The result of this fight should be similar to Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman, where Manny Pacquiao knocked down Keith Thurman in the 1st round. Fury did well in most of the other rounds, but knocking down Fury in the 3rd round must be considered the deciding moment, as Fury has never inflicted that much damage on Francis.
Certainly there will be a rematch and hopefully with 12 rounds and fight for a belt.
I don't think we can compare to Manny Pacquiao vs Keith Thurman fight though. Both are boxers, Manny is old and Keith Thurman is still at this prime during that time. But Manny did surprised us by knocking down the young Thurman and then winning on the judges card. Here, Fury was the biggest favorite, and If I'm not mistaken, Ngannou is like 8:1 or 7:1 underdog. What surprises us here is that Francis looks good at boxing as we all know that he comes from the MMA background. As for the immediate rematch, there's none. Of course we wanted to see it again, but Fury confirmed that there's no rematch clause and that he will go to Usyk as they have sign the contract already. |
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Many believe that gambling is for young people online as they need thrill and and fun. But I think that even old people can enjoy gambling. There should be any age to retire from gambling at all. One can do this activity and leisure time and thus it does not affect retirement related activities also.
I don't know if there will be a limiting age for gamblers. I mean if they can still play in a casino and enjoy the rest of their life then why not? I have seen old people, with oxygen and in the wheel chair still playing slot games with their love ones or paid nurses and assistants to help them push the button or put the money on the machine itself. So there's no age limit, and most likely they have build so much money when they are still in their primes and most likely wanted to spend some of it while they are still alive and enjoy and be entertained. |
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From this reading I see that the Taiwanese government's stance is moving towards leniency towards cryptocurrencies, and it is clear that they want to create an open business environment by not restricting professional investors from participating in trading.
The other measure, which is the most important in my opinion, I mean “separating business funds and customer
assets” comes to protect investors in general, especially inexperienced traders, from problems related to stock exchanges such as hacking, bankruptcy, etc.
It is good to see this type of regulation regulating exchanges, protecting users, and creating a positive atmosphere for crypto companies at the same time.
Taiwan is at the infant stage of cryptocurrency regulation and it is good that the country is setting up rules to protect customers from some dubious players in the industry. Giving exchanges or other crypto firms free hands to operate can have some undesirable consequences. However, the proposed laws seem flexible and will attract more investors to Taiwan. I am a supporter of Proof of Reserves for centralized platforms but the draft is silent on that which I find challenging. However, the draft law gives room for periodic audits and control of their accounts by the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC). Almost everyone in Asia is still in the infancy stage of adapting crypto, some of them are still in the gray area, some enacted some form or regulations but it is a work in progress. So this could be the case for Taiwan as well as they are trying not to be left out by some of it's neighbouring countries as far as crypto regulation and adoption goes. So it's good that at least they are going on the right direction as opposing it. And then are obviously different from Mainland China and they wanted to give freedom to it's people and not oppress them. Not sure though about the Proof of Reserves, I mean not every exchange are Safu, but if it is going to be local exchange yeah, I do agree that it should be enforce. But for exchanges like Binance and others, it's going to be hard to force them but we all know that as per CZ they are SAFU. |
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Big news lately has been Harden to Lakers. Not that it is happening right now, but the rumor is there, which means at least someone from the staff leaked it to someone. Not that Lakers have any proper picks or anything to give, but they could give some players that are outside of AD and Lebron, those two will stay, everyone else can be used to get Harden. A trio of Harden, Lebron and AD should be proper, depends on who they have around them of course, they already have a weak supporting cast and with sending the very few they have, they are going to definitely end up with a lot more trouble on depth. But that would definitely make them a title contender without a doubt.
I don’t believe that news for a second. Mainly because James Harden doesn’t play basketball the right way and LeBron James would have zero tolerance for his isolation style play. I think they’d be a worse pairing than LeBron and Russ. A good match with LeBron would be Buddy Hield or another knock down spot up shooter. Yes, I think they have enough with that kind of experimentation, pairing Lebron and Russ and it didn't go well with the Lakers for two years, causing them to trade Russ and then get rid of Vogel as a coach. So doesn't make sense about the Lakers getting in Harden from the Sixers. Besides, they have built a solid team right now, including their second unit that can contribute when AD or at least Lebron is sitting to give them some offense. And then Reaves, Rui and D'Lo as well playing as part of their core. They don't want to disrupt this just to get another problem for the team. |
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Parlays are a rollercoaster, on one hand they make your gambling experience way more fun and the potential for a big win using a small amount of money is there, however very rarely you will win a parlay, and this is because as anyone that has tried before has noticed, it is almost impossible for all the favorites of each match to win, there is always a surprise here and there which basically guarantees that you will never get all of your bets right and you get the win you have been looking for. that why I say that it requires mental readiness or a mind that is ready to accept all the risks that will be accepted after choosing a multi bet because as you said betting with this option has a very large choice of teams with big odds and still depends on luck because not all the one we choose will win, even the favorite team may not necessarily win because I admit that there are always surprises. so if we have the readiness to accept all these risks, even if we lose, we will not feel regret or expect too much to win because we are mentally and mentally prepared that multi bets will not be easy to win and very few can successfully win from multi bets. It's easier to say that, specially if you haven't experienced first hand what a lost can bring to you mentally regardless of the amount that you are going to lose, regardless it's a single bet or a parlay. I'm saying this because of how a individual is into gambling, we can say that we should be entertained, but there will be time that you are really aiming to make real money, real and big amount of money as a gambler. And so when you are very close to winning and as if you can already smell and taste that money in your hand, but suddenly things turn for bad and you can't explained what's happening as if there is a air of bad luck that really comes into you and you lose everything. And after that, you are going to felt the mental effect of it and it's going to be agonizing and you might suffer it for days. |
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The fight is debatable but Ngannou just proved to so many critics that he is a cut above the rest of the MMA fighters who shift to boxing, he can dare anyone in boxing to fight him and people will take him seriously now, he can dare Wilder or Joshua to fight him and people will be interested to see that happen.
He is freak though, super athletic that he can really shift from MMA to Boxing just like that. And also, he has one of the best heavyweight boxer that we have witnessed in Iron Mike and so it's more that enough that Francis is really motivated and the lessons that he learn from Mike Tyson really help him in this fight. Any step that Ngannou will take will be interesting he can go to MMA again under a different organization and can still conquer the heavyweight division or he can take boxing seriously and make a lot of money and could possibly win a title.
He made millions of dollars in boxing, so I doubt that he will come back to MMA regardless of what governing body it is. MMA can't offer him that money. Most likely his next fight in boxing will command more that this first fight as he proved that he can boxed with the best. And who knows, but chance or stroke of luck, he could be the first one to become a champion that cross over from MMA to Boxing. |
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I also read the news, and it's really disappointing. The same thing happened to his brother during his fight against Stephen Fulton; he also suffered an injury, so the fight was postponed.
@Baofeng You're right; it looks like it won't happen this year, probably early next year. Since it's a championship fight, Jerwin has no choice but to wait until it finally takes place. But don't worry, guys, there's still a fight between Inoue and Tapales before the year ends, so that should be enough to entertain us in the last month of the year.
I don't understand though that they are so sloppy to let this happen, I mean it's only sparring, and why his sparring partner targeted his body that much to cause any injury? Doesn't make sense. Of course, they train hard 100% every day in the gym, but if this kind of injuries can be avoided in preparation of the fight, the better. Yes, for Filipino fans, they still have the Inoue vs Tapales fight. But this also excites everyone, as we all know that Ancajas was used to be a great champion and has defended his belt multiple times already. And he was given this very chance again, unfortunately the fans will have to wait. Not sure how long it will take for Takuma's injury to be completely healed, but it will take a lot of toll on Jerwin and hopefully he won't be affected mentally by waiting. |
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Another good game as well is the Jazz vs Clippers, very close game, and it has the playoff atmosphere. Jordan Clarkson and Markkanen did it for the Jazz. Clarkson hit that 3, pressure laden shot but he makes it to give them the lead for good.
The Clippers has time tough, but Kawhi took to much time to dribble and make his last shot, fumble the ball and then pass it to WB, airballing it. Not sure what's wrong with the Clippers though, they have a solid line up with Kawhi and Paul George, but it seems there's no chemistry whatsoever, as far as I can see.
Clarkson didn't have the best performance in this game, struggling with his shooting at 4-13 and only managing to score 13 points throughout the game. However, he showed his clutch ability with that last shot that changed the game completely. Clarkson seems to thrive under pressure and always steps up during crucial moments. Without hesitation, he took the shot, and bang! A beautiful 3-pointer. The game was a close one, and either team could have won. Ultimately, it came down to defense, but since both teams are strong offensively, we witnessed a high-scoring battle. As for me, I didn't mind the Jazz losing, especially since they covered the spread. And that counts, even if he struggles, he made the shot that matters most, which is the 3 with just a few seconds left for the Clippers, and then they play defense one last time. Yeah, it's anybody's ball game at that point, but the Clippers missed their last shot. As for the Clippers, they just need to execute, and not purely one on one on the case of George and Kawhi and even WestBrook. @inthelongrun - Yes SGA is a killer and I think he has entered his prime years with OKC. But still they really need to work very hard to gain respect in the West. Chet should do his thing as a rookie and shouldn't be bothered by all the attention his co-rookie is getting. Just play and proved his detractors wrong (they said that he is overrated). |
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^^ For those who have witnessed 2 halvings already, I think it's fair to say that CZ got it at point. I mean, currently we have a lot of noises already with that halving then coupled with the supposedly Bitcoin spot ETF approval.
Then days after the halving there will be no sudden and massive price increased, it will take days or months before we can finally see what bitcoin bull run really means, as the price will go up.
And then when you thought that we have seen the all time high already, then think again. The price could really explode in 2024, and we will surpassed the previous all time high of $69k. However, the price will continue to go up till the end of 2025.
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Previously, not only did the world consider bitcoin a highly volatile and high-risk asset, but even those of us who invested in bitcoin considered it a high-risk asset. But I think we should gradually change that concept as well as change the way we call it, bitcoin is no longer a risky asset. Recently AllianceBernstein, an asset manager with $699 billion, called bitcoin a safe haven and even more attractive than gold. For me, this is the first time I've seen a traditional company admit and call bitcoin a safe haven and consider it superior to gold. What do you think about this and should we stop calling bitcoin a risky investment? https://blockworks.co/news/alliancebernstein-gold-bitcoin-returnsIt might be true, but still though, bitcoin is very much a volatile asset and it's hard to consider it as a safe haven. Maybe it has become one of the alternatives like like what we witnessed in the pandemic. But for me it doesn't mean it the best asset though if you look at it because the price moves in manner that we really don't anticipate. And old and traditional fart doesn't like that and they will still stick to Gold. So it's really up to the individual on how they define safe haven. Maybe AllianceBernstein has it's own narrative from behind why they are saying this. Maybe they have a lot of clients who are into bitcoin and obviously they want to attract more with this kind of statements and then reassuring their already clientele. |
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Tapales seems to be taking this seriously; he's already been training, even though there are still 2 months before the fight. Will he be training for a total of 3 to 4 months? I understand his eagerness to win, but I hope he doesn't overstrain himself.
He need to train very seriously as this is the biggest fight of his training. As we have been saying, he shouldn't live an stone unturn in this fight. He need to be ready at 100% capacity and be motivated both mentally and physically. Usually fighters train for 8 -12 weeks and then be at peak during the fight night. I think Marlon is good and will not be overtrain. Tapales went to the US in late August in order to train. So it's 4 months in total until December 26 which is too much for the body. But I am pretty sure his team knows it, they are probably taking some breaks and are only training lightly. Although Tapales already had a lot of sparring sessions with Ancajas and Magsayo. It could be that the plan to transfer to the mountainous Baguio, Philippines is the start of the serious training camp. Meanwhile, according to veteran writer Joe Koizumi, Inoue's plan is to move up in weight by 2025. If all goes well, he aims to defend his undisputed championship 3 times next year mentioning the names of Nery, Casimero, and Akhmadaliev. Inoue's PlansAnd I think that is what we are discussing previously, that there are news that Inoue after unifying the belt and beat Tapales, he will stay in this division. And I guess this one as well, who is questioning my posts before, I read that this is the 4 fighters that Inoue wanted to face before moving up in division,
1. 🇵🇭 Marlon Tapales - This November
2. 🇵🇭 John Riel Casimero
3. 🇲🇽Luis Nery
4. 🇺🇿MJ Akhmadaliev Can we have an official source to these? As far as Inoue is concerned, he is not a type of boxer that target a certain boxer in terms of he really want that to be his opponent. Marlon Tapales isn't on Inoue's radar but since the Pinoy boxer got the championship belt, then he needs to fight him as that was a mandatory to become the undisputed champion in the Super Bantamweight Division. Maybe that list is those who wants to face Inoue instead and try to keep the monster at the Super Bantamweight for the meantime. Luis Nery is honestly just full of talks. He won't stand a chance against Inoue. On the list, it's really John Riel Casimero as a better opponent for him although even I will support Quadro Alas here, Inoue is seems to be the better fight over him. Casimero have a hard time dominating the unranked boxer he faced on his last fight. If that performance will be applied against Inoue, it's a clear win already for the Japanese. So there you have it, we might consider the source as official now. And that is the boxers that Inoue really wanted to face, at least he will have to clean up this division before he can move and see his greatness once again at 126 lbs. But it's very hard as natural 126 lbs are heavy and taller like Rey Vargas. |
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The Bitcoin market this week posted the highest growth we've seen in 2023. Where compared to other months, this month of October has seen the most bulls and prices have increased rapidly. Since in 2023 we see Bitcoin price at $35000, we can expect Bitcoin to basically hit $40000 by the end of this year. As the Bitcoin market has seen a lot of growth over time, we certainly expect to see more Bitcoin price lows this year. And the Bitcoin market in 2024 I expect the price of Bitcoin to reach $60k dollars and later when Bitcoin is halved then its price will increase relatively. A bull market will start after the bitcoin halving, and then the bitcoin market will reach higher highs.
I want 45-48k by dec 31 2023. I think it is possible. would be nice for me. I think that is the target price for the majority of us, at least $40k-$50k at the end of the year will really be nice. And we are still moving in that direction though, currently $33k-$35k, and then when we have a break out run then in the next couple of months $40k-$50k, so let's see. Not sure though what will be the bullish news to push the market, it's too early to look for the Bitcoin Spot ETF as the source of positive news. It might be better, if by chance the approval will happen next year to coincide with block halving and then the eventual bull run. Just need some patience as we are looking for at least $100k at the all time high, so pretty much very excited for next year. |
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We have threads here about people betting millions of dollars on sports battings and other games in casinos and the amount of money is insane, they can bet millions of dollars on one team and they easily forget everything and bet another millions.
I doubt if we have high rollers who will admit, that having a lot of money means you cannot satisfy your ego or that your level of enjoyment is high that you will need to bet millions of dollars just to fulfill your dopamine level.
What do you think, if I have millions I will be satisfied betting thousands of dollars for fear of addiction that will lead to losing my fortune, but I really don't know if I will reach that level of having millions and still be moderate in gambling.
If you have the money to bet millions of dollars, then most likely you are going to continue to gamble no matter what the amount you are going to win. I have known some whales in offline casinos and him and his wife continue play with millions and even if they won already, they will not stop. To the point wherein he said that he might get sick and in the hospital if he can't play even for a single day. And mind you this guy has a huge business that's why he was able to sustain this run of his in the casinos. But sometimes, I have to think with the money that he has lost, that is enough for me to live for a lifetime. But it's hard to tell him straight up that he should at least minimized his gambling activity as he is just throwing millions upon millions in the casino every night. |
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What a debut game by Dame Lillard, and if I'm not mistaken, he has now own the record in Bucks history for most points in a debut game. He puts in a show with 39 big points, And Giannis with 23 points.
But you have to give up to the 76ers as well, without Harden they almost steal this one for the home court of the Bucks. But in the last 4 minutes Dame took over the game, perfect in free throws and then his beyond the arc attempts. Not sure what they stick with Oubre guarding him though, I mean Lillard is just going around circles with Kelly and then made those 3's.
Lillard certainly knows how to close out a game. He essentially saved the Bucks in that match, and without him, Giannis might have struggled to secure the win. However, when you examine the distribution of points, it's not all that surprising. Players who don't have as many touches might struggle to find their rhythm, especially Middleton, who has a significant contract with the team. In the game, he only attempted 5 shots, in contrast to Giannis and Lillard, who had at least 20 attempts each. If you want the game, you will know that Middleton didn't play that much in this game, he just played for 16 minutes. The bulk of the time is taken by Lillard himself. But it's good though, as he takes over the game. However, one thing I noticed is that they let him go one on one against Oubre and it might not be good for them in the long run. And since they have a new coach, the players rotation is very different, Beasley and Jae Crowder was in the floor for the closing minutes instead of Middleton or even Bobby Portis. Se we might see some changes or new rotation down the line, and most likely some of them will suffer as it will be Dame getting the most minutes for the likes of Khris Middleton. |
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Similar templates have been used by scammers and since there is no policing of the net, side-effect of free speech, we have similar looking site pop up to fool a unsuspecting newbie. Obviously this is profitable for the scammers because the buying price for a number of domains and the profit from scamming even a single newbie breaks even and crosses it as well. Hence their motivation to continue to scam from their own pocket. It is likened to an investment.
Although the above site will get reported by many of the forum members here, another hydra head will come up. That should not deter us from getting weary and keep spreading the word about such scams.
Yeah, it's true, sometimes you really think what is the side-effect of this freedom that we got, if someone will question it, for sure it's going to backfire on that person because they will say that he doesn't want freedom. Now scammers in the web are taking advantage of it, just have this template ready, contact a domain registar and buy a similar looking domain name and roll out their scams, easy as 1-2-3. And then just wait for newbies who found out this side to fall for this trick and losses all his crypto once he connect his wallet. But it's good that it has been flag down already. But for sure there will be more to discover. |
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In a deal, 2 years ago, I asked the seller of a real estate project, if he will accept crypto for plot but he demanded some extra money for this deal. So, I was not able to close the deal but may be in future, I can buy something unique with crypto.
What is the most weird thing you bought with crypto?
It's because bitcoin is not yet universally accepted, that's why your seller of the real estate refuses to accept crypto as payment. But it's good that you have ask your real estate agent, at least he has a idea what bitcoin is and who knows, maybe in the next couple of years, they will have to put a "Bitcoin accepted here" logo. And with that, I haven't bought anything weird with crypto. Although I uses it to pay my monthly dues as I'm using a 3rd party (I know it's sucks, it should be p2p), but still good on my end. Dues like electricity, home and cable internet, to even water. |
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Most of you probably aren't familiar with this man, but he's pretty popular here in the United States, known for making monster bets on his favorite baseball team, the Houston Astros ( also the most hated team in America being that they were caught cheating during their World Series win a few years back). I saw a video of someone giving him shit and him stacking "fuck you, fuck you" left and right back at the man. This guy seems to lose his cool quite a bit. He seems like an old fart but if you look up his history, he's bet millions upon millions of dollars, both winning and losing TONS of money. Here's the recent bet/story ( could you ever bet millions if you had it? ) https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/jim-mattress-mack-mcingvale-lost-at-least-7-9-million-on-astros-world-series-bets/Not familiar with this guy to be honest, but I have seen people betting huge on sports like Floyd and Drake. And this just shows that even if you really have tons of money to bet, it will still hurt in the end and for those who says that gambling is fun, it ain't if you lose in millions of dollars. Probably he can walk away and move on after this big lose of his. Most likely he still has a lot of money in his bank. Nevertheless, he will want to recoup this losses very soon so I think he will all in again in his next bet. He might not go and tell the public it or like this go to social media if he were able to win in his next bet for clout obviously. |
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Thanks for this news, and probably why the Sixers are a huge underdogs against the Bucks for tomorrow's game. I already locked in my bet at -6.5 at 1.93. I think the Bucks can cover this one if Giannis and Dame putting up a show for their fans in their first home games. And regarding the James Harden news, not sure why the Sixers though have this curse, first it was Ben Simmons drama, and now we have Harden refusing to play or just insisting that he wanted to be out of the Sixers and traded to the Clippers. But it seems that it's not going to happen for now, so let's see who is going to win in this one. Whether it's the team or the player itself who will succumb to the pressures. |
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Do you keep a record of winnings and losses in gambling? Many here will feel that this is waste of time and will also not let them enjoy the game peacefully. Do you also have same mentality?
maybe people will have different opinions on this, however, i'm not someone who records my wins and losses because i think it's not important and reduces the fun of playing. i just play and let luck determine how it turns out and that's much more fun than writing it all down and just adding to the burden on my mind. I am like you, I don't record my gambling wins/losses as well. I guess that's important for people who take gambling seriously, and I am not that guy. I play for fun and relaxation when I have moneis to afford that, since I mostly play lucky-based games I can say that I also rely on luck to determine the outcome... And you are probably more than right when you say that writing all down would be a burden, I feel the same here... maybe because we lost more than we won!  Even though you take up gambling seriously, there is no need to record how much money you lose or win. Although if you are playing online, you can check the history of your bet and see how it goes for you. But if you are going in and play in traditional based, you can't. But I do believed that everyone here knows at least the ball park number that they have lost at least for this year. But to totally record it? nah, I don't think that gamblers will go that far. And it will not served any purposed for them and even not going to help them quit gambling for good even if they see how much money the already lost though. On the contrary, it might be bad as you might want to chase and recover what you have lost already. And in turn, you can incurred more loses in your book. |
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Just within an hour plus bitcoin rose by $5k which I don't think anyone had expected it in this way and it's a thing of joy for all bitcoin hodlers of which this rise has in addition lift the optimism of everyone's speculation about bitcoin bullrun any time soon even though the bitcoin ETF which in postulation is believed to offset bitcoin price if approved is still in the pipeline unapproved.
Just to express my thoughts about this $5k upturn, inam having a hard time to accepting that a very close bullrun is underway if I don't see a corresponding altcoins price move with the bitcoin price move towing them along in every move. My resolve will be strong for a bitcoin bullrun when this happens else this is going to be followed by a long time dump.
It's just my thought, so you think about it and give yours!
It's probably one rare case that altcoins didn't follow bitcoin's spike. On the other hand, we are still in the heart of the bear market, and still altcoins investors are very reluctant to put their money on altcoins. Or it could be that they are putting their money on bitcoin right now to jump with the hype of the Bitcoin Spot ETF approval or the listing of such ticket. And if I'm not mistaken, the price hits $35k, the highest for this year, although it drop a bit to $33k, but still it's a good price to hand at this point of the year. Because it might coincide with the majority prediction that the price at the end of the year will be around $40k-$50k. So just a couple of dollars to hit that price. Let's see if this positive sentiments will continue. |
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