Some news on Nick Kyrgios. Unfortunately the Aussie is to miss the AO this year. He said he feels exhausted, in pain and would like to finish his career:

"I'm tired. I have had three surgeries now. I'm only 28 years old, I always wanted to have a family and not be in pain. When I get up, I can't walk without pain. It's a tough gig," he said.

He also shared that he actually considered a suicide back in 2019. Such a pity this guy is so talented he could easily be TOP10 ATP.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/67700860

It's possible that the institution money is already in. It's also possible that we are not just going "straight up".

Everyone is very optimistic at the moment...when everyone is past "oh wow, it's growing, should I buy?" and at the stage of "yes it should keep going up" then I get skeptical.

I fully believe in the post-halving effects, and I believe that once the excess holders (US holding silkroad, Mtgox repayments) are also removed from the public market (if OTC haven't already removed them), then we will see growth. Between now and then, I feel something will be coming to haunt leveraged traders and also those who are inexperienced, too optimistic, and who can be easily shaken out.

I don't think there will be a denial this time. I'm saying this because they are conveniently moving all the deadlines to the same month, even all the new applications that were filed in November were moved to the same date that old filings used to have. They haven't done that before and Bloomberg analysts were pointing out months ago that if the SEC approves ETFs, they're going to have to do that all at once so that none of them can get the upper hand.
There's also the matter of tickers and listing names. For the first time the SEC demanded that fund operators send it to them. Why would they want names if the plan was to deny? That's what you ask for when you're getting the paperwork ready.

Even if you're right and it gets denied and you believe there's a chance for bitcoin to crash, why not put your money where your mouth is and short bitcoin? You can make a lot of money if you're right.

I'm going to hold regardless of the decision. If it crashes back to 30k, I don't care. If it pumps to 50k, I don't care. I held when it crashed to 4k in 2020...

Actually, regarding fees, you can set them yourself. No matter how big or small the amount of btc that will be sent. However, if it's a small transaction like $50USD, I think you can still use a fee of around 19sats/vB even when the fee increase is currently occurring due to congestion on the Bitcoin network which has not yet subsided. Because with this number of transactions and with this fee, at least you can use the free accelerator service from ViaBTC.¹ I use it often and it works pretty quickly. But there are limits to the accelerator service per hour. that is, only 100 transactions will be accelerated. And currently, in just 1 minute, 100 transactions are always used on viaBTC. which indicates many are using it now.
But if you want your transaction to arrive quickly then of course using the recommended fee (the highest currently) is the best. But it will definitely be much larger than the total you sent.

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Reference:
1. https://www.viabtc.com/tools/txaccelerator

first of all the ordinals are not NFT's

secondly
i am 99.99999% sure the pixel creator published the pixelated image and then self bought his own scam. just to set a market rate
and because he paid himself.. it cost him nothing bar the market fee(0.x%)to set a market rate

now he just has to wait for an idiot to want to buy the scam

simply because thats how this fake scam market works

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everyone has seen it done before..
years ago scammers would advertise a UK 50pence coin on ebay, but using another account they would buy the coin for £500 to set a market rate and get viral advertising on media that the 50p is worth £500.. but the buyer/seller are same person so it didnt cost £500, it lust cost the £0.20 ebay fee

now they just wait for idiots to buy a £0.50p for £500+

OP has become duped into becoming part of the viral advertising campaign the scammers were hoping for

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how to swindle sotheby's..
scammer employs a friend to finance the auction bid(name separation from buyer/seller) and scammer will re-imburse the friend after the auction
it only costs the scammer the sotheby commission
but the hope it "legitimises" their scam to sucker in victims on next round

Following the approval of Volcano's bond issue by El Salvador's regulatory authority, the details of the process are now being worked out.
 The placement date has not yet been precisely determined (it will be determined by President Bukele by his decision), but it is already known that Bitfinex Securities will be involved in this.  It is the first company to be licensed to provide digital asset services in El Salvador under the Digital Asset Issuance Law.
  Interested investors can already register on the company’s website: https://www.bitfinex.com/securities/.
 Stacey Herbert, director of ONBTC, explained that work is currently underway on the size of the proposal that will be issued.  At the same time, market demand, according to her estimates, will be at least $1,000 million.
 In addition, she indicated that the coupon and interest rate that the investment instrument will have are about to be determined.
 The organizers of the bond issue are also assessing the possibility of finding an American partner capable of offering bonds in this jurisdiction.
 The choice of the first quarter of 2024 is based on two factors: the expected launch of the first Bitcoin ETFs in the USA, and the upcoming Bitcoin halving.
 The organizers decided that the first quarter was the best time to launch these bonds.

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