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81  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Countries have banned Bitcoin; Do you believe is because of criminal activities on: July 19, 2022, 06:41:25 PM

Most countries are giving excuses and  reason for banning Bitcoin is because it can easily be used to fund crimes.
But I think they are afraid of losing control of their citizens' financial activities because they believe being the ones regulating financial activities makes them powerful.
What are your thoughts
Bitcoin is now an alternative in investing and also as a currency between the world, although it has many benefits and also offers many conveniences compared to the use of fiat money but there are still many countries that prohibit the use of bitcoin, I agree with  you , if it seems the reason bitcoin is used for crime is not the real reason for the ban because in my opinion crime (money laundering) can also be carried out without having to use bitcoin, the banning of bitcoin by many countries may be due to their fear of the possibility that bitcoin will be able to replace the role of fiat currency and maybe the structure decentralized bitcoin, it is possible that bitcoin will be outside the control of governments and financial authorities unlike fiat currencies so far.
82  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: July 19, 2022, 05:57:37 PM
It's still too early to talk about who will come out as champion. However, when looking at all the teams participating in the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich is the team with the greatest potential to win the title again. We can't say it's not, because from the available data, Bayern Munich has everything. But still, I want the Bundesliga to be more competitive next season, at least Bayern Munich can't move freely.
Bayern munchen have released their important players so far to barcelona, ​​but i think losing lewandowski will not have much effect on bayern münchen performance in the bundesliga because they have  mane so far, despite losing lewandowski but münchen are the strongest candidates to championship the bundesliga next season and obviously it can't be denied because right now dortmund have also experienced the same thing, namely losing their important players, although both clubs have got replacements but it looks like the betting market will be more in favor of munchen next season.
83  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: July 19, 2022, 04:39:33 PM
Gnabry still remains in Bavaria, the contract will be extended until 2026. This is great news, it would not be wise to lose a player of this level. And what about Zinchenko, he will leave Manchester City and go to Arsenal. Well, for the player himself, this is probably not the best news, because he will have to leave the champion team and thus remain without the Champions League for the next season, but this sometimes happens. Meeting Guardiola's requirements is never easy.
Zinchenko is the 4th signing for arsenal this season after getting marquinhos, viera and jesus, the signing of Zinchenko will be a good option for arsenal to patch up their defense, especially so far the arsenal defense is often quite worrying when it comes to facing teams that attack aggressively, and I think Zinchenko will give competition to Kieran Tierney and Granit Xhaka because of his versatility and ability to play at left back and midfield, I think it is quite difficult to leave a winning team like manchester city, but actually his move to leave manchester city is a step that right to develop his football career.
84  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 on: July 19, 2022, 04:21:23 PM
Last match on group D and 3 teams have equal chance went to quarterfinal Belgium, Italy and Iceland will compete to get runner up position below to France but because Iceland will fight against France so they have difficult chance because i think France will beat them and for Belgium vs Italy in this match Italy is the favourite with the odds @1.86 but statistics for both of teams showed both of teams has beat each other and i was thinking possibly this match will ended with draw result
Italy and France managed to qualify for today quarter-finals, Italy which looked strong actually had to be defeated by Belgium, who played quite neatly and solidly, Italy, who played a little more aggressively, but failed to take advantage of several opportunities in the match, during the match Italy was actually more dominant in possession of the ball and they put more pressure on belgium, but unfortunately, belgium, who played more defensively by relying on counter attacks, was actually able to take advantage of good opportunities and score a winning goal when the match just entered the second half.
85  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2022/23 on: July 18, 2022, 05:41:26 PM
Memphis Depay's condition in the team is still ambiguous for now. He is talking to Barcelona board and there are some new updates about it. The team are likely to let him go if he wants to leave this summer. They seem even ready to sell him for a low transfer fee. Considering that they have signed him on a free transfer it is normal I believe. Depay seems likely to leave only if he finds a big team for himself. He still wants to be a part of a strong team at the end of the day.
When Koeman left and Xavi took office, actually Memphis Depay could not be said to be safe and now the presence of Raphinha and Lewandowski has clearly undermined his chances of playing like him.
There are 2 things he can do at the moment, namely go to find a new club or stay with the record that he will definitely not get anything and Barcelona will slowly kick him out because his salary is also burdensome.
Barcelona the arrival of Lewandowski and Aubameyang in attacking positions and make the current stock of front line players have accumulated, apart from that it is all barcelona obligation to release some players so as not to conflict with the current La Liga authority regulations, so I think after signing Rapinha and Lewandowski then it looks like in the near future there will be a barcelona player who will leave the camp nou and i think the most likely those players are de jong and depay.
86  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 on: July 16, 2022, 08:24:23 PM
Guardiola will not face any problems for Oleksandr Zinchenko, if he leaves the team. Because Oleksandr Zinchenko is not an important player for Manchester City. But I think Guardiola should strengthen his defense. While he brought in talented players like Haaland to strengthen the forwards, he did not do enough to strengthen the defense. Manchester City needs an experienced defender now.

Guardiola works very well with the squad, he has the opportunity to have several equal players in each position in the team, so yes, the departure of Zinchenko from the team will not be a big problem for Manchester City, but the departure of a player of this level will still be noticeable. In the end, there are no irreplaceable players, everyone can eventually be replaced, especially since this will not be a problem for a team with such financial capabilities as City.
Although Zinchenko is a good player and multi-position as a defender, it seems that Zinchenko game is not interesting enough for the guardiola at this time, this season Zinchenko has not got a lot in first-team place so he will not have a significant influence on the defense of manchester city in the future, let alone reportedly manchester city indeed willing to let Zinchenko go because indeed they are eyeing Cucurella from Brighton to fill the left back position later, now manchester city and arsenal have agreed on a value of 30 million euros and I think at his young age maybe he will be able to develop his career for the better in the arsenal.
87  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: July 16, 2022, 06:27:42 PM
a news page has written that the reason Juve has not released De ligt to Bayern is that the price offered is still far from the price that Juve installed. let's see what happens until the end of this month, because reportedly bayern is also deliberately tugging on the price offer because bayern knows that Juve really expects money from the sale of de ligt.
In my opinion, although it is still in a push back between bayern munchen and juventus but bayern munchen is in a pretty ideal condition at the moment to get De Ligt, juventus previously bought Vlanhovic at a fairly expensive price and of course it drained their financial and the proof so far is juventus only bringing in players with free transfers as well as bartering, so I suspect that if Juventus are in a frugal condition and need money so that they inevitably charge a high price for de ligt, whereas Bayern Munich which does have a pretty good transfer strategy, of course doesn't will move rashly to fulfill the wishes of juventus and i think bayern munchen will be more patient waiting for juventus want to lower the de ligt price in later.
88  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2022/23 on: July 16, 2022, 06:06:15 PM

Xavi Hernadez as the main coach of Barcelona was denied entry to America.
Barcelona was planned to take part in a series of tours in America, but the American side banned Xavi from entering so the Barcelona vs Montpellier match was cancelled.
It is possible that it is due to visa issues.
It's quite unfortunate that Barcelona had to lose Xavi on their pre-season tour in America, when in fact there were several pre-season matches that Barcelona would indeed play in America, but it seems that the American authorities still forbade Xavi to enter America even though they know who Xavi is, I was quite surprised to see some a post here that discusses Xavi and I try to find out the cause of Xavi ban accompanying his team to play in America, from the local media that I read, apparently America has revoked Xavi visa, because Xavi has indeed traveled to Iran 3 times in the last 5 years but I didn't know what a trip to Iran has to do with being barred from entering America?
89  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: July 16, 2022, 02:05:14 PM
Robert Lewandowski will complete his move to Barcelona this weekend, after Bayern Munich verbally accepted an increased offer worth 50m euros (£42.5m) for the Poland striker.
After selling Lewandowski, Bayern will increase their bid to Juventus for the Netherlands defender Matthijs de Ligt, 22, who has already agreed personal terms for a five-year contract.
So, Bayern obviously decided to make good money on Lewandowski and bring in a new football star.

Robert Lewandowski has finally got what he wanted. Good for him! I think that Bayern Munich have made a good choice by not forcing him. They weren't going to make any money if they decided to keep him for one more season. Now they can sign a good striker by using this money also. I'm not seeing any rumour about a striker for Bayern Munich. But they would start quickly to search for striker after this transfer. Some people said that they were thinking Mane in that position if Lewandowski left but I don't see it logical.
To be honest, I didn't expect this to finally become a reality, because so far the Lewandowski transfer saga has been quite complicated and long-winded to take up a lot of time even though Lewandowski actually wanted the move, Bayern Munich, who kept charging high prices for Lewandowski, forced Barcelona to fail again and again to finalizing the deal and it looked like a move would be impossible when Lewandowski started his return to training camp with Bayern Munich, but now Barcelona fans should be relieved and grateful that Barcelona has managed to land one of the best strikers in the world.
90  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: July 16, 2022, 07:11:48 AM
Don't know why when it comes to this to Barcelona my heart always says it's always going to be tough Cheesy
Barcelona will definitely keep asking unreasonable prices again and again which makes me pessimistic and have predictions that a deal in the end will not happen anywhere and for anyone.
Let alone you, I also feel that if there are players who are linked with barcelona it seems that the chances of getting them are only about 30% due to Barcelona current financial problems, as has happened to Lewandowski so far, where Barcelona continue to linked with one of these great strikers but when there is the way to get him but that barcelona doesn't have enough money to buy, indeed there are some transfers that are happening to barcelona at this time but everything is going quite smoothly because indeed they get free players without having to spend money, but not so with transfers that do require Barcelona to spend money.
91  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: why is bitcoin price important? on: July 16, 2022, 05:51:26 AM
alot of posts seem to be focused on the price of bitcoin. i understand why because they are wanting to sell it for a profit but is that the purpose of bitcoin or was there some other purpose for it? i thought it was originally designed to just be a way to transfer digital cash in a decentralized manner but it seems like people don't really care about that part of it and all they care about is what its price is. seems they got the wrong idea of bitcoin.

thing is, for alot of people it seems like when bitcoin price is "high" they think that means it is succeeding more than when it is "low". but if we think about bitcoin's intended purpose, it doesn't matter what the price is as long as bitcoin can be transferred peer to peer without any centralized party being involved. so if bitcoin was worth $1 people shouldn't complain.
What you say is true because the first purpose of bitcoin was to facilitate digital financial transactions in today modern era, but gradually that goal changed over time because many people saw bitcoin as an investment asset, in my opinion the change in the purpose of bitcoin may be due to the many regulations from many countries that legalize bitcoin as an investment asset rather than a financial substitute, and that is why many people prioritize and want to see bitcoin price at a high price because their current goal is to seek profit.
92  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: July 15, 2022, 08:16:50 PM
Next month we will see matches in the Bundesliga again, the opening match will be a match for Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt, here I wouldn't talk about score prediction for Eintracht Frankfurt vs Bayern Munich match, but talk about the candidates for the Bundesliga champion next season. Will Bayern Munich be champions as usual? or the Bundesliga champion title will be held by another team? what do you think? BTW, please give a clear reason for your statement Wink
Next month several football leagues will start and I can't wait to see the matches later, for the Bundesliga, the championship competition may not change much between Munich and Dortmund or even later there will be another team that will enter between the two in the tittle competition, but As usual I'm more convinced that next season Bundesliga title will return to Munich, not because I underestimate Dortmund but I think compared to this season, Munich clearly next season looks pretty tough with the addition of some great players, contrast to Dortmund which may not look too good because there have been many changes to the squad specifically for the loss of haalaand who is dortmund goal machine so far, this season dortmund have been inconsistent when haalaand is absent and I can't imagine maybe next season without haalaand they will be far behind munchen in standings.
93  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 on: July 15, 2022, 07:42:45 PM
These EPL teams are increasingly becoming a team that continues to grow, not to mention in one or two more seasons there will be Newcastle as well who will become a strong team in the EPL. Therefore, although Conte has made changes for the better for Tottenham but the competition in the EPL is a tough competition, so it is difficult to predict about achieving an achievement like winning the title. Because the teams above have already built a team first and they will also have a great squad next season, but even so that doesn't mean Tottenham have lost the chance to win the title. Chances will always be there, however, the competition to achieve it is already very difficult now.
That's why the premier league is very competitive, every team is signing and bringing in talented and top class players to strengthen their squad unlike other leagues where you see one team dominating for years and seems like no other team is worthy of been a competition. In the EPL, no team wants to go down the table. Before now we had the big four in the EPL which were Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United but currently I would say we have the big 6 teams with Manchester City and Tottenham coming top and being contenders. Newcastle are also looking to fight for the top 4 position
Competition in the EPL every season continues to run very tight and it often surprises us when non-seeded teams are actually able to compete with bigger teams in the league, so far it is difficult to predict which team will be winner in the EPL even when the season is almost over, because it is the English League is a fairly competitive league compared to other leagues where there are only 1 or 2 favorite clubs, teams such as Aston Villa, Leicester and even now Newcastle cannot be underestimated because every season their performance continues to improve and often puts pressure on teams such as Liverpool  and other big teams, just like this season we can see how newcastle and nottingham forest they continue to move actively in the transfer market to be able to fix their squad to be able to compete in the premier league next season.
94  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: July 15, 2022, 04:33:17 PM
Although sources close to Manchester City claim that there is no arrangement in place to sell Bernardo Silva to Barcelona this summer, City has dismissed this as rumor and is understood to have no plans to release Silva.

Manchester city has released several players in the transfer market this season and brought in several players who are considered to be able to contribute to them next season, some star players have brought in manchester city to strengthen their squad next season, the desire of guardiola to fulfill his dream and also manchester fans City to get the Champions League trophy, of course, forced Guardiola to fix the existing squad, besides that it looks like Manchester City will try to keep some players like Bernardo Silva who do have a big contribution to every game and Manchester City victory so far.
95  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: July 15, 2022, 04:00:10 PM
Chelsea at this point can really compete against Manchester City and Liverpool to win the premier league next year considering team that is formed now. His defense now is spectacular, and Tuchel has a way to manage that

doesn't allow too much goal, let's see what will happen, I'm really curious to see it  Grin. They should renew only something on their attack in my opinion anyway.
Tuchel has made it clear before that if chelsea want to compete for the title then they have to fix the team in the current transfer market, one of Tuchel focuses is improving defense after chelsea had to lose several defenders some time ago, now chelsea have signed Koulibaly but I think at least they need 1 or 2 more defenders to fill the current squad, while for the attack line, it looks like sterling will be a pretty good addition for chelsea, so I don't think if chelsea will try to bring other players to fill the position in the front line again.
96  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 on: July 14, 2022, 07:29:07 PM
I'll be checking in on this thread from time to time, there haven't been many replies so far, but perhaps people are afraid to admit they watch women's football.
I admit that I am not someone who often watches women football matches, not because I don't like women football, but so far there are very few sports channels in my country that broadcast league matches or women football competitions in the world, I think it's natural because all this time football is a game that is dominated by men and in my country women  football is not a sport that is too popular, so that making women football competitions like the euro today is not a spectacle that is awaited like as football played by men.
97  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: July 14, 2022, 05:10:27 PM
Yes, Bayern Munich are well prepared to embrace this Bundesliga title because their coach is doing everything possible to bring in new talented players that will assist the team to remain the best team in this tournament. Now that Bayern Munich coach has introduced new tactics into the team few weeks ago, showed that it will be difficult for any team to defeat Bayern Munich in this season and next season. I think Dortmund are also preparing for this tournament to break some record to win this season title because many people don't believe they can achieve something good from this competition.

Julian Nagelsmann is building his team even stronger. Julian Nagelsmann may be trying to solve the mistakes they made in the Champions League last season. He has paired Sadio Mane with Lewandowski to bolster Bayern Munich's forward line. But I think Bayern Munich should focus on their own defence. Since they almost always play attacking tactics, they are very likely to concede goals from counter-attacks if the defense is not strong.
With the presence of Mane and Lewandowski on the front lines of Munich at this time there can be no doubt that they have a pretty dangerous attacking line, I agree with what you said, if now Nagelsman must be able to balance the front and back lines of Munich to be able to compete in the Champions League next season, I think the Bundesliga trophy next season will still be theirs because among the existing rival teams, Munich looks more perfect at the moment, it is reported that Bayern are approaching De Ligt from Juventus to strengthen their defense next season, but maybe there will be a slight problem in the realization of the transfer this is due to the price of De Ligt which is quite expensive.
98  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2022/23 on: July 14, 2022, 04:21:53 PM
Barcelona have solved their problem on their right wing. They have signed Dembele and Raphinha both officially. They are waiting for the result of the talks for Frenkie de Jong also. If Manchester United end this deal for the benefit of them then Barcelona will have to find someone to bring into the midfield. Barcelona must be doing their best to keep him at the club and the player doesn't have a big intention to leave too. Manchester United's job is really difficult as a result.
Honestly, I actually agree more if they keep Frankie de Jong, because earlier if they sold him it would create a new gap in their squad. There is still time for them to consider the departure of Frankie de Jong, if they realize that I think they will do the best thing by turning down offers for their midfield player.
But the problem now is that barcelona need big money to cover their expenses, the only way to get big money is of course by selling de jong to another club, actually barcelona has reached an agreement with manchester united about the transfer of de jong but somehow it arrived currently the transfer has not been realized at all, it seems there are a few problems that Barcelona really need to solve with de jong so barcelona can quickly complete the deal with manchester united, indeed the sale of de jong will disrupt the stability of the club especially their midfield but there is no other way for Barcelona to earn money apart from selling de jong right now.
99  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: July 14, 2022, 03:40:46 PM
For me, the level of Pacquiao right now is just for exhibition matches against retired Boxers, Retired MMA fighters in boxing matches, Youtuber that has trained in combat sports for a boxing challenge, or someone that has fame and wants to try Manny Pacquiao inside the ring, in my opinion after seeing him in his last fight as a professional boxer against Yordenis Ugas, I say to myself that this is the last for Manny Pacquiao, if he can not KO/TKO his opponent it is likely he is for retirement,

He is probably enjoying his retirement, more exhibition fights gives him more money, and we cannot deny that exhibition fights are not risky compared to a professional fight, and since it's proven that exhibition fights could also bring millions of dollars, so Manny is just taking the opportunity again.
The disappointment of pacquaio failure in the presidential election of the philippines certainly allows him to return to the ring later, as someone who has had many titles and also a long boxing career of course pacquaio will not be able to easily get away from boxing gloves and his desire to fight, that's why I think that even though it will be an exhibition match that Pacquaio will play, we will surely see how fierce Pacquaio is in the ring like when he was young.
I think the fight against DK later will be an interesting fight even though the fight is only an exhibition and Pacquiao fans will certainly be satisfied with their idol's performance after a long absence.
100  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 on: July 14, 2022, 02:45:11 PM
Manchester United are finally finishing their centre-back transfer with Lisandro Martinez. Arsenal seem like no longer a rival for them in this race. Manchester United are expected to pay 43 million pounds to sign him. After this transfer they will need to sign a midfielder also. I don't know about Frenkie de Jong yet as Barcelona are still not too willing to sell him. But if Manchester United are ready to pay the amount Barcelona want then this deal is likely to happen. But Manchester United would need to pay a sum like 85 million euros in total.


Finally we will see Maguire on the bench, Grin.
Some source said that Barcelona has already agreed about the price and other stuff, but the big obstacle is still Frankie de Jong personal choice, he seems eager to stay in Barcelona, but then again he doesn't want any salary cut.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/14/man-utd-reach-agreement-with-barcelona-over-frenkie-de-jong-transfer-16998658/
Speculation about the transfer of De Jong does not seem to have found an end point and there continues to be a tug-of-war between Barcelona and De Jong, from some media saying that Barcelona and Manchester have actually reached an agreement but it seems that the problem now comes from De Jong who seems reluctant to move from Barcelona but also don't want to cut salaries, besides that according to Fabrizio Romano, Even though the agreement between Manchester United and Barcelona has been established for 85 million euros, it is precisely now that both parties are still hampered by personal requirements player, so I think we will see the De Jong transfer saga not will end in the near time.
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