I think promoting Bitcoin stability is partly a matter of avoiding the Alcoin crisis, major changes in cryptocurrency activity, high inflation and excessive volatility, and the Alcoin market. Volatility can increase uncertainty, hinder investment, hinder growth in Alcocent. What is your opinion?
It depends how we see stability and define it. If you look around, there is nothing that is constant. Oil, real estates, bills, cars, food...prices increase most of the time. Even gold does not have a stable amount when we compare it to FIAT. A car will remain a car, 1 liter of something will alway remain 1 liter, what change is the inflation. Thus, 1 Bitcoin = 1 Bitcoin but since we do not use Bitcoin in our day to day activities then we have to establish a relation with dollars for example and then we have to assume the consequences like instability of the price since it is a normal thing. Volatility in Bitcoin will remain until we use something else more stable than the banking system offers.
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The Bitcoin price chart in 2024 will be between $50k - $59k because December is at the end, the price is still at $42,664. I have already voted for 2024. I will wait to see what the price of Bitcoin will be at the turn of the year because the closing price in 2023 will be the historical price that will be compared for the following years. Price speculation above $50k is too difficult to achieve, for me too easy if it happens.
I agree with OP about not posting a picture of the poll to avoid influencing people before they cast their votes since they will definitely change their minds. I voted for +$70k myself since I am optimistic regarding the Bitcoin price in the long term. I don't think the price will reach that level before November 2024 but after that I think it is possible. Even if my prediction was wrong, I am pretty sure in the future we will see this price and way more.
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The only one who can compete with Inter Milan at the moment is Juventus. Juventus needs to wait for Inter Milan to make a mistake in one of their matches to lose points. When that happens, Juventus will be on top with a difference of 1 point. Draw in match 18 vs Genoa, while Juventus won against AS Roma so that Juventus' distance from them is getting closer.
Inter Milan will be disturbed if Juventus continues to be behind them at a close distance.
The Juventus squad is also not that bad when compared to the Inter Milan team with the players they have.
Juventus have to improve the number of goals scored in each match. They are winning most time with few goals and any mistake done at the end of the game might make them lose 2 points. They stay stressed most of the time to score a goal and to keep their goal clean until the last whistle. I don't find that as a sustainable way to bring the scudetto home. At the opposite of Inter which is scoring more and playing more comfy. It is true they lost points in the previous game but this could happen to every team eventually. These teams will face each other by the beginning of February and until then Juventus games aren't that hard to win while Inter will face Fiorentina then Inter then Roma, without counting Champions League match against Atletico Madrid shortly after it. This will give Juventus a slight advantage in my opinion because with the high rhythm comes injuries..
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Transfers to be made in January transfer window could be effective enough to change the fate of the Champions League winner maybe. I can't imagine what would happen in case of seeing Real Madrid's signing a deal with Mbappe. However even if this happens he wouldn't join the team right away of course. They would need to wait for him until the end of the season unless they buy his clause to bring him immediately. However truthfully I don't expect Real Madrid to sign him in January because probably he would like to wait for the end of the season to make his decision on his future. ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) I expect PSG to be eliminated early again which would make things really difficult for convincing Mbappe to stay. I don't think that transfers in January have ever been of such a significant importance that they helped a team win the Champions League. If that was the case, I wonder what type of player you are talking about. Of course, if Real Madrid would sign Mbappe in January and he would score several goals in the final round of the Champions League, then it would perhaps be true, but since that won't happen, I doubt that any transfer in January would literally be responsible for the Champions League trophy at the end of the season. I would agree only about the transfer of Kylian Mbappe from PSG to Real Madrid to be a game changer for the club in all competitions including Champions League. Real Madrid need more firepower in the attack line to help Bellingham scoring more and more goals to guarantee winning most of the game. Until yesterday I had some hope that the player might join Real Madrid in this winter transfer window but from what I heard today, it appears to be quite difficult to happen with PSG willing to offer him a new and better contract! In the other available options, I find it hard for a team to acquire other talented player that could help them win the title. Even signing a couple of players will not be possible for most of the teams in my opinion apart from Manchester United which might try to improve its squad but it is already too late.
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Indeed it is the situation. We are talking about the Europa League in the end so there is always a chance to see surprises. There are Frankfurt and Villarreal examples in the recent years. These teams won this title while they weren't the biggest contenders for this title on paper. Besides there is a difference in the Europa League this season. I mean Sevilla's absence here. Because they had a really horrible Champions League group stage which resulted in their finishing in 4th place. As you know Sevilla are called "the king of the Europa League". So I wonder which team will be the champions in their absence. ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) I think this year is quite different than the previous ones. There is teams that failed in the previous season(s) but right now they are topping their league and passing the best teams that used to be in that position like Liverpool in English Premier League and Bayer Leverkusen in 1.Bundesliga. These teams are by far the most dangerous one in Europa League. The other teams that qualified directly to the Round of 16 are quite good too especially West Ham United that might be tricky and make surprises in particular. For those which will play play-offs, we have Milan that might be hard to face, otherwise the others are very fluctuating. Sevilla absence in Europa League this season was unfortunate for sure, they miscalculated it in my opinion.
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The candidate besides Mbappe is Victor Osimhen whose decision is also highly anticipated in 2024. The career journey that will determine him as a future star player will certainly not be easy.
Mbappe's future move amazes me as much as everyone else. Staying at PSG may not be his greatest chance to become a greater name. Despite their talent, PSG is battling to win the Champions League. Real Madrid, however, has a history of creating legends. Though Mbappe is currently a top-tier talent, a few Champions League championships with Madrid would strengthen his career. We shouldn't overlook his Ballon d'Or ambitions. He may win the title by joining a European big club Mbappe will have to answer Real Madrid request, whether he is willing to join them or not, by the middle of January month. Passing this limit, Real Madrid are reportedly willing to find another player to recruit as a forwarder and abandon the Mbappe file once for all. There is rumours that even PSG are willing to give the player another interesting offer to convince him to stay with the club. I wonder why they don't just spend this money to build a whole team rather than keeping a single player who wants to leave their club.. There is rumours also about Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Manchester United wanting him to sign with them but I doubt they can afford his salary. Saudi Arabia teams might have the money but Mbappe will not accept to move out of Europe. Joining the English Premier League or Bundesliga is quite risky in my opinion, especially if he join the wrong club in EPL or find a lower rhythm in Bundesliga. I believe La Liga with Real Madrid is the best choice to get this title in addition to Champions League one!
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The loses from Fulham is really unexpected that after Bukayo Saka scored at 5 minutes i thought Arsenal will added more goals but surprisingly Fulham was made epic comeback which make they can fliped the situation and beat Arsenal however this is Arsenal first loses from Fulham since 2012 and indeed Arsenal currently thrown out of runner up position because Aston Villa was taking over second place from them but i think Arsenal still on the race for the title but Arsenal should be playing more consistent for upcoming matches
Just like i said before finally after 11 years never win from Arsenal today Fulham was gets their winning result again and this is so important because currently Fulham has 9 difference points above to the team from relegation zone and their position looks safe now but indeed if we see from their schedules seems Fulham wasn't lucky because for next month they have tight schedules that at Carabao Cup they will facing Liverpool and after this match at Premier league Fulham will facing Chelsea which is this is hard match too for them
It is incredible what's going on with Arsenal. Just like the previous year, they won many matches then suddenly start to lose and drop points until they lose the first place. Gunners took only one point in the last three games and 4 points out of 15 points in the last five matches. That's a very poor result, otherwise they would be secure in the first place. In this match they started very well, scored an early goal before receiving two goals from Fulham and lose. They are following the steps of Manchester United right now for good! In this round, there is two matches that will be played tomorrow and the day after. Liverpool are favourite in tomorrow's game against Newcastle which is doing bad also, just like Arsenal and Manchester United. Brighton and West Ham United will be a very hard and interesting game with good odds and slight advantage for West Ham.
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The match is almost over and Juventus is still ahead 0 - 1. It looks like the conditions will not change. Even if there is only 1 goal, at least Juventus will get full points. Hu on the other hand, Milan was also successful in this match and won over Sassuolo 1 - 0. Currently, the competition in Serie A is quite significant so of course every team must be able to optimally win in every match.
Juventus won against AS Roma as we predicted. The win has closed the gap between Inter Milan and Juventus, Inter Milan is just leading Juventus with a two points difference at the top of the Serie A League table. Juventus could overtake Inter Milan at the top of the Serie A League table if Inter Milan loses a match. Currently the gap between Inter Milan and Juventus is only two points. When we take a look about the difference between the two clubs, it is definitely the number of goals that Inter Milan scored (42) compared to 27 for Juventus. Inter are more efficient in the attack line than Juventus but also they received less goals than Juve even though both teams have good records in the defence line. I don't know if Juventus could overtake Inter soon or not but the fight for the first place will be harder for sure!
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Changing manager will be the best option for Manchester United, but the problem here is that, who are they going to sign as his replacement? There are no good coaches outside there without a team, and no coach will be willing to leave his team for Manchester United unless if the management promise to give them all the financial support they need to completely restructure the team.
There is no single sign about Manchester United willing to sack Eric Ten Hag out of the club. The defeat of the team against Nottingham Forest by 2 goals to 1 was another disappointing result. After the victory of Manchester United against Aston Villa, we thought the club might improve next but surprise no surprise, they just failed again, and they will keep failing over and over. Signing new contracts and bringing fresh players, as asked by Eric Ten Hag, will make the team improve in quality eventually but I don't know why I don't feel this will be the case for Manchester United.
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I have heard about Hakan Calhanoglu's rejecting a really solid offer by a Saudi Arabia team too. They offered him a 4-year contract and 18 million euros for each year. He is earning 12 million euros including bonuses per year at Inter now. He doesn't need to leave for a couple of more millions while playing competitive football for one of big teams in Europe.
I think he will continue to play for Inter a couple of more years at worst.
Calhanoglu rejected the Saudi offer and renewed his contract with Inter. The new contract was in fact extended to 2026 which means simply that the player doesn't want to leave Inter anytime soon whether to Saudi Arabia or any other European team. The Saudi offer was proposed by Al-Hilal which is the best team in Saudi Pro League and dominating the domestic league and eventually the other competitions including AFC Champions League. He isn't the first player to renew his contract with Inter, there is at least two other players that already prolonged their contract. Inter is a good team and their players enjoy playing with from what I see.
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There is no doubt that Al Nassr has already win the match because it will not be easy for Al Taawoun to comeback and take the lead within the added minutes. Al Nassr will have added more goal to make it four before the final minute of the game without Ronaldo in the team, this show that the team is good without Ronaldo.
The game finished, and Al Nassr comfortably won the game with 1-4 against their host team Al Taawoun and further reduced the point gap they have between them and their league leaders Al Hilal down to 7 points. It was really an entertaining first half and second period of games. There is still hope for them to likely catch up points with Al Hilal if they continue to win their games and if Al Hilal happens to drop points, more games ahead to play and anything can happen. So far, it is hard to pass Al-Hilal which not only rarely drop points but they beat the other teams with many goals. The other advantage that Al-Hilal have and make them solid is the fact that many of its players score goals. This characteristic is hardly found in the other Saudi Pro League teams. Al-Nassr 55 goals were mainly scored by Cristiano Ronaldo (20 goals) and Talisca (11 goals). Ronaldo is being chased by Al-Hilal forward Mitrovic with 17 goals out of the 59 goals scored in 19 matches.
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The last week of 2023 did not make Napoli very happy because at the time they needed full points but unfortunately they could only share 1 point with Monza. It's a really unpleasant result, especially playing at home in front of fans. It's really complicated but Napoli is still a team that tries everything to get better. It was unexpected that the result of this series would also be another bad record in the last few matches. The absence of Victor Osimhen in the previous match due to a red card also made Napoli even more stuck without clarity in the attack line.
This last week of the year was hard for all teams that played so far. Not only Napoli got a draw thus just 1 point, but Fiorentina suffered before scoring a goal and collect the three points. The even worse result was Genoa 1 - 1 Inter, both goals scored in the first half and the match got few serious attempts to score by both teams. Such result will allow Juventus to get closer from them if they could win against Roma which will not be easy at all. Ac Milan and Sassuolo game will be quite challenging too in my opinion although Milan advantages.
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Another rumor and yeah maybe this is the final offer from Real Madrid for Kylian Mbappe. As has been revealed, Real Madrid has offered a new contract to Kylian Mbappe which must be answered immediately until the deadline is mid-January. The reason is that as of January 1, he will have six months remaining on his contract and this is an offer so that Kylian Mbappe does not leave as a free agent from PSG.
I think even if Mbappe doesn't want to extend his contract with PSG he should still be able to get a handful of money from this transfer process and for PSG of course it's still profitable than letting him go without making a penny. With this new offer, Real Madrid still hopes for Kylian Mbappe and the key is in the winter transfer window. If he still misses this opportunity then Real Madrid will not be busy chasing him again.
If I were in the place of PSG owner and staff, I would definitely chase for an offer from Real Madrid and negotiate with them a transfer deal with the least damage for PSG. I don't know what was in the mind of PSG staff when they refused to let Kylian Mbappe move to Madrid in the last transfer window. They paid him his salary + loyalty fees then bye bye for free in the next summer? Seriously? Waste of money and the future of the club. PSG right now is weak comparing to the other top European teams. They count most of the time for a player that will leave them in less than a year.. What's wrong with them? I think this season will be wasted anyway for PSG, just get some money from his transfer and go find another striker to sign to save what could be saved in Europe next season. I am not very optimistic with PSG staff letting him leave the club in this winter transfer window by the way. They might sacrifice money for a Champions League spot next season.
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Yesterday before the start of the game I made a post here about the game, and how difficult it will be for arsenal since it's a derby game, and when you look at the most important statistics the head to head record, it shows that both teams have the ability to beat each other. Though I expected a draw from the game, but arsenal performance was too poor to even warrant a draw couple with the form westham is on now.
Me myself I criticised West Ham United poor odds against Arsenal and how ridiculous it was giving them x9 while gunners odds were x1.3 thought. It turns a very nice profit for the ones betting for West Ham United victory yesterday. Sometimes it is good to get a defeat to learn from your mistakes and to give Manchester City a chance to catch you ![Tongue](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/tongue.gif) I don't want to talk much about how great Tottenham Hotspur were in losing points. They have extraordinary skills in wasting opportunities and making their fans sad. Losing by 4 goals against Brighton and Hove Albion, which had poor results lately and playing worse comparing to the previous seasons, is something that Spurs are professional on it!
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Still, 0-0 for Napoli, is another bad news incoming for them?
With only 10 minutes left in the game, few serious attempts and the absence of a total dominance in the game then definitely Napoli will be in trouble picking a late goal. They have to wait for Monza collapse and big mistake to collect these three points. Otherwise Fiorentina and Torino game is worst with only rare attacks and few opportunities to score a goal. Players are concentrating more on vacations rather than playing games..
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The deal between Hugo Lloris and LAFC has been done, and now Hugo Lloris will sign the one-year deal with LAFC, plus options to extend for next year. At present, the date has not been fixed, but it is certain that Hugo Lloris will leave Tottenham after 11 years. This quite long time that he spent with English gained Tottenham. In 11 seasons, the 37-year-old Frenchman has made 477 appearances. since 2012, and in 11 seasons also, he got 151 clean sheets. The 38-year-old French and Spurs goalkeeper will now be part of Los Angeles FC. I really love Hugo Llories's play; he is quite a good goalkeeper, and his diving style is impeccable and majestic. But in life, age is a factor that makes a person stand on this stage where he can't bless life with these memories again. Anyway, Hugo Lloris will now play in the MLS as a new destination for the next season, hoping that he will maintain a similar performance in the MLS in Los Angeles. What do the rest of you guys think? Is it good for Hugo Lloris to go to the MLS or not? Should he have gone to Saiudi Arabia? Share your opinion with us. Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1740764737107853780?t=ehNP_TjKlR5qVDWxXCS4aA&s=19I don't think it is essential to go to Saudi Arabia for a goalkeeper unless he gets a good offer and want to live there. Otherwise joining MLS is not that bad as experience since his contract is not that long. He might later join Saudi Pro League or another Gulf league or even return to France to play in a random Ligue 1 team. Not winning any title with Tottenham Hotspur is a very normal thing, even Harry Kane won nothing. It is a damnation turning around this poor team which start the season very well, take the first place then shut down the winning program to return as a normal team.
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Bayern Munich always been a tough team in Champions League, unfortunately they're in tough bracket since they will meet either Real Madrid or Manchester City in order to enter final round.
It is during the QF draw that teams would know the opposition teams that they would possibly meet on their way to the final, mind you that after the RO16 fixtures are over and we now have 8 teams, there would be another draw, that is when you can know the teams that would face who in the next rounds, but for now that's not possible and you can't know if Bayern Munich would face either Real Madrid or City in the next rounds. Bayern Munich have to face a team that necessarily is strong to enter the final game. A witnessed teams like Inter and Chelsea which were less favourite in the previous years that went through the final eliminating stronger opponents and made it to the finals. Bayern Munich will face eventually Manchester City or Real Madrid or Inter or another good team later after winning against Lazio which are in bad forms. I think Bayern Munich shouldn't wish to face an easy team, they have to eliminate every rival they face to win the title. This year, many teams dropped in performance, including them, so they might pick this opportunity once they improve themselves.
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So Steven Gerard only reaching1 point against the last team and the worst one of the league? Plus in home condition?. I dont really know why they dont expell him from the charge of main coach.
They have 4 super higg level players, Jordan Henderson, Wijnaldum, Dembele, and Gray, you cant do this bad with that names.
The results of this team were bad after a good start. I don't know if Steven Gerrard will remain in charge or not but definitely this club has to improve its gameplay and tactics but also recruit more players to be able to stay in top. Steven Gerrard himself asked the club administrator to bring good players to get positive results. There is rumours about Firmino wanting to leave Al-Ahli and join his old colleagues in Al-Ettifaq. Nothing clear until now in this club but it appears that the owners of the club will wait to see the club's results in January before taking actions.
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Arsenal - Westham match just begun and Arsenal is losing already, this is the reason why Arsenal have been finding it difficult to win the Premier League for a long time now like they will start well till a certain stage they will start flopping just imagine them conceding this early goal and they will be thinking of equalizing before even talking of winning which may be difficult for them because with the way the match is going i don't see Westham giving them that opportunity.
Regarding the incredible odds they gave for Arsenal and West Ham United and seeing the actual result, I am a bit perplexed. It is definitely nice to see gunners dropping points, eventually since only the first half passed, in order to see Manchester City equalising them since they have one missed game and they are 3 points behind. It is true West Ham United are annoying a bit Arsenal but gunners missed few opportunities to score. I expect them to get the draw if Hammers will not add another goal. In the other match, Tottenham Hotspur are humiliating themselves again apparently with only 15 minutes left on the game approximately and they are down with 4 goals to 0.. Epic fail Spurs ![Lips sealed](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/lipsrsealed.gif)
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Sporting weren't actually doing good with the biggest matches in the league until it came to the Porto match. We watched a really good performance from Sporting players and it was a deserved 2-0 win then. Winning big matches is really important if you are fighting for the league title. Maybe Sporting have increased the gap with Porto to 3 points but Benfica are still right behind them by only 1 point. Benfica beat them like a month ago as well so they are also really competitive for the title this season. Benfica are going for a back-to-back title at the same time but we will see. The race for the title is quite heated now. ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif) From what I saw in Liga Portugal, the race for the title will be heated between the top four teams. I added Braga because it has a good attack line but they have to improve their defence line to avoid wasting points. Otherwise, the other three teams in the top are classically fighting between each others all the time. Since the points difference between these teams is very narrow then they might flip positions every couple of rounds. Sporting seems to be able to maintain the first position for at least one more month.
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