk-man-makes-last-ditch-effort-to-recover-lost-bitcoin-hard-drive.html

Sa experience naman ni Nash bilang player wala naman talaga tayong masasabi, dyan, pero parang kulang pa sya bilang coach at nahirapan talaga sya sa 3 superstars na hawak nya. Pero hindi nama siguro basehan yun na hindi sya respetuhin ni Durant. Talaga lang siguro na gusto nya na sya ang may control o dahil iba ang pinanggalingan nyang system ng Warriors coach na si Steve Kerr na sya talaga ang alpha ng team at hindi ang mga players na si Curry at iba pang superstars ng Warriors.

The only way for bitcoin to fall is maybe if internet is being cut-off, but that is out of the equation, internet can't be stop. Certain countries can block it no doubt and censor everything, but not the world. So yeah, bitcoin might fall in prices but it doesn't mean that it will be doom and will not recover our losses. Sooner or later a bull run with happen, it's that the way market is, there is a period of relatively bearish, but after halving, the price will go on a massive bull run and topping it up with a new ATH. And maybe we are talking about 6 digit figure in 2024-25.

I don't see the coins of Mt. Gox having an effect on the market, if it is then it will be just short term. As far as Ethereum, it has broken that $1,900 barrier for x times already. And maybe what I'm thinking is that if bitcoin breaks $25k and maintain it, then Ethereum will reach $2,000 or higher because of the merger. So we will have to see, everything seems to be very positive for now, all coins are green and seems to be bullish in short term.

I voted for Excited To Comeback, hehehe.  Win or lose, we are always looking for the next sessions, sports betting, card games and even slots. Specially if you end your previous sessions with a good win, for sure you will want to come back for more. And then if you lose, well, at least you enjoy but at the back of your mind, you are thinking to make a comeback and recover what you have lost.

And if you look at this stats:



https://twitter.com/LevAkabas/status/1558085896750202880/

So indeed the team owners are willing to spend millions if not billions of dollars to maintain their  championship DNA.

Just sad though that Clippers is still ringless as compare to other 2 California basketball teams (Lakers and Warriors). They have multiplied their values, Steve Ballmer really need to see that results.

Yes, we all know that it should be Kambosos vs Loma initially, but because of the war in his native country, Loma wasn't able to do that. So it is just right that he will get a first chance against Haney after the Kambosos rematch to get that title back. For casual fans, might not be good and boring because of Haney's style, but that will be tested against the best tactician we have. So style makes fight here. It could be like Loma vs Rigo though 

That will be huge if we see this 2 teams in the finals, 


Meralco Bolts are still the underdog, so it will be good to bet on them with great odds 2.x. It will be a big task for the Bolts though, they need to play perfect specially in their defense, they will have to find a way to stop the big men of SMB.

But it good to see another do or die game, must watch for us, I have a feeling that maybe we will see OT to make it more exciting, hehehhe.

It's just somewhat funny to go back to this kind of thread, the last update was May and we are talking about the $30k'ish barrier. And then  we went down and hit lowest low in $17,600 and now it seems the market is somewhat on a short term bullish trend.

and now we are going to attempt to break in $30k again, this is what I'm somewhat looking to see so that at least we may be safe to say that the bottom is in and we could be in a bullish run till December and maybe $40k is on the horizon.

Perhaps by now we should now why is there a hype on ETH right? it's because of the merger, a move to POS model for their network. And then you have to ask yourself, do we think that it is enough news and hype to overtake BTC?

Yes, it's the second biggest crypto, but we can't just simply see a power shift just because they will have the biggest and important event in their history. I will admit that it should be the news of the year specially if it will become very successful, but it's not enough to dislodge BTC if that's what their proponents is trying to drive at.

Yeah, perhaps a trilogy will be in the horizon if Ancajas win and fans wants more of this matchup. Maybe the picture is that Martinez leads in the scorecard and then Ancajas hit his patented power and knock out Martinez for good to get his belt back.

That will be a scenario waiting for a trilogy to happen. And for Jerwin, he really need to bounce back here, we can call this a 'necessary victory' that needed and before a winner takes all 3rd fight is to happen.

Here is the final weigh-in,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze3TGRTPP6U

Teo Lopez - 138.8 lbs
Pedro Campa - 139.4

Lopez though looks very sharp, while Campa, I'm seeing somewhat of a weight drain. But we will see tomorrow. They still have at least 24 hours to bring themselves and eat and rehydrate.

Unfortunately, I check the sports bookies (stake and sportsbet), and so far only the ML is available.