hey everyone,
altcoin news is poppin’! XRP’s 3,500 TPS blows past Bitcoin’s 7 TPS, with $0.001 fees for cross-border payments—BTC’s $5 fees? Total snooze! XRP’s 70% breakout shot to hit $3 in 2025, with forums buzzin’ over its payment dApps. Bitcoin’s just for hodlin’, but XRP’s transactions are next-level. Who’s winnin’ in 2025? Devs, you buildin’ on XRP’s ledger or messin’ with Bitcoin’s clunky scripts?
The question is why are we comparing the two here? But I don't understand your argument on Bitcoin's $5 fees? It's fluctuating and we have seen that it is very cheap as low as 1 sat/vB? so that is less than a dollar. And we all know that XRP is a banker's crypto, since it's inception that was their goal to compete on the cross border payments with Fiat so it make sense that they are going to be very cheap. But please stop comparing it with Bitcoin because it will be crushed by other crypto as well that is very fast and quick. |
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Is it really working warning people to be responsible gamblers?
Are there members on here that have a change of heart because of the advices from other gamblers on here that they should risk not more than they can afford to lose when gambling..
I feel it's a waste of time and energy warning people about what damages gambling can introduce to one's life.
Coming from the posts I've read on here I see that some people do not care about having fun while gambling, me saying that I gamble for the fun of it is because I've learned the hard way, and I reset myself, now I feel better about gambling.
Is it that hard to accept that gambling is best accepted as a means of having fun than a means of making money.
Why are you so negative to say that it's a waste of time and energy giving advise? That itself is a mental thought that is very wrong to begin with. Are there any persons though who ask for your advise and then you just shunned them away? I believed that it's not to late to give someone here and advises even if they are not asking it. This is a community of gamblers and every has his problems and perhaps the best way for them since we are all anonymous is to ask here and maybe they could pick something out of the experience of others. |
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It was reported that the California State Athletic Commission is going to overturn this controversial result to No-Contest. And I do agree that it was really a legal punch that cut Navarrete’s left eyebrow in the sixth round and not a accidental clash of heads.
No contest? What are they, blind? That should’ve been a TKO win for Suarez, no doubt. In a perfect world that will be the correct decision, stop the fight because of a legal blow, or Navarette continues and then will have the disadvantage and Charly Suarez taking over the fight. That was clearly because of the punch. While it was right to stop the fight since Navarrete couldn’t continue, the result should’ve been a TKO win for Suarez, not going to the scorecards. And now there’s news it might be ruled a no contest? Still doesn’t feel right, in my opinion. But sure, whatever the decision is it doesn’t matter anymore for us bettors. It’s already graded as a loss. Still, I agree, there should be an immediate rematch. Suarez deserves it. Feels like he got robbed, and the public clearly sees it too.
Yes, we can consider this a robbery as Charly should have been declared the winner. The only consolation for him is that they will have a rematch. He deserves it, but he will have to wait for his opportunity again. And just image for those who supported the Filipino and bet on him and won, it will be a great underdog win for us. But the referee ruined everything for us underdog bettors. No... a rematch is fine, but the decision should still be corrected. Suarez should be declared the winner as he earned it. What’s the point of having all those different camera angles if they can’t even use them to fix a clear mistake? It's going to be a very hard decision to make, and I can't remember of anything that a governing body turn the decision to a winner. Even in the Manny Pacquaio vs Jeff Horn fight wherein it was a clear robbery, there was no decision to overturn the lost of Manny. That's why a immediate rematch should be the next big thing and then turning this fight into a NC. Maybe this time we should put some money on Charly as it seems that he is very confident that he can beat Navarette. |
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The results of the senatorial election in the Philippines have come out, its partial and unofficial but the standing is not going to change. Manny Pacquiao failed to secure a seat, as he is in 18th place; only 12 candidates will qualify.
So this means he will have a lot of time and focus more on boxing, but unfortunately, based on what we've seen in his last fight against an unknown Japanese fighter, he is nowhere near his old skill; he is slow, and his punches lose their impact.
Barrios, if the fight pushes, can easily knock him out. Manny is extending himself too much; he just doesn't know when to quit.
Manny was knockout in this senatorial race, just like what you have said, he is currently in the 18th place, very far from making it to the top 12. This is not surprising as he was endorsed by the current administration which most of the people disliked. Have read reports that he is out of funds already, might be one of the reasons of this rumored comeback. I'm a fan of Manny Pacquaio but totally disagree of this comeback as he doesn't have anymore to beat the younger Barrios and this might put him in danger, hope someone in his family could advise him not to pursue this comeback fight. So he didn't win the a seat in the senatorial race? that's odd as Manny is very well known in the Philippines isn't it? Perhaps it has something to do with him switching to the current administration, thus losing that power in the people. In any case, this could be a great excuse for him to fight again and he might needed the money again as he could have used a lot on his sorties as far as him running for the Senate. But at his age, I doubt that he can make a comeback in the pro-boxing. Health is also one concern here. |
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Has anyone weird had certain game providers all of a sudden show that "regional restrictions" on their slot games, yet previously the games were available? For example, on my account, I am seeing that all the pragmatic play games have been restricted yet, they weren't restricted before. In fact, I even used to play some of them with no problems, and my jurisdiction is not on the restriction list.
It's going to be weird scenario though that suddenly the games that you have played began restricting you. I haven't had that kind of experience though, but I will feel the frustrations in you as you might have playing certain casino games and then suddenly you became restricted and just to continue the games, you choose others that you are not familiar. And with that, it's going to be a different experience. But if you are lucky then maybe you can hit that games, but if not then, yes the regret of not playing your favorite games. |
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And I guess the Pacers is the kryptonite of the number one team in the East. In paper you really have to look on how deep the Cavs are, however, the Pacers have the perfect team to counter Donovan's high scoring game and then putting a clamp on others, while displaying their offensive weapons.
It’d be interesting if the Cavaliers bounce back at home and make it a 3–2 series. Then maybe steal another win on the road and force a Game 7 back at home, that would be wild. But if we’re being real, the stats don’t lie. Teams down 2–0 and then 3–1 have a pretty slim chance of coming back. Still, never say never in the playoffs. So if the Pacers win then we have a upset as they are going to eliminated the top team. Same with the Nuggets though, although it's a long way to go and I don't know if they have enough legs to beat the young OKC team. But if that happens, then both top seed teams are going to be out in the second round.
That’s fine.. at least they had a solid regular season. But at the end of the day, the best teams should be the ones advancing to the conference finals. Here’s my prediction: East – Pacers vs. Knicks West – Denver vs. Warriors I would agree with the East, both teams are leading already. But in the West, the competition is open with the OKC vs Denver series. I think OKC might pulled something and make this a game decider 7. Not sure about the Warriors, it's just very unfortunate, that the series might be over for the Warriors not just because they lost in a great series, but it's because Steph is not in the last 2 games and it could really swing on their favor if they have Curry playing. |
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It was reported that the California State Athletic Commission is going to overturn this controversial result to No-Contest. And I do agree that it was really a legal punch that cut Navarrete’s left eyebrow in the sixth round and not a accidental clash of heads.
No contest? What are they, blind? That should’ve been a TKO win for Suarez, no doubt. In a perfect world that will be the correct decision, stop the fight because of a legal blow, or Navarette continues and then will have the disadvantage and Charly Suarez taking over the fight. But sure, whatever the decision is it doesn’t matter anymore for us bettors. It’s already graded as a loss. Still, I agree, there should be an immediate rematch. Suarez deserves it. Feels like he got robbed, and the public clearly sees it too.
Yes, we can consider this a robbery as Charly should have been declared the winner. The only consolation for him is that they will have a rematch. He deserves it, but he will have to wait for his opportunity again. And just image for those who supported the Filipino and bet on him and won, it will be a great underdog win for us. But the referee ruined everything for us underdog bettors. |
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If the adoption by the government and some big companies that trigger the big adoption happens, there is no doubt that the effect will be quite big on the increase in Bitcoin price. What we can't be sure of is the exact time period, it can come sooner or later. If it happens sooner, then we can see Bitcoin reach the target that is actually overvalued for now. But I think it will definitely take a longer period of time for all that to happen. Now, what we can do is hold Bitcoin with our own target. Those who don't have it yet should not regret it in the future because they didn't buy Bitcoin now.
I've accumulated some even at recent dip and still adding. I have pretty strong conviction that BTC can do parabolic increase in the future, when passive investors are getting in the supply of BTC circulating in the market will greatly reduced, at that time BTC becomes scarce and demand soared so $1m is actually logical price. Although things can take different path as well. It always depends on the market at the end of the day. I think everyone is really going to accumulated in the years to come, not just in today's cycle. It's already a formula for success, it's not secret and everyone should have known it by know. The thing is that there could still be investors we might be afraid to invest at this time, it's their losses though. Yes, it will be based on supply and demand, so it's possible that in the future, we will see the like of $500m to even $1m per pop. And that will be the time, wherein everyone is really scrambling to add Bitcoin on their asset list, but for some of us who are ahead of the game, we are very lucky that we did invest and discover it when the price is around $100k. |
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Stablecoin is all about trust and transparent reserve.
They already got the trust and if they can provide transparent reserve audit, I'm sure people will use their stablecoin.
Their only concern is how to make Dex and Cex use their stablecoin because that's where the trading volume comes from.
If limited amount of cex and dex are using their coin, it will be like PYUSD, exist but still in different league compared to USDC and USDT.
We have a lot of stable coins already, so it's just weird that suddenly Meta wanted to have their stable coins, but they have their reasons for sure. So it's not that easy to gain trust, maybe if this is still in the beginning, they will have the reputation and transparency. As what we have seen before, during the 2018, there are a lot of questions on USDT and accusations against them of running in fractional reserves and they don't want to be audited by authorities. But still they continue and dominated till today, so that is a big task on Meta on how they will gain the trust and consensus. |
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One of the things that I have seen that people should not trust is gambling because gambling is one thing that has done more harm than good by my assessment because looking at the winning percentage compared to those who lose it's worth not it because the winning percentage is two over hundreds which is charactarized by luck and chance so the next time you think about gambling know that you are going against thousands of people who are also looking for a way that they can get lucky in trying to win just like you so please gambling is not worth it don't kill yourself anymore trying to win anymore.
Players should understand all the risks in gambling, that gambling is not a way to make money or become a profession, and only players who do not understand this end up getting trapped and thinking they are being cheated by the house, when in fact gambling is a difficult thing to do to make your money grow, that is why always use money that you can afford to lose. Yes, I think we can't reiterate that more, gambling is not a job or not to make money. So for those who are looking at it that way, you will be mistaken and by the time you realized it, everything is late and that you might have fallen to the addiction already. Although I will admit that in the last couple of weeks, sometimes I lost control and so with that, when I wake up in the morning, I have to rethink about my priorities in life so that I won't think of gambling as a means to an end or to escape. I really need to man up and work hard again. |
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No Curry no win for Warriors as it seems! Butler - Kuminga duo did their best but it wasn't enough for the win. Timberwolves are lucky to have Edwards back shortly after a doubtful injury. If Curry misses the next game too I think they will bring the series to a 3-1 lead.
Most likely Curry will missed the next game two and that is really bad for the Warriors. They really need to do more on the next game, otherwise a 1-3 deficit is a recipe for a elimination already. It's just very unfortunate that a injury really end the chances of Warriors winning the series. And with the big win by the Celtics against the hostile crowd of Madison Square Garden, their confidence are back right now. But still they are down so the next game is a must needed win for them to get back that homecourt advantage in their series. |
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A very good fight that was unfortunately ruined by a controversial decision from the California commission. Suarez landed a punch in the perfect spot right as Navarrete was leaning in and that had a notable shift in the momentum of the fight. Due to Navarrete’s awkwardness, it looked like there might have been a head clash or a scraping from the side of the glove that caused a big cut, but after watching the replay it seems clear the blood was caused by a punch.
We will see if the result gets overturned to a technical knockout, but at the very least, the WBO needs to call for an immediate rematch.
It was reported that the California State Athletic Commission is going to overturn this controversial result to No-Contest. And I do agree that it was really a legal punch that cut Navarrete’s left eyebrow in the sixth round and not a accidental clash of heads. And Charly was really doing good in this fight and who knows, maybe he could outlast Navarette if the fight goes to the distance. 3 judges were in favor in the scorecard for Navarette, but as I have said, very close, 77-76 (Lou Moret), 78-75 (Pat Russell), 77-76 (Fernando Villareal). And for sure we fans wanted to see a immediate rematch here. |
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Just in: we reached number 5 in market cap.
Any bets on when we can beat Nvidia, Apple and MSTF? I think this year.
I think it will not be this year because bitcoin bear market will likely begin before that would happen but in 2027/2028 and 2029, bitcoin would have been in the second position. Those stocks will later be what can not be used to compare bitcoin but just only gold. Yes, but if you have like double the price before the end of the year, then we will have a good chance. MicroSoft is $3.260T and the current price of Bitcoin is $103k. So if by chance we reach around $200k this last quarter of the year or at least that's what going to be the peak of the price, then there is a chance that we will doubled our marketcap and overtake MicroSoft for a time being. Plenty of time for us to do that as we have 6 more months before the end of the year so it's a good bet that we might do that as Bitcoin market is very unpredictable. |
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And it looks like this fight didn't garnered enough attention to the fans here. I do agree, Suarez is unknown and Navarette is the clear favorite here and he could easily won this fight. But never look down of our opponents though even if it is as old as Suarez as he doesn't have anything to lose here. Usually happens when the challenger is unknown and the champion is a heavy favorite. The fight will happen in 22 hours as of this writing. Below is the highlight of the weigh-in. Both fighters made the scales; actually, it's a two-title event. One is for the vacant interim IBF lightweight world title. SoCal native Raymond Muratalla will fight Russia’s Zaur Abdullaev. Two scenarios Navarrete will impose his will or we will see a huge upset, so we'll see. So it still unpredictable, this Charly Suarez is also very good chin that Navarette might not crack. And then he has the power too as I have seen some of his fights. One interesting to note that I read is that Charly and Loma has faces in the amateur before. And so it means that even if he is late on joining pro boxing, he might have a lot of amateur experience that's why he work his way up to become the mandatory challenger. As least this could be another great fight to watch for boxing fans. Last week we are entertained by the Cardenas vs Inoue fight and we thought that there could be an upset. So maybe this time, if everything sets perfectly for Charly, this could be one huge upset. |
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It is curious how the Cavaliers are the favorites to win in spite of them being down 0-2 in the series. I’m not sure how to play this one. It seems like Indiana might have them figured out. If Cleveland loses this one then the series is pretty much over so you know they’re going to come out swinging. Hard to bet against a team that already won 2 though. Cavaliers have missed one or more player in this series, Garland haven’t played at all, Evan Mobley and Hunter missed game 2, but the 3 of them are back for tonight’s game so it’s not surprising that they’re still the favorites to win the game, I believe if they lose tonight they’ll still be the favorites for game 4 even if it’s going to be marginally. Yes, it was a big boost for them, I unfortunately bet on the + side on the Pacers, but it was a mistake on my end. Nevertheless, it's good to see that the Cavs are back and so they are still going to be the favorite next game. As for the Nuggets, I got them at +6.5, a decent 1.74x win for me. I haven't bet on the Warriors vs Wolves, or the Knicks vs Celtics. Boston back is against the wall but they are travelling to Madison Square Garden so very hard to see how they are going to overcome the confident Knicks team. |
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The Golden State Warriors are having a bit of a rough night. They started the game 0-13 down to the Minnesota Timberwolves. They haven’t been able to close the gap at all either but Anthony Edwards just left the game with an ankle injury so maybe it is possible they make a comeback.
They've closed the gap in the 3rd quarter and I thought that the Warriors will make a comeback as they cut the lead from as high as 20 points to 7 points with a Buddy Hield three point shoot. But that was the closest they got as after the time out, the Wolves makes it's own run to bring back the lead to 15 points. Probably he will be on a day to day basis, but it looks like it's not that serious injuries and probably needed some ice or inject something to numb the pain. As compare to Curry which he missed this game and probably another 2 more games because of his hamstring injury. That's what I thought when they made a good run. But unfortunately they didn't manage to hold it and Wolves gain back their momentum. Yes, I thought that was the start of the rally as Kuminga had a dunk that ignited the crowd. To bad for Warriors to lose Steph in this important game since its like they Wolves automatically get the advantage and for sure that they would exploit this situation especially that GSW now has lacking of fire power in absence of Steph.
It's just too bad though that the series might be decided because on the injury on Steph or ANT. We have a even series that both superstars can perform high level. But it is what it is, Steph is not getting young anymore and so his body could be very fragile. Their remaining shooters need to step up since if they messed up and will not perform well then I guess they will end up badly in bad position and we would see Wolves would gonna take this series.
We will see, Buddy had his best games facing title elimination against the Rockets. So I expect him to do more in their next game and Kuminga and Podz as well, or even Moses Moody who is missing in action as far as offensive in this series. |
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He’s lost his credibility at this point. He should’ve just stood by his prediction and owned it.
I think it's good that he is honest and admit to his mistakes. While others is a perma bull and even if we have seen that the market is on the bull run, they still seems doesn't want to accept that they are wrong. Every so-called expert has their own take, some bullish, some not. That’s just how it goes. In the end, it’s all about who you choose to follow.
We all know that there are no so called experts, they just have to predict those numbers out of thin air. Some of them might have hit their predictions, but majority are not. But still those, it's fun to see those kind of predictions from well known personalities. For sure we have heard the S2F modelling in 2021 and it failed miserably with predictions of 6 digits. But he is still back online and now we have seen that his prediction hit but it was a cycle late, Lol. |
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It is not possible, and those that are trying to tell you otherwise are just trying to defraud you with their new fancy project. Tell me this in the example of a physical item, a car:
Can a car be, the best in the world (highest build quality), the fastest, the easiest to drive, and the cheapest at the same time? Of course not.
I do agree, because if there is a solution already for this so called blockchain trilemma, it might have been implemented years ago. The problem is that there are projects who claim to have the solution and yet problem is still ongoing. You have to make tradeoffs in something, for example using high quality materials will lead the car to fail in the price cheapness quality. Similarly with cryptocurrencies, projects tend to massively sacrifice decentralization for scalability and underplay the cost of being more scalable.
And for crypto enthusiast, we don't want to sacrifice centralization just to have this kind of solution. Great example is ETH, when they moved their algorithm and became more centralized, everything is f**k up now. |
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Although the economic outlook remains unclear as tariff wars and geopolitical uncertainty persist, but overall things are looking bright and moving in a more positive direction. Along with that, regulations and legal frameworks for the cryptocurrency industry are gradually being completed as well as the progress of establishing strategic bitcoin reserves of US states is very good. Combining those things makes me more optimistic and raises my expectations, so I believe the $200k goal is achievable.
We had some tensions between India and Pakistan recently, and yet the price are not affected by it. And it seems that we have FOMO and so most likely the predictions are going to be in the highs of $200k. But let's see, if there is news coming from the US then we might get affected again like the tariffs and what's Trump going to announced as his next economic strategy to make America great again. But with now the price at 6 digits, it could be just a matter of time before we see a new ATH. |
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The Golden State Warriors are having a bit of a rough night. They started the game 0-13 down to the Minnesota Timberwolves. They haven’t been able to close the gap at all either but Anthony Edwards just left the game with an ankle injury so maybe it is possible they make a comeback.
They've closed the gap in the 3rd quarter and I thought that the Warriors will make a comeback as they cut the lead from as high as 20 points to 7 points with a Buddy Hield three point shoot. But that was the closest they got as after the time out, the Wolves makes it's own run to bring back the lead to 15 points. Probably he will be on a day to day basis, but it looks like it's not that serious injuries and probably needed some ice or inject something to numb the pain. As compare to Curry which he missed this game and probably another 2 more games because of his hamstring injury. |
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