Visa recently announced that they are utilizing Solana for USDC settlement with acquirers Worldpay and Nuvei. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/09/05/visa-taps-solana-and-usdc-stablecoin-to-boost-cross-border-payments/

Visa, one of the key tradfi payment networks, choosing Solana as one of its stablecoin settlement options speaks a lot about the chain capability for cheap and fast transactions. However, due to the current market condition, the price is barely moving LOL. It's only up by 4% and there was no instant price action in the first 30 minutes or so. In a bull market, this announcement would have made 50% price swing

I agree with the overall market sentiment. After the SEC v GBTC court decision, I think the approval is inevitable at this point, just a question of when. The sooner the better but I guess most people already expect the SEC to delay until the final deadline in 2024.

The good side as everyone expects is fresh money coming to bid Bitcoin again, reviving this market that has been down only (price and volume) for almost two years

Yeah, the close timing between spot ETF approval and halving would be a monumental catalyst. Although I don't think the halving will come before the ETF decision final deadline.

Vitality took the first map rather comfortably (16-10). I expect them to crush Movistar on the second map as Movistar almost never played Inferno. On the other hand, it's one of Vitality's best maps.

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For the group A last match, I'm going to bet against FURIA again. Agree, their first map against Grayhound didn't inspire confidence at all.

I'd like to think that we can see better market condition starting in Q1/Q2 2024, where Bitcoin halving will coincide with the Bitcoin ETF decision deadlines from the SEC. Hopefully these two events can be the catalyst to start another bullish market.

If it doesn't, well, I'm afraid we won't experience it again for a long time. At least not until the fear of recession is over.

You can only fetch the last 1000 bars with a free TradingView account. If you want hourly data from years ago you'll need the upgraded/paid TradingView account.

Yes, using the chart directly from Binance website ("Original" chart), you can get even the 1-minute chart, but then again it's limited to Binance data.



I believe you can access other exchange data for free from their platform as well.

You can select your desired timezone in TradingView (bottom right in the picture from my previous post). Not sure how to do it in Binance though, seems it's set to my local timezone.

You need a proper charting tool for this. As Jossiel said, you can use https://www.tradingview.com/chart/. Not all data will be available in the free plan though, you'll need to upgrade your membership to access it.

Here's one example for DASH/USDT price in Binance at 8 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, January 3, 2022, using a paid TradingView account.

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Or if you want to do it freely just use exchange data directly. AFAIK you can access all-time price data from the chart in the Binance dashboard. The drawback of this method is there's only that specific exchange data, e.g. Binance data, as opposed to all markets when you use a service like TradingView.

Same, betting for FURIA too. Took some beatings betting against them yesterday on the NIP match LOL

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For the other match, I'm going with NIP again. Hopefully, they won't let me down this time.



It'll be the other way around

Yeah they've been playing so well in EPL, dominant 2-0 against FURIA and GamerLegion. Can't wait to see them playing against Vitality, the odds is stacked against them at the moment (7.40)

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My bets for today. Hoping for an upset from GamerLegion against Astralis.

Nailed the Movistar upset. They won a comfortable 2-0 against FURIA yesterday.

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Not many interesting matches today, I think most of them will be one-sided (Vitality & Astralis). Also picking GamerLegion to win against Movistar, although this one might be close.

Finally, another CSGO match! My picks for EPL S18 group A opening matches. I am betting on the favorites except on the FURIA vs Movistar. I am not convinced yet that this new lineup could compete in a top-tier tournament and there might be a chance for Movistar to take this.

If you're unsure about Binance's position in the future, which platform do you think might take over the crypto trading landscape? Maybe another exchange, e.g. Coinbase, or could DEXes become more prominent?

While I agree that Binance is facing a lot of regulatory hurdles right now, I don't think it'll lose its dominance as a CEX unless CZ makes massive fraud like SBF did with FTX/Alameda.

You jinxed it! Literally just minutes after you made this post Sheffield scored a goal A bad backheel from Walker in the penalty box made City lose the ball and then Bogle made the shot. What a blunder from City.

Edit: Thankfully Rodri scored another goal for City quickly after. Now City is back leading with 2-1.

Yeah, the first deadline for BlackRock's ETF is set for September 2, 2023. However, it seems like everybody is already expecting that the SEC might opt for yet another delay like they did with the ARK/21Shares ETF. We might have to wait until the final deadline, i.e. next year, for the decision.

Surprisingly smart move there, and it could actually be a boost for the whole crypto scene. More companies are starting to realize that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum are solid investments and can hold value well. A few years ago it was just MicroStrategy making all the noise about them buying millions of Bitcoin. Now, others are joining in, even if they're not throwing in as much money as Saylor. The crypto market could definitely use some fresh funds, especially after taking hits from defaults and frauds like FTX. These new investments from companies outside the crypto space might be just the thing it needs.

On a different note, I'm kinda amazed that OF has an annual revenue of over a billion dollars with a profit margin of over 50%. What a business.

Welp, didn't work out. I'm going to continue betting on this event though, especially since one of the teams today (NKT) has one Indonesian player (BnTeT). It's going to be a tough match against The Mongolz but I'll root for him regardless

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On the higher-tier tournament today I'll bet on the Pari Dunav Party matches.

Can't wait for EPL! This weekend we had no big CSGO event and it feels empty.

I would say Vitality should breeze past through their group. No real contenders there, the closest one being Astralis, which I think Vitality wouldn't have a hard time beating on a BO3. And maybe they'll face GamerLegion in the group upper final, but that should be an easy one too.

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Due to the lack of tier-one events, I'll watch some Asian CSGO instead. Here we have the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown Qualifier (5E Arena Asia Cup Fall 2023). These BO1, pug-like games usually have a high chance of upset so I'm throwing some bets to the underdogs.

Exchange tokens' prices drop significantly when cryptocurrency trading activity slows down, like we're experiencing right now. If you bought them at higher prices last year, well tough luck. I think it's performance will still be highly correlated to the overall crypto market trend. So, if you think the crypto market will go up again in the near future, getting exchange tokens could be a way to profit from that.

That said, I wouldn't recommend buying tokens like BNB and HT. They have risky legal and regulatory problems. I can't count how many Binance and Justin Sun FUD we had in these last few months. Smaller exchanges like Kucoin might not be a good idea either. I'm personally more interested towards investing in Coinbase stock ($COIN). It's a public company with transparent financials and a leading position in navigating regulatory challenges in the US. With their recent expansion into international derivative exchanges and the launch of the Base chain, Coinbase stock has become even more appealing. It's definitely an asset I'm looking to accumulate during this bear market. But for individuals like me who aren't US citizens, purchasing this stock might be challenging.

Ya, this is mostly for influencers and bots. My profile shares were instantly bought by bots the moment I registered. I can see why they're botting it though, buying some influencers' shares early and cheap is guaranteed profit. Guess we need to find some hidden gems among CT profiles

I think it still has a lot of room to grow, i.e. we're early, I haven't seen many non-CT influencers and they haven't launched the token yet. But I think it won't be sustainable, 2-3 months of hype at best.

Points system and backed by Paradigm? Of course they're gonna have a token

Yeah, ENCE dominated Vitality on that 1st map I thought they had it. Can't count anymore how many 2nd places they had recently, really need to work out how to close games in grand finals Congrats on the win!

Yeah lol didn't expect that at all. It would be an absolute dominance if ENCE can win the whole tournament without dropping a map, though very unlikely given how Vitality is near prime too.

FlameZ, Zywoo, and Magisk are playing consistently well in this tournament so far, all three averaging above 1.2 ratings. If everyone can show up like yesterday it'll be another banger (hopefully). Well then, good luck everyone!