It would be better to close this thread here. All arguments for and against opening a gambling business of the user have now been discussed in detail and nothing new is added. The discussion is just going around in circles.
We can conclude that the user should not open a gambling business, because he lacks basic knowledge about this industry.

Griezmann had not been a good fit for Barca. For Barca, his leaving is a blessing from a sporting and financial perspective. But he has moved to one of the league's fiercest rivals and if he returns to his old strength at Atletico, it will be less good for Barca. It would have been better if Griezmann would have moved to a non-La Liga club.

Well the sale was way too much. One or two whales have sold their Bitcoins after the thing with Ecuador and many followed paniclly. Is was also certainly because in the crypto area so much investements are leveraged and many were caught with their pants down and a margin call has set in. Now the money is flowing back again. Almost all coins have their value again from about a week ago.

Die Aufmachung und Präsentation des Projekts ist schon klasse. Hab nachgedacht was reinzustecken, was mich aber abschreckt ist die Marketcap im Verhältnis zum Fully Diluted Market Cap.

Derzeitige Marktkapitalisierung aller im Umlauf befindlichen Token: 265 Mio.
Derzeitige Marktkapitalisierung aller Tokens die existieren werden: 4,4 Mrd.

Anhand der Fully Diluted Market Cap wäre StarAtlas unter den Top 30 Cryptos überhaupt.

One can understand individual measures of the government. For example, to allow young people playing video games for only 3 hours a week. China has a massive problem with gaming addiction among young people. The same applies to the ban on particular private learning providers. Many parents can not offer their children to attend such expensive courses and therefore there is an imbalance in terms of educational opportunities. You can see in the US what happens if you do not stop such developments early.

Other measures, however, are complete nonsense and rather ideological.

If you will, Regensburg vs Nuremberg is not only a Bavarian derby but also the actual top match this weekend. It will be interesting to see if Regensburg can continue their winning streak after their first loss in their last game, or if their four wins in their first four games were just an exception.

Paderborn vs. Schalke match will certainly be interesting as well. Paderborn is currently second and has had a very good start to the season. If they manage to win against Schalke, the little eurphoria at Schalke after the first win in the last match will quickly be gone again.

Do you have a license to operate a gambling business? If not, get one first. It will not be cheap, depending on the country the gambling business should be operated from. Furthermore, you do not need any programming skills. There are many providers who specialized creating slots and gambling tools you just need to buy and install. If you then still need some technical help you can hire someone, a freelancer for example. However, I don't recommend to run such a business if you need to ask here for help. You should at least calculate with $1mln+ as capital you need to be at leat a little competitive to all the big players out there.

El Salvadoar is certainly a testbed.  Nevertheless, the country also has special conditions compared to other developing countries. This is because El Salvador had abolished its own currency many years ago and introduced the U.S. dollar. Since it was too strong for the economy in the past, another alternative had to be found. This alternative is now Bitcoin. It will be interesting to see how this experiment works and how the volatility will be affected. If this works well for the next 1-2 years, then I could imagine that other such countries will follow suit.

Meinst du mit "Bahnhof" den ATM in dem Kiosk in der Taunusstraße? Oder gibt es direkt im Bahnhof mittlerweile auch schon einen? In dem Kiosk war ich bereits um mir den mal anzuschauen. Dort konnte man aber nur Bitcoins kaufen, und keine verkaufen. Hatte den auch getestet mit dem Mindestkauf von 50€, wobei direkt mal 4€ als Gebühr (8%!!!) draufgingen und man nur Bitcoin für €46 bekam. Sollte es direkt am Bahnhof auch mal einen geben muss ich bei Gelegenheit mal vorbeischauen.

Interesting and amusing answers so far!

I bought a shopping voucher worth $200 for 1.25 Bitcoins back in 2014 when Bitcoin was round $150. It was after the first big pump (end of 2013) when Bitcoin first reached $1000 and then collapsed down to around $130. So, I almost hit the very low when I bought my voucher

What many in the Western world often do not know is that there used to be many political currents in the Chinese Communist Party (10-20 years back). One of the stronger currents was the rather "economic liberal" one, as far as one can say that about communists. The current was instrumental in China adopting many elements of capitalism in the late 1990s, which contributed to this enormous prospering development of the Chinese economy. But, in recent years, and especially with the election of Xi Jinping, another current has taken power, namely the old communist one, to which Jinping also belongs. Therefore, he has also had himself appointed as chairman for life, which would have been unthinkable just a few years ago, and it can be seen that this current is taking back more and more elements of the capitalist elements adopted in the late 1990s. How far these will go is difficult to say, but one sees now clearly what was already years in planning.

I think we are still far away from the peak. For one very simple reason: In order to have seen a peak, prices must first rise sharply again. At the moment, however, they are stabilizing at a high level, which can serve as a great platform for further highs. In addition, adaption and awareness continue to increase worldwide. We are currently seeing very good news for crypto almost every day. I would only worry if we really see a rapid increase in prices without fundamental reasons.

Lille is a French club in the Ligue 1, not the Bundesliga. You probably mean Leverkusen.

I would not say it the most boring, but indeed it is has become a boring league over the last decade. Similar like many others in Europe where they are one or two top clubs and the rest is mid-class. However, this is the first season I see a more equalized competition since Bayern has not really increased their quality. I would even say, Bayern is not as strong as the years before. Dortmund has a great talented team. If they remain stable, then a surprise would certainly be possible.

It's very much because Bitcoin is introduced as an official payment option in Ecuador, so every business in Ecuador has to accept Bitcoin from now on. This has been discussed very intensively and controversially over the last weeks, and it could has been observed that the closer the official launch date comes, the more the discussion has increased. So, I think this is the reason why it is trending.

That is true, but the cost is far from that of a degree. If you want to have a certificate after you've completed the course you have to pay $50 to 150, depending on the course and provider. However, you have a big advantage over a degree. You decide if you pay afterwards not before. If you do a degree and fail, all your payments are gone. If you fail in a MOOC you have not lost anything, except time. I consider this a big advantage.

By the way, some providers even offer so called nano-degress which cost more than a certificate course but are still much cheaper as regular degrees and you still have a certificate from a well-known university.

I invest in both. I always take a critical view of an either-or decision. Compared to crypto, of course, stocks are much less risky if you invest in the MSCI World or S&P, for example. Therefore, stocks should be used as a risk buffer. In the past, it has been shown that both assets often correlate, but crypto always swings down or up more than the stock markets.

Eben gelesen, dass Union Investment (immerhin die zweitgrößte deutsche Investmentgesellschaft) angekündigt hat, bis zu 1-2% des Volumens seiner privaten Mischfonds ab dem vierten Quartal diesen Jahres in Bitcoin-Zertifikate investieren zu wollen.

https://de.nachrichten.yahoo.com/union-investment-holt-bitcoin-fonds-053000504.html

One of Germany's largest investment companies Union Investment (total assets under management $450 billion) add Bitcoin certificates to around 1-2% of the volume of its mixed funds from the fourth quarter of 2021.  This was announced by the asset manager today. The company has experimented with Bitcoin certificates before and they seem to have been successful, so they will now be actively add to the funds. The company cited increasing customer interest as the main reason.

Source (German): https://www.institutional-money.com/news/maerkte/headline/union-investment-holt-bitcoin-in-fonds-krypto-erreicht-massen-209548/

Would agree with you. Barcelona really had a drain of good players this year. The debt load of over 1 billion Euro is very overwhelming. If this doesn't improve, they will have to sell even more players. They are now focusing mainly on very young players like Pedri, Ansu Fati and Ilaix Moriba from Barca Academy. But at the moment, the quality of the squad is not enough to compete against teams like Bayern.

I've seen Alexander Isak live several times when he was playing for Dortmund, where he never managed to establish himself. In fact, he is a great talent who found his fortune in Spain after a stop in Tilburg. But I don't think he is made for English football. He is a relatively elegant and lanky striker who will have some problems with the rough English football, similar to the problems he used to have at Dortmund. He should stay in Spain.