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I voted "yes". That was it! $15k was the bottom. The recovery from the FTX effects is looking healthy. There are no extra long candles that create imbalances except the first strong bounce back last November 22 hence it dropped again in the next few days. It will swing a little and can probably touch the $16k level again. But unless we can see another bad news that is capable of shaking the market once again, BTC should be alright. Maybe $20k is already attainable before this month's end.
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If we want to get rich...then stop thinking about saving and look for an opportunity to grow our money and that is to keep investing. When I say investment, it should be put in a profitable investment, not elsewhere. Many people had fail to grow their money even though they have investments and that is because they also change their lifestyle instantly.
It is supposed to be this way;
- more investment - the same lifestyle
I observed that there are more people that want to just YOLO. It's like, life is too short for them so they are spending most of their regular income on kinds of stuff that make them happy but temporary and short term. They buy branded dresses, and shoes, eat at luxury restaurants, party regularly, and like to travel every now and then. They have very little to zero savings. They borrow money when emergencies happen. People have different mindsets and beliefs but I just don't understand why many of them don't care about planning for their future. I know we have different methods of how to achieve our own happiness though. I sometimes spend money on some wants aside from basic needs but I think I am more of a conservative spender. Maybe I am paranoid but I feel happy when my savings grow big. I feel happy when I am financially secure. |
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bitcoin is not a religion, bitcoin is still a coin, it has nothing to do with religion. and it's impossible for us to worship coins, we should only worship the almighty God. Literally speaking, bitcoin has nothing to do with religion. It is either OP exaggerated it or the word religion is used as some sort of an idiomatic expression. Religions around the globe aren't based on science but more on faith. In religion, someone can say 1+1=water while bitcoin is scientific and it is immutable. Bitcoin and its blockchain is a revolutionary invention promoting decentralization, privacy, anti-inflationary, etc. When bitcoin was launched, it created a movement and its hardcore enthusiasts are the believers. |
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51 - inthelongrun
Thank you.
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There are many countries that not strictly imposing some of their laws and one of them is to not allow underage individuals to play in casinos, be it online or offline. In my country, I cannot remember when casino security personnel asked for IDs or asked people their age. But this is also similar to online crypto casinos that are not forcing their clients to do a KYC. In the end, it is the government that needs its laws to be enacted properly. Responsible gambling is a must.
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Which teams are still not in the top 8 of their conference that you expect to be there? In the East, we have the Chicago Bulls and the Miami Heat while Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers made it already. Or is the Chicago Bulls line-up not worthy of a playoff spot?
The west is too crowded with good teams. Probably only 3 to 4 teams do not have the potential of landing in the top 8. Sad to see the Utah Jazz and Portland Trail Blazers are losing most of their games now. There are still 70+ games for each team though, plenty of time but they better start showing and making necessary adjustments now.
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* Not Risky Maybe a better term is "less risky". Although we do know how volatile cryptocurrencies are compared to stocks, forex, gold, and real estate, at least responsible long-term investments negate the effects of constant ups and downs in the market. But I will never call long-term cryptocurrency investing not risky. If it is not risky at all then there is no need to create tips like watching its volatility and investing only a portion we can afford to lose. If there is no risk, then we can just all-in invest all our funds allocated for long-term goals. |
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No Contest result for Casimero but for us, he is the winner if just Akaho will not acted strangely and continue to fight.
Akaho is a very good actor to act that way. It seems he is afraid to Casimero's heavy punch. Well, it's very unfair having a no contest result because clearly Casimero dominate the ring. It is supposed to be his victory but it ended to a disappointing result. I feel bad for Casimero, obviously he did his best and prepared himself for this fight. Is it possible to have a rematch? For sure the promoter will review the tape and decide from there but there is a chance that a rematch won't happen and for us here Akaho doesn't deserve the rematch as well. I hope Team Casimero will file a protest to change the decision of the referee if it is possible, by that way at least all the hard work of Casimero will have a result as it will register as a win if the protest is successful. In fairness to Akaho, he admitted via a tweet that it was his failure and admitted that he was confused about whether it was a clean punch that make him dizzy or the punch (which did hit) on the back of the head. But it seems impossible for Casimero to win a protest. If I am right, no major belts are sanctioning this fight which means that Casimero can file a protest directly to the Korean boxing board. The promoter of this fight is Korean and Akaho is its fighter so I guess Casimero should just move on. Casimero though can make a request letter to WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO if it is possible for him to be given a rank in the top 10 considering he was clearly winning against Akaho. It is going to become more interesting since Inoue-Butler happens in less than a week and Inoue is expected to vacate all the belts at 118 if he wins. At 122, WBO and WBC champion Stephen Fulton might also vacate his belts if he accepts the WBC mandate for him to move up to 126. The mo vacant belts, the higher chances of Casimero becoming a world champion again. |
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So will Spence defend his belts against Thurman? So if the WBC becomes vacant, who's facing Thurman? Usually, I visit each of the boxing belts' websites in order to track their rankings but nowadays Wikipedia has a compilation of their rankings, but it seems it is not yet updated. Keith Thurman is still ranked 4. It reminds me how corrupt and money-oriented the WBC is since they are now calling Thurman the mandatory after a tough win over a bum Mario Barrios while Vergil Ortiz, David Avanesyan, and Jarron Ennis are working hard to climb the rankings. Anyways, Vergil Ortiz will kill Thurman if they are to face each other for the vacant belt.
For Spence, it is not the best way to hold 3 belts in a division. Spence doesn't have the Ring magazine belt nor recognized by the TBRB as a lineal champion. That being said, the reign of legendary Manny Pacquiao at 126 and 140 where he didn't hold any of the 4 major sanctioning belts are way way better than Spence's 3 belts. Being recognized as the lineal and awarded the Ring belt is far better than any of the 4 boxing alphabets. So technically speaking, Spence needs Crawford because the vacant Ring belt can only be awarded when the top 1 and top 2 in the same division collide.
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You are wrong mate. Japan as one of the leading countries when it comes to innovation and technology is also huge in the crypto industry. I am not very updated on them these days but there was a time when it is one of the largest volumes in crypto trading. Zaif a Japanese exchange was one of the biggest before. Japanese banks are one of the early testers of the blockchain. And Binance before transferring to Europe was based in Japan too. Just lately, Binance purchased a Japanese crypto exchange in order to bolster its market share in the Japanese crypto market.
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Although the bitcoin price is recovering from the effects of the FTX scam, I consider the whole market as bearish until the year of the halving. What we have seen right now is just a recovery from the big bad news that shocked the whole financial system with a huge indirect impact on bitcoin the leading cryptocurrency. I expect next year as better than this year but still, it will have its ups and downs. The danger that I am looking into is if the war in Ukraine doesn't stop and its allies will play an indirect war which will be focused on economies.
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So as far as Cristiano Ronaldo is concerned, at the moment we are on three rumors
-Saudi Arabia for 220 million euros over 3 years.
-Arsenal because of the interview that became famous
-Chelsea has recurring rumors about this sign but nothing concrete at the moment
I see Arsenal as the least possibility. Because they aren't in need of a striker at the moment. They definitely don't need to spend a lot of money only for Ronaldo in January. Even though Jesus hasn't been scoring goals for two months Arsenal have still been doing very good in their league games. The team effort is already at a high level so they don't need to splurge on a player now. Arteta has a quite nice budget in his hands now which is the truth but he would use it more effectively like increasing the number of good player alternatives. Saudi Arabia might be like last resort for him in case he doesn't find a team in Europe. The Saudi Arabia offer is just too big to ignore and since Ronaldo is starting to age already, no big teams might risk gambling a huge amount of money to acquire him. Cristiano Ronaldo is already 37 anyways, he should not get emotional when some teams aren't treating him like his prime years. If there are no big offers from decent teams then I guess we might see one of the best players ever compete in Saudi Arabia just like when David Beckham went to play in the United States. I think Ronaldo would've accepted the offer if Saudi is an open country and not located in a desert. |
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Somehow, a bad world economy doesn't mean an advantage for bitcoin. If people are suffering from inflation and are on a tight budget, they won't have money to invest. The war Ukraine in Ukraine should stop which I believe happens next year. The world is better when it is at peace where nations and companies can focus on development and stability. Right now, I think bitcoin is starting to recover from its FTX indirect effects. But there will be no sudden big movements until the halving year. At that time, most nations are recovered from the effects of war and COVID-19.
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If you made a long, you already made a good amount of profit OP. Anyways, I holding long-term and am still planning to add more in the next months until next year. The FTX effect was still big, bitcoin support at $18k was strong and it continued to hold for months until the FTX big news and it smashed bitcoin support. The effect of the bad news though won't last long since bitcoin technology is free from manipulations so it's only a matter of time before it will recover again just like the previous years.
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Right now if I have a piece of land lying somewhere undeveloped, I will be seriously thinking of selling it to take advantage of this current btc price. Landed property is as good as owing btc in your wallet because both of them both have long term value, lands don't usually depreciate in value except there is a natural disasater happening in that location that will force the price to devalue. We already know how btc operates, so this is kinda tough since i would like to have them both, i will probably sell a part of the land to buy btc.  I am in this exact situation. I really would've tried selling my house and lot if not for my mother living with me at the moment. Although my property is located in a developing big city and its value keeps on increasing, I am still optimistic that bitcoin at its current price is a huge opportunity and it will provide me a better and faster return on investment. After many years of experience and observing the market, we seem to have more familiarity with the bitcoin cycle. |
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Team Secret's FB page posted that within just a few moments, they're going to have an announcement and I think that's the replacement of Nisha and it all escalated too quick. Too sad that Nisha really has to go after 4 years but I think there's a better opportunity that has been offered to him. If Nisha goes to Team Liquid then he's still with a good team. Edit: Team Secret already announced Boom as their mid player. --> https://twitter.com/teamsecret/status/1598663300983984128and here's the article from Team Secret webpage : https://teamsecret.gg/blogs/dota-2/welcome-boomI just hope Boom will be able to fill up the shoe that Nisha left in Team Secret. Like you said, 4 years is a long time playing with the team. There will be a lot of adjustments especially for Boom to fit the gaming style of the 4 Team Secret left in the team. Is it confirmed that Nisha will be playing for team Liquid? First it was Topson, now Nisha. Both players are mid laners so Micke has to adjust to become the offlaner or Nisha will transition to carry offlaner. Whateve position he transition to, hopefully he fits well to his new team. Weird. I thought Team Secret will remain intact after a strong 2nd finish at TI. And I thought that if in case they will drop someone it'll be Crystallis. Nisha is still very young and is already well-experienced, he will surely receive a lot of good offers. Team Liquid is probably the best team that needs a carry right now and the positioning can also be a valid reason to just look for another player since Nisha transitioned himself already as a great mid-lane. Meanwhile, Gaimin Gladiators didn't just lose BOOM as they also parted ways with their coach ImmortalFaith who is now with Nigma Galaxy. Nigma Galaxy despite the fact that they performed weakly last season is still keeping its full players. |
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It's just funny though that Prograis said that his check has bounce  https://twitter.com/RPrograis/status/1597966053719838721So it's about a million paycheck for him in his knockout against Zepeda. In any case, I think this will be solved since he goes to the media already. It's was MarvNation, a small promotional company based in Southern California who won the bid in this fight beating some notable names in boxing industry with more than $2 million as a bid price. I was surprised Top Rank was not the one promoting that fight neither was Probellum (Prograis promoter). Did it really go into a purse bid and MarvNation won it? Because the original call was Zepeda vs Ramirez but the latter showed no interest in a rematch. Hopefully, Prograis and Zepeda get paid asap. Yes, it was MarvNation who won the bid, Probellum (Prograis promoter) bid $1,060,000 and Zanfer (Zepeda's promoter) bid $1,004,500. MarvNation bid a huge $2 million, but as of the latest, Prograis said that he got his bread already Here is the video, maybe the bank just didn't clear it up as early because of the huge money involved or perhaps if Prograis didn't go to his social media, the money might be delayed. https://twitter.com/RPrograis/status/1598430284600451093I see. I did some search too because I wondered how much was Top Rank's bid. Can't find it though. But I learned that PBC also made a bid of $1.2 million. Anyways, it's a good thing both fighters received their purse. 140 will be alive and more competitive once again after Taylor vacated his 3 belts and his last 1 after his rematch with Catterall. The arrival of Teofimo Lopez and Ryan Garcia adds more flavor to this division. It says that Ramirez fights the winner but I think the former champion will pursue the WBO belt. |
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It is hard to predict. But I know that the next craze will start in the year bitcoin enters into another halving. So it is still actually bitcoin and then altcoins will follow. I believe the metaverse will become the next big thing in altcoins. Even Facebook and other private institutions are starting to build their own metaverse too. By 2024 and 2025 some metaverse will be ready by then and will officially launch. Play to earn and other ways of earning in the metaverse will be very interesting and it will become big.
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It sounds like David Avanesyan is just a bum that Terrence Crawford will just dispose easily of. Probably because Avanesyan is not that popular. The division is flocked with amazing talents but the problem is they all belonged to different promoters and networks.
1. Errol Spence (WBA/WBC/IBF)- PBC/Showtime/Fox
2. Keith Thurman- PBC/Showtime/Fox
3. Vergil Ortiz- GBP/DAZN
4. Eimantas Stanionis- PBC/Showtime/Fox
5. Boots Ennis- PBC/Showtime/Fox
IMO, Avanesyan will beat Thurman. The only impressive performance Thurman made after his accident and long layoff was his losing effort against Manny Pacquiao. Probably he was motivated because he was fighting a legend but the rest of his return bouts from Josesito Lopez to Mario Barrios were all mediocre levels.
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David Benavidez should know that after Caleb Plant, he will have to wait for at least 1-2 year before he can have that chance especially now that Canelo is still on the process of healing his wrist. So, a tune-up fight will likely happen as the first move that Canelo and his camp would take after the healing period before Canelo will take a much heavier boxers like David or Bivol. Who knows who will have the first dance because Bivol's priority is also Artur Beterbiev (if the latter defeats Yarde on the process) It looks like Bivol is ready to adjust and go down in the weight division just to make the rematch come true. So I think right after Canelo recovered, he might be fighting Bivol next. So probably if ever Davide Benavidez wins this upcoming match against Caleb Plant, he needs to wait longer for a Canelo match. He wouldn't be the priority of Canelo in its next fight since negotiation between Bivol and Canelo is still going on and Bivol is ready to take the adjustment so there is a better chance of deal closure. This is what happens when the champion is a superstar. David Benavidez is the interim WBC champion which means he is already the mandatory of Canelo. But corruption is common in boxing especially in the sanctioning bodies WBA and WBC. Now Benavidez is facing another mandatory which doesn't make any sense. If the rules will be straight-forward, Canelo will be stripped of his WBC belt if he won't face the Benavidez-Plant winner next. But I doubt the WBC will strip him. Don Mauricio Sulaiman is salivating for his percentage in the next Canelo fight. Bivol will be eager to drop down in weight and face Canelo because he isn't getting Beterbiev who's facing Yarde next. Biggest money available while a chance to become a 2 division champion and an undisputed in just a single fight. |
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