[bump][WTS] 🔘 Slissek's Space Emporium 🔘 🚀 Original Concepts 🚀StandAlone Ships 🔘 🚀 Apollo Medivac 10y $275🚀Hercules A2 10y $760🚀 Scorpius 10y $260, LTI $300🚀 Gatac Railen $245🚀 Nautilus 10y $825🚀 Polaris 10y $875🚀 Perseus 10y $729🚀 🔘 💥 LTI Game Packages💥 🔘 🔘 UPGRADES 🔘

🔘Slissek's Space Emporium 🔘 🚀 Original Concepts 🚀🔘 Standalone Ships 🚀🔘 💥 LTI Game Packages💥 🔘 🔘 UPGRADES 🔘

Greetings, Dear Citizens! 👋

I am happy to offer a wide range of ships & upgrades

Will be awesome if you make your RSI verification and get your trade flair.

Payment methods: PayPal, Bitcoin & Ethereum. All fees included.

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STANDALONE ORIGINAL SHIPS & VEHICLES 🚀

Original concept ship - OC is a standalone ship which was selling in official store as a concept. Can be reclaimed and bought back. (Buyback) Cross-Chassis-Upgraded ship - CCU is a ship which was made by upgrading cheap original concept ship to the finished ship with upgrades. It can be cheaper than OC. After reclaiming you will get only starter ship in your buy back and all cost in store credits, all upgrades will be lost.

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Standalone & Original Concept	Name	Insurance	Price, $(USD)
Standalone Ship	Apollo Medivac	10y	$275
Standalone Ship	Blade	6m	$280
Standalone Ship	Caterpillar
Standalone Ship	Corsair	10y	$250
Standalone Ship	Crucible	10y	$415
Standalone Ship	Defender	6m	$220
Standalone Ship	G12A Origin	10y	$75
Original Concept	Gatac Railen	6m	$245
Standalone Ship	Hercules A2	10y	$760
Standalone Ship	Ares Inferno	10y	$250
Standalone Ship	Ares Ion	10y	$250
Standalone Ship	Khartu-al	6m	$180
Standalone Ship	Merchantman	6m	$550
Standalone Ship	Nautilus	10y	$825
Standalone Ship	Nox	6m	$65
Standalone Ship	Perseus	10y	$729
Standalone Ship	Polaris	10y	$875
Standalone Ship	Prowler	6m	$465
Standalone Ship	Ranger TR	10y	$60
Standalone Ship	Redeemer	10y	$300
Standalone Ship	San’Tok.Yai	6m	$225
Original Concept	Scorpius	10y	$260
Original Concept	Scorpius + Stinger Paint	LTI	$300
Standalone Ship	Talon	6m	$115
Standalone Ship	Talon Shrike	6m	$115
Standalone Ship	Vulcan	10y	$225
Standalone Ship	Vulture	10y	$175

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💥GAME PACKAGES💥

Game Packages requiring referral code: ►STAR-6YWN-DC7G◄ +5,000 UEC bonus

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Name	Insurance	Price $(USD)	Description
Aurorqa MR +SQ42	2Y	$65	SC&SQ42, 20k UEC, Self Landing Hangar & 1k UEC

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⛔This is not a GAME PACKAGE⛔

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Name	Insurance	Price, $(USD)	Description
Fortuna Pack 2951 LTI	LTI	$500	Crusader Mercury Star Runner LTI, MSR 2951 Stella Fortuna Paint, Tumbril Cyclone MT LTI, Aeroview Hangar, Lifetime Insurance & MSR Name Reservation

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🚀UPGRADES🚀

This is not a standalone ship. You can buy this upgrade target ship, but it will only be applicable on a base ship.

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Upgrade From (Base Ship)	To (Target Ship)	Price $
Vulcan to Andromeda	Andromeda	$15
Reliant Mako to Buccaneer	Buccaneer	$25
Mercury Star Runner to Caterpillar	Caterpillar	$20
Nova to Cutlass Red	Cutlass Red	$95
Vulture to Defender	Defender	$35
Valkyrie to Genesis Starliner	Genesis Starliner	$30
Constellation Phoenix Emerald to Genesis Starliner	Genesis Starliner	$75
Mole to Genesis Starliner	Starliner Genesis	$100
Mole Carbon Edition to Genesis Starliner	Starliner Genesis	$100
Cyclone MT to Gladius	Gladius	$12
Dragonfly to Gladius	Gladius	$50
Razor to Gladiator	Gladiator	$20
Perseus to Hercules A2	Hercules A2	$31
Phoenix to Hercules C2	Hercules C2	$20
Starfare Gemini to Hercules C2	Hercules C2	$32
600i to Hercules M2	Hercules M2	$30
Merchantman to Hercules M2	Hercules M2	$40
Hurricane to Ares Ion	Ares Ion	$25
Corsair to Ares Ion	Ares Ion	$10
Cutlass Blue to Ares Inferno	Ares Inferno
Hurricane to Ares Inferno	Ares Inferno	$25
Reclaimer BIS to Merchantman	Merchantman	$108
600i to Merchantman	Merchantman	$35
Aquila to Mole	Mole	$7
Carrack Exp x/C8X to Nautilus	Nautilus	$135
Perseus to Nautilus	Nautilus	$75
Cutlass Black to Nova	Nova Tank	$28
Gladius to Nova	Nova Tank	$40
Carrack to Perseus	Perseus	$90
Carrack to Polaris	Polaris	$250
Hammer Head to Polaris	Polaris	$50
Hercules C2 to Prowler	Prowler	$79
Corsair to Railen	Gatac Railen
Defender to Railen	Gatac Railen	$20
Freelancer MIS to Railen	Gatac Railen	$75
Hurracaine to Railen	Gatac Railen	$55
Ares Ion to Railen	Gatac Railen	$20
Ares Inferno to Railen	Gatac Railen	$20
Scorpio to Railen	Gatac Railen	$20
Terraplin to Railen	Gatac Railen	$20
Hurracaine to San’Tok.Yai	San’Tok.Yai	$30
Corsair to Scorpius	Scorpius	$20
F7C-M Sp Hornet H to Scorpius	Scorpius	$20
Sabre to Constellation Taurus	Taurus	$45
F7C-M Sp Hornet H to Vulcan	Vulcan	$24
Cutlass Red to Vulture	Vulture	$10

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Item will be delivered within 1 hour (usually much faster) after payment is cleared (items purchased may not be delivered during night time hours 12:00AM - 10:00AM EST. 

Listing prices do not reflect exact melt values.

Some ships may not yet be flyable in game. It will be your obligation to look into what your buying ahead of time. If your item is not yet flyable RSI will give you a "loaner" ship or vehicle in its place until it becomes available.

Loaner Ship Link:

https://support.robertsspaceindustries.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003093114-Loaner-Ship-Matrix

This sale is for non-tangible digital item(s) and cannot be shipped to a physical address.

No returns or refunds as the gifting system only allow 1 time gifting and it will be account bound to the buyer's account. I reserve the right to cancel and refund any items purchased at any time.

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Visa is building a hub for cross-chain crypto payments

Just announced by Visa. A lot to unpack here, but one takeaway ...”the move to build the UPC protocol shows that Visa is expecting digital currencies to play a much bigger role in day-to-day payments in the future.”

Updated analysis

So here’s my analysis, and it touches upon a controversial topic that I believe will only grow more relevant and debated as time goes on.

The title to this post comes from the media outlet Crypto Briefing. They use the term “crypto payments” when referencing the applicability of Visa’s interoperability hub.

But this may be a symptom of being in denial; less so optimism, as this news poses an existential threat to crypto.

According to Visa itself — which refrains from using the term “crypto” altogether, choosing instead to exclusively use the more approachable, less controversial (and simply accurate) moniker, “digital currencies” — “[the Ultimate Payments Channel protocol] ... would deliver the kind of cross-chain interoperability that makes CBDC useful and attractive for consumers and businesses globally.”

This distinction in label preference is important for several reasons. One, crypto and digital currencies are not the same thing. “Crypto,” as envisioned by Satoshi with the invention of Bitcoin, must be decentralized. Cryptography in general refers to the study of encryption techniques for the sake of security. Logically, however, the autonomous nature of cryptography, particularly in the context of a “currency,” points to the heart of its purpose, which is decentralization; self-securing rather than centrally secure. In the specific case of “crypto currencies,” the cryptographic innovation is the distributed ledger, or blockchain. This key technology replaces the need for a centralized issuing authority, such as a central bank, eliminating counterparty risk, or moral hazard. This is critical, as that is the whole point of “cryptocurrency.” Therefore the very viability of crypto as a safe currency option stems from the decentralized innovation of the distributed ledger, provided by cryptography.

Visa’s focus seems to, for now, at least, steer clear of “crypto,” focusing instead on central bank digital currencies. Note their exclusive use of the term “digital currencies,” as CBDCs by definition are not secured by decentralized cryptography but by a central bank issuer; hence CBDCs can also be referred to as fiat, as fiat is any currency issued and backed by government, regardless of whether it is digital or not. Their preferred focus on “digital currencies” is likely due to regulatory/compliance concerns, but also based on the obvious fact that they are still a legacy payments company nearly entirely reliant on the legacy currency system, fiat.

Visa’s project on digital currency interoperability is therefore not in the same arena as Flexa’s decentralized collateral system. However, this development and focus on CBDCs points to a future direct threat and competitor, where the public will ultimately have to decide between centralized fiat or decentralized crypto. Flexa’s use case will be threatened because CBDCs as envisioned with the help of Visa’s interoperability efforts will not need to be collateralized.

Though Fed chair Jerome Powell today said he has “no intention to ban” cryptocurrencies when testifying to Republican congressman Ted Budd of North Carolina during a congressional hearing, even he seemed to confound the term “crypto” with “central bank digital currencies,” referring to stablecoins as “like money market funds” that need to be regulated.

What does this all mean?

Visa seems to be in bed with the government, naturally, not just betting on but building a future where CBDCs with their modernized digital innovations will supplant crypto as the exclusive legally accepted digital currency, with stablecoins being permitted to exist under regulation, because of their peg to fiat.

Flexa may still have a use case in the event stablecoins are permitted to be used as currency; though, as alluded to prior, stablecoins may largely become irrelevant if crypto is supplanted/outlawed by CBDCs.

Media source

Visa research paper

SimplyCryptoNews 2021.09.30 - Deez Nuts NFTs, Shaq Joins NFT Craze, DC Comics NFT Collection, Mayor's BTC Airdrop Plan, Pawning NFTs Service, Twitter's NFT Verify Test, CFTC Files Crypto Charges, and more

Deez Nuts NFTs Collection To Launch On October 5 Supporting Testicular Cancer Research

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/deez-nuts-nfts-collection-launch-114100509.html

Lakers’ Shaquille O’Neal joins the NFT craze with massive crypto purchases

https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-shaquille-oneal-joins-the-nft-craze-with-huge-crypto-buys/

Variety Unveils First NFTs at Power of Women Event

https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/variety-nft-power-of-women-1235077114/

Supposed 17-year-old artist sells $138,000 worth of fake NFTs and disappears

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/119150/supposed-17-year-old-artist-sells-138000-worth-of-fake-nfts-and-disappears

'The Sims' Creator Taps Into Users' Subconscious With New NFT Game

https://marketrealist.com/p/the-sims-creator-nft-game/

DC Comics to Release Its First NFT Collection

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dc-comics-release-first-nft-072145905.html

Bragging rights: Twitter previews verification badge for NFT profile pics

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bragging-rights-twitter-previews-verification-badge-for-nft-profile-pics

NFT trading game Axie Infinity launches AXS staking program

https://cointelegraph.com/news/nft-trading-game-axie-infinity-launches-axs-staking-program

Pawn Your CryptoPunk: A New NFT DeFi Lending Market Blooms

https://todayuknews.com/crypto-currency/pawn-your-cryptopunk-a-new-nft-defi-lending-market-blooms/

Let's Admit It: To Ward Off Crypto Scams, KYC is a Must

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/lets-admit-it%3A-to-ward-off-crypto-scams-kyc-is-a-must-2021-09-29

Biden Nominates Crypto Skeptic Saule Omarova to Lead OCC

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/biden-nominates-crypto-skeptic-saule-190044401.html

$133,000,000 Lost in Crypto Romance Scams in First Half of This Year, According to FBI

https://dailyhodl.com/2021/09/29/133000000-lost-in-crypto-romance-scams-in-first-half-of-this-year-according-to-fbi/

Treasury official: Crypto 'needs adults in the room,' should embrace regulation before crisis hits

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/top-treasury-official-crypto-industry-should-embrace-regulation-before-crisis-hits-124059096.html

Pelosi threatens to delay crypto infrastructure bill vote

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pelosi-threatens-delay-crypto-infrastructure-161444895.html

CFTC Files Charges Against 14 Crypto Companies

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/09/29/cftc-files-charges-against-14-crypto-companies/

This map shows the best states for bitcoin mining

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/30/this-map-shows-the-best-us-states-to-mine-for-bitcoin.html

Missouri Mayor To Give $1,000 In Bitcoin To Every Household

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/missouri-mayor-to-give-%241000-in-bitcoin-to-every-household-2021-09-29

$7M fine proposed for Alberta bitcoin mine that set up power plant without permission

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/link-global-auc-penalties-1.6194653

Fourth-largest Ethereum mining pool BeePool to close shop within a month

https://www.investing.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/fourthlargest-ethereum-mining-pool-beepool-to-close-shop-within-a-month-2630690

You’re More than Capable of Working in a Top 100 Cryptocurrency Project. Here’s How.

As someone who currently works for a top 20 cryptocurrency project (non-technical role), let me tell you—programmers are not the only people that projects need. They need marketers, operations, HR, developer relations, design, content, and so much more. You might think you have no chance without any technical knowledge, but let me tell you clearly: THAT IS NOT TRUE.

 

If you’re reading this post, you’re probably already 50% of the way there. You understand Bitcoin, Ethereum, PoW, and PoS. If you don’t, spend a few hours to really understand these concepts. They’re not too hard to understand, and there are a wealth of resources on this subreddit that’ll help you understand. Hell, go on youtube, google, whatever. If there’s a will to understand these things, there’s a way.

 

While these topics might seem like the bare minimum, the truth is that 99% of people don’t even know the first thing about Bitcoin. Those conversations you have where people don’t even know the word blockchain? That’s how early we still are. The truth of the matter is, crypto projects/companies look to hire people who are knowledgeable and passionate about blockchains, first and foremost. When I was interviewing, just the fact that I knew about yield farming and how it works gave me an obvious boost over most candidates. Wrapping your head around bitcoin is hard. People already in the know regarding blockchain technology and its potential are hard to find. And guess what? That’s you.

But How Do I Get My First Job in the Industry?

First of all, be hireable: nobody gives a shit about your trading expertise or your ability to HODL Ethereum, ALGO, SOL, or whatever. Like any other organization, cryptocurrency projects are looking for people with marketable skills, which I assume most of you that are past college have. Look for a job that fits your skillset and a project that you know and are passionate about.

 

Network: Again, this is just general hiring advice. It’s the same no matter where you go. Who you know determines the opportunities available to you. Sure, you can apply for a job through Indeed or through their website, but having a recommendation or a connection to the company is infinitely more valuable. But /u/japt2, I don’t know anybody in the industry! How do I find these people?

 

Events. Events, events, events. Though you apes might not know it, the real blockchain OGs are constantly moving from place to place and hosting global events. For example: ethCC, Messari Mainnet, Smart Contract Summit, and more. Most of these are free, and many of them are online.

 

Gain some knowledge, learn how people who actually work in the space talk to each other, and find opportunities to connect with others. Many of these events (virtual or in-person) will have specific programs that help you connect with other people as well as hiring booths with prominent projects looking to hire. The cryptocurrency industry is booming on the project side, even if the prices might not look so good. Most are hiring.

 

Align Goals: At the end of the day, the fact that you want to work in cryptocurrency doesn’t matter at all to the hiring manager or to the team. Look into their mission and read their blog posts. Look up some youtube videos that have executives speaking about their project.

 

Like any other professional role and especially for a startup (which pretty much every cryptocurrency project is, no matter how established they are in the space) they want people who believe in their mission. What is the end goal they’re trying to accomplish? How are they hoping to accomplish that? Hiring managers will understand that you’re passionate about the company/project if you can give specifics as to why working there is so attractive to you.

Join Hackathons

But /u/Japt2, I’m not a programmer! Doesn’t matter. People need ideas, they want designers, they want somebody to stick by them as they code through the night. Let me tell you the real truth about most hackathons: 99% of people come to learn and get some experience, 1% come to win. As a tech-oriented industry, there are so many fucking hackathons that it’s actually criminal that I never see them promoted on this subreddit. You lose literally nothing by putting your email on the list and signing up. More than that, they’re a great way to meet people who are similarly passionate about working in the space. If you’re looking to learn how to code in Solidity, even better!

 

For those of you looking for an opportunity right now, take one minute to sign up for the Chainlink Fall Hackathon.

 

From what I’ve gathered, there are ample networking opportunities and space for non-technical people to join teams. If you’re looking to get an intro in Solidity courses, they’re offering a Welcome Track that will pair you with mentors, give you free access to online courses, and run workshops from expert developers. They said all experience levels, and to me, that includes literally everyone. So why not? Sign up and meet people, learn the lingo, and drop out if you don’t like it. There’s literally nothing to lose.

What Are You Waiting For?

Stop looking at the charts and sign up for some events, apply for some jobs, or get your resume touched up. DM me directly if you want some more advice. Go out and try to make things happen. Regardless of the industry, startups always love to hire people who can make things happen on their own, independently. Blockchain and cryptocurrencies are not defined by their price, and the truth is the industry is absolutely booming. Don’t watch the revolution happen, be a part of shaping how it turns out.

 

Everybody here is so passionate, mainly about price, but also about the underlying technology. Take your skills to the market because they’re needed, and because you want to. There’s ample opportunity out there, and this post could be the first step you needed to try.

I must tell you about this girl I know who apparently fell for a Bitcoin scam and tried to backtrack

I know this girl who used to work with me and then became a yoga instructor and after, began running some tech industry coaching/influencer thing, which is almost real life foreshadowing but whatever. I think it's how she plans to make money because the events she runs for it cost about $100 or more for a zoom call.

I see her Instagram story one day where she's on video talking about giving some lady who's a "Bitcoin investor" $1000 and having $10,000 returned to her, so I'm already thinking oh this chick has gone off the deep end now. The next story slide is her rifling through a bunch of $100s saying how this is a great investment and all the posts link to some bougie looking girls account that's private.

I've seen many garbage ads like this in the past so I know they're bullshit, but I flip back just to see it one more time and sure enough she's promoting it on video

The next day I see her LinkedIn saying her Instagram got "hacked" and someone was posting "Bitcoin scams" under her name, and she wanted to know how she could contact Facebook to get her account back.

I ran back to Instagram as fast as I could to double check her story and the one where her face was on video was now gone, but the other posts were all still linking to the same Bitcoin scammer account, but I SWEAR I saw her face on video the day before saying the words "I sent her $1000 to invest and she sent me back $10,000"

Now she seems to have control of her Instagram again and there are many responses to her LinkedIn post in support of her "getting her account back" and asking how she did it, but she gives no answer.

I'm thinking it's possible that she did get hacked, but that could've been a side effect of what I think really happened, which was either give this person $1000 and have it stolen along with her login, or she may have never actually "invested" and was merely supporting a scam by promoting it with the promise of getting paid, but still somehow lost her login to the scammer that way. This is the only way I can think to explain how she could've both been on video promoting it, and then not been able to remove the other posts I saw after she realized it was a scam and used LinkedIn to try to backtrack after the video of her face had expired.

INTEL vs AMD vs NVIDIA - Which Chip Stock Should I Buy?

The Semiconductor Sector has generated more than just solid gains so far this year, chip shortage has helped accelerate sales of semiconductors, sending the stock prices of companies that design and sell chips skyrocketing.
In the last couple of weeks, I thought about adding a Semiconductor company to my portfolio, I decided to focus on AMD, NVIDIA, and INTEL, but because it might be a long post I decided to post in parts, the next post will be bot AMD so stay tuned.

If you think there is a company in this sector more worthwhile looking into, I'd be happy to hear some suggestions.

IMAGE SOURCE: youtube - cha cha video

Nvidia ~ $NVDA

"Nvidia is a platform story. We think there are many tentacles of future growth opportunity for Nvidia inclusive of the data center momentum that they are seeing today" - Wells Fargo analyst

Nvidia is a big winner of many of the big tech events of the past year, including the global chip shortage, cryptocurrency volatility, and mining, the relentless fight by PC gamers to find RTX 30 series graphics cards in stock, and rising demand across segments-from work-from-home laptops to data centers. During it all, NVDA stock has continued its relentless climb, adding over 60% to its value so far in 2021.

Q2 Earnings

Almost all the company's business segments registered eye-popping growth in the 2nd quarter of fiscal 2022. The company reported a record Q2 revenue of $6.51 billion. This was up 68% year-over-year, which handily beat forecasts. Gaming revenue — all those RTX 30 series graphics cards — hit $3.06 billion, up 85% YoY. Datacenter revenue also set a record at $2.37 billion. Adjusted earnings of $1.04 per share (compared to 55 cents a year ago) also beat estimates.

Crypto Market dependence

When of the negative points in NVDA Q2 earnings is that CMP sales came in well under the company’s estimates. CMP is a graphics card that was designed specifically for the cryptocurrency market. When the price of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin fall, crypto mining rigs power down. Miners stop buying GPUs.

For Nvidia, this was felt in Q2. The company had projected it would sell $400 million worth of CMPs in the quarter. Instead, it sold just $266 million.

Future Growth In the Gaming Segment

NVIDIA's 80%-plus market share of gaming graphics cards will be a big tailwind for the company. Its video gaming revenue more than doubled last quarter to $2.76 billion. Jon Peddie Research estimates that the market for discrete gaming GPUs could jump from $23.6 billion last year to more than $54 billion by 2025. NVIDIA's dominant market share means that it could win big from the additional revenue opportunity. If you want to read more about the gaming market I posted a few weeks ago about corsair and Logitech here.

Arm Deal

Nvidia is in the process of acquiring ARM Holdings from SoftBank for approximately $40 billion, which would be a game-changer in its data center segment. The acquisition is currently held up in the approval process, but Nvidia told investors on their recent earnings call that the deal should get done. Denial is certainly a risk for Nvidia's stock price, so it's something to be aware of. recently Chinese and British regulators have had serious concerns about the acquisition and could block it.

Advanced Micro Devices ~ $AMD

AMD has been making a comeback for years with a fast-improving lineup of chips addressing the laptop and PC markets, as well as hardware for data centers and the cloud computing services built on them. AMD is on track to record 50% revenue growth in 2021. The company's market share gains in the client and server CPU (central processing unit) markets, as well as the growing demand for graphics cards, have helped it to raise the guidance.

IMAGE SOURCE: wccftech

Q2 Earnings And Growth

On July 27, AMD recorded 99% YOY revenue growth, to $3.85 billion, operating income of $831m (380% change YOY), and Net income of $710m - 352% YOY growth. The company consistently winning market share from Intel. Video game platform "Steam" reports that AMD's share of the client CPU market has now exceeded 30%, a massive improvement from three years ago when it held just over 16% of the market.

AMD website - q2 Financial results

Video Games Potential Growth

Video game consoles have been in hot demand since last year, Sony could end 2021 with sales of 17.9 million PS5 consoles, up from last year's 4.5 million units. The PS5's sales momentum could remain strong with Sony expected to ship over 33 million units in 2022, 50 million units in 2023, and 67 million units in 2024. Meanwhile, sales of Microsoft's Xbox Series X are expected to jump from an estimated 3.3 million units in 2020 to 12 million units in 2021, and 37 million units in 2024.

AMD supplies semi-custom chips to both Sony and Microsoft for their latest consoles. Nvidia, on the other hand, supplies chips for Nintendo's Switch consoles. The Japanese video gaming company estimates that it could sell 25.5 million units of the Switch in the current fiscal year that ends in March 2022.

Xilinx Acquisition

AMD's $35 billion merger with Xilinx is expected to be completed by the end of this year.the merger will allow AMD to expand the chips it offers the customers and it will take on Intel. The merger could make AMD one of the biggest tech companies and could expand its market share significantly.

Intel ~ $INTC

Intel’s stock has underperformed the market in recent years, It’s struggled with R&D, manufacturing, and management issues. the stock gained 15% in the past 3 years while the PHLX Semiconductor Index's gain of approximately 130%.

Intel fell behind TSMC in the race to create smaller and more advanced chips. and lost market share to AMD in PC and data center CPU markets.

IMAGE SOURCE: INTEL

New CEO = New Future?

Intel’s new CEO, Pat Gelsinger, set his eyes on reclaiming the process lead by 2025. Gelsinger plans to achieve that goal by spending tens of billions of dollars on new foundries, upgrading the company's plants, expanding its third-party foundry services to pull orders away from TSMC, and attracting government subsidies in the U.S. and Europe to resolve the ongoing chip shortage and eliminate the industry's production bottlenecks in Asia.

If Intel achieves all those goals, its growth could accelerate over the next few years and make it a compelling long-term investment again.

GPUs War

Intel generates most of its revenue from PC and data center CPUs and abandoned the high-end GPU market amid fierce competition from Nvidia and AMD, but it's now trying to bundle its new GPUs with its CPUs. Intel could challenge Nvidia and AMD in the laptop market with its DG1 mobile GPUs, pursue the desktop market with its DG2 GPUs, and enter the data center GPU market with its top-tier Ponte Vecchio GPUs.

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Financial Comparisons

Market Size

1. INTC: $217.009B
2. NVDA : $511.284B
3. AMD : $121.722B

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when NVDA surpassed Intel's size this year - jika.io

Gross Profit - After Q2

1. INTC: $11.21B
2. NVDA : $4.21B
3. AMD : $1.83B
   

Intel is still the most profit fron the 3 - jika.io

Return On Equity - After Q2

1. NVDA : 11.23%
2. AMD : 10.05%
3. INTC : 5.94%
   

ROE Comparison - jika.io

Gross Profit Margin

1. NVDA: 64.78%
2. INTC : 57.07%
   
3. AMD : 47.53%

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Gross Profit Margin - JIKA.IO

Net Profit Margin

1. NVDA : 36.48%
2. INTC : 25.78%
3. AMD : 18.44%

Net Profit Margin - JIKA.IO

My Conclusion

In my opinion, Intel is pretty much out of the race, even if the new CEO will shake things up, Intel will take a long time until climbing back up.

I think that the better choice is between the fast-growing semiconductor stocks, NVIDIA or AMD. Given that AMD's growth pace was better than NVIDIA's in Q1 and Q2 and is likely to keep up that momentum for the remainder of the year, it looks like the better option right now. AMD also looks like a better buy for those looking for a growth stock at a reasonable valuation.

Personal note: Feel free to diagree and express your opinion about the post.

Sources:
Jika.io - Companies comparisons
Motleyfool.com - stocks news
nasdaq.com - news and information
amd.com - investor relations
investor.nvidia.com - investor relations

Binance Coin (BNB) Rises on Upcoming Launchpad Project

Binance Coin (BNB) reawakened with an 11% gain overnight, breaking above the $380 range. Expectations for revisiting the $400 range may become one of the drivers for BNB. BNB traded at $373.72 later on Thursday, on volumes above $2.7B in the past 24 hours.

BNB also rises following the overall market recovery. Bitcoin (BTC) prices regained positions above $43,000, starting to increase confidence in other projects and tokens. Binance trading remains one of the significant drivers of price discovery and growth. 

The next week may add upward pressure on BNB leading up to another Launchpad token offering. Binance Launchpad was highly active around 2019, producing many of the DeFi platform projects. 

It has been months since Binance Launchpad incubated a project and organized a token sale. The next offering will be Beta Finance, a decentralized money market for lending, borrowing and a short selling mechanism. With this project, Binance Chain and Binance Smart Chain will be expanding their DeFi ecosystem. 

Participating in Launchpad offerings requires the ownership of some BNB, as a retainer to participate in the token distribution.  Read Full Story

Story Highlights:

• Binance Launchpad Event Sparks Demand
• Can BNB Recover TVL?
• BSC Activity Keeps Up the Pace
• BNB Gets Boost from NFTs
• What are the Risks for BNB?
• BNB Holdings Relatively Centralized