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1  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2026/2027 on: Today at 04:50:11 PM
So sad Chelsea destroyed your parlay. It's unpredictable to see how Chelsea finished their away game against everton who often gave them a though game with clean sheet. It's also their first clean sheet this season. They're so back. Everything looks ok from frontline to their backline.

Chelsea really showed some improvement in every angle today. I was surprised to see them keeping a cleanshit today against Everton. Considering Chelsea recent defense state, I never expected Everton to find it hard to score. Before now, Chelsea have the most unreliable defense and have conceded a goal in every match they have played this season making it the worst start for them in the league after a very long time.

The London derby next week is one fixture i am bit scared about as a Chelsea fan. I know Chelsea have a good winning record on spurs, but at this moment I’m worried spurs might want to get back their form from that derby match. I have watched their matches and I can tell that they have a better midfield than ours and they could be a very dangerous team to play against even though they have started the season badly.

Watching how Tottenham played Manchester United last weekend to get the draw despite having one of their man sent off, I still see them as a threat to Chelsea as usual even though this is definitely a tough season for them.
2  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: open for sponsor | UEFA Champions League 2026/27 Season on: October 16, 2026, 04:34:28 PM
I think Real Madrid hasn't been a great team consistently for a while now, but what they have done consistently is pull off unexpected comebacks. They have done it against weaker teams and against top teams. So, a 3-1 lead should still keep you focused against them. I don't know what it is, and maybe it is just biased perception, but it feels like Real Madrid is coming back from nowhere more often than other teams. Roma could and should have been much smarter than that.

I really don't care about Real Madrid becoming a great team again or not. It was shameful and annoying watching how Roma thrown away that game. Roma was leading 3-1 in the 80th at home for God sake. They had just 10 minutes work to do to seal the game but they let it slipped. I know Real Madrid is used to making comebacks but Roma made it so easy for them. They gave Real Madrid the room to make the comeback with their open defense without pressure. That was a naive thing to do knowing the team they were playing against.
3  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: How some information affect our subconscious mind on: October 16, 2026, 10:39:35 AM
Truth is bitter but I must tell you this. If this price notification can have much effect on you, you really should question your conviction bro.

For now, you can not go a complete day without coming across BTC price in one form or the other. So even if you don't receive it from exchange, you'll still see somewhere else even in the forum. Maybe your long term foundation is not as strong as you may think and that's why you feel panic. You obviously can not hide from the price update.

Disabling the price notification should not affect other notifications. I think they have separate settings for various notifications but that should depend on the exchange you're using.
4  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Europa League 2026/27 Season on: October 15, 2026, 03:11:20 PM
The matches I find particularly interesting are those involving AC Milan, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Sociedad, Lyon, Juventus and Benfica. I think these teams will play some attractive football.

Crystal Palace should be in this list if you're after attractive football. I have watched some of their match this season and I can predict how entertaining their game would be tonight against Lyon. I don't expect attractive ball from bayern Leverkusen tonight because they are facing a weaker team so Leverkusen would easily control the game and get easy victory at the end. Juventus is actually another team to watch out for even though I don't have much confidence on them but I don't expect them lose either. A draw might possibly be the result in some of the ties and Juventus fall in those tie in my prediction.
5  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: open for sponsor | UEFA Champions League 2026/27 Season on: October 15, 2026, 02:40:36 PM

what is the reason for such poor performance by Italian clubs? in 8 matches, they have managed only 1 win and 1 draw, alongside 6 defeats. while Inter’s loss to Real Madrid might be understandable, a home defeat to Club Brugge raises serious questions about the quality of Italian football. the losses suffered by Como and Napoli to Feyenoord and Villarreal respectively are also cause for concern, especially since the Italian sides were not exactly facing European giants.

Como losing to Feyenoord after beating Leipzig in their first match was unbelievable. Fabregas was responsible for that because his formation was totally wrong. Feyenoord outplayed them by far probably due to injury that's affecting some of their players. Como defense was very strong last year but they are struggling now. I really don't expect Como to play this badly against a team like Feyenoord which is much worse than Leipzig. I don't want to make comments on Inter anymore because they are annoying to watch in the champions league this season.
6  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Crypto trader robbery Incident in the UK on: October 15, 2026, 02:19:36 PM
Regardless of the country the person is, if he does not have privacy, the person can be invaded or attacked just to forcibly receive crypto from him.

People should not use privacy to play anymore. This kind of news are no more new at all and I think attackers attacking people to steal their crypto from them will become more common happening.

I was wondering how and what led to this but the victim confirmed in the X thread that he banks with Revolut and their data was allegedly for sale. It was obvious there was a data breach and the attacker somehow got the information of how well he's doing before paying him a visit. Submitting KYC documents is not a problem but how the companies are mishandling the documents putting people's live at risk is becoming a big problem. If they have access to your phone, they'll know whether you're into crypto or not and then force you to sign the transaction. However, the victim is an online influencer showcasing his trades and profit, that's enough to make him a target even without data breach.
7  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Your Bitcoin is NOT inside your wallet app (and why that saves you) on: October 15, 2026, 01:58:33 PM
I would like to add the next point regarding beginner education to your list, the point is to avoid taking screenshots or photos of the seed phrase & then storing them online (especially on a mobile phone).

I say that based on my bros first hand experience, his phone was broken, so he took it to the shop where he had originally bought it for repairs, you know, the technician handling the phone accessed his entire gallery & found the seed phrase.

My bros lost all his crypto assets after getting his phone back, the story above is our best guess, as it is the only logical explanation for how he lost his crypto.

Did you confirm the date of the transaction when the coin was moved and it fall within the time frame the phone was with him? If yes, Why didn't he confront the technician? I wouldn't let him go free unless he proved himself innocent. If I have to involve security personnel to get my coins back, I will gladly do it because he was the only one that have access to my phone and the coins disappeared within that period the phone was with him. Although he might be innocent because some phone auto back up your photos to Google photos depending on which product you're using and some other people behind the scenes can have access to them aside the technician but he's definitely my first suspect to be invited for questioning by security agents.
8  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Premier League 2026/2027 Discussion Thread ⚽ on: October 14, 2026, 12:54:49 PM
The premier league is not what I think Chelsea will even focus on winning this season, they will just fight to finish in the top four of the table. Chelsea is playing great but how well they can maintain the consistency is what I think will be the problem here. Winning their first match after the international break is commendable and it shows that they’re really serious with finishing in a good position this season. Chelsea should work on their defence, if they continue to concede plenty goals, it’ll affect them going forward and may finish in a position so close to the top that goal differential will be the effect of them finishing in that position.

How do you guys normally identify a well performing team? I agree Chelsea has improved a little bit compared to last season but I can not say they're playing well. There's a difference between a team that luckily win games and a team that plays well. Chelsea falls in the former category and not the latter. Moreover, their 5-1 win against Bournemouth is commendable but we should not forget that Bournemouth is 18th on the table so we basically can not use that to judge how well they play. On average, Chelsea have conceded 2+ goals per game which means they need to score 3+ goals to win their games. That's not something I would consider great for a team like Chelsea.
9  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: open for sponsor | UEFA Champions League 2026/27 Season on: October 14, 2026, 12:23:05 PM
Once again Bayern are terrible defensively, I think Kompany decided to leave Neuer on the bench after his poor performance against Augsburg and put Urbig in goal instead. But I think Neuer would have done much better with both the first and the last goals Bayern conceded. So in my opinion, Kompany has to take some of the blame for this draw. And of course it's really worrying that Bayern are defending so poorly, because with a defence like this, they definitely won't be able to win the Champions League.

This is the second time in a row that Bayern Munich are underperforming like this in both Bundesliga and champions league. Neuer was not great against Augsburg but Kompany made things worse with his selections and defense becomes even worse too.

The defending is becoming a much bigger problem for bayern munich but Kompany is just doing trial and error instead of fixing the issue. I would be deceiving myself if I say I saw this draw coming for bayern munich. Champions league is not the only competition at stake, even the Bundesliga should be questionable if things continue like this because draws won't definitely win them the league.

Betting on some of this teams now is just becoming more scary.
10  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: A good move or stupid idea? on: October 14, 2026, 11:41:12 AM
It would be nice if the OP had stated how he got this information, as this would help navigate where such information is coming from and what the plan could be.

I don't care to know how he got the information. All I care is to verify the authenticity of the information and this is what the Keystone has to say about it.



Op, try to verify every information before taking any action. Thank you for bringing it to public attention. Now you know who you are dealing with and it's good you shouldn't interact with them. If you already click on any link, don't interact further with them.
11  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: A good move or stupid idea? on: October 14, 2026, 10:57:56 AM
The main point of a seed phrase (ie. the mnemonic) is for the users to have a way to recover their money in case the device was damaged or lost or ... if that option is removed, then how are their users supposed to be able to recover their money?

Who knows if they're trying to build something immune to any form of disasters? Even NASA has backup for backup.

I don't know what's the purpose of self custody again if I will have to handle my seed to a supposedly secure chip.

Ashawowo(OS) is right. I can't find anything related to this in their platform. For now, I will advise Op to assume it is a scam trick and if possible should even move his funds to another wallet for now because he's definitely on a watch list.
12  Economy / Economics / Re: Bank of America hit with $1.2 billion penalty over money laundering failures on: October 14, 2026, 10:35:20 AM
Cryptocurrency along with it's privacy feature/tool attract lots of attraction. But any competent government worker or agency know most big scale of money laundering still use same old method.
Biggest scale of money laundering is through bank system that is bigger than cryptocurrency industry so it has been the most favorite choices of criminals to launder money through banks than in blockchain and cryptocurrency.

There is change in favorite tool with more scams and money laundering in cryptocurrency but it's still very smaller than what happen in bank system.

Crypto crime and sanctions 2026 report.

Banks still remain the most convenient way to launder money because they move trillions daily and that make it easier. The funny part of it is we only know the ones they want us to know because they can always cover their tracks from the public if they want to because they control the ledger. They may decide to settle behind close doors and delete the record but with blockchain lol. They blame crypto for money laundering just to distract people because they know it's transparent and they can not hide behind it.

But what other choice government have? Give higher fines? Close the bank?

They won't close the bank because it'll affect their economy. Bank of America is too big to fail. Government won't obviously close it. Government gives them the ground to operate that way and the worst case is a fine they can always afford to pay only small banks suffer.
13  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: open for sponsor | UEFA Champions League 2026/27 Season on: October 13, 2026, 10:45:10 AM
Atletico Madrid are even better compared to Manchester United right now. ATM are currently in 2nd position in the La Liga standings. Manchester United have only won one match out of six in their premier League games, and they are sitting in 13th position. So to me ATM have higher chance of winning than Manchester United, because there’s no sign of improvement that Man United have shown to compete this season. Honestly betting on Manchester United in this game will be tough.

I know this match will be a different challenge but I don’t trust Manchester United. Look at their last Premier League match against Tottenham, despite Tottenham worst performance this season and playing with one man down, Manchester United still couldn’t beat them. So how am I going to place my bet on them to win Atletico Madrid?

You can place a bet on Manchester united to win if you want to donate your money to Sportbooks  Cheesy

Betting on Manchester United now is a risk not worth taking at all. If Manchester United couldn't win against Tottenham with a red card and going through their worst season, then one must be insane to think they would win against Athletico Madrid. Football is a game of surprise but the only surprise possible in this match is Athletico failing to win with a cleanshit. Playing double chance on Athletico Madrid is underrating them, I either give them a straight win or avoid betting on this game than taking my chance with Manchester United.
14  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2026/27 on: October 13, 2026, 10:29:29 AM
Real Madrid are not leaving the league championship for Barcelona, Madrid are still fighting for a chance, if Barcelona makes the mistake of underperforming mid-season, it will help motivate Real Madrid players to catch up with the point difference. Barcelona is the most successful club to win the La Liga title this season, Real Madrid are contenders but not favorites.

Of course, Real Madrid will fight till the end of the season but do you think Barcelona would fumble mid season? This current Barcelona team doesn't look like a team that will under perform at stage of this league. Barcelona have squad depth now and they played against every team as if they were training scoring goals for fun because they play with unity. Real Madrid is always a contender but I consider the fight as lost this season but they can come back stronger next season. They can channel their strength to the champions league since they are far left behind in the league.
15  Economy / Speculation / Re: Is it time for a new hot thing to hodl.? on: October 13, 2026, 10:15:36 AM
In under 5 years?

I doubt that but possible in 10 years time frame. Probably between 7 to 10 years and that's if Starship is fully commercialised.

I don't want to influence your choice but I will place my bet on BTC looking at how many x we normally do in every cycle even though the market is changing narratives with ETFs in the picture. From the current bottom to 500k is around 6x. It sounds somehow but ain't changing my pick.

I cast my vote already. Hope we'll come back to resurrect this thread in the future.
16  Economy / Economics / Re: On What Bases The Developed and Underdeveloped Nations Categorized on: October 13, 2026, 09:40:15 AM
No, you're not asking a childish question. It's a reasonable question which I believe many people still find it confusing too.

There was this scholar (can't recall his name now) he said development is not about GDP or currency strength but about three things which are poverty, unemployment and inequality. How a country manages the three aspects determine if they are developing, developed or underdeveloped. So we can categorise a country based on what's happening with this three things if they're declining or increasing.

If we are using that idea to compare some of the countries you mentioned then we can see why they are listed where they belong. Kuwait has a strong currency but the gap between the rich and poor is too wide. The inequality in China is visible even with their growing economy. Poverty and inflation is high in Iran despite the oil they produce. In summary, wealth distribution is what determines your class.
17  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Raid on Online Gambling Headquarters at TNI Official Residence. on: October 12, 2026, 12:15:07 PM
I think this is not a new story in case of those country who actually banned on gambling. Now, if I talk about my country Bangladesh, then such incidents are seen here too from time to time that even though gambling is strictly prohibited here, there are new like that online casinos were run indirectly through ex-government party stakeholders and even the ex-head of Bangladesh's RAB (Rapid Action Battalion). They conducted all these activities only to launder their illegal money and at the same time to increase it further.

This is why I always consider banning a gambling as a misplaced priority. Whether they like it or not people will find a way to participate in gambling directly or indirectly because it's human nature to diversify unless they willingly lose interest. Drafting an ACT is a waste of time and a way for another set of corrupt people to carry it more evil. Instead of all this drama, they can allow people to make their choices either to play or not but they should regulate the industry and enforce strict compliance.
18  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: October 12, 2026, 11:54:33 AM
If you’d bet that way, you’d be a few thousand euros or dollars richer today! Hamburger SV won 3–2 in Hoffenheim, Leipzig beat Eintracht Frankfurt 6–0,

The game between Frankfurt and Leipzig was not fun to watch at all. I don't know what Frankfurt was actually doing in the field. I know they're bad and being an average team all this while but that was too terrible. If you can not score goals, you should be able to defend your goal post. Sorry to Frankfurt fans here, but that team is getting worse and worse.

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and today ? will Schalke win in Freiburg? that would be a big surprise, too.

Schalke was not up to the task to get a point in Freiburg yesterday. They had every chance to get at least a point even with a red card advantage but they couldn't hold it. You won't even noticed the red card on Freiburg because they played without allowing it to destabilise them. Schalke deserved to lose because if you can't take advantage of red card to mount pressure on the opponent, I don't know how else you intend to win.
19  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Profitable but still called bad trade. on: October 12, 2026, 11:05:22 AM
Basically the essence of trading is profit making, so whatever you are doing in the market will not make much sense if you are not making money from it.
Is just like when we're classifying money into good and bad money, there isn't anything like that as money is money so it doesn't matter whether a trade is classified as bad or good but it' all about if the trade is giving you profits or not. Now there are some strategy that aren't sustainable if you want to further your stay in the market and that's when the strategy you're using comes into the discussion but if you're a smart trader then you should have issues switching between strategies to use the best that'll give you profits at that moment. Don't be stuck on using just one strategy but have multiple even though you master one that can give you profits anytime. Having multiple options  is always good in anything that you're doing including trading.

We can't classify any trade that gives us profit as good trade unless we want to deceive ourselves. I agree with the opinion shared by Op, trading should be about process. The process includes your plans, your risk management and of course you should be confident of following it. No plan is perfect, so you're bound to lose some time but the point is you're not just switching your strategies randomly to chase profit.

It doesn't matter even if you make money with a bad trade. It's still bad unless you want to remain inconsistent in trading. The same way you make profit with random strategies is the same way you'll lose money. I'm not saying you can not lose money with your plan but the more you practice your plan, the more it becomes perfect for you and you can learn how to change gradually to another plan that's more perfect instead of constantly beating around multiple strategies.
20  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Reminder: With Great power comes Great responsibility on: October 12, 2026, 10:32:25 AM
Before, this can be unlikely but after the incident that we've seen with cold card then everything is now possible and can happen.

In technical terms, this is unlikely from reading in that point of view of being an experienced holder.

But right now, just take everything with a grain of salt and potential risk can occur almost everywhere as long as it can be attacked and done by hackers.

Honestly, things are becoming very complicated keeping our coins safe with latest developments. We initially assumed that using cold storage is safer and once you've gotten a hardware wallet, you are good and free from losing your coin but the ColdCard and now ledger is a prove that everything is now possible. The attackers are getting smarter everyday coming up with new techniques. As a holder, the stress of being sure your assets are safe is getting higher.
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