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801  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Regis Prograis vs Devin Haney on: August 05, 2023, 02:50:54 PM


However, we know how defensive Haney is, and if Prograis try to be the aggressor, I think it will be like Haney against Kambosos. Wherein Haney will have the upper hand as he will do the counter all night long. The only chance that Prograis is to hit Haney flush to win by ko as Haney doesn't have a good chin to begin with.

Good defense and timing in counterpunching are the best defense against a strong puncher Haney is so good at frustrating his opponent and accumulating points, that Prograis should find a way to get his punches in.

Haney is a boring fighter like Mayweather but his style gets the nod of the judges, judges score on hits and defense and that's what happens in his encounter against Kambosos, he cannot avoid Haney's counterpunching, I don't think Prograis is the fighter that will handle Haney's first loss.
 

That's just how he fights, and we have to accept it because it makes him effective in boxing. He may be considered boring, no question about that, but as long as he keeps winning, he will undoubtedly have more fights to come and more money to earn. Let's hope that he will have a good match with Regis Prograis, now that he is the challenger. If he wants to win convincingly, he needs to be more convincing in the ring, as we don't want to see a controversial fight like his previous one where some people thought he lost to Lomachenko.

Agreed. I don't think that in the first place Haney is interested to make the fans entertained because if he will do that, that might be his first loss in his professional career because he is not that kind of boxer that can entertain the audience by doing something out of his character. He is only there to win and nothing else, after that, fame and money will follow because that is the most important factors in this day of age. Boxers will try to destroy him because of his position now but that is not an easy job to do.
802  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: SEC asked Coinbase to halt trading in everything except BITCOIN, CEO says on: August 03, 2023, 02:19:23 PM
There's a possibility of taking legal action, and if that is the directive, then I guess they just want to make their job easier when investigations occur. They will surely focus on the investigation of Bitcoin as it's the biggest asset traded on this particular exchange.

For me, it does not imply that in the future, Bitcoin is the only coin that will survive and altcoins will be left out. The crypto market now is already composed of Bitcoin and altcoins, and if Bitcoin were the only one to remain, I don't see the market being successful in the future.
803  Economy / Exchanges / Re: Hotbit stops operation on: August 03, 2023, 01:24:37 PM
I'm one of the users who was not able to claim the assets remaining in the exchange, but it's not a big deal though, as those assets probably do not hold much value anymore. I just read the news, and I would have regretted it if I had a lot of coins because the deadline was already over. I was thinking that operating an exchange is profitable, but nowadays the competition in the market is really tight. Hotbit is not as big as Binance, and there were rumors before that they were faking their volume to lure traders to sign up for their exchange.
804  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: My Bitcoin was stolen from Atomic wallet on the 3rd of June on: August 03, 2023, 12:47:16 PM
It's a very sad experience. Unfortunately, when Bitcoin is hacked, no one can freeze it as it has no authority. It's on a decentralized blockchain, and only those who own the key can access the coins. If it's not your fault, then it's better to avoid using this kind of wallet as it might already be compromised. It's still better to spread your Bitcoin across different wallets to minimize the risk since there is no online wallet that is hack-proof.
805  Economy / Economics / Re: Inflation overpowers the value of money on: August 03, 2023, 06:06:23 AM
Excessive government borrowing occurs when there's an unforeseen calamity that causes damage to the country or anything related to it. However, the other bad side is when the government is not able to carefully evaluate its loans, resulting in an inability to match collections with payables, leading to high interest or penalties. Consequently, the country will suffer.

In short, we need to elect people who are capable of running the country and who are not corrupt. Even if they are very smart, if they don't have the attitude to honestly run the country, the nation will suffer. They will get rich while the people who pay taxes do not benefit from the taxes they are paying. This is probably what happens in our country, where corruption is rampant from the higher to the lower levels, leading to a degradation in the quality of service provided by the government.

I just focused my explanation on this because I believe that it's the root cause of why high inflation happened.
806  Economy / Speculation / Re: 50K on the way and I am Still Alive on: August 03, 2023, 05:41:23 AM

50 K is ON THE WAY

Now the number of institutional investors has increased. The number of companies owning Bitcoin has also grown. I speak For December 2023, it is seen as a critical moment for the crypto market as well as being an important turning point for the Crypto Market for this year. So, Will Bitcoin's 4 Year Market Cycle Continue or Change Again? It's just my feeling.

With the increasing number of adoptions, there should be a better value, but if we evaluate the market now, it's still volatile, as evidenced by the fact that only during the bull run does the market pump and become overvalued. If we want to see consistent growth, the bull market should not give us a massive increase, as that would only indicate pure manipulation.

Take a look at other coins that pumped during the last bull run, like DOGE; it only pumped because Elon Musk hyped it. However, look at what happened to the price now; it was not able to sustain its value, and some investors probably panicked and dumped their coins. This situation could also be related to bitcoin, as overall, the crypto market (bitcoin and altcoins) is subject to hype and becomes overvalued when the bull run comes and is not free from manipulation.
807  Economy / Economics / Re: Reason why you will never become rich on: August 02, 2023, 09:28:13 PM
The clear reason why we will never become rich because we are not willing to do it in the first place. We are not ready to take some risk that will eventually bring a lot of positive changes in our lives. Some may dream to becoming rich, but their efforts are not enough but only limited. However, in my own point of view, becoming rich may take a lot of process before it will sink in to me, but at least becoming financially secured at some point is what I am working at the moment so I can still live a comfortable life.
808  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: 2024 will determined bitcoin fate on: August 02, 2023, 05:17:20 PM
Many expectations of bitcoin this year failed, but I notice that bitcoin always breakout into a new price after interval of five years, the last massive explosion of price was between 2017-2018 and since then, bitcoin has not record major price increase. Now if you calculate from 2018 to 2023 that's about 5 years though because of policy of economic inflation and influence the price has not gain its actual strength to break resistance limits and if the remaining quarter of the year fails even more, then we should expect 2024 to 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 fire. We should start to make plans for 2024 more buys more gains.
You expect so much that's why you failed , imagine expecting good in 2023 when this supposed to be a semi bear year?
The halving is coming in 2024 meaning that it will take effect in 2025 at least.
So the cycle is not correct from your understanding.
It’s not bad to expect but we should try not to put all our hopes in it, otherwise it will be hard to move on when the year 2024 does not still show any significant price increase. Although history may sometimes repeat itself, but there’s still not enough guarantees that the same thing will happen this year. However, it’s still best to prepare your investment today so that if bitcoin halving is already around, at least you can still dive with the hype.
809  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Did you know about AI trading bot? on: August 02, 2023, 01:28:45 PM
An AI trading bot might not work, or else there would be no more losers in trading if everyone used an AI trading bot. Regardless of the style of trading, the trading sites would still make money, as more traders using trading bots would lead to more transactions and, consequently, more fees collected by the site.

Personally, I believe that no AI, robot, or similar technology can guarantee success in a volatile market because any sudden news or speculation can have a significant impact on the market within seconds. No AI would be able to stay that updated and respond quickly enough to such rapidly changing conditions.
810  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: If I have 1BTC So how did I use to invest in different Coins on: August 02, 2023, 12:59:28 PM
I usually Invest a very small amount of bitcoin to another coin because I know this time is very crucial to invest in any new coin or even in an old coin.
Any suggestion from your side which is good for long term


Nowadays, it's hard to trust new projects as most of them may end up as scams. This has been the trend in the market, with the increasing number of altcoins, which also brings bigger risks. Therefore, I suggest that you invest in established altcoins, those that already have supporters and are listed on major exchanges.

You can simply look at the top 20 in the list provided: https://coinmarketcap.com/

I'm sure they are likely to stay longer and develop, so you will eventually make a profit, especially when the next bull run comes.
811  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Regis Prograis vs Devin Haney on: July 31, 2023, 07:10:10 PM


The present champion, Regis Prograis, has an impressive record as well. Although he is not an undefeated boxer, his KO rate is high—24 out of 29 fights, which is equivalent to an 82.7% KO rate. I hope he will be as quick as Haney so he will be able to hit him and use that high KO rate to his advantage.


You can't beat what you can't hit, and Haney is so good at hitting his opponent without getting hit, after Mayweather he is the best defensive boxer now, and I believe he can beat Prograis even if Prograis has a high knock-out ratio, Haney has beaten a lot of great punchers by his technical skills I don't know who will be the favorite by experts here but this early he is my favorite to win by decision.

Too soon for that mate and we should be conscious about his present situation that he is not the one who is holding the division that he is looking forward to, Regis Prograis, shouldn't even be underestimated just because of the fact that Devin can hit a boxer with his excellent technicalities and being the best defensive boxer after Mayweather. Moreover, we should not forget the fact too where Lomachenko revealed some of his weaknesses on their recent fight and some are even going to argue that Loma won that fight.
812  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: He Committed Suicide After Losing School fees, And That Of Friend To Betting.. on: July 31, 2023, 06:33:36 PM
no child will go too far to gamble if their parents pay attention to all the activities that the child does..  for 24 hours, as parents we can't occasionally see the progress of the child and ask him about the days he has been through!!
Every parents will feel bad to see their children gamble at their very young age, but you shouldn’t blaming the parents for not paying attention to their children, I don’t think it’s possibly for a parent to monitor their children’s affairs 24 hours, no matter how strict a parent is, children are always having their own personal life which you will definitely find it very difficult to know. According to the OP the boy is already 22 years old is no longer a kid which you can be monitoring, maybe he is in higher institution and he is not even staying with his parents, so how will he be monitored 24 hours? Seriously both the child and the parents have to be blamed and not only the parents.

Still a kid to me even if he was already 22 years old at the time when he decided to end his own life, most kids will mature and will be called men after the age of 25 years old because by that time, they can already feel the responsibility and that their time to play games is already over. Gambling will be their specially if they picked up a habit during their early years but at that same time, they could already tell which is better and how to weight things before they make a decision and most of the time in that age, they will not have the time to think about suicides as they will be busy on something else.
813  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Terrence Crawford vs Errol Spence - July 29 on: July 31, 2023, 06:09:48 PM
I can't believe some people are complaining about the stoppage saying it was too early as if they wanted Crawford to land more powerful blows and end Spence's boxing career hehe. It was the right call since he had nothing left aside from his willingness to fight. No miracle is going to happen because Terrence was just taking all his clean punches like it's nothing.

I've heard several excuses. Even Deontay Wilder is saying that Spence lost because he was dehydrated. Some people are saying it was the car accident. None of those is really a valid excuse. Spence had already been rocked by Porter and Ugas, so if somebody like Crawford landed cleanly on him it was obviously going to be a very bad night for him. Spence already had several chances to fight Crawford before his accident but he avoided him for years.

Well, Spence had it coming because he certainly had all the time in the world to face Crawford in the past years but even if their fight happened years early, I still believe that we will witness the very same outcome because Crawford was much more devastating and even scarier during the very height of his prime.

Nothing else to prove because many believed, including me, that the chapter of Crawford and Spence is already over. Crawford proved that he is the better boxer and now there is already a rumor surfacing online that Crawford wants Jermell Charlo next for another undisputed fight.
814  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Inoue vs Tapales for Unified Super Bantamweight Title on: July 31, 2023, 05:08:05 PM
Anyway, I agree with your words that Inoue do truly have an advantage over Tapales and just like what happened to Inoue at 188, it seems to me as well that after he fought and defeated Fulton, I don't see anyone at 122 that can give Inoue a good fight and he might be an undisputed boxer again without trying his very hard to achieve it. Unless if Casimero will catch up because I definitely think that he is a much better fit compared to Tapales, no offense.

As far as I know, Angas ng Pinas is also in that Division.  The same thought as you, I believe that Casimer can give a better fight than Tapales and Casimero had been provoking Inoue to have a match after their failed match way back when there was a pandemic.  Fulton maybe the champion but there are also newcomers in that Division and one of them is Casimero.

Though I agree that Tapales is a heavy underdog if the match realizes, Tapales have two hands to punch too.  We never know until an upset happens and it often happens in boxing. We have seen too many of these upset wins to be recalled.


Yeah but we can only rely on upsets for so much. Just cause it happened way too often doesn't mean it will happen everytime. The fact of the matter is that Inoue could take punches as much as he could deal it, and if Tapales' only saving grace is a well-placed smack in the jaw, then I say he better practice and prepare for it cause no way Inoue's going to let him be that close to beating him. I wanted to see this fight through with enough action and all that but Tapales' is at a disadvantage in stats with a tactical advantage over Inoue. He has nothing to lose but so much to gain, the same can't be said for Inoue who had this undefeated record and is still in his prime. Hope both teams bring their A-Game to this fight.

That's what we call Hail Mary shot from Tapales and to execute than, he needs to have all the luck in the world to hit Inoue perfectly in the jaw and then knock him out. Although the chances are slim, but still for those who wants to see an upset and maybe wanted to win big money, then perhaps Tapales could be the boxer that they want to bet.

But as you have said, Inoue has tough chin as well, although not a knockout out, Fulton had a good one round against Inoue, maybe round 5 wherein he hits Inoue and snap his head back, but Inoue eat those punches as it nothing has happened. So if Tapales got lucky and hit that kind of shots and with more power, will Inoue go down or it won't affect him at all?

It will be too much to ask for Tapales's camp because we all know the reality about their upcoming bout and they just cannot rely on the luck factor alone as there's no certainty that they are going to be that lucky on their fight night. Still, it is much better for Tapales to bring his very best game in front of Inoue so that he can at least have a good image regardless of the outcome.
815  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: July 31, 2023, 04:47:53 PM
Lot of time ahead for the start of the season, but in your head, wich team do you thing its gonna be a contender and wich team its gonna be a tanker in the bottom of the table?

We can say surely San Antonio comes back again to be a contender after a few long years being a tank team.

Since the Denver Nuggets is the defending champion, all the NBA teams are mostly working on how to beat them and one of the contenders that will gonna surely compete with the Denver Nuggets this upcoming season is the Boston Celtics because they cannot afford to lose the chance again and again when they are few wins away to get that championship. surely they will gonna be different this upcoming season and they will gonna improve their play in order to secure every win to get back in the NBA playoffs and have a higher chance to get the NBA championship as well.

Before all of that, Boston Celtics should make sure first that they are the strongest team in their conference and not just finishing the first seed during the regular season because the real game starts on the playoffs season. We surely thought that they would make another appearance in the Finals because it seems that they are doing well but when they faced the unexpected underdog, the Miami Heat, everything had changed as they were even on the brink of getting swept.

And another thing, it will be a huge challenge to them specially the Celtics if the Heat can sign the Portland's star, Dame Lillard, and we know that the competition will be a lot tougher afterwards.
816  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Regis Prograis vs Devin Haney on: July 30, 2023, 02:56:27 PM
With this news, it would mean Shakur and Loma have a decent chance of happening. Haney moving up seems to be the right decision; his body structure is capable of battling in the higher weight class, and I really think his chance of winning is high.

Not so fast because Devin Haney is making sure that he still has his belts whenever his campaign at 140 pounds will not be fruitful as they imagined it to be, no sense in underestimating the future opponent as well because aside from the fact that Prograis is not an easy opponent to fight, this will be his first fight too at 140, so let's expect that there will be some adjustments to be done first to make sure that he does have a chance.

Also, I think Shakur Stevenson is more interested in fighting Gervonta Davis because by making that bout, he has something to look forward to not Lomachenko who have nothing to offer to the young blood.
817  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: You must do this if you want to QUIT or NOT on: July 30, 2023, 02:27:44 PM
~snip~
If you have other things to make your mind and body busy then perhaps it can really help you out removed gambling in your mind. And perhaps if you experience successive loses to lets say in a month, perhaps you might think of slowing down and not gamble because you are in a losing streak and it's better to just channel your energy into other things.

Yes, it's going to be difficult, but just think about it. If others can do it, then for sure you can also accomplished it as well. You just need to be mentally tough and learn how to fight the demons inside of you so that you can quit gambling for good.
Or perhaps you really need a vacation in advance for a while. Apart from refreshing your mind, you can try to find other things that you can use to avoid gambling. And after your vacation time is over, you won't start looking for gambling but will do the last thing you did during the last vacation. And if it turns out that you can find something interesting from doing that, your mind will start to focus on that and will slowly forget about gambling. This must be started immediately to be able to stop gambling before you experience gambling addiction so you don't have to experience it. We can do it if we want to try it, especially if we can ask for help from the people closest to us. Perhaps the process will be over quickly, and we can recover from gambling addiction.

A vacation is indeed good if you're looking for something to divert your attention away from gambling but that is only good if you also have the money to spend for a long vacation just to help yourself. We all know that there are more people that are not that rich who are also having the very same problem, the only best thing they could if they cannot afford a vacation is to keep themselves busy in a much interesting things or make another habit just make yourself forget gambling for a while.
818  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling should be play with care on: July 30, 2023, 01:57:08 PM
someone who plays gambling he must know the expenses he will use, don't waste too much of your money because of gambling addiction. we play gambling must be disciplined and responsible because if we are not thorough and careful then problems will come to us.
what we need to remember is that we are gamblers, don't be too greedy because greed will harm ourselves and that is not very good.
Actually it's more easy to say than done but when you're in the situation that you're somehow addicted to it, I think that's a different story. I think those who stay discipline are either on the breakeven of what they gambled or they are winning but I do think that they are just few out there.
I would rule out such persons making a constant win throughout the year,otherwise this people would be on the increase,other gamblers would have done the same and since we are seeing the break even as the highest achievement for people who continuously gamble that means that being in profit constantly through gambling is impossible,even in games where skill is more relevant than luck,one dose of bad luck and all your wins are out of the way here also.

I think plan all you want but if you don't stick religiously to it then it won't have any real effect,we will be still struggling and losing in the long term against the casinos.
As I've said, only few who are likely to win, I'm not saying there's a lot of gamblers that do. Well, that's a fact if we lose considering the house always win but as you've said it's better to have some plans then I'd say for you to win you better have a very dedicated plan just for winning but I'd say even with careful planning that wouldn't be enough considering the outcome will not be predicted.

We might have read that line frequently before and personally know that it is a lot more safer if we make a plan before gambling, yet as a human, we always fail and somehow we are also destined to fail first mainly if we are already having a good feeling after winning consecutively because failing will be our best teacher to make a better development next time. Still, just like what you have said, it doesn't give us any certainty.
819  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: July 30, 2023, 01:36:07 PM
Referees keep stopping the fight at the wrong time. Or am I just used to UFC stoppages?  Grin
The right timing, when the fighter was not able to defend himself anymore, when he is not avoiding, not blocking, hands down, or just can't fight anymore.
Today, Errol Spence Jr. lost to the now champion who holds 4 titles Terrence Crawford and Spence might be heartbroken because of the referee stopping it. I don't know, for me, he can still fight, he can avoid the punches or take them and although he was knocked down so many times he can still get up without wobbly legs. Tough chin.

But all in all, Terence Crawford really fought well. Congratulations to him.
Now, Spence has a chance for a rematch and he said they will do it again. Will be waiting for him to return stronger. This is what losses are for, to go back tougher and better.

Spence wanted to exercise the rematch, but he said he wanted it to 154 lbs? Does it mean he uses that excuses that he is drain at 147 lbs? Although he said no excuses, but it seems this is what he is trying to say here, we just have to read between the lines.

For the referee stoppage, I think there is no controversy whatsoever, he was about to go down and it's good that the referee stop the fight to save him from further damage or humiliation if he finds himself on the floor and being counted out by the referee.

Even at 154 lbs, I have a feeling he will still lose to Crawford. There might be some doubts if he won via a close decision, but it was a stoppage which resulted in a TKO win for Crawford. Maybe he needs to accept early that he can't beat Crawford, or it's possible that he is after a rematch to make more money.

Regardless, I think the fight is not fun to watch anymore, as usually a rematch would only be interesting when the first fight is close or controversial. That specific fight wasn't; it was very clear how Crawford dominated the bout, and based on the unofficial scorecards, Spence only won the first round.

Agreed. Errol Spence Jr. cannot make a difference even if a bout will be made at 154 and if I were Crawford, I'll gladly accept it because at 154 lbs., I have nothing to lose. Just a pure monkey business, nothing else because it's clear enough that he will be winning the fight even if it will be made 5 more times.

Moreover, there is nothing for Spence to prove because he will just get embarrassed if he will force himself for a rematch. Time for him to move on and accept the fact that he is not the one who is set to dominate the welterweight in their era.

Now it all made sense why Spence chose to fight Crawford in a much later age because if the latter was a bit younger, he could've suffered more than we he had suffered earlier.
820  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: He Committed Suicide After Losing School fees, And That Of Friend To Betting.. on: July 29, 2023, 08:58:06 PM
I agree with this because indeed in this era there are more parents who are too concerned with their busy work rather than always having to supervise and guide the actions of their children*.
But actually, no matter how busy parents are, they should still have enough time to direct and supervise every child's activities.
The family economy is indeed very important, but in my opinion, there is nothing more important than making children smart and achievers and avoiding all negative things.
I was surprised to see the handling of parents with children growing up. It's as if they don't see the potential in their children but only give what their parents want and demand that their children follow their parent's wishes. And I also often see children rebel against their parents to the extent that it causes the children to commit juvenile delinquency. This is the importance of communication between parents and children because, in the old days when parents were children, the conditions in their children's era are now very different. Hence, parents must supervise their children well and guide them to grow up well.
Many parents need to be cautioned about handling there children or else things might keep going wrong. If we train our children in a way that is polite, they will keep living to that kind of lifestyle or else something else happens. Parents need to go extra miles to watch there children activities to prevent them going too extreme in the wrong path.

There are some certain age we don't have to allow children to go into gambling because of the big risk that can make the child become a gambling addict that the society frown at. When there is no proper care for a child, he will not be able to easily be influence by  friends peer groups.

While you are right about that, actually, teaching our own children what to do will not be enough to keep them away from harm because that alone will not put them in a much safer place where they will always choose to do the right thing, instead we should be a role model for them as that will make them to follow us. It will be hard of course specially if we're almost the opposite of it, but we need to tread the line more carefully if we wanted them to be safe and as a parent, we would go to an extra mile just to say that it's somehow guaranteed.
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