I am also hoping the same but even with Libra to launch this year, that would already be big enough and we will feel the same hype like early 2018, and this would also add some hype on the halving as people believe it will make crypto market bullish, especially bitcoin.

ETH will continue to suffer without some big announcement but I am certain soon ETH 2.0 will be launch, they sure will launch it at the right timing.

No, not that.. everyone has a chance to grow and succeed in gambling, although we start as a loser.
Of course, when we are a newbie, we usually lose more than win more and we have to accept that reality so we can improve our strategy, and you need to choose the right game because if you are just playing games like a luck based games, you'll have no future on that, in that kind of game, the longer you play the lower your chance of winning.

But the management are sure of it that's why they traded capela although his performance is really good within the team.
Their current line up for sure would not take them in the West Finals, even the semis but they might be thinking of putting a replacement probably better than capela, that's the surprise we have to watch out for.

This is a great thread to watch, I've been reading some of the comments but haven't read most of it actually.

I have a question, since we are talking about bankroll management here, and we know without a decent bankroll, we will never win big.
I like to give a figure, for example I have a bankroll of $5000 use for the entire NBA season, how much can I expect to win that would satisfy me as a gambler, or should I stop when I am already winning or should I end the season?

I am just thinking that along the way we could be greedy, so I would appreciate to hear your experience on this.

and by the way, what odds do you normally take? do you take 1.90 below or 2.00 up only?

You'll only lose your time if you are a busy person and yet you are prioritizing gambling.
most of us have a lot of spare time, we gamble because we are enjoying it, we like to burn our time in gambling and if we win, that's what we called spending our quality time.

Money is really important, if you keep winning, you can do everything you want since you have the money, so people are really trying to win to experience some financial freedom if they are lucky.

I am not sure what you see in this project that you called promising.

yes today it has increase 174% but that is due to very small volume, per https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/defi/, its volume is less than a dollar.
What kind of project would grow with that?

There's a lot of newbie which are spamming the same, if they will be reported, they should be ban but then it's easy to make an account so eventually they will make a new one again to join the bounty and spam the forum, I am not sure if IP ban would work on this if it's existing.

We don't need actual number of data but we know already that majority are losers in gambling that's why casinos stay profitable and they are a growing industry while the rate is really good. There are exceptional people who make money out from gambling consistently and that's the reason why people are still eager to try their luck or their skills just to prove to themselves if they are exceptional or not.

Me, I am confident because I am investing and that's what we should do.
Being unrealistic and over confident are different from realistic and confident at the same time, that's what I do.

Speaking of the top 5, that's the major coins that would likely to grow as bitcoin grow as they lead the market for altcoins.

Bucks came from a lose but they'll start winning again for sure and hopefully against this rising them so we will see the real status of this team.

In the past few games, Zion was averaging good points and he is back with his usual playing time, so let's see, hopefully we can see a competition here but Bucks could again win on the road by 10 points, and of course they'll cover.

ETH regardless on how it perform still has a lot of believers, though it dump real hard from $1000 plus to less than $100, people are still holding it, they don't lose their faith on ETH and they hold one day it will again pump and mark a new ATH.

I am one of the many who believe that ETH will rise but I don't know if it could happen this year.

Just a correction, it's a signature campaign that pays in btc and it's not a bounty.
Before the ICO has become popular, signature campaign is already in the forum, and until now there are still a lot of advertisers who'd like to run a campaign from time to time, its true that high rank gets better payment but you should not stop, instead, you gotta be inspired to rank up.

Exactly because that was the dip during those times, well maybe last year it was $3k but from that price bitcoin have pump a lot reaching to $13,000 then it falls back to $6k then pump again to $10,000, then fall back to $7000 by the end of the year.

This year we reach $9000 by the end of January and if people are just playing games with the volatility, they can make profits many times since many times there's an opportunity given to us traders.

There's only huge benefit if there is a real bull run that will happen this year.
If Bitcoin will rise to $15,000 let's say before the halving, I guess everyone should already take the opportunity to sell and don't wait for a new ATH as possibly a dump is likely to follow, this is just for people who like to ensure they'll be profitable following the halving schedule's hype but for those risk how trust the long term movement, it's still right to hold since bitcoin always rise when theirs a demand happens even if its just an artificial demand.

Let me share some pick.

Clippers vs Spurs, last game Clippers had a blow out win on the road (SA 109 - LAC 134).
They'll be playing this time at home with a complete squad so its expected they'll do well and win another +10 points.
However, with the Spurs winning in their last 2 games, I think this would give them a great momentum, so a +10 handicap looks good to bet on.

Probably there's a lot of chance for us to see the market pump this year, it has been said that 2020 is bullish due to the upcoming halving schedule and in fact so far the price has significantly increase already. January was good, so he hold by this month, another good pump we are going to witness, bitcoin rising to $12,000 this month is very possible.

we will then slowly see altcoins to rise also, and hopefully people will not be disappointed this year.

After I witnessed the last bull run, I would not underestimate any prediction like this as anything could happen and $27K is a realistic target.

This is what happen in 2017

From $900 to $20,000: Bitcoin’s Historic 2017 Price Run Revisited

It will not reached $10K with less than 24 hours remaining in January 2020, but, we should still be happy with the current price of btc now because it was a significant rise and our expectation that the start is bullish did happen.

This month, btc opened at 7,194.89 and it could end $9K more or less, so it;s really a big gains already.
If we round it to a whole numbers, it's like $2,000 increase in just one month.

For me, their priority now should be getting a star player to lead the young players, if they can get at least close to Lebron James equivalent, that would be very helpful. They are in a big market and yet they don't have a star, they need to give the fans a real entertainment and that would only happen if there's something who could bring hype to the team, just like what Luka did with the Mavericks.

The first reason is exactly what is happening now, the halving is in the air and people are starting to fill their wallets so they can sell short term with the profit. With what people are thinking about the halving, I think bitcoin will just continue to pump even more and I would say the hype is real.