What's more interesting about your observation is that it could be in anticipation of many things besides the approval of an ETF. I think a lot of corporations and institutions have now finally understood that Bitcoin will stay around and it will probably play an important role in many applications as we have only been scratching the surface of Bitcoin's potential for a long time. I like to mention what the US Space Force Major said about Bitcoin's role for national security in regards to decentralized data storage and security. If they understand Bitcoin's potential at least vaguely, I am sure that Google is onto it as well and I guess nobody would be surprised if they launch services of some type relating to Bitcoin anytime soon.

Although my picks for the first round are irrelevant, I went with 2 or more goals for Union Berlin because I thought Real Madrid would certainly take this game lightly and give some of their players a rest, but when I saw their line-up, it didn't look as if there are any weak (or weaker) Real Madrid players on the pitch. The biggest surprise was that he let Bellingham go the full distance. I was quite sure he would give him a rest, but Ancelotti seems to understand that there are players who lose more than they gain from not playing. It was a decent goodbye to the Champions League for Union Berlin.

Manchester United is wrecked. If that's how they go about a final game in the group stage, which could have saved them a spot in the Europa League at least, then really good night for all of them.

But keep in mind that that this is still just crunching raw numbers without any required deep diving here. If you take GDP per capita, the question still remains 'who earns what?'. The number of billionaires in a country can skew that number significantly and suggest that on average the people in one country are richer than the people in another country. You need to add the Gini coefficient then to see what's going on in a country. If you take a little community of 100 people and 1 guy earns 1 billion a year "domestically" whereas everyone else is homeless and unemployed, the GDP per capita for that community would be 10 million per capita. There are several countries with enormous wealth inequality and since wealth is often the most significant production factor for income, wealth inequality is often close to income inequality.

I am not sure if I am allowed to talk about it publicly, but let me reveal a secret @Igebotz: before the season started, several players here agreed to put a bounty on your head, mafia style, you know?

I am following the Copenhagen - Galatasaray game. Damn it would be sensational for them if they manage to qualify for the round of 16. I have rarely seen a team fighting as hard as they did during the CL group stage.

For those who strictly adhere to a DCA strategy, the fees are a pain in the ass without a doubt. It depends on the amounts invested every single time and also the frequency, but I think for those who decide to stick to DCA, any excessive recurring fee isn't nice...

I know this has been shared somewhere else a couple of times, but if it helps someone to understand how to time transactions and how to best choose any fees they are fine with, this website is a helpful source.

What are the fees currently from the most popular exchanges you guys are using? Are most of them flexible or are there exchanges with fixed high/low fees?
 

"* It's very accessible at any given point in time."

I think these lists are fun to read as they get people thinking about more advantages that Bitcoin does have and what I often notice in these types of threads is that people stay in the abstract, like when someone says "it is good because it is decentralized". Some people understand the implications of having a decentralized wealth securing protocol and some people don't. They just follow the buzzword "decentralization". For many of these advantages and disadvantages there are interesting threads on this forum and if you present your list, maybe it would be interesting to collect some suggestions for insightful topics from other OPs and link them below.

One aspect I would add, but which could also derived from the points collected thus far, is unlimited capital mobility. You can't be stopped at a border like you could with a handbag full of gold bars. This mobility is insanely useful and allows people to leave their home if they like to, need to or have to without being forced to leave all their wealth behind. It is a different story with cash in the bank accounts. You can't just transfer the money out to a bank in a different country, or access it from there. Bitcoin is the most mobile form of wealth on the planet. Hence:

"* It's very accessible at any given point in time and space."

I checked the odds and the bookmakers have obviously noticed that Saarbrücken is no joke this DFB Cup season. They are giving around 3.85 for a Saarbrücken win. If it was a bit higher I might have considered a small bet, but this is too low. It is still about 7 weeks to go until then and we will see in what shape Gladbach will be, but it is actually quite irrelevant as beating Bayern and Frankfurt was enough of a statement I guess

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I expect there are also some strategical shenanigans going on behind closed doors, like when the SEC receives an application, they will try to be careful as to how they represent their own institution in public. It should not foster the impression that as soon as a powerful financial US institution comes around the corner, the SEC immediately grants approval. They will take their team, giving the impression that there is a level-playing field for everyone who considers an application. In reality I expect that there is boundless lobbying going on and the ETF will come eventually.

Losing a player due to a red card is part of the game and I saw the scene how Hummels knocked down the Leipzig player, come on what did he think when he is going to go through with a tackle like that? It was strange because it was complex for the referee to make the right call as it wasn't clear whether it was inside or outside the box, which means inside the box it is penalty + yellow card and outside the box it is free kick + red card, which was then corrected from yellow to red + free kick.

But I am confused that you say their performance is very good as they have lost most of their games in the last few weeks and only won a single game in the Bundesliga besides the game in the Champions League. They got eliminated from the DFB Cup as well. It doesn't sound to me as if they are performing well.

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A fun raffle, thanks!

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Fabrizio Romano is really no clairvoyant... The thing is if someone makes one hundred predictions per year, the chance to get some of it right is quite good. I know that at times he has some info that some here would consider insider info, but he has been wrong often enough. I am not aware of his predictions with respect to Mbappe, but I would deem any source claiming that contracts have essentially been signed are most likely wrong.

But for what reason would most people dump it? You could argue that those who are involved with these application processes could dump, but any of these institutions that have sent in these applications are preparing their reserves for the day when these ETFs get approved. They are not getting into Bitcoin only because of a potential ETF product. The times that Bitcoin overreacted to news like that are over. I don't consider 5% a crash. It happens all the time.

But surely there are players in the market who would try to capitalize on leveraged short sales, which may lead to some short-term selling pressure. But other than that Bitcoin's short-term success doesn't depend on the ETF approval. I believe that the downside potential for an ETF decline would be lower than the upside potential for an ETF approval. After all, everyone knows that these ETFs will come one day anyway.

14. Colby Covington
13. Alexandre Pantoja
12. Shavkat Rakhmonov
11. Paddy Pimblett 
10. Ian Machado Garry
9. Bryce Mitchell
8. Irene Aldana
7. Brian Kelleher
6. Casey O’Neill
5. Dustin Jacoby
4. Tagir Ulanbekov
3. Andre Fili
2. Martin Buday
1. Randy Brown 

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Nobody can know for sure what the SEC will decide, but I think it is highly unlikely that they will again decline the ETF without setting new deadline or realistic requirements, making clear that this is not a question of years anymore. But if they do decline the ETF applications, I don't think it will have an effect so negative that it would neutralize the gains we have seen this year. I believe that there are things going on behind the scenes that speak for an approval and it hasn't been made public yet.

Game 1:  37, 25'
Game 2:  37, 25'

Huh? If you post this here, it would be best if you also provide a source as I highly doubt that there has been any reliable source stating that they have an agreement. By the way, I think it would not even be allowed to enter into negotiations yet, or is it? I thought there is a rule made by the UEFA that they can only start negotiations if they either inform the other club or wait until a certain period of the player's contract. I think it was something like 6 months left or so. But this is certainly rumors about Mappe and the 35 million.

Never, no way! This is not an option for Real Madrid to leave it as it is with Mbappe. I remember how often it was Mbappe who scored goals against Real Madrid. In all of the last three matches the encounters were very close and each time it was Mbappe who contributed a goal. And it wasn't just about the goals scored, but about how dangerous he was during the whole games. It would be reckless by Real Madrid to not sign him when they get the chance to do so.

Dortmund is the roller coaster team of the Bundesliga. I still struggle to understand how they were able to pass the Champions League group and get into the next round early. But I highly doubt that they will be able to pass two more rounds in the Champions Leagues they are just too weak and unstable. I am sure they will soon be punished for that. 11 points behind Leverkusen, only 1 win in the last 5 games... Is Terzic going to be sacked soon?