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701  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: December 16, 2022, 09:38:47 PM
Many players who are not big in stature play in England but they are successful as Foden is the main player in the Manchester City squad. Thiago Alcantara who strengthens Liverpool and Antony who will shine with Mancherter United.
It is not impossible that Bellingham will become a player who will be successful if he plays in the English Premier League.

The EPL is known to be tough and difficult for new players to join to adapt, but all of this has been proven by players who joined from clubs outside England several seasons ago that this is not 100%.
I agree that the way Jude is right now, he would be good enough for premier league already next season, but also he will keep growing there as well. Lets not forget that this kid is just 19 years old. This also means he will have a chance to play 10+ years in premier league if he is good and that is going to give him some benefits as well, dude will grow and train and gain experience there and overall become a better player.

You think Ilkay was this good when he was 20? Or Silva? Not even De Bruyne was this much of a big deal at 20 if you ask me. So Jude could play with City and gain experience and become a great player for them if City actually buys him.
702  Economy / Economics / Re: Tesla’s stock prices dropping fast on: December 16, 2022, 06:38:02 PM
I do not trust Elon for a minute but that does not remove the fact that he is a very smart billionaire, which I'm not surprised about, because the richest man in the world ought to be among the smartest men living. He has all he needs in this life and most of the things he does now is for experiment and just to fulfil his desire. There was absolutely no need of acquiring Twitter. What started like a joke became a reality and recently he has sold over 3 billion dollars worth of Tesla stocks. This his movement may be tilting towards an investment or influencing but we may not understand his moves, that is why I don't follow him sheepishly. Even in crypto where his preferred coin happens to be dodge. I like monitoring from distance and that is the same category I placed CZ. They are too smart to be followed sheepishly they can outsmart you at any given time at your own peril.
Only for a minute? Hhmm, you better extend that or make that permanent because I am sure that Elon will keep doing shady things which can affect the public but not for him. He want to make sure that he is still taking a benefit because he is smart right?

But, it's only sad that most of the money that he make are not from a clean and fair way like for example on what he did with BTC and Dogecoin before and now on his own Tesla stocks. He sold a big chunk for profit, completely dumping the price. There might be people who will be tempted to invest after this, making the price to rise again. The cycle will just repeat if they won't wake up.
703  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: BTC or altcoin on: December 16, 2022, 06:08:49 AM
Of course this depends on someone, for those who like big profits and in a short time then the best thing is invest in altcoins, as we know that altcoins fluctuations are very high, even altcoins that are still new can skyrocket 100% in a day, of course we also have to understand Because the price of drops can also occur faster at Altcoins.
Stop saying that altcoins will give you big profits, between Bitcoin and Altcoins, neither of them will guarantee that you will get big profits when investing in them. Cryptocurrency was not created to be a digital asset that gives people big profits when people invest in it, this is a digital asset for transactions, investing in crypto is very risky and no one can guarantee that the value of your assets will remain the same now or tomorrow. What's more, what you say looks more like a gamble than an investment.
He is actually right about it but he needs to be more specific because altcoins are not a single coin. Only the alts that can give you a big profit are top alts like Ethereum and BNB. There are also hidden gem altcoin which can do the same and they can pump high on their early days but like any other established alts, their growth can be slower later on.

Bitcoin is the primary coin which can give us a big profit because it had a lot of supporters and they are willing to HODL for too long and even buy more. There is a gamble in investing because cryptos are highly volatile but as long as we know how to pick a proper coin, we can minimize our chance of losing and then maximize our chance of gaining a profit.
704  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Binance lots of FUD on: December 15, 2022, 03:56:08 PM
I don't think there's anything wrong with people withdrawing their funds from Binance, it's something that should've been done much earlier on imo, FTX just painted it in a bolder color. I reckon as long as Binance is pretty honest with what it does and the funds are obviously used to what they're supposed to be used for (and not for), they should be fine in the long term. That is unless someone finds some solid evidence of something wrong, like in the case of FTX, then you can probably expect a big impact on the scene, considering how big Binance is as an exchange.
It's not wrong to withdraw a fund out of binance or any other exchanges because people don't came in crypto for nothing but they invest to earn. Even if it's not a bull season, we are now in crisis and people might need money so they will still sell.

For those who don't need money, storing some money in trusted a exchange like binance are still fine but they should always be vigilant and always track the platform so that they can do an immediate action before the worse has yet to come. We shouldn't be affected on what we hear on the news because not all of them are true but some them are only a FUD, trying to scare the people more and tries to destroy the reputation of other innocent exchanges.
705  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: FTX drama stressing people for no reason | How to stay neutral on: December 15, 2022, 03:01:09 PM
Of course, Sam Bankman Fried definitely deserved to be punished for the unauthorized use of funds entrusted to him by clients, with which he bought up falling companies and does not play a role for what purposes he did it all. Tens of thousands of people who lost because of his actions also want to see him in the dock, by the way, he could face a sentence of up to 20 years in prison and he was refused bail for $250,000.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/bankman-fried-appear-bahamas-court-us-unveil-charges-2022-12-13/
Then I hope this could give some peace of mind to the investors and start a new beginning. This is what we could the risks of investing and storing our money in exchanges, they became an example and got punished as they deserved for it. Unfortunately, together with his arrest we also lose hope that our money will be back. His unbearable and incapable management brings doubts and ruins the whole crypto market, this could be enough and put him as an example that no one will escape from the law.
That is for sure but there will be some who will overthink and think that SBF is having a good time inside the prison. I mean he may be treated like a king there, where he have access to gadgets, internet, good food and others like what we mostly see in the real world.

This have happened on some prisons/prisoners before and this practice might still be ongoing. SBF is not with us now but maybe he have a team which he can order to pay back his old customers. There was also a rumour that they will create a new token. I think this serves as a compensation for those who lost their money. If all fails then I guess, that's going to be the time to move on.
706  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Here is my personal solana TA analysis and opinion about SOL on: December 14, 2022, 09:31:31 PM
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Here's my technical analysis for Solana, for me, I agree with OP that Solana is really oversold. But for me, it's a good buy starting now every time Solana drops below $13. Since I believe, if Bitcoin still continues dropping will not be able to regain the $20,000 level. All altcoins too are affected and continue to dump.
For fundamental side, FTX Exchange really fcked up Solana, that's what another reason why Solana is extremely oversold right now.
As you said, SOL fundamentals are f*ked up and oversold doesn't mean it couldn't be more oversold. So your chart could be huge bear flag as well.

I might buy it when it's under $5 like sam famously did, but i am not going to rush in now.
Ironically Sam Bankman said last august that SOL was the most underrated token and after few months he managed to crash it down by himself.
I don't think so because I believe there are still lots of people who continues to show their support on SOL. They won't sell but they will only continue buying especially now that its price is still cheap. If you will buy at under 5 dollar then you are going to have a hard time waiting. Don't be like Sam because he have bought SOL when it was still not popular but SOL is already matured now. SOL was once an underrated token but I don't consider it as one by the time it break out.

So many people already recognize and invest on this coin. SBF didn't totally crash SOL but what he crash is his own token FTT and his own platform FTX however that causes an impact and affected other coins.
707  Other / Archival / Re: Harsh crypto winter for all categories of crypto users on: December 14, 2022, 03:36:52 PM
The pursuit of machine learning or big data is for making a living or anything else ? If it is for money, I guess the process of being an expert and making profts is not short either, only if you meet the right mentor to learn from. To be honest, I see crypto industry very muck like financial or relative industries because all they do is deal with trading and numbers, they or we don't produce anything or value. It's just a game of numbers. What is productive or can be seen as productive is purely about making food or machines that enable people to see as tangibles. To make great money out of financial and crypto industries alike ? Don't have to be many times, just once is enough. Always live within our means and focus on what we do. I guess this mentality works better than what you do and how much you make.
We are talking about businesses here so yes it's for a living but if you want to, it can also be a good hobby. To become an expert is not easy but it will take a long time of learning and trials & errors even with a good mentor. Cryptos are currencies so yeah they are still part of the financial industry.

It's a game of numbers but there is a value in here which is why we can produce a profit. Being productive doesn't always mean about creating a product but it's about how you move. If you are not lazy and do things accordingly then you can be considered as a productive person. To live within our means seems fine to hear but I think this is boring. How we can grow if we don't push our selves outside our limits?
708  Economy / Economics / Re: Retailers make more profit than wholesalers during inflation. on: December 13, 2022, 09:00:45 AM
I think important factors that can determine why retailers can get greater profit is to get to know consumers, not everyone likes to buy in large quantities so they buy in small amounts that are affordable for consumers.
You are right when you say knowing customers. Usually, retailers are more exposed from the people, so they can always talk to them and then make friends. That customer will then feel at home or comfortable thinking that the seller looks so friendly so they will come back on that store.

What I notice about most wholesalers is that they only do their transactions online or thru call/text. They lack of real life presence with their customers. I think this is one of the reasons why they can attract less customers. Ordinary people buy on retail stores to save but those retail store owners can get their stocks from the wholesalers. Wholesalers are not zero in terms of profit.
709  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2022/23 on: December 12, 2022, 08:28:21 PM
In this case I still feel that Benzema will still be the main starting line-up until it is felt that he is no longer capable, regardless of which player later enters when Benzema recovers from injury he will still be Ancelotti's first choice at least until the end of Benzema's contract.
Even though the condition of his feet is currently not possible but we know that Benzema is a frightening figure when he is in the opponent's defense area so with this condition I feel he will continue to be there no matter what happens this season except if his foot condition doesn't allow it.
Even Karim Benzema is one of the best player in Real Madrid squad but keep one thing in mind every thing is replaceable in this world even in games because nothing is permanent, so mostly we will have Benzema as Real Madrid main striker, but they will bring new player as well with the approach of having long term planning because now Karim Benzema is having only 2 or 3 years in game so after this surely Real Madrid also needs a quality player which will help them for having their best performance for the long run.

Now, foremost we have to wait for the next movement of the Real Madrid because right now mostly quality strikers are already settled and nothing is available in market for the better move they have to wait until summer transfer window, but they are looking a player in just few weeks so what is going to cook we have to wait.
710  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Europa League 2022/23 Season on: December 12, 2022, 03:11:41 PM
Football is unpredictable its not yet sure for any club to win lose. This stage of the game anything can happen.  Will feel  team like arsenal can win the trophy,  it can be a surprise if the Europa game starts arsenal performance may change. Bad performance can occur to any team at anytime and a team can improve anytime as a surprise to anyone.
In soccer performance and luck both are important for the team because if you have good performance and luck is not with you then still you can lose the match as we have too many matches in recent world cup teams with better performance lost against weaker sides with luck was not favouring them in these matches so here we can expect same thing with if Arsenal fail to win Premier League and Europa Cup then surely this all will be their luck even their performance is still good, and they are doing hard work for having better results in this season specially now with the injury of Gabriel Jesus things are looking hard for them even they have few good replacements but still now they need to do hard work for having better results.
711  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: December 12, 2022, 04:42:21 AM
Regarding Gabriel Jesus' injuries, Arteta face a significant challenge. Gabriel Jesus is crucial to Arsenal's success this season, therefore this is a major setback for them. I hope he recovers quickly, but Arteta needs to find a capable striker to take his spot in January. Since Gabriel Jesus will be unavailable for a while. And if Arteta cannot find a new striker quickly, their hopes of winning the title will remain only a pipe dream.
Arteta was already working on few aspects as he was looking for strength of his squad and have suitable replacement in any injury case but now with the Gabriel Jesus injury things are looking for quick response from them because if they lost few matches then surely this can bring down their moral and chance for the win of this trophy but good thing happening after world cup in just few weeks we will have transfer window which will help them for working on their targeted players, and they can handle all situation for next few weeks which is surely good for them because after break Manchester City and other opponents will try their best for having better results and top rank in Premier League table.
712  Economy / Economics / Re: Crude Oil drops below $100 on: December 11, 2022, 09:53:30 PM
In anticipation of the introduction of new restrictions on oil from the country of an international terrorist, the oil (and gas, by the way) market reacted ... with a fall in prices.
I would like to let you know that Russia is not the only oil exporter in the world and it is not the largest oil exporter either. The decline in oil prices was due to a reduction in world consumption due to recession fears, as well as consumer demand not being as strong as in previous years.
Falling oil prices will affect all oil exporting countries, not just Russia and one of the people who doesn't like this is probably OPEC+, but the beneficiaries will be the consumers. 

This topic is only about the price of oil, not about the war between Russia and Ukraine, hope you are awake enough to discuss, do not bring the spirit of terrorism into each comment.
You are right Russia isn't alone with this but as far as I know, there's also India, Europe, and last but not the least Dubai. Dubai must be the largest of them all and Russia can go next to it. Before the talks about the recession, people are already budgeting and looking for alternatives to continue living without depending on oil because its prices were very expensive last time during the Russian-Ukraine war.

This change have affected the oil suppliers but they shouldn't worry because this will only be temporary. Once the recessions are over and other crisis are gone. People will have more budget and they will probably start availing oils again.
713  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA 2022 world cup on: December 11, 2022, 08:49:52 PM
I think it's strange. Because it shouldn't normally be like this. Surprise is always strange to me. Who knew Morocco would get this far?
I don't think even they themselves could have known. It's pure luck and surprise. That's what's strange. If there are teams like Spain, Portugal and Brazil, but Morocco has come this far, I find it strange. Because it is not very normal. When we look at the squads and their values, the difference is already obvious. There is no need to say much.
Maybe it's strange for many but still its fact they have done amazing stuff in this world cup and beat teams like Belgium, Spain and now Portugal which is never been easy for any weak side and with this no one can call them a weak or unexpected because they have few top quality players those are involved in top clubs around UEFA and there were talks about them that Morocco could be DARK HORSE for this cup and they already in last four which is surely amazing stuff even now things are not easy with they are going to face one of the toughest sides but still a good and quality performance from them against world's best sides.

Now mostly feeling we will be having France vs Argentina but here still we can expect upsets because both Croatia and Morocco are on good run with positive attitude which can give them good encouragement and positive results which helps them for having spot into last two even just one or both can go.
714  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin and the cryptospace is threatened by this legislation backed by Sam on: December 11, 2022, 08:29:21 PM
In Washington D.C., there was a bill that was proposed by Sam Bankrupt-Fried that would give the government more oversight and create more regulations on the cryptospace which would certainly make decentralization lose some of its advantages. It is a bill that might kill the cryptospace.
Why is this guy not in jail yet? SMH

He single-handedly became the most hated person in cryptocurrency in just a matter of days, even beating Craig Wright in the process. Even the altcoin users are pissed off at him.
From the most respected because of what he achieved in a short period of time to the most hated person real quick because of what he did on his own company. Crazy how fast things went for this guy. Not just BTC supporters but all crypto fans are pissed of SBF because of what he did in this market. Also, the FTT and FTX collapse made a big losses to those investors and those who store their funds inside that platform.

I am not surprised if this guy is still not in jail, that's because he has a big connection with the governments. He even made huge donations to them but the money that he use must be the money from of his own customers. It was still great that he got busted out. Now his plans of making crypto more centralized won't come to life anymore.
715  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: December 11, 2022, 07:10:53 AM
From the previous few seasons it was also like that and even though many people think that they are capable this is just exaggerating where their current condition is in reality a bit the opposite.
A good step for Roma is only being in the Champions League or Europa League zone but now that is also a bit broken by their not-so-good performance and even now they have to be thrown into 7th place at the moment with some negative results in the last few matches.
After winning UEFA Conference League in last season there were clear indication now Roma could be at his best, and they will fight at the top of the Italian league, but sadly things are not going good for them, and they are currently at the seventh spot which is surely not good for them and their fans those were overexcited about their chances into this season and in UEFA Europa Cup they are also drop and now have to fight against Salzburg for the round of 16 hopefully they will win and have their better chance for the title again in the Europa Cup because now with their form most chances they will be not able to fight in Serie A for the top rank and having chance for the Champions League spot in next season.
716  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA 2022 world cup on: December 11, 2022, 05:01:22 AM
the pressure is so strong and we know how much pressure it is especially when faced with conditions 1 on 1 with the goalkeeper even we have seen before how many failed to score at the penalty spot before.
France's game was good and that is one of the facts, apart from failing or not kicking, it is actually very difficult to say as something that changed the result in my opinion because regardless of anything, England have also fought as hard as they could.
Without any doubt a big game with both teams were able to handle pressure but sadly England and their captain unable to convert their chances now they fail to bring France under pressure which helps them for having chance for to defend their title and another lost for the England even they were at their best and have quality players, but conversation on pressure games is also very important for the players now 32 teams are already out of the competition with just four top ranked teams are left with most chances now we will have real test of Croatia and France that can to carry on European Legacy for another title or teams from South America and Africa will take advantage and take honour for this year's event in Qatar.
717  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season on: December 10, 2022, 09:03:42 PM
Ronaldo may not be able to play CL at all in the coming years. Let's start with the problem about his salary. Would he have seen the light this season and maybe just accept that a lower salary is also acceptable? He is no longer the Ronaldo he used to be. In the CL he has almost all records to his name. PSG have an extremely difficult route to the title with Bayern Munich as an obstacle. Then you could also draw Manchester City the following round if you are unlucky. But I think the draw has not been drawn yet and will be drawn every round from now on? Manchester City has no problems with RB Leipzig.
Right now nothing is clear because after exit from World cup in quarterfinal what is outcome of Ronaldo coming we have to wait for his next announcement because most chances he will quite as Portugal player and try to use his two r three years career with any reputable club in UEFA and if things having not favourable situation for him then most chances he will try to settle in MLS which is also in his destination with Inter Miami is looking for few UEFA top quality players.

But as we are having few rumours about Chelsea, or maybe he can go into Italy s well because Roma and Napoli are also interested but both looking for cut in salary which is surely needed from Ronaldo but if he is not agreed then surely most chances his Champions League career is going to be ended already.
718  Economy / Economics / Re: Use your money wisely. Invest or Deposit ? on: December 10, 2022, 08:29:41 PM
it's really better to just invest your money in crypto or bitcoin, not in banks wherein the returns are very small annual.

While in bitcoin, we might see another all time high in 2024 and so if you invested it today, it might return a good amount and you will be glad that you made the right decision. But just invest money that you can afford to lose so that you won't be bother and not panic when the price goes down. Just suckered it in and forget about your investment in the next 2 years.
Usually small returns do also have a small risk but then I realized that banks are centralized and there are so many horrible stories about banks. Customer's funds gets locked up, frozen and worse lost because the banks got bankrupt. This will be avoided if we have a full control of our funds. Cryptos such as bitcoin can offer it.

Cryptos might have a high risk because they are very unstable but good cryptos can be able to recover as long as we hold on. There are still alternatives other than crypto investing that has a lesser risk. They can be gold investments and real estate. I am not really sure about stocks and other's so I won't suggest them for now.
719  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: December 10, 2022, 07:14:01 AM
nothing to worry about PSG in league champions, if Neymar and Messi are injured we still have another one, namely Mbappe, and vice versa maybe we have to think is about PSG defense. Regarding the quality of attack, we have top players who can take advantage of opportunities as well as possible. Meanwhile, Bayern is also having serious problems about S.Mane coming back 3 months after operation, there is still a possibility that PSG will win if Bayern main player does not return to his best performance.
PSG is lucky to have too many top quality players in their squad which can help them for having better results into domestic league, and they can win this without their few top players as well but for the Champions League surely they need availability of their top players which help them for having good performance and better chances for the win in this season hopefully all will be clear in few weeks, and they will be able to perform with their best.

Things are interesting as Bayern Munich is also missing their striker Sadio Mané even they are also having few good replacements but still this can hurt their chances for the win in this season into Champions League, but few players are also good and improving which will help there for the best results.
720  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: December 10, 2022, 05:19:40 AM
West Indies was good in T20 for over a decade and now they did not even qualify for the World Cup and they were struggling to find any talented players for the longer format for a very long time and you cannot expect anything different from a deteriorated playing eleven. I will be surprised if the match goes to the final day.
Right now, West Indies is completely down and out of all formats with need of some changes into their stance on players' future and domestic setup as well because things are not going positive for them, and they are losing their best talent because of differences between players and board which is never been ideal now here in Australia they are having big issue in bowling and batting as well which is creating more problems for their future with they already lost spot into t20i world cup, and now they can face more problems as well here Australia is having now settle their spot for the WTC final.

Pakistan is in a good position and if they can bat longer and score runs then the pressure will be on England to catch up.
Pakistan's start is good but for better view of this test match we have to wait for the end of Pakistani inning then we can talk clearly about result of this match and series right now England is at the top still with their style of play and approach for this series.
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