I like your conclusion on this topic, people should not use a certain stock/shares to judge what a dividend would be in the long run. A lot can change, and as you have rightly concluded, those that had almost-certain plans about some shares and their dividends on it are changing it now because there are many factors to consider which are beyond the companies themselves.

The old/present performance of any company can't be the indication of future performance, so everyone holding a share is taking a risk, with no guaranteed dividend whatsoever.

Anyone who could be sceptical about Bitcoin, trial and the past good testimonies should be able to convince them. Bitcoin is not new/strange, so the burden of how to propagate it is light, you should first learn about it to have experience and the experience will guide you on what to tell others.

The goodness of the coin is not far-fetched everywhere, and the internet should be a very good reference point for you.

Also, this article should guide you and the intending Bitcoiner better: Gaining Bitcoin Trust (Get Informed)

Friend, trading is not that relaxed, which is why many bots have been built to trade the market but none has had an outstanding performance till today. These are bots that some are paying as much as $2,500 for, but in the end, they failed. Not to talk of an AI that was not explicitly designed for trading, it might know all the theoretical aspects of trading as it supposes to but practicalizing it in the real market will be a problem, just like the challenges that trading bots are facing.

The real market is not a play, it will frustrate the AI and those that are trying to manipulate it for trading advice.

I've always said that statistics are not the most accurate, yet they might be a very good gauge of what is happening. The numbers and the percentage might not be accurate, yet there is a sense of truth in these facts as my different researchers attest to a similar claim. Coinbase is deeply rooted in the US and I know that they have all it takes to conduct reasonable statistics that would give real thought of the masses.

That said, the US is a country that is rich, and judging by the news of the success of some of them in crypto investment in the last 4 years, I believe that they might be ready for a huge investment in the crypto space, Guess what? They are capable.

I quite agree with you on the barrier now poised by $25k, it's surely a level to be watchful of as its breaching might make the coin reach $30k speedily. But a failure to do that and the coin tarrying below the level for too long might slip it back to below $20k.

Bitcoin now follows the right market psychology, and I believe that the sentiments of the market are not as strong enough to breach above $25K which might be an issue if it continues as the market will interpret it as the unwillingness of buyers to purchase further, and the sellers would take the advantage.

What is happening in the EPL is what I term a true competition, at least three clubs are closely contesting for the first place but one will surely have it. At this juncture, I will not bother my mind with the one that will make it, it's hard to predict, and any club that relaxes will find itself at the lower spot. Arsenal was disappointing the weeks after the world cup which is why they find themselves only 2 points ahead of Man City.

The mistake is made already and Man City is fierce to take the top spot. I am sure that if Arsenal makes a mistake it will be easy for them. However, Arsenal should be able to beat Everton today and it will be a bit difficult for Man City to beat Newcastle on Saturday.

Gambling is not bad to me, but I will not support the view that our action defiles our faith if gambling is involved. The two core religions in the world don't support it, and I don't see a justification for that because they must have carefully weighed the good and bad sides of it before concluding on that.

This means, I leave faith out of it when I gamble because I don't want anything to deprive me of my happiness, especially when I do it responsibly.

Let's get something straight here, Bitcoin is not a pyramid scheme, and nothing in its mode of operation suggests or encourages such. A pyramid scheme is a referral-sustenance scheme that often collapses over time, and a typical example is a Ponzi scheme. In the end, there are always victims and it relies on new subscribers for it to thrive.

Bitcoin is certainly nothing like that, no one is compelling anyone to bring another person/subscriber for the sake of benefit(s).

Let us stop pampering this clueless government that wastes money at the expense of the taxpayers. I believe if it was Emefile's company, he would have thought better, strategizes and plan so that the project will not look like a failure.

But these people are wasting billions of naira anyhow since it's not from their pocket. The CBN that wanted a CBDC should have known the pros and cons of it, also on the economy, and even on the existing market and how it would thrive. They would have known the best mode to operate it and make it user-friendly with a reasonable transactional cost. Unfortunately, the e-naira lacks all these.

This would have guided them better. In a few years now, they are looking at a different thing entirely, why then rushed for the former? The issue with the Nigerian government is that they are not always prepared and strategic, which is why their lapses are all over the place.

I've stopped believing that gambling would make one rich, it might earn money for a very few set of people but be sure that luck is involved. Meaning, what you experienced in gambling today no matter how positive might not be what you would experience in it for the rest of your life.

So it's always good to utilize your earnings very well if you have the luck to make it big. Investing in a business is a very good one, and not that the person should stop gambling again, but such should continue to gamble with a reasonably low amount of money.

If not, all of the winnings might be lost back.

You are on point, the $80K price is not feasible this year, it would be a milestone since it would breach the all-time high of the coin which is not what I see possible until halving time. The best of Bitcoin this year should be between $30-45K, nothing more, and for it starting the year well is still not an indication that it would perform well for the rest of the year.

Many factors like inflation will still be a gauge of where it's heading, I hope that inflation does not bite as much as it did last year.

Time flies and the situation changes, which is what I could say of Liverpool. The disappointment of the club is much this season, they are now facing what Man U faced some years ago. I've always said that the dismissal of a single player in the team could cause a lot of issues for them, they are destabilized now, and Klopp in his wisdom has no clue as far as I know because money is not the problem neither is the squad so bad.

Still, changing some players in the attacking and defence might be a solution. Perhaps, Sallah should be sold for someone more energetic like Osimhen of Napoli and the likes.

Please, disregard the notion that a bet is a no-lose possibility, that is not going to happen. There are best matches with the greatest chance that have lost and there are bets with the worst chance that won. Don't trust anyone or any match to that 100% extent, and no matter how sure you are, manage your risks accordingly.

Of course, they are doing this often, just don't use cash if your hands are clean, then it will all be between you and the house. Nonetheless, be certain of the credibility of the casino you are entrusting such an amount to.

I read what all of you guys have to say, and truly, you all have valid points. Online, land, and street casinos as you might want to call them have their good and bad sides, and if I would be listing them now, they would be voluminous. Yet, it's good to consider privacy, convenience, safety and other factors, which are why people make their different choices.

There is no way we can agree in everything as our persons can never be the same.

I believe CBN is not ready for the digital transition, which is why some small fintech companies in the country are doing what a whole CBN could not do. What Opay and others are doing with a lot of perks was what I expected from the CBN to attract people, especially traders and market women. They don't just introduce a thing like that to highly uninformed masses with a high transaction fee and want it to beat the existing market.

Besides, the mode of operation of the e-naira is nothing compared with that of crypto, so I don't regard them as rivals in any way.

I see no reason why the OP should give a little back to the sportsbook as wanted by @BenCodie, and my hope is that the OP knows how to bet well so that he can always replicate the winning. Unfortunately, with the fact that he posted an old history means that he might not have been able to replicate the winning as you might have thought.

At times, betting could be funny, and the strategy that works for you this year might fail you the next.

Congratulations to Man U on the Carabao cup, they deserve it this season and I knew that Newcastle will not be able to win the desperate and deserving club at this time they are so close to winning a cup for almost 6 years. It's a well-deserved success and I love the feat the Man U has displayed presently. But things would have been worse for Erik ten Hag that some people are praising now if he had been in the club 6 years ago. I still believe the guy is lucky to meet Man U almost set when he took the mantle of leadership with a few adjustments made when he came.

I would have been more conservative in my calculations if it's medium or long-term trading, but for day trading, especially scalping, it's always good to loosen up so that the profit would measure up with the energy and time given to it. Day trading styles are many but scalping is the riskiest and most demanding, one should carefully observe the one they are engaging in so that careful training, management and plans would be used.

Me, with $1,000 capital, x3 risk is enough for me when scalping, and I should be averaging $90 daily. But for other styles better than scalping where I must hold my positions longer, my risk would be x3.

This is another person trying to put things in disarray, the so-called Circle chief should just close his mouth, I don't know why people like to call a white a black. SEC is saddled with that responsibility, not the bank, or he would argue that stablecoins are more stable than fiat in which 1 fiat = 1 fiat. If SEC could regulate the trading of fiat, I don't see any reason why they should not regulate the stablecoins that are only using the principles of fiat, some of them are not even truly equal to 1$ as they claim.

Aside from that, they are pairable and tradable, so why not regulate them? We should not be sentimental, regulation is not banning, and it will only help preserve cryptocurrency rather than some evil government clamping down on it.

The criticism and appraisal of Bitcoin did not just start today, so there is nothing to worry about. Top voices from big offices like IMF, FED, Federal Reserve, world & top banks and others have always made the world know their reservations about this, which is normal. But the project of Bitcoin is too large for a total condemnation that would cause a total ban, the haters could only rant, nothing more.

Still, it's worth noting that as time goes on whether we like it or not, more regulations would be meted out on cryptocurrencies, but banning is out of it. While those countries that restricted or banned it would gradually lift their bans.