I read this in Instagram
1. Scaloni arrives at the stadium and gets off the team bus in tears.
2. Messi and all the players come out of the locker room with their heads down.
3. During the pre-match team talk, Messi says: “Let’s forget about everything. Let’s just play. Forget about everything.” Enzo Fernández and Lisandro Martínez can clearly be seen crying. Nobody applauds the speech. Everyone looks sad.
4. During the warm-up, Messi keeps deliberately kicking shots wide of the goal.
5. The referee doesn’t show Spain a single yellow card. Oyarzabal hits Messi directly on the knee while the ball is nowhere near them, and Messi just looks at him without saying anything.
6. Cucurella covers his mouth and is not sent off. Enzo Fernández receives a red card, even though the Spanish player does a backflip to simulate the contact.
7. Scaloni uses a completely different tactical approach from all his previous matches: no midfield, leaving Messi and Julián Álvarez isolated up front while Spain dominates the game. Lautaro Martínez, who is usually an important option, never comes on.
8. Cuti Romero and Lisandro Martínez leave the match “injured,” but they don’t appear to be in pain or emotional. They are known as two of the toughest players on the team, and many fans find it unusual.
9. Leandro Paredes’ visible anger.
10. The Argentine players turn their backs on the Spanish players during the trophy ceremony.
11. Cuti Romero and Lisandro Martínez do not shake hands with Trump.
12. Spain barely celebrates.
Just think about these things for a moment. Was everything really normal?
1. Messi's family did not come to the stadium.
2. Argentina's President was expected to attend but never showed up.
3. Diego Simeone was seen in the stands during almost every Argentina match, yet he was absent from the final.
4. Lautaro Martínez was not even shown on screen for a single minute, let alone given any playing time.
5. Enzo received two yellow cards and was sent off
6. Lisandro Martínez's injury. He is the kind of player who has continued playing even while bleeding in ordinary matches, yet in a World Cup final he got injured without any apparent contact from an opponent.
7. Cristian Romero's injury.
8. Scaloni's strange substitutions.
9. Argentina failed to register a single shot on target in the first 90 minutes. Even after 120 minutes, they managed only two shots on target.
10. Spain completed nearly 800 passes, while Argentina completed fewer than 300. It is difficult to believe.
11. Argentina kept losing possession. Even when they managed to win the ball back, they often gave it straight back to Spain with their very next action. Time after time, they would bring the ball out from their own penalty area, reach midfield, and then immediately surrender possession.
12. Cristian Romero did not shake hands with Trump.
13. As of now, Messi, Julián Álvarez, De Paul, Lautaro Martínez, Enzo Fernández, and Lisandro Martínez have still not returned to Argentina.
14. Finally, Messi was not awarded the Golden Ball. By what statistical measure did Rodri deserve it over Messi?
All things considered, I have to say something happened here, just like what happened in the era of Maradona in 1990.
The Brazilian FIFA president back then simply snatched the World Cup away from Maradona. Maradona cried and said that Havelange (the then FIFA president) had taken the World Cup away from him.
Today, Infantino has perhaps done the exact same thing. Since false narratives like 'Messi, FIFA boy, rigged' were spreading throughout the entire World Cup, maybe they did this so that FIFA's image wouldn't be tarnished and the billion dollar business across Europe wouldn't be ruined.
I don't know what the truth is here, but sooner or later it will come to light. Until then, we wait....
And Ronaldo fans, listen
You guys spread anti-Messi agenda throughout the tournament. We will never forget you guys. Shame on you Loser FC.
Jane Street is one of many.
How many of you actually think that ANYTHING in relation to "investments" is real?
How can YOU crosscheck and verify that there are LEGITIMATE buys and sells for SP500?
You can't, you stupid fuck.
You're relying on numbers on a screen to display ALLEGED demand and supply.
But how do you EVER know that those numbers are linked to legitimate bank accounts that can deposit or withdraw those figures?
Again, you fucking can't.
IT IS ALL A MASSIVE BLACKBOX.
You know how centralized exchanges function?
They do the same shit with vapid orderbooks that you think is backed by legitimate dollars.
They know 99% of people will NEVER try to withdraw the money they make,
And just like casinos, they'll end up giving it ALL back over a long enough timeframe.
That's why the majority of traders are unprofitable.
Not because they don't make money, but because they play with the "made" FAKE money until it's all gone.
There is no tool [like dexscreener] to see who holds the supply of SP500.
If there was, it would 99% supply in possession of THE ELITES and 1% circulating amongst peasants trying to trade.
When THE ELITES want to rug-pull the economy, they fucking will.
And in the meantime, they can rinse you dry trying to directionally bet on the market.
You know what memecoin teams do when their 9-fig runner coins are listed on perps?
They fill shorts on perps and then make money on the way down whilst DUMPING SUPPLY ONCHAIN.
The SP500 is exact same bullshit.
Jane Street utilized the same method described above but for Bitcoin and using PAPER BTC to manipulate crypto markets.
Do you know why FTX collapsed?
"Yeah, because Alameda Research were using customer funds!" - Sure.
The TRUE REASON is because people realized that NOTHING ON IT WAS ACTUALLY REAL.
Exactly why some users had "no liquidation" accounts.
If they ever NEEDED TO, they could, theoretically, acquire "emergency funds" - but it was too late when the bank-run started and THE NATURE of how it did.
SBF had learnt from Marc Gerstein how to utilize counterfeit capital to make LEGITIMATE BILLIONS and then venture into politics.
All you need is enough credibility behind your name and no one will doubt you.
This entire "contracts game" [which controls EVERY FINANCIAL MARKET] is purely demo.
That is why it's HARAM to start with.
Read this 100 times over until you understand, dumb fuck.
~ Dr. Axius.
Bitcoin is at $72k today and we have at least 6 months left of this price action.
$55k is a magnet and it will be a generational entry.
The easiest 3-4x on size you’ll get within the next 2-3 years from there.
Some Random Thoughts:
First, some things you should get out of your head:
1) 4 yr cycle likely over w. ETFs, no longer a thing. Should have constant flows/outflows
2) Bc of this flow, $ no longer flows from $BTC to big caps->mid caps-> shitcoins
3) $ETH no longer consensus but should do ok in short term
4) BTC.D will continue to creep up higher and higher. Sure, we'll get some moments of pause (hopefully now) but flippening likely never happens at this rate. Don't think we see such extreme moves on BTC.d like we did in the past, either.
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Other things:
5) Mental models of how $ flows should mostly be: BTC up big= bigger well known memes usually do well. In this case, we're seeing stuff like moodeng/pepe/etc take the lead, along w. some other crushed AI coins from before (Virtual).
6) Better to go with the flow instead of trying to get ahead of the narrative. Before, it was a lot easier to predict 'what's next'. These days, it's harder. What I'm trying to say is: It's better to buy dips on the leaders (aka virtual/ $pengu) vs. trying to accumulate coins like $FET and waiting
7) More on that- opportunity cost is important and your $ and where it stands is also important. Capital allocation is more important during bullish environments
8) Your job is to find the LEADERS in this altcoin market, not the market average. You're not a genius if your coin is up 10% and the rest of the market is up 10%. You want to find those that are up 50% on the day.
9) Best to always bet on the leaders, not the laggards/beta. Sure, you can buy some beta but it's usually best to buy the one that has the best flow. You would be much better off buying Virtual + AVA instead of hoping coins like arc/ai16z catch up. I've made that mistake a lot.
10) You are not early but you are also not late. There are plenty of good trades to be had. Coins can still do a few x even from these levels and not reach ATH.
11) Don't be delusional about targets. Yeah, some of these will break ATH but the majority will not. There's no marginal buyer for a lot of these at a certain point and it's best to keep yourself grounded.
12) Onchain will come back but it's going to take a GOAT like moment for that to happen. It's still the same 10 retards trading $ with each other or just max extracting. I know many who have lost a lot the last few months and the fact that gork couldn't get above 100m is pretty telling. You need outside $ to come in before you see gigantic runners and a more PvE environment.
13) Stay on your toes and have some cash ready to buy dips; we should still see more volatility over the coming weeks. You don't necessarily have to chase every move but you can also be a bit more aggressive in these types of conditions- they are more forgiving.
14) Keep yourself in check with your IRL habits- sleep, work out, diet, relationships. This is important from a longevity standpoint.
15) You're not a genius because you're making $ in these environments. You are not a trading god and you probably haven't even gotten better. Be humble. Good luck.