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481  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: August 21, 2022, 06:16:11 PM
The match is slowly tilting in the favor of Netherlands. The close they come to the target, the more chances they will win this match. All they have to do is not to lose the wickets and the runs will come by automatically. Although the run rate is 6 runs per over, the occasional boundaries will further reduce this rate. Look like this match will go right down to the wire and its hard to predict the match winner at this point.
The Netherlands needs 30 runs from 27 balls to win. While Nidamanuru returns to the fold with 24 runs, Tom Cooper is still at the crease with 62 runs. If Tom Cooper stays at the crease, he looks set to give the Netherlands a win today. But Pakistani bowlers are very experienced. Probably Pakistan will not be defeated in this match.
A good fight from the Netherlands in this third and final ODI of this series where they were chasing a target of 207 in absence of all quality bowlers from Pakistan but till they fail and all out in 49.2 overs with just 9 runs short of target again Babar is survivor for Pakistan with bat his third fifty of this series give good support after this inning Mohammad Wasim and Naseem Shah both done good job and restrict Netherlands batting even once they were near to win, but sadly experience counts in Pakistan favor, and they were able to defend this small target with their new young guns.

Cooper also done third fifty for home team, but this was not enough for having win in this match here now Pakistan needs to work on their batting because it has terrible issues and need to fix as soon as possible.
482  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How often do you use Bitcoin? on: August 21, 2022, 04:23:33 PM
I'm just curious to know how often people on the forum make BTC transactions.
Feel free to expand on your answer below, should you desire.

Please vote honestly, thanks.
I make bitcoin transcation once per week when i received my signature payment via bitcoin. Other times I use other cryptocurrencies.  Because transaction fees in other cryptocurrencies are much lower than Bitcoin.  And the transfer speed is very high then btc. So I find it more convenient to use other coins than Bitcoin most of the time
Too bad that people can only choose one answer or can only vote one time in the poll because I believe that many users here are like you that also uses altcoins and tokens other than their bitcoins because there are times where bitcoin fees are high and then the network is heavily congested. We can't afford to wait any longer when we are in a hurry like we will play gambling or purchase something that we will use immediately like phone credits.

I think for some who are currently enrolled in a bitcoin paying campaign. They will only do one btc transaction per week and that is by moving their bitcoin salary to their main wallets.
483  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Do we gamble or trade? on: August 21, 2022, 09:19:10 AM
remember, trading with gambling is very different, it's just that our way must be right,
trading without knowing how to trade is clearly not trading, because trading must have knowledge,
about reading technicals, reading fundamentals etc., without that all traders can be said to be gambling.
Even if you are doing fundamental and technical analysis, there is still no guarantee that you can now predict the movement of the coin accurately, therefore trading can still be linked with gambling. Trading without a proper knowledge in trading is still called trading but the risk is much higher.

I think those who engage in trading, whether a newbie or not, are knowledgeable because if they aren't then they won't be able to buy a crypto and step in the trading arena but the knowledge that a newbie trader have might only be small although it is very possible for them to earn something as long as they know how to buy low and sell high.
484  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Will Russia Emerge As The Next Dominant Superpower on: August 21, 2022, 08:29:31 AM
The Ukrainian sources have stated recently that they are outnumbered and outgunned in the Donbass region. A few days back, I was watching an interview with an Ukrainian commander, who was saying that Russians fire 50,000 to 60,000 artillery pieces per day, while the Ukrainians can fire only around 5,000 per day. Given the fact that most of the deaths in this war has resulted from shelling, I don't think that it will be logical to assume that Russians suffered more casualties despite firing 10x shells. Western weapons maybe more accurate, but still that won't cover the 10x numerical advantage.

Also, most of the casualties on the Ukrainian side consists of Ukrainian citizens (up to 5% maybe from foreign volunteers). On the other hand, at least half of the Russian casualties are from non-citizens of Russia (mostly rebels from DPR/LPR).
Just a stupid move by Ukraine to fight with such a mighty power i.e. Russia. There is rear chance that ukarine win this war, they are just playing on behalf of USA and EU who just wanna down Russia without getting involved in the conflict directly. Its better in interest of Ukraine to negotiate with Russia and end this conflict. 
If your country are the ones that will be attacked, won't you fight back? Maybe yes because you are coward but Ukraine isn't like that and even if they know that Russia is an aggressive country, they didn't think twice but they just do what they can to stop them.

Other countries are proud of the bravely showed there by Ukraine, and that is why they send help not only in terms of financial but they also send their own armies to help Ukraine fight with Russia. At the end, even if Ukraine fails to win the war, that was fine. They will still look good in the eyes of the many because at least they have tried their best and they didn't do nothing while Russia are attaching them.
485  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: trading is good for traders with passive mindset on: August 21, 2022, 06:38:15 AM
Fortunately, some people were able to control their greed and manage to pursue their trading goals as most are used to trade for long term. However, controlling one's greed is not enough to meet trading success. A good trader should also establish a passive mindset in trading, and being able to analyze market trends and events as they can can be helpful in knowing when is best to trade and when trading is not possible.
They only use their greed to give them a motivation to continue on what they are doing. This a proof that not all greed is bad but it can also be beneficial depending on how we use it. If they are used in trading then they are not new in here but the one we are talking about are the newbies which still lacks of experience when it comes to trading.

It is good to have a passive mindset so that we aren't pressured and we can think properly than compare to when we have an active mindset where our minds are always tired which can affect our trading performances. There is no bad times for trading I believe because this market doesn't stop moving.
486  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: August 20, 2022, 05:59:11 PM
What I've just watched ? Dortmund had 2-0 in minute 88 , took a brief break from TV and when I came back 3 minutes later was already 2-2 and immediately after Werder made 3-2 and I've lost my mind. I can't remember last time I've saw a game like this and I don't think I will ever see this again. The fans and public were so angry after the game that the core of boo's from the fans was super massive and to be honest , they are right as you cannot let this happen when you are leading 2-0 with 5 minutes left until the game ends. Anyway , if someone can explain what happened in Dortmund - Bremen , I will closely watch this thread even if Bremen kinda played more organized than Dortmund today.
Match ended nearly 90 minutes ago, but I am still shocked what the hell happen in this match because 87th minute when I go away for my cup of tea Borussia Dortmund was winning and there were no chance for Werder Bremen to do anything special like this, but they have done magic and pick this win from jaws of Borussia Dortmund without any trouble in just last 5 minutes.

With this lost now they are dropped and lost their perfect record for this season as well but still it's not bad from them because good thing happening, and they are doing goals in each game is surely positive for them. An amazing win for visitors as they were looking for their first win of this season, and now they are going to face Frankfurt in next win which is surely a good match.
487  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Saylor steps down as Microstrategy CEO on: August 20, 2022, 03:19:39 PM
A sad day for the bitcoin community. I wonder what made him do this. I mean he very well knows that bitcoin is going to make a new ATH in the future, so why step down now? $1b loss is a pocket change for a hedge fund as big as his.
Wait, what?  MSTR isn't a hedge fund, it's....some kind of software company if I'm not mistaken, one that happened to have a bitcoin zealot as CEO.  I kept writing in the other thread about MSTR that he could very well be booted by the board of directors, and I think that's likely what happened.  Be skeptical about what press releases say, because companies can and do make up all sorts of bullshit when something important like a CEO being removed happens.
Thank you for this. I did not know they were a software company, I thought they were a hedge fund as well. I mean I never checked them out personally, I just heard about the bitcoin purchases and nothing more, so I assumed they were just an investment related company. Turns out they are just a software company who liked to buy as many bitcoins as possible.

I like a bitcoin zealot, they help me more than they hurt me as far as I can see, they increase the price or at least try to. I definitely agree on the skeptical part though, he is no longer the CEO but he is still the executive chairman, meaning he could remove the CEO and appoint himself anytime he wants if I am not wrong.
488  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: How to take profits? on: August 20, 2022, 02:10:22 PM
I am mostly a hodler no matter the market going down or up. But sometimes I get the advice to take some profits.

Example: my investment of 300 euro becomes 500 euro. Is it better to take out my initial investment or only take the profit ? And reinvest that profit ?

How do you guys do this ?

I just feel like i'm missing potential profits by not selling and seeing my potential profits go up and down.
I think the situation depends. If you are a long term hodler then a 200 euro profit will look small to you so you wouldn't touch it but you need to aim for a better return. Those downs that you saw are only temporary so that shouldn't scare you but in order to prevent it, you can stay offline for a while and only come back after a long time.

If you are short or mid term investor then I think it's not bad to take that 200 euro or you can also take out your 300 euro starting capital so that you will not risk anything and in case the outcome is a loss, you won't feel bad but if the outcome is positive like the 200 euro became 500 again, you can repeat the same process, by taking out the 300 euro profit.
489  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Formation Finance - thoughts on the project? on: August 20, 2022, 02:44:39 AM
Hi, does anyone have thoughts on https://formation.fi? The token has been dropped from an all time high of $0.40 to $0.003, but it seems to be a solid project - experienced team, external funding, doxxed team, defi platform, roadmap that's being worked on.

I don't understand why the token is so low - is the defi platform never going to make any money?
If it is a solid project then why would its price drop hard? Oh well, it might be cause of the recent bear because even the solid projects like eth and btc do also experience the same thing. Something about the team and the roadmap can be faked easily. So, it's not enough to convince a wise investor if that's the only thing that they are going to show.

Also you forgot to describe if what was the project all about? You only mentioned that it is defi but my guess is it's some kind of a lending platform? Dunno why but that was the first thing that pop in my head. Maybe because of that word finance in its name. Defi isn't dead yet and it is still possible to make money out of them.
490  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: August 19, 2022, 02:19:31 PM
Real Madrid will move quickly to find a replacement for Casemiro who has agreed a personal deal with Manchester United and will soon undergo medical tests to head to Old Trafford, and will now Madrid consider signing Newcastle United midfielder Bruno Guimaraes as Casemiro's replacement in Madrid's midfield.
Joining Madrid is a great achievement for Bruno Guimaraes' career, this player is not so bad, last season he scored 5 goals for Newcastle in 17 appearances. He is still young, 24 years old, his career is still quite long. The interesting thing is, if Madrid manages to bring in this player for 40 million euros, it means they still have a surplus of 20 million euros from the sale of Casemiro. Of course this 40 million is the first offer from Madrid, maybe Newcastle can ask for a higher price.
As final report which came from Madrid now Casemiro is Manchester United player which is matter of hours now for official announcement from both parties but Real Madrid first offer for replacement of Casemiro is snubbed by Eddie Howe as he is feeling Bruno Guimaraes is very important player for them in this season, and they are not allowing him to let go but still any things can happen because Real Madrid first offer was just 40 Million and if they feel something positive about this then surely they will increase their offer because they want a replacement for Casemiro and currently this youngster is completely suitable for this position in Real Madrid a young and skilled player which can improve in coming weeks and can give better results to any team.
491  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Bitcoin Longterm Price Target on: August 19, 2022, 05:34:01 AM
The thing is you're calculating like the whole people used all his money only to buy Bitcoin, this is why your calculation are inaccurate.

I think S2F models are could give you an idea how much Bitcoin will worth in the long term, though it's like impossible. But it was started from nothing to reach $20K which is no one expect it except Satoshi at that times.

Maybe if you only use 10% of the average wealth, it's more make sense.
He did admit that his calculations are inaccurate but I don't think there is a person that can calculate all these stuffs correctly. We don't know what is running on each person's mind. They may or they may not involve their selves in bitcoin. Satoshi is the founder of btc but I don't think he predicted btc to go this far (its price) because he thought that he only made a currency that people will use daily and not an asset that many people will get attracted to, in which they will buy and hodl their coins till the price booms.

20k isn't the highest price that btc reached but it was almost 70k. If it reached that high starting from scratch then it's also possible that it can go for more like over a hundred k.
492  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: August 18, 2022, 08:08:53 PM
Yup Zimbabwe is not strong team. They always lose games against teams from countries like Bangladesh and India. I also knew that India will win today's game of Zimbabwe Vs India. That's exactly what happened. Zimbabwe set India a target of just 189 runs.  Which was very easy for India to fulfill
Zimbabwe is indeed a weak team. But India has showed excellent performance in both batting and bowling section today. Zimbabwe managed to make a good partnership in the 9th wicket, which has helped them to reach 180+ runs. India has chased the target easily without losing any wickets. Anyway, Bangladesh has recently lost an ODI series with this Zimbabwean team, where the same team is playing very bad against India. Zimbabwe is going to be whitewashed by India in this series.
There were few hopes Zimbabwe will perform better after winning series against Bangladesh and having third rated Indian bowling attack, but this is not going to be positive for them all bowlers done good job specially Chahar was in good rhythm and take all three top order wickets which break their all hopes, and they fail to play in good way just 9th wicket 80 runs partnership give them good score on board, and they reach at 189 which was not enough for India and both openers done amazing job and have 10 wickets win for their team which already break all hopes for having any good cricket from these minors it's going to be one-sided business.

Chahar was man of the match for his good performance in this match, a good start for this new kid in blue, hopefully he will be better in future with his good bowling and replace Mohammad Siraj in main bowling attack.
493  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: August 18, 2022, 06:41:12 PM
Going with the performance of the two teams, so far in the first match, their performance is good because they won with a convincing result but if we should consider their head-to-head statistics, both teams have scored each other in their last six meetings and AC Milan have had more wins than Atalanta. Looking at their current scoring ability and the squad in the teams presently, I think it will be easy to bet on goals rather than choosing the team to win the game so my preferred choice on betting will be over 2.5 goals or both teams to score as you mentioned.
Last season Atalanta also performed well. of course, the second meeting later will be quite difficult to make predictions. both teams are quite productive, but I think in the meeting between the two it will be a little difficult for Milan to score a lot of goals. I thought the game would end in a goalless draw. it could have happened if Atalanta made a different strategy to stem the midfield and attack from Milan.
In last season, Atlanta was in good shape and in early rounds of the season there were chance that they are going to stay at in top four teams but sadly in last few rounds they badly lost their rhythm and bring out themselves out of top four with ending at eight number is never been good end but now again they have good start and having very good result in their first match against Sampdoria on road now they are going to face defending champions at home which is surely going to very interesting game because in first game both already done good job and now a tough challenge for both sides.

AC Milan which was in rumors about their finances and not having required transfers also have good result and good match against Udinese now will try their best for staying at top and having good thumbing win against Atlanta in this match.
494  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Which coin is more likely to be 100X on: August 18, 2022, 03:26:29 PM
Currently we are still in a bear market condition and I think it will be very difficult for us to be able to get a coin that is really able to provide a return of x100 because when the BTC price is corrected it will certainly make almost all other coins also follow the decline of bitcoin so that currently is not the right moment to find hidden gems, it's best to invest with coins that have been proven to be profitable even when the market is undergoing corrections such as BTC, ETH, and BNB coins.
He is talking about the future and not on the present situation. Of course the price of the coins now is dumping and you can't just expect to earn 100x while you are buying them at lows at the same time. 100x is a huge return so it could take time but not impossible. Btc is in its correction mode right now but don't ya worry because it will soon switch to its bull state and so as the majority of the coins on this market.

So, will you wait for that moment before you can say that you will invest? That's not a good timing and you already missed some good pump with that already but for 100x to be successfully achieved, we can wait for the coins to hit their true bottom which may still occur in later stages.
495  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: August 18, 2022, 01:49:21 PM
For Leverkusen, it's a bit of a shame that in 2 matches they didn't go well.
For me, this is the surprise of the first 2 matchdays. Leverkusen with 0 points in 2 games. Only Bochum started also so badly. You can lose against Dortmund, but they should have taken points against Augsburg. Now on Saturday they play against Hoffenheim and they made a better start. If they don't win that, then you could talk about a small crisis.
No doubt this is shocking result for fans and soccer community they were good at the end of last season, but suddenly the start of new season is having the worst scenario for them and they at the bottom of league table with in third match they are going to face another good team Hoffenheim this is also going to be entertaining game for supporters as well.

Few other teams are also in serious troubling start of this season as expectations were high, but these teams completely fail to deliver as expecting as Leipzig and Frankfurt both are looking for their first wins of this season and having good challenges in third round as well Leipzig is going to Union Berlin which could be tricky for them as they are in good touch and Frankfurt are going to host Koln.
496  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: August 18, 2022, 08:36:09 AM
The condition were absolutely incredible for bowlers and that is why SA choose to bowl first after winning the toss. It is just the first day and I won't deny that England had a bad start but plenty of cricket is still left and things can change quiet fast on the second day.
Mostly bowlers done good work in these conditions and if we have some good time to play in today game then surely we can expect something good from South African bowlers because they can take wickets quickly in these conditions and then England bowlers also capable of having their best because today mostly we are going to have cloudy weather and this is mostly suitable for bowlers but from tomorrow we can expect good change which could be helpful for batsmen.
 
Now this all depends on both sides how their response in these conditions because if we lost two days then surely most chances we are going to have draw as hot favourite and if South African done something special then surely they can take good advantage of this all.
497  Economy / Economics / Re: The US CPI has strong influence on Bitcoin (a reason for the current rise) on: August 17, 2022, 08:42:33 PM
There's no direct connection between the inflation going up and the panic selling on the BTC market.
The BTC panic selling was caused mostly by the Terra/Luna collapse and the big companies like Celsius, Three Arrows Capital, Voyager going bankrupt. All the FUD around the war in Ukraine, global inflation/stagflation and an upcoming recession also had some impact over the Bitcoin panic selling.
OP can't explain the Bitcoin price movements with the US inflation alone. We can't draw conclusions about the future of the BTC market based on a US inflation report. The stagnant crypto market might continue until the end of 2022 and even during the entire 2023.
Maybe there is? Because when there is inflation, the prices of the goods are going up and people are in need of money so they will use the money that they have in btc. Terra luna is not the same with btc and if it collapse then people shouldn't worry but about those big companies you mentioned that collapsed, maybe that scares them a little since those companies support several cryptos.

It's true that inflation is not the only basis if the price of the btc will collapse or not but there are other factors as well that is responsible for it. We also have that four year cycle which people based their predictions and says that the market will still be the same for the next couple of years.
498  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: August 17, 2022, 04:50:53 PM
Ireland had a good start, but they seems to be in a hurry to waste it. There was a horrible overthrow from Harry Tector, which cost them 4 runs. And in T20 format, every run can be precious. Given the lack of form of their bowlers, such misfields can demoralize the team even further. At this point Ireland still has the upper hand, as Afghanistan are 35/3 after 6 overs. Afghanistan need to get to at least 130-140, which should not be a tough job if the middle and lower order batsmen can score some quick runs in the end.
I think batting at six run rate in T20 cricket can win any game.  Although Ireland started very well but in the middle their game went back to their previous positions. Currently, Ireland team has collected 66 runs for 4 wickets from 10 overs Batting at this run rate, it is very difficult to win against a team like Afghanistan I think Ramy should double the number of runs off the ball instead of doing that. Ireland still have 10 overs left, if they can bat well in these 10 overs, they can put the target in front of their opponents.
Ireland vs Afghanistan rain England vs South Africa rain now where we have to go its biggest issue with this cricket we can't do anything if we have some good entertainment after long time this was a very good match first Ireland done good job and take early wickets but after this now Afghanistan batsmen were in good with Usman Ghani 44 on 40 balls and Omarzai 15 from 14 balls having good comeback for their team 95/5 in 15 overs from here they can add 40 or 50 more runs which could be good for them because their bowling is now on good run, and they can bring Irish batting under pressure with this target but if we have some more rain then surely they are going to reduce overs and this is going to hurt Afghanistan as they were lazy in start.
499  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Another one bites the dust! But this one's different. The Hotbit case. on: August 17, 2022, 03:15:30 AM
It's unfortunate for the users of that exchange. They didn't do anything, and they get to be frozen out of their funds. But if the business isn't compliant with anything, then it's a time bomb with what they will do with their operations. They have probably looking for a fall guy or something with what they have done, and it is fishy just to do that and make people feel that it is still there. It's probably gone now.
If only they did their research carefully, they will know that this is one of the risks here in cryptos or when using a centralized exchange rather. It is their full responsibility whatever happens to their funds and not the platform that they are using. There must be a reason with this on why innocent users are affected.

For now let us not talk negatively. Maybe what you are thinking isn't true and once the funds are unfrozen again, it will be safe if users will just withdraw most of their money if not all and then transfer to a much secure place like hardware wallets. If they want to continue their trading journey then they better switch to other platforms.
500  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA 2022 world cup on: August 16, 2022, 09:24:40 AM
France is in good position to win this world cup title to make their country happy because all their potential players are well prepared to be part of this competition that is coming. I don't think, France Will miss their opportunity in this season because they have potential strikers that know how to achieve early goals that will bring victory to the team at the end of the match. Brazil coach is seriously working too, to ensure it happen for their favour by embracing the title because their players will like to showcase their new tactics to the whole world that they still have the power to make it happen again.
This world cup is going to be vital for South American and European sides can they break shackles and win this title after two decades or European are going to dominate again as they are strong and developed sides which are having strong hold on this event for long time and still have few teams those are going to give surprise results because their biggest investments in UEFA are now giving them good dividend and their players are on good form and skills against natural talented samba style players.

With too much talk about Brazil and Argentina but here France, England, Netherlands and Spain are also having full strength squad and too many players those are surely not easy to handle here even weather conditions are going against them, but they are having ability to keep their dominance.
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