You have an irresponsible friend right there. Greedy and not caring about other people by taking a loan and recklessly invested in into something not secure. Did your friend trade the loan proceeds in futures trading? I'd been a victim of this a few years ago from old friends who took my money without paying me until now as if nothing happened. So personally, I would stay away from people like your friend. Single or with a family, the rules don't change when it comes to investing. Only invest an amount that we can afford to lose. This is very basic and anybody with a common sense knows this simple basic rules of investing.

But why are you not interested in a rematch between Volk and Makachev? Rematch is best staged when both protagonists made a very close fight which made it somehow controversial as the winner could've gone to any of them.

Although I do think that Volk is just too small at lightweight. Although it is not popular, maybe a catchweight at 153 will make the rematch more interesting. Volk won't stay in the division if he becomes a champ anyways.

I also wonder how judges score when someone was in a dominating position on the ground yet unable to threaten a submission. Isn't just like an aggressor in a stand-up position showing ring generalship by controlling the ring and the fight making its opponent back pedaling and in defensive mode but not able to deliver a huge blow? 

The division is getting hotter with the arrival of 2 division champion Shakur Stevenson who is also promoted by Bob Arum. I guess Shakur is getting his title shot this year unless Haney can insert a rematch clause and losses to Loma. If Haney will win, I really want him to fight Shakur but most likely he is moving up in weight. Haney was already struggling to make the weight in the rematch with Kambosos but he cannot say no to a past prime Loma who is a big name, a future HOFer and looked beatable in his last fight.

I also have a feeling that Haney's contract with TR ends after the Loma fight. There's a huge chance that Haney will go back to Matchroom where he was first given an opportunity and knowing how deep DAZN's budget is compared to that of ESPN and Showtime. Although the biggest names at super lightweight were from TR except for Prograis. Nonetheless, I am still rooting for my man Loma despite looking past his prime who is already in his mid-30s.

But those amounts happened during the halving years and the next year of the halvings which are the ATH makers before bitcoin goes into correction again. But $80k before the halving year seems like a mission impossible for me. $80k is only possible in the years 2024 and 2025 if we are to look at the history of bitcoin prices. Of course, there are no guarantees as always but I bet $80k won't happen this year. That's just too early. I even doubt we can reach $50k this year. My early assumption is $35k to $40k is the highest price of bitcoin this year.   

So Vargas will most likely defend his belt to the Magsayo-Figueroa winner. A few hours ago I rewatched some of Figueroa's fights. The Fulton-Figueroa war was so close and those 2 judges that had it 116-112 need their eyes checked. This time I had it 6-6 or 114-114 a draw. Punch stats was one-sided and favored Figueroa. I really hope Magsayo improved a lot, especially on his stamina and inside fighting which I doubt to happen in just a few months of training. Figueroa is not good defensively but his chin is so tough at least in his old division. So it is either Magsayo will catch him early or Figueroa can take Magsayo's best punches and starts to make the fight a brawl and wins a stoppage in the 2nd half of the fight.

I still favor Vargas winning over Magsayo or Figueroa though. I think his first defeat will make him more of a technical fighter and Figueroa and Magsayo aren't that good at their defense.

Yes, our local stock market is safer if we stick to the stocks owned by the top companies. But I did try those low market cap stocks and they are just the same as the altcoin market in crypto. I even purchased DITO at P17 and if I am right, it is now trading at P2. I have no updates anymore after deleting the Investa app. I still have around 15 stocks there. My plan is to transfer them to crypto this year or next year if our local stock market won't improve.

Futures is probably the worst when it comes to a trade addict as our capital can get to zero within a few minutes. I also tried it there before but I haven't experienced losing big amounts.  It's nearly a year now since trading futures. Hopefully, I won't get tempted again especially when the market seems bullish but still unpredictable.

Most of us will learn the hard though when it comes to trading and investing. I was nearly a dollar millionaire last 2017 but then I was unreasonably greedy that I still do not want to touch most of my crypto holdings because I thought the next step was to become a dollar millionaire. So when the market was bleeding in the following year, I was losing some sleep and was stressed so I sold 99% of my crypto investments. I sold it at the lowest point of the market and the only crypto left to me were the dusts in my wallets. Maybe greed is not that bad but there should be some limitations. Investment diversification is one thing I learned that is so important. I could've invested part of my earning outside crypto to protect my assets but I was just so greedy and was out of my mind.

While it is already mission impossible for bitcoin to reach $80k this year, I might get convinced if a proper analysis as to why the price will increase that high this year alone. The absence of analysis from OP makes that $80k prediction of bitcoin price more of a wishful thinking. It might not even reach that high in the halving year which is next year already. Next bitcoin ATH will be in the following year of the halving as what we observed in the past. Bitcoin reaching in trillion market cap will surely slowdown its growth as well.

Are you seeking answers on how to spread bitcoin in your local community? Since you do not know yet, I guess it also means that you are not ready.  Are you still new to bitcoin? If yes, just spend more time learning about bitcoin, its technology and features, how to keep bitcoins safe, and understand the basics of investing. Make yourself fully equipped with the knowledge and at the same time experience. You will feel it when you are ready to spread bitcoin knowledge in your community. Hopefully, you will do it for free. I hate it when some people are trying to exploit the innocents by telling them about the potential to earn big by investing in bitcoin but asking fees for their services on how to do it. 

There was a time when I always want to have a buy and sell daily. Luckily for me, I am not much into futures since I felt like I am more enjoying the traditional spot trades. So I did a lot of daily trades although some of them are into my local stock market. I lost thousands of dollars at that time, but I cannot imagine if I was doing it on futures, I would've lost all my assets. And as most people do, I also learned the hard way. There's a lot of fun stuff to do in this world so diverting is not that hard to do and I was able to stop myself from trading for a while.

We will see. All forecasts and analyses aimed to predict the next bitcoin movements but the truth is they aren't perfect either. But it is actually common for a big movement to always have corrections just like what happened when bitcoin all of a sudden dropped from $20k to $15k. What I just see here is bitcoin might not touch that $15k level again. But $19k is still very possible, that's just near to the current price, and since we are still far from that halving date. I loosen myself from the stress of daily trading by just doing the DCA on bitcoin. So I am actually happy if bitcoin drops a little since my next buy is still on Feb 24. I might catch that $ 20k-something price.

The Lakers rearmed themselves and are making great deals. If they remain healthy, they seemed very serious about becoming a championship contender once again. As per Dallas, Suns, and Brooklyn trades, I wish KD was just sent to Dallas to team up with Luka. Kardashian bad luck is still on Booker and CP3. But actually, I really thought that Luka and KD make a great combo. Kyrie's dramatic skills should be in Phoenix.

And why is it that the Miami Heat aren't making any moves before the deadline? From keeping cap space in order to chase Giannis and then to KD to nothing.    

If only Vargas continued to work on knocking out his opponents like he did when was still a prospect, he could move up as much as he can. But I guess fighters with less power have limits when moving up since their bigger opponents might not get scared of getting hit for a chance to unleash their own power punches. But I also think that Vargas can overcome Foster.

If Vargas wins, he might be mandated to face former 2 division champion, Oscar Valdez. Both Vargas and Valdez already said they want the fight. This fight is bigger than Vargas-LSC but with Vargas being handled by PBC, it might not allow Vargas-Valdez to happen. Maybe Vargas-LSC is possible but it also depends if the latter is still interested in another risky fight with a lesser named opponent.

By the way, this fight is not a championship fight unless we call national, regional, and other minor belts champions. Devin Haney already owns all the belts in this division which is why he is called undisputed. Al Haymon's PBC only has a managerial license so officially it is not a promotion but in reality, it is a de facto promotion company since it established and makes deals with tv networks Showtime and Fox. There are still no sources that Tank Davis already signed a contract with any promoter but most likely he signed or he is still under contract to PBC as its manager. So there is actually no need for Tank Davis to sign to a promoter since Al Haymon has many dummy promoters it can use anytime. Even Mayweather Promotion is turning into a dummy as well, probably the reason why Tank left because it served no purpose while it probably took a big chunk of his purse.

Al Haymon or it could be Showtime too in the past blocked a joint promotion and tv deals with GBP and DAZN for the supposedly mandatory fight between Jermall Charlo and Jaime Mungia. PBC/Showtime proposed they will promote and telecast the fight alone and they also want a rematch clause if Charlo losses. In the rematch clause, PBC/Showtime allows GBP and DAZN to do their jobs. So I guess everyone in the boxing world is expecting the same approach in this Tank-Kingry fight. Seems like Haymon and Showtime became more greedy than ever.   

Yeah, winner-takes all are prohibited in boxing. Including betting a huge portion of their purse to the winner. It seems like lazy Kingry is craving an early retirement and wants to cash out big time before he focuses on becoming a full social media influencer. But I don't know why the always-play-safe Hymen and Tank are still scared and want more in the deal.

I don't know how long will I hold because it also depends on my financial situation. I have goals of purchasing something big in the next bull run so I am not sure how much is left to hold. Although they are not very close to me, I do know two people that first accumulated bitcoin around 2010 to 2012 and both of them continue to hold hundreds of bitcoins each. One of them I cannot forget is his words saying someone does not deserve the high-value price of bitcoin if they cannot hold strong during a bearish season.

My first reaction was Minnesota seems like giving up this season and then I realized that a veteran Conley might be a good addition to boost Gobert's morale. I knew they were trying to unload D'Angelo even before the start of the season but they just can't find a fair trade. I think Minnesota lost a little in this trade but at least it tried to change something that might work. And the 3 future 2nd round draft picks are just part of the bonus for losing D'Angelo. 

I honestly don't think Utah gained anything here. Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt would've been developed and gained meaningful experience when the time Utah is getting their future top picks. There's a chance they will just release Russ. And Russ might steal the rebounds of Markkanen and JC will have less time holding the ball to set up his play.

The Lakers absolutely gained a lot in this trade. Any top teams in the west might be in danger in the first round of the playoffs if the Lakers' roster remains healthy.   

Private big banks nga natin palaging may issues sa kanilang systems, ito pa kayang government.

Ngayon lang ako nagsearch sa deadline, dahil totally dinedma ko lang talaga ang mga news tungkol nito. Pero pati si Google nagulohan sa tamang deadline.  

We all the different views. But I am also not in favor of any limitations to the Olympics. Olympic boxing, for instance, does not allow professionals from competing so it was all amaterus but lately, it started to allow anyone to compete. The Olympics is supposed to be an event where the best of the best from different sports gather together. Football's FIFA World Cup though is a close rival to the Olympics as both are competing to be called the biggest sporting event. There might be something political behind it.

Not cool. We just started the season and here comes this visa issue again. Although we do not really know the exact reason and it might be valid. But Peru being not noisy when it comes to world politics just like Singapore, I expect that country to be less harsh when it comes to visa processing. And with the new rules on DPC penalties, it hurts already for PSG.LGD. Let's just hope that the next hosts in the coming majors and the TI itself are countries with a neutral stance and not noisy on world politics to avoid possible visa problems. 

What a weird article posted on Ring's website. I think the point is about Fulton not getting the attention and big respect in the US even if he owns 2 belts while Inoue is glorified not just in Japan but in the whole world. Inoue is ranked 2nd best pound for pound in the world and beating him would make Fulton very popular and probably get ranked in the top 10 p4p by The Ring.

I hope everything is finalized soon since this is a great fight. Fulton might think that Inoue's punches are just the same or even lesser than those of Brandon Figueroa whom he survived and won a very close fight.