At the moment all of my little savings monthly go to bitcoin and sometimes a part of them on altcoins. So definitely I am choosing C or $480k worth of bitcoins even at the current price which is still around 50% below its previous all-time high. But I might sell a little portion of it and convert it into Ethereum and some other altcoins. I will also end my monthly DCA on bitcoin since I have enough.

The second option would be $480k lumpsum. With this amount, I will increase my monthly DCA on bitcoin and some altcoins. Say $50k monthly on bitcoin and $30k on altcoins. I'll stop when bitcoin reaches $50k or once I no longer have enough funds.

Business and other types of investment only follow by the year 2026. So I'm still sticking to my earlier plans even with the lottery winnings.

The season might be too early but it also doesn't mean that teams especially those star-studded are expecting a slow start. Losing close games is understandable but the Suns lost badly at home against a weak Spurs and then a double-digit loss to the 76ers. They have no rest and they need to travel again to Detroit so they might lose again although they are facing another weak team.

The Bucks are also 3-2, losing to weaker teams earlier. There's still plenty of time to figure it out but there will be movements before the trade deadline if things aren't changing in these super teams.

GSW started well but I am still unconvinced that they can maintain the top 3 seed in the West. The same with Dallas, Kyrie has been a disaster over the years since leaving Lebron.

Out of curiosity I finally watched the replay of this fight. I was already a little sleepy but I became more sleepy watching the fight so I stopped scoring the fight. What a shameful performance by Tyson Fury. My hat's off to Ngannou. If only he was a little younger and had more time to practice the sport. There were a lot of close rounds in that fight that could go either way. Fury landed more but Ngannou landed the heavier shots and judges have their own ways of interpreting fights, especially on close rounds.

Here are the official scorecards. There are 5 rounds where the judges did not have the same assessment while in another 5 rounds, they unanimously agreed to each other.



Here is the punch stats of this fight. Maybe it helps in assessing the fight. Based on the stats I had it 95-94 for Fury.


After watching the fight I just can't believe the Saudis spent around a hundred million dollars for such a boring fight. Boxing just lost some casual fans that night. If only they watched the low-budget title fight of DAZN at Cancun, Mexico on the same day they would've stayed. The 11th-round exchange between WBC super featherweight champion O'Shaquie Foster and Eduardo Hernandez might win the round of the year.

Another corrupt sanctioning body doing another magic trick then. I am confident Ohara Davies will beat that joke champion Rolly Romero. I don't even understand why the WBA allowed Rolly to face a senior citizen for the vacant belt when there are Ohara and other high-ranking fighters. It's all about money and politics nowadays. I think Davies is mandatory and is overdue for a title shot but the WBA is allowing PBC to hostage the belt. And knowing how weak Rolly is, PBC won't let fighters from other networks just beat him and gain some fame.

But this is a good fight knowing Barroso was winning over Rolly before the referee saved PBC's baby boy. This one should be for the real WBA belt and not for the garbage interim belt. But we'll see if Ohara can easily beat Barroso. Ohara beating Barroso with ease though will only make PBC and Rolly more scared to comply with its obligation to face him.

I am not a fan of Elon Musk but obviously, a lot of us can say the same. AI will not only grow in the future but it also develop into something big which will become a necessity just like the internet. AI will continue to replace human workers but not the entirety of course but it could take most of the jobs in the future.

I am not worried for myself. But people should seriously start being more responsible in starting a family. Children in the future will have a harder time getting jobs without having college degrees. People in the future should stop relying on the hope of getting a job outside their country because most of these rich countries are the ones to start using AI.

After years of experience in the crypto space where I had a share of bad and good memories my confidence only grew. Just imagine putting your savings on fiat 5 years ago and then comparing it to the current bitcoin value. Which fiat grows in value big time? I guess most fiats lost their value since they can be printed by governments.

I have kept some Singaporean dollars here since 2019 and the current value is 4% more than my local fiat which is not bad knowing the high inflation in my country. But if I put this money in bitcoin? At that time bitcoin was around $8,800 and currently, it's $35k which is nearly 400% growth. Not considering that bitcoin already reached $69k last 2021.

But to be fair, diversification of investments is always the best advice. Invest in crypto, especially bitcoin. Keep some fiat for urgent needs and the rest put them into something stocks, etc.

It's also interesting to know that ESL is providing a qualifier in the MENA region which seems to be the first time. But knowing how rich the region is, some teams can afford to sign good players from different parts of the world just like what Saudi is doing in soccer. I also read the news earlier that a Saudi team wants to create a super team.


Yeah, a TI without OG, Nigma, and Team Secret probably has fewer fans than the previous TIs. But thanks to Team Spirit a former champion which is already familiar to most TI fans. GG, Liquid, and LGD also made that event competitive and exciting.

Fully recognizing the MENA region pretty sure will boost DOTA 2. Maybe more events hosted and sponsored by the countries in that region.

Ame is expected to return to the DOTA 2 scene this season. It's crazy though when he said that Valve should merge NA and SA since they only deserved a single slot.

If I were you I would try many casinos because it is best to experience them yourself. Just use minimal amounts, hop into different casinos, and see for yourself what fits your taste most which is something I also did before.

For a good start, you use the casinos that are promoted by the members here since almost all of them are building reputations in this forum. Just avoid those ones worn by members with a negative or red mark in their trust profiles like 1xbit.

You can also try BK8, it also has a lot of games and great promotions.

IMO Binance is the most crypto-friendly including doing cashouts to my local currency without fees so I have stuck to it for some years already. Regarding the other features, I believe Binance also has the best to offer. Since it is the biggest crypto exchange in the world it has an enormous budget to innovate and not be left behind by its competitors. The good thing about Binance is it continues to work in getting more permits from many countries around the world and hopefully, my government will be one of them in the near future.

This thread was created last April this year. If OP followed most advice to continue storing bitcoin regularly then there's an expected income minimum of 20% of the total capital.

The point is that most experienced bitcoin investors will continue to buy and horde until or even after bitcoin halving. Bitcoin cycles in the past always led to ATHs a year after the halving. So even at the current price of $35k, there is still a huge room for growth. Even reaching the previous ATH of $69k is already 200% of its current price. But most are expecting another ATH by 2025, who knows how far bitcoin will reach that time? The good news is, we still have plenty of time and opportunities to save and invest.

So you really think that gambling is a means of making regular income? I thought gambling is a means of entertaining people. I visited land-based casinos and old people are also there. They looked rich and they were entertained while playing games. I also noticed that the majority of people who play bingo in the mall where I usually make groceries are old women. I observed they were fetched by cars and some of them even had servants outside or strolling inside the mall while waiting. So I assume those people were successful otherwise they wouldn't play for big amounts of money. I would never judge old people gambling as having unfulfilled lives.

I dream of getting old having a farm and a business. And I will continue to gamble responsibly especially betting on my favorite sports.

In the end, the best level of population depends on a country's economy and its ability to provide them with great services while at the same time good employment with standard compensations.

At the moment, the top 3 most densely populated countries are Monaco, Singapore, and Bahrain. These 3 countries are also very rich. Based on the IMF records of GDP (PPP) per capita, Singapore is 3rd, Monaco is 4th and Bahrain is 24th. But as we also noticed, these countries are just very small, especially Monaco and Singapore which looked like metro cities.

Bigger countries with a huge population density however are mostly developing and poor. Here in my country, millions are forced to seek jobs overseas due to the lack of opportunities and lower compensation.

Lol! I have the same opinion on Bulba. I still don't get it he remained with them for many years already. I even began to wonder if he has deep connections with EG's management or ownership. I was glad that Shopify Rebellion was formed but only to be surprised that Bulba is still with them.

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Meanwhile, ESL Kuala Lumpur will start its qualifiers in more than a week. Maybe most of the teams before that are settled already with their line-ups. But the biggest question to me is how will DOTA 2 fare next season when the DPC points system is taken out. I hate to say that the game might continue dropping down in numbers but maybe there are new ideas and innovations next season that will provide a much-needed boost.

It's interesting to see that post-Harden Philadelphia is doing well with a great start. They are currently 3-1 with their only defeat against the Bucks on the road whom they only trailed by a point.

The Pelicans once again are playing strong especially if they are complete. But while the season just started, Zion was rested against the Pistons today. So it seems like there is something wrong with his physical condition once again. It will be very sad if he suffers another season-ending injury. And this season starts Zion's nearly $200 million 5-year contract.

If only Dana is paying its fighters at least half of what boxing stars are given then maybe its fighters won't dream about getting humiliated and knocked out in a boxing fight. All of them want that big money of course. The Pink Poodle is still under a UFC contract but I am sure that once it is coming to its end he will start to negotiate with the big names in boxing like Shakur and Tank.

I am happy that Ngannou got those big bucks. And another round of at least $10 million is on the way since he only lost to a very close fight with Fury which means the demand continues. So far both Matchroom and PBC are vying for their bids on Ngannou to match him against their own stars AJ and Wilder. But as much as I like Ngannou to score an upset over Fury, I still believe that he just had the perfect night while the champion had his worst night. I'm sticking to my earlier assessment that Ngannou can't still beat any of the top 10 in boxing.

13. Jailton Almeida

12. Gabriel Bonfim
11. Rodrigo Nascimento
10. Caio Borralho
9. Armen Petrosyan
8. Ismael Bonfim

7. Cancelled
6. Daniel Marcos
5. Rinat Fakhretdinov
4. Vitor Petrino
3. Angela Hill
2. Eduarda Moura
1. Marc Diakiese

NOT go the Full Distance 5

That's a crazy greedy idea mate. Do you really think it is possible to patent paid signature campaigns in a forum? It's like having the sole right for athletes to wear logos and other printed advertisements on their attires. So millions of athletes worldwide need to contact the person with the rights in order to ask permission or pay fees? Even the invention of medicines can be copied after a period of time to push for cheaper and affordable generic medicines, otherwise, poor people and countries will be deprived. You need to change your mindset mate.

In modern countries, this is not even a topic due to its obvious answer. But in many developing and poor countries, people will try to groom their children into something too early giving them no other choices to discover their inner gifts and skills.

Just today I saw an online friend posting about how young his 16-year-old kid retired into amateur boxing. The kid last month won a silver medal in our yearly national tournament which is already a huge accomplishment. But deep beneath, I can feel that the kid does not want what he is doing. My friend own a boxing gym before and he loves boxing which is why he wanted badly for his kid to become a boxer.

Same here, the undefeated teams and how long they can stay that way is what interests me most for every start of the regular season. I did not expect the other top teams to lose this early. Boston Celtics is probably the one that stays unbeaten. Next for them are road games against the Nets and Timberwolves.

I have little expectations for the Mavericks, they're out of the playoffs since the arrival of Kyrie Irving and might continue that way. So far they only faced weaker opposition which is why they are winning games. They have a 2-day rest before traveling to Denver where they will be tested if their undefeated run is a fluke or not. Denver though won't have a rest day when they face Dallas. But I'm still planning to bet on Denver.

True. There are a lot of entertainment options now for fight fans nowadays. I still watch fights live but only for championship fights that are also not mismatched or late-noticed opponents.

MMA continues to grow big. Even UFC PPV events have higher numbers than many boxing events although big portions of the proceeds usually go to Dana and the UFC. MMA might start to have its own backlash soon once organizations come close to each other and fight fans' demand for some cross-organization fights which would be more difficult to make than boxing's networks and promotional feuds.