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981  Bitcoin / Legal / Re: SEC appeals XRP ruling on: October 06, 2023, 01:58:35 AM
@zasad@. Yes but that will be for another case. The case the community has been concerned about is whether their tokens are illegal securities which as ruled by a judge, which they by themselves are not really securities. However, they cannot do an act that makes the arguable to be securities like selling them to whales and institutional investors through presales and ICOs. This I speculate might make many projects' token issuance and markets creation more fair and more accessible for small minnows hehehe.

Are they illegal securities? Who cares at this point. Instead of wasting time in court about things like Ripple, why not go after the hundreds of shitcoins created on a regular basis that are clearly intended for pump and dump purposes, and miserably fail the Howey test?

It shows that SEC's priorities are all whack and the consumer is not the person they actually intend on protecting primarily.

Many people and developers care. The bitcoin community is not the only community in the cryptospace.There are more communities that want to develop their own projects. The cryptospace is not only about bitcoin.

Also, have you been following the recent news developments? Ripple has won their case and has created a precedent. A judge has already ruled that the tokens by themselves are not securities which will make it more difficult to go affer the thousands of small projects. Uncle Gary has lost and we in the cryptospace community have won!

982  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: October 05, 2023, 05:31:24 AM
Looking at 0-4 staring right at me, my ff season might be over before Halloween!  Wierd how some leagues ypu lead and others ypu can't squeeze out a single win lol.  Big night for the giants they can't fall to 1-3 to start the year if they want a shot at the end.  Gonna be a close game buy giants missing Andrew Thomas still which hurts since their line is probably the worst in the league.

I am 1-3 but I have the same attitude as yours hehehe. Cooper Kupp might help my team's record, however, it appears that 5 weeks with out him is too much. Much time has passed already unless some of the leaders of the league also have their own losing streaks.
983  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: October 05, 2023, 04:55:03 AM

Assuming Oliveira loses, there isn't too many options for his next fight. He could fight either Poirier, Gamrot, or Tsarukyan (if he beats Dariush). He already fought Poirier and Gamrot won against Tsarukyan, so Gamrot is probably the most likely one to get that fight. He knows this, that's why he called out Oliveira after defeating Fiziev.
Of course there's also Chandler, but he'll be patiently waiting for McGregor and he also already got defeated by Oliveira, and UFC can't keep re-running the same fights over and over again, they need to let some fresh blood in the top 5.

I am seeing Charles Oliveira being defeated again in this fight with Islam Makhachev, for me the level of wrestling for Islam Makhachev is that huge for Charles Oliveira to understand but I could also be wrong here as it was a dominant fight that he showcased against Beneil Dariush, but for me If Charles Oliveira got an upgrade with his initial striking, power, and ground game for sure Islam Makhachev will be on a different level as well, but for sure I am still be going with the Dagestan Fighter Islam Makhachev for sure,


Finally we have the UFC back next weekend ladies and gents...  Wink

The main event is intruiging as before seeing Dawson win vs Ismagulov, I'd say Bobby Green gets the W.  But after Ismagulov, a couple of questions...  Did Dawson really improve a whole bunch after leaving James Krause or was Ismagulov just declining as a fighter..?  :/  I guess we'll see it next weekend.  Lol.

I'm also looking at a couple of underdogs.  Will watch some of their past matches in MMACore and see how I feel about it after.  Could be value.

For me, the Main Event is really juicy but for sure but I enjoy the events that don't have any juicy line-ups as long as there are Fighting Kittens on that card I am pretty much excited about the weight-ins and the whole fight for certain fighting kittens and in this event, Karolina Kowalkiewicz and Diana Belbiţă in the preliminary Card is what I think the jam pack card for a kitten fight, expecting a great card for sure,




Where is @pawell77? He might be angry and tell you to change your ways if you post these images of our sexy fighting kittens heheehehe.

It also appears the you have forgotten Montana dela Rosa who will be fighting a woman with a big forehead. I speculate that she is very much being underestimated for this fight.

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985  Bitcoin / Legal / Re: SEC signals appeal to XRP ruling on: October 05, 2023, 03:16:34 AM
@zasad@. Yes but that will be for another case. The case the community has been concerned about is whether their tokens are illegal securities which as ruled by a judge, which they by themselves are not really securities. However, they cannot do an act that makes the arguable to be securities like selling them to whales and institutional investors through presales and ICOs. This I speculate might make many projects' token issuance and markets creation more fair and more accessible for small minnows hehehe.
986  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Polygon welcomes Google Cloud as a validator on: October 05, 2023, 02:36:48 AM
will this have a good impact on matic prices? or is it just good news without a big impact? i hope matic can return to the price of $1 because i still have some matic that i bought and haven't had time to sell for now.

No it will not, I reckon. We are presently in a bear market and bear markets imply that not much inflows will go to the coins in the cryptospace. There might be some, however, it will be not enough to pump in much of these coins to an all time high. However, every investor should know the most recent developments and the lastest news to know where to invest their money when the cryptospace market becomes more bullish. There are many good developments on protocols in DeFi and NFTs.
987  Economy / Exchanges / Re: Is the Binance the next to bite the dust or FUD? on: October 04, 2023, 04:19:41 AM
There are rumors on social media that CZ's marketmaker Sigmachain had a shorfall. No one knows how much it has lost or how long this has been happening. However, what was reported in mainstream news media on June was Sigmachain was accused of receiving customer funds illegaly from Binance.

I reckon of this rumor is true and if the deficit is big enough to bring Binance to insolvency, we might be witnessing something similar to FTX-Alameda case.



Two offshore trading firms controlled by Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao lie at the centre of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit launched against the world's largest crypto exchange, which highlights concerns over client funds.

Swiss-registered Sigma Chain received customer funds from Binance, the U.S. regulator said in its complaint on Monday, and then engaged in "manipulative trading" to artificially inflate the exchange's trading volumes.


Source https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/zhao-controlled-binance-trading-firms-heart-sec-lawsuit-2023-06-06/
988  Economy / Exchanges / Re: Bitget will introduce mandatory KYC from September 1st on: October 04, 2023, 03:40:20 AM
@BitcoinsGreat. Also, if you want to deposit large amount of funds that you certainly do not want to lose, it might be good for you to do your KYC in advance and know if the exchange will accept your identification cards and other documents.

I would also suggest futures exchanges on DeFi for small minnows. I never trusted exchanges similar to MEXC or Tradeogre hehe.
989  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: PayPal Just Announced Plans to Launch a USD Stablecoin - Thoughts? on: October 04, 2023, 03:19:02 AM
I am surprised that no one has pointed out the fundamental economic flaw with this concept.

If the USD is backed by nothing but faith, confidence, and (arguably) oil....and PayPal is backed by USD... Then what isn't this technically just shit backed by shit?

It's good for cryoto, if it enables people to move from PayPalUSD to cryptocurrency with no limitation. However, limitation is the biggest problem with PayPal. I doubt movement between crypto and PayPal's stablecoin will be seamless or limitless.

The main reason PayPal is doing this is for database integrity via the blockchain ledger, making all payments traceable while reducing the liability and costs involved with the amount of data they process daily. There will probably be a massive scalability boost if the blockchain they use has a reasonable TPS....

Though that's another question. If PayPal is going to make all balances backed by its stablecoin eventually, what chain will it be deployed on and can it keep up with PayPal's TPS?

The USD is backed by the credit of the American government and America's military as what was shown when Saddam Hussien declared that Iraq will begin using the Euro for oil trades. They were invaded only 1 month after this declaration.

Also, many people in the bitcoin community say that the dollar is shit, however, in what currency do we price bitcoin? What are the proposals and how to price bitcoin away from shit?

You also mention that Paypal's stablecoin will be good for the cryptospace if it can be moved in the cryptospace without limtation? According to your words, it is shit. Why would you want more shit in the cryptospace?
990  Bitcoin / Legal / Re: SEC signals appeal to XRP ruling on: October 04, 2023, 02:46:55 AM
This will certainly be the last news update in this thread. It is over for uncle Gary vs. Ripple. A federal judge has rejected the SEC's motion to appeal a court decision and what might be the most important case that has set a precedent for many altcoin projects in the cryptospace. They have Brad Garlichouse and Ripple's millions in legal fees to thank.



A federal judge has rejected the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s bid to appeal its ground-shaking loss against Ripple, the crypto company associated with the XRP token.

Source https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/10/03/secs-motion-to-appeal-loss-in-ripple-case-is-denied/
991  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Polygon welcomes Google Cloud as a validator on: October 04, 2023, 01:41:10 AM
@edmundduke. Agreed, Google might not presently develop something on Polygon, however, having an interest to run a validator is not something similar to those fake partherships from 2017. Those announcements from Omisego or Vechain were only marketing tactics to pump their tokens. This news from Polygon was only about their development team expressing welcome to Google Cloud. There is no hype in this.
992  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 Oscar Awards bets and discussions on: October 03, 2023, 04:41:57 AM
@chaser15. I am quite certain there are no insiders who know who will win this early in the Oscars race hehehe. Also, there are no judges in the Oscar awards. The nominees and the winners are voted by the members of the Academy of arts and motion pictures sciences which has more than 10,000 members including actors, actresses, directors, producers, screenwriters, cameramen, designers and other ordinary people who work in the movie industry. There might be some bribery and politics, however hehehehe. However, knowing who the winners will be? This is very difficult. Some insiders might have information only after nominations voting on January which might also go to the oddsmakers.

@edmundduke. On Oppenheimer, it might not win. The Oscars voters have voted on emotional and inspirational movies for best picture on 2022 and 2023 with Coda and Everything Everywhere. They might do this again hehe.

On Barbie, agreed, it might be nominated for best costume and production design hehe. I have not seen the movie.
993  Economy / Gambling / Re: BC.Game-🔴🔴🔴BET RED IN CRASH!🔴🔴🔴 Find More Unique Games! on: October 03, 2023, 03:34:47 AM
Can I ask why the locking feature was implemented?

Just tested the site today with high rolling and it looks like it's forcing you to wager your own deposit - why not do what Stake is doing, you can deposit and must wager at least once (not twice, even if the odds don't matter)... or maybe it's only once but sports wagering doesn't count and then it needs to be fixed?


To be honest, their wagering requirement (I think 400x) is just incredible high and it doesn’t make sense. I know we debated about this in the past but I can’t be convinced that the requirements need to be that high, this is something they should revisit and modified in my eyes.
@efialtis, great to hear everything was processed quickly!

I can only speculate and I reckon that the team's reason might be because they are presently trying to gather a loyal group of users who who are longterm bettors for BC.game. They might also want more users who will be leaving their funds on the site than the players who immediately withdraw after playing. I reckon similar to a banks, this might be easier and helpful for the site's internal cashflow.
Well, there is never a time it's even recommended or advised that gamblers should leave funds in their gambling accounts on the casino, no matter how good and reputable the casino is,  it is important to always know that anything can happen which can lead to unexpected loss of funds..

And besides, a company, whether it be a gambling casino or exchange or whatever, should never depend on users deposits, as a means for them to be liquid, so as to be able to pay settle withdrawals peacefully, else, such platform could be running a ponzi scheme.

Agreed and read the reply, I never made any recommendations that anyone should leave their funds in their accounts in any type of casino or sportsbook. I was only speculating on what BC.game's strategy is for growth of loyal players in the casino.
994  Economy / Exchanges / Re: Bitget will introduce mandatory KYC from September 1st on: October 03, 2023, 02:47:58 AM
There is one less exchange without KYC. Who is next?
Why are those exchanges rushing to impose KYC so quickly? We have an average of a large/medium platform every month or a two. I have not read any new legal amendments in Europe, USA, or even the Seychelles and the Cayman Islands, from which licenses are issued for some of these exchanges.


Clearly this is for the purpose of compliance. Exchanges do not want a compliance nightmare that might come to them later if they do not start imposing KYC on their users today.

Also, I agree with Ratimov. This is a pity hehe. Bitget is similar to Kucoin during 2019-2020, always one of the first to list cryptocoin gems in their futures market. It appears that for people who do not want to show their ID, they will only have onchain trading without leverage through DeFi.
995  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Polygon welcomes Google Cloud as a validator on: October 03, 2023, 01:45:10 AM
I wonder if this will turn into another cycle of "partnered with" situation where others might try and get on the bandwagon aswell. Just like back in the day when someone was using AWS they described it as being partnered with Amazon lol
Its cool that Polygon is being noticed ofc, its a decent chain but suffers from same issues as all Eth based tokens

I reckon this is not something similar to the partnerships of 2017 hehehee. I also remember the project Omisego's announcement telling everyone that they have partnered with McDonalds. However, the truth was their team was only buying hamburgers to feed their team members and staff hehehehe.



In any case, on Polygon and Google, there are no partnerships. Anyone can run a validator if people want and it appears that Google Cloud just wanted to run a Polygon validator. Will Google Cloud develop something on Polygon is uncertain.
996  Bitcoin / Legal / Re: Legal Action Against Ben Armstrong on: October 03, 2023, 12:40:24 AM
Bitboy has been arrested - and on his own livestream!

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/09/26/ben-token-plunges-30-as-crypto-influencer-ben-armstrong-apparently-arrested/

Apparently, he was trying to steal someone's Lamborghini over livestream and then the cops came and they busted him with a gun, a mistress and some drugs too, and drove him away.

He can rot. He's worse than scammers. He has defrauded so many people in public and using shitcoins.

It was only a few days before this arrest when bitboy was on social media asking for donations to get his Lamborgini back hehehe. I am not quite certain why people donated money to him. They might be regretting this after watching the live stream. It was head shaking when the police asked him who was in his car. He cannot answer immediately because it was his mistress heheheheheheee!

Also, GCR predicted this. I only saw this in social media, I have not confirmed if this is real.

997  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Polygon welcomes Google Cloud as a validator on: October 02, 2023, 03:58:00 AM
This is the only the beginning, I reckon. How many more leading technology companies will join the cryptospace and support the many platforms in the cryptospace? Also, what of these platforms will be supported by these technology companies?

Google has expressed their support for Polygon. Elon and the social media company presently called X might express their support for Dogecoin. I speculate X might not be the final name of this social media platform. I also speculate that Chinese companies will support Chinese blockchain platforms like Conflux. What will be next?



Tech giant Google Cloud is now participating as a validator node operator on the Polygon proof-of-stake blockchain network. Polygon and Google both announced this week that Google Cloud has joined the decentralized set of over 100 validators helping secure the Ethereum scaling platform.

Validators like Google Cloud are crucial to verifying blocks and signing checkpoint votes that finalize transactions on Polygon’s proof-of-stake consensus model. By contributing node infrastructure, Google is playing a governance role in the network.


Read in full https://watcher.guru/news/polygon-network-welcomes-google-cloud-as-a-validator#google_vignette
998  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: October 02, 2023, 03:34:17 AM
Was it really holding on Valdes-Scantling? These referees sometimes they appear to manipulate the game. Much of them might be on someone's payroll hehehe. This is the same reason why I have stopped watching the NBA. You cannot prove the game is being manipulated through the referees, however, your intuition is telling you that in some games, it is being manipulated.

In any case, it was a good performance for the Jets and they will be against the Broncos. They might win this after witnessing Wilson's confidence vs. the Chiefs.
999  Economy / Exchanges / Re: Binance exits Russia on: October 02, 2023, 02:27:05 AM
Anyway, if I may add additional curious information.

  • CZ himself admitted that some CommEX team members are formerly team members of Binance itself.
  • The design of CommEX, APIs, and others are "similar to Binance."
  • CommEX users who are BNB holders will continue to be given 25% discount on trading fees.

This is causing me to question myself and the speculations. Is the cryptospace really run by clowns that it is making this easy for everyone to know what they are presently doing? They might be stupid or they think everyone is more stupid if they think no one will ask questions.

However, it should be expected that people will ask questions. Why are they making it appear that there is a chance that Binance owns Commex? Is this a tactic on reverse psychology or are they very lazy?
1000  Economy / Exchanges / Re: [Updated] FTX on: October 02, 2023, 01:37:15 AM
@DanWalker. The skeptical me is starting to speculate that if the rumors of Sam being only a frontman to a moneylaundering scheme for the powerful people of the Democratic party, would it not be safer for him to be in prison to avoid assasination?

He might know much sensitive information and this might also be why he will never plead guilty because this opens his case to more divulging of information and also possibly to be under a protection program. It might be better for Sam's life to be sentenced guilty for fraud instead of admitting that he is guilty and look for a settlement.

As far as we know, his close associates all pleaded guilty one after another, so it was only a matter of time before he was sentenced soon. When FTX collapsed and SBF was arrested, there was a lot of news regarding his relationship with democratic party politicians. But since those rumors, have we heard any more news about it? Almost not, so I don't think the FTX incident has anything to do with politics anymore.

The upcoming trial he faces is a criminal trial so I think it's understandable that the judge won't grant him bail. SBF has become a dangerous entity and the case is no longer a civil project.

Yes which would make everyone assume that Sam Bankrupt-Fried would also plead guilty to also be allowed to settle and get a lighter sentence. However, what does Sam know which does not make him want to plead guilty? Does this imply that if he pleads guilty he might be forced to share confidential information that should never be share? This is very headshaking unless Sam has become crazy and he thinks he is innocent hehehehe.

Also, if Sam wins this court case, what would happen to Caroline and the Chinese quant Wang who might presently be sharing confidential information.
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