His version of cryptocurrency (BSV) is right now struggling with a market cap of just $1.8 billion, which represents less than 1% of the total cryptocurrency market cap. That itself gives a demo on what the community thinks about him and his forked coin. He may be able to cheat some of the new users and fool them, but this success will be short-lived.

There will be a lot of profit booking before we reach 10K. From what I have observed during the last 7 years, the vast majority of the Bitcoin users are either in their teens or in their 20s. They don't have the patience to hold their coins for 3-4 years and everyone wants to become super-rich in two weeks. So when the prices plateau out briefly, these people will start selling their coins and it will weaken the bull rally.

We still have a choice, right? A lot of the ICOs ask for KYC information, and that goes against the spirit of decentralization. But then again, it is our choice whether we want to participate in those projects or not. But always remember that these projects don't have any association with Bitcoin, other than using it as a medium to raise the funds.

True. There are so many of these investment schemes going around, and the vast majority of them are ponzis. The truth is that with Bitcoins, we don't need to make any other investment. Bitcoin by itself is a very good investment. Since it is protected against inflation, we don't really need to increase the number of coins by any sort of investment.

If you check the past charts of the exchange rate, then it can be seen that the pullback (or correction) occurs almost immediately after the end of the bull run. Here also we had a correction, when the prices plummeted from $8,300 per coin to $6,300 per coin a few days back. But that phase is over and now the prices are back to $8,000 per coin.

With stocks it is still easy. You can somewhat predict the future direction of a stock after analyzing about the actual product. For example, you can predict the future price movement of the Apple stock, by analyzing the sales of iPods and iPhone. But with Bitcoin this is not possible. One parameter that is available is the trade volume. But that can also be interpreted in many different ways.

I have another theory. I don't think that Craig S Wright is the real Satoshi Nakamoto. But it is possible that he knows the real identity of Satoshi. And the reason why I think he suddenly came up with this claim, may be because of the death of the real Satoshi. He made the claim of him being Satoshi, fully knowing that the real Satoshi will not be there to counter him.

It has the potential to breach 8K, but today a lot of momentum was lost due to the BSV drama. After Craig Wright filed the copyright claim, a large amount of investment shifted from BTC to BSV. Social media groups set up by CSW is putting a lot of effort in projecting BSV as the original coin. The last time I checked, BSV was up 70% and Bitcoin was down 3%.

It's all a part of the football environment. I enjoy watching the game in stadiums, as well as in pubs. The people are so passionate about the game and the atmosphere is electrifying. All the swearing and shouting... it just adds excitement to the atmosphere...  It's a different experience when compared to watching the game on TV, with your family or close friends.

There are too many good players at this point of time, and it is very difficult to pick 5 out of them. I agree with you on Klay Thompson (especially in the defense department). Golden State Warriors are blessed with very good players such as Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry, so sometimes we forget about how good he (Klay) is. I don't want to compare him with Curry or Durant, but he is integral to the GSW team balance.

To be fair, the Azerbaijani authorities were saying that they were ready to guarantee the safety of the Armenian player. But Mkhitaryan was afraid that there will be an attack from the spectators while the match is going on. Can't blame him in this situation. Anyway, his forced withdrawal will be a significant blow for Arsenal, and now they will have to change the starting lineup.

Armenian genocide is not the reason. If that was the case, then no ethnic Armenian would have been able to visit Turkey, where the genocide occurred. The real reason is the ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno Karabakh region. The Armenian minority in Azerbaijan was banished after the war (in 1993) and as far as I know, no one with an Armenian passport have been able to enter that country ever since.

I don't know who chose Baku for the final. FIFA and UEFA should step in and shift the match to some other location, such as Sochi or Tbilisi.

Surprising that Giannis Antetokounmpo doesn't feature in the list. My pick for the top 5 will be as follows:

1. Giannis Antetokounmpo
2. Kevin Durant
3. Malcolm Brogdon
4. Nikola Jokic
5. Kawhi Leonard

I have excluded LeBron James, as I think that he hasn't scored enough points for this season.

The last match was a close one, but still the difference between the two sides is obvious. To be fair, Portland Trail Blazers have some very good players (Damian Lillard, McCollum, Meyers Leonard.etc). But their team bonding and coordination is not that strong. On the other hand, GSW is perhaps the most balanced team within the Western Conference. There is perfect coordination between their players such as Stephen Curry, Andre Iguodala and Klay Thompson. Even the absence of Kevin Durant had very little impact.   

As someone who have been gambling for the past few years, I find this thread quite offensive. Who gives you the permission to badmouth other people? Gambling is a perfectly legal activity, and we honestly pay our taxes to the government if we win. And trust me, most of the gambling sites do pay their taxes honestly and punctually. You don't have the right to abuse anyone, just because their behavior doesn't fit within your small frame of morality codes. As long as they are not gambling using money stolen from you, you should be fine.

I have been to this field (crypto) for quite some time, and my advice would be to avoid any such gambling site. And I would say that this is applicable not just to the gambling sites, but to other ventures (such as exchanges and crypto-stock markets) as well. If they take too much time, then it means that they are either under-staffed, or don't have enough liquid funds in their reserve. And for me, that is a giant red flag. You don't know when they will shut down their operations without any warning. Better to avoid such sites.

Stop blaming the government and the system. If your salary is low, then it means that you are not skilled enough to get a high-paying job. Under such a scenario, it will be better to increase your skill-level by undergoing training and educational programs. Today the socialist economies does not exist and we have free market economies everywhere. The interference by the government is minimal, and if you can compete with your colleagues in terms of productivity and skills, then obviously you will end up with a good salary.

So you are claiming that your salary hasn't increased during the past 30 years!!!

How this is possible? There are two possibilities. Either you are lying, or you are unemployed and living from welfare payments. In my case, during the past 10 years there have been a 8%  to 10% annual increase in the salaries (I had changed my job 4 times during this period). If you are not satisfied with your salaries, then why don't you find a new job for you? You were unable to do that for 3 decades? I find your thread very strange, and the increase in my salary has been greater than the rate of inflation in my country.

I wouldn't generalize all the stablecoins. There are a few reliable ones out there, which are backed up by assets in fiat cash (either hard cash, or cash equivalents). But as the ongoing Tether-Bitfinex drama has shown, it is wrong to have an assumption that stablecoins such as USDT are 100% reliable. Look at what happened to USDT. As per the information given to the authorities, Tether is only 74% backed up with real assets. This is despite the fact that they had always claimed that every USDT token is backed up by US Dollar, 1 to 1.

If the hacks become normal, then how do you expect the exchanges to survive? All it took was a single hack to destroy Cryptopia. Now the users are stranded and their funds are frozen (I am talking about those idiots who refused to withdrew their coins when they had the option to do so). Even Binance got hacked a few months ago, but they managed to resume their operations. If the hacks become normal, then the closure of exchanges without prior warnings will also become a norm (rather than an exception).