Australia created a batting-friendly wicket, which gave the batsmen of both teams a good advantage and we saw big runs in every match. As Australia has quality batsmen, so it is difficult for any team to win against this team. West Indies tried but could not win any match. Since it was a five-match T20 series, West Indies should have won at least one of them. However, even though West Indies lost every match by a big margin against Australia, they must have learned something from this series and when they announce their team against Australia in the future, they must think about it and announce the team with their best players.

The T20 World Cup is ahead, so if West Indies do not prepare well from now, then their chances of doing well in the T20 World Cup are low.

When they failed to win any of the match against Australia in this tour, it is no longer understood that the team is in a bad state. The aspects that seem weak to me as the reason for the poor performance of the West Indies team at the moment are their lack of experience, especially the lack of consistency of player in the team. If the top order of the team fails, it creates pressure on the middle order. If the wicket is uncertain, then there is no possibility of the team scoring high. Another big problem is that the bowling unit is weak, due to which the West team has not been able to secure a win against Australia.

You are right main problem for West Indies is not just about balancing their team but more about how much better Australia is at both hitting and throwing  ball right now which is why they are losing.
It is true that the West Indies had Golden Age in T20 cricket when amazing players like Chris Gayle and Daren Sammy were playing and they could beat almost anyone. But even though they tried hard with their batting in this series their bowling was not very good. This shows how hard it is for team to get back to being top level after their best players retire.

Yes, I miss those days when legendary players like Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and Darren Sammy had a great time for the West Indies team and their feats were appreciated all over the world. You have compared that time with the golden era. Yes, I agree with you and their efforts to take the players and the team to a strong position in those days took their cricket to a better level. The next generation of players are more hardworking but the number of star players among them is gradually decreasing and the team is failing to give the best performance compared to that time.

Currently the strength of the players and the batting line of the West Indies team is performing good but they have played much better against a great team like Australia. Although West Indies did not win despite coming very close to winning, they are improving in both bowling and batting.

They’re fun to play with because we get to enjoy the main reason why we prefer crypto over fiat when gambling , no KYC requirements. But of course, the risk is high. If one day we get lucky, win big, and the casino decides to freeze our winnings, there’s nothing much we can do. The government won’t help since these sites aren’t under their jurisdiction. That’s the only real danger I see. The best way to minimize it is by playing on highly reputable casinos, even if they’re unregulated, because reputation matters more than a license. Once a casino ruins its name, it’s basically out of business.

Actually an unregulated casino has more chances of getting into an exit scam than a regulated casino, from what I feel. But this might not always be true.

We can understand that the objective is to control money laundering but often people who are looking for anonymity are flocking in crypto based casinos and thus their effort is counter-productive.

There is also the question of many casinos being used for offshore trading and there are fiat based casinos who are involved in it but everyone gives it no attention.

yeah that makes sense there’s definitely more scam sites online but like you said it’s easier to avoid them if you do a bit of research
checking for legit licenses game providers like pragmatic or evolution and reading real reviews can go a long way.

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Many altcoins saw a significant price increase as BTC.D dropped from 64% to 59%, so it is understandable that they corrected and bitcoin dominance increased slightly.

I really only believe that altcoin season won't come if bitcoin dominance can rise back up to 65% again. Otherwise, sooner or later it will have to drop below 50% and altcoin season will explode.

Many people make the mistake of relying on the past (market cycles), thinking that everything needs to be repeated exactly to the last detail. Just one small change, they immediately assume that history has changed, it is no longer true...bla...bla..bla..And that is exactly what is happening. Just because altcoins haven't been growing with bitcoin all this time, or altcoin season hasn't arrived yet when the bull season is about to end...they immediately conclude that it won't arrive. But for me, and I said this many times in the 2022 bear market, when something keeps repeating itself and becomes too predictable, it needs to change.

I believe altcoin season will come but there will be a certain delay and it will only come when not too many people believe in it anymore.

Bitcoin dominance has dropped more than 4% but also brought ETH to $3k8, 3x higher since the 2024 low, or many meme coins like Pengu have increased 10x since their lowest bottom. What happens if DOM drops below 54% or below 40%?


If you study money flows in previous cycles, you will see that money always flows into bitcoin first. So comparing DOM of December 2024 with now is not accurate, because at that time money was pouring into bitcoin. So it is no surprise that altcoin prices are unlikely to rise at that time. But if BTC.D drops from 64% to 54% from now, that's a different story.


Since you're only investing in bitcoin, it's not hard to see why you don't want altcoin season to come. But the market does not move according to our thoughts and desires. Just because we believe and hope it won't happen, doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. Let time tell.

I also expected Indian women team to win because they had been playing so well and they really delivered. That second match where rain and DLS method changed it to T20 seems to have given England women team unfair advantage showing how much outside factors can mess with game true outcome. Luckily weather was good for this deciding match letting India women team play their best and even though it was close game their win really showed how skilled and tough they are.

That is a big possibility that many others are also feeling the same way.

We can tell that our losses are worse than the others. Because that's what we feel when we're on that.
And so, that's the reason they are not too hyped with the wins that they get back. Because if it's about breaking even, they're not even close that.
With your case that it gives you motivation to go on and keep doing it, then that's better for me.

True, but ultimately, I feel it's a bit inaccurate to say this doesn't happen to everyone. The fact is, all gamblers will experience losses, even if the amount may vary. Still, the standard for losing is clearly felt in this case, and it can become a situation that continues to occur and is considered normal because it's a certainty.

Gambling carries the risk of losing, and it's undeniable that this is the reality. So, I don't think it's about whether we enjoy it or not. We certainly don't expect to lose, even though it's a certainty. We should try to accept it as a risk.
This would seem better than saying we enjoy gambling even though we lose.

And have you checked ETH price, or have you followed ETH ETF and BTC ETF flows in recent days? I just checked them this morning and if I remember correctly BTC ETF inflows are -68 million while ETH ETF inflows are +533 million and Sol is +12 million. Another thing you should know is this has been going on for over a week, not just today. What do you think about this?
Not to mention, BNB also hit a new ATH today after almost 4 years although that's still not a good growth, or XRP also recovered above $3.6.

Agreed that this year's bull season is quite different than every other year but that doesn't mean altcoin season won't come and the market is dedicated to bitcoin. Contrary to you, I never believed in it and never doubted the altcoin season because the crypto industry cannot survive with just bitcoin and bitcoin maximalists.

By the way, I'm quite happy that until now there are still many people who doubt and even don't believe in alt season, the more people who don't believe, the better sign it is for alt season.