Just because something is legal in the country, it doesn't mean that the casinos need to supply it. I don't know how this is going to be beneficial for the casinos. Even if there is no additional risk (as posted by you), I don't think that their revenues will go up as a result of this. What are the chances that the cannabis users will visit the casinos, when it is readily available elsewhere? Also, the chances that regular gamblers would decide to try weed in between their games is very minimal, in my opinion.

A times, the volatility is a cause for concern. For example, in online stores, vendors selling various merchandise may suffer losses because the coins are kept in escrow for many days and by the time they are released from escrow, the exchange rates may have gone down. Stablecoins are good for such instances. Also, the online ecommerce sites should give the option for sellers to immediately convert the payments received to fiat cash (even if the funds are kept in escrow). That will reduce the losses related to volatility.

Very heavy defeat for Islamabad United, as they lost the match by 31 runs. Usman Khawaja made another good score for the United, but the other batsmen failed. And in the previous matches it as Colin Munro who formed the backbone for Islamabad batting, but this time he got out for 0. Sohail Tanvir finally seems to have found his rhythm. In the 4 previous matches he had only one wicket to his name. Also, Multans' signing of Blessing Muzarabani is proving to be a good move. He picked some important wickets yesterday.

That is the issue with Twitter. They are quite selective in banning accounts and flagging them. As many users have posted before, the account of Mahathir Mohamad (former Malaysian Prime Minister) is still intact, despite openly calling for genocide of French people through Twitter. Many of the Hamas leaders have their Twitter account intact, despite giving out similar statement against the Israelis. However, when someone who doesn't belong to the left-wing or Islamist camp makes such a tweet, he is immediately banned. 

I don't think that capitalism need to be blamed here, because there is no other alternative. Capitalism means that the vast majority of the people may have comfortable living. On the other hand, socialism has failed terribly. You can look around and examine what happened in countries such as North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela. The reason why these billionaires escape from paying tax is not because of capitalism, but because of loopholes that were added in to the tax code by politicians who support them. There is no need to blame capitalism for it, because these loopholes are not a part of it.

Quite disappointed with the Russia vs Denmark match. After their win against Finland, I was hoping for a better performance from them. But they ended up with such a heavy defeat. And the margin of the defeat means that they will finish at the rock bottom of Group B and therefore cannot qualify for the knockout phase. Also surprisingly Denmark managed to finish at no.2, despite losing two out of their three matches (I guess this scenario is unique to Group B). Meanwhile the toughest group matches are scheduled for Thursday - Portugal vs France, and Germany vs Hungary.

With further rain interruption predicted, I see no chance for a win by India. Only two days of play remain and the second innings is not yet completed. Also, the New Zealand batsmen have restrained themselves from playing unwanted shots, and they have scored only 101 runs from 49 overs yet. At this rate, the second innings may not get completed in the 5th day. There is still a slight chance for a win by the Kiwis. For that, New Zealand need to put another 300 runs on board and then need to bowl out India without the requirement to bat again.

HODL doesn't mean that you need to hold 100% of your coins for the next 20 years. In my case, I made my first investment in 2014. I still hold around 50% of my original coins from that time. But during 2015-21, I have sold a large part of my stash, and at the same time I have earned a few coins through signature campaigns and airdrops. Depending on your risk appetite and financial condition, you can also decide for how long you want to hold and how many of your coins can be earmarked for profit booking. I never recommend anyone selling all of their coins at once.

That should be the case with Pakistani players as well, right? They are also playing the first half in Pakistan and then facing a shift in venue to UAE for the second part. Also, some of the overseas players such as James Faulkner and Tim David have performed exceptionally well during the second half of the tournament so far. I am more worried about some of the South African and West Indian players, who have failed to perform so far. But I understand that it is tough for everyone, with all these bio-bubbles and quarantine requirements.

If Bitcoin goes down, then in the long term alts will go down as well. Even the established alts remain heavily dependent on Bitcoin. And also, since many of these altcoins are purely driven by hype (I am not talking about genuine coins such as Ethereum, BNB or Cardano), when the overall cryptocurrency market goes down, their prices get affected disproportionately. IMO, the ideal opportunity to purchase altcoins will come in the next few months, but this is not the right time. Wait until the Bitcoin dominance gets to 60% or 65%.

Memecoins can give good returns in the future. But that will happen only if the developers and the promoters take the necessary steps to increase their adoption and acceptability. And from what I have seen, the developer teams in many of these coins are inexistent. All they do is to plagiarize existing projects. Once the coin is listed in some of the obscure exchanges, the development comes to a halt. There will be no support from them, even if some major bug or security flaw is discovered later.

Italy is looking good so far, compared to the lackluster performances put up by teams such as France and Germany. The only issue I could see is a possible miscommunication between the coach (Roberto Mancini) and some of the players. And yesterday's match, there was some criticism directed at Italy for the fact that they could not score another goal despite the fact that Wales was down to 10 players after the 55th minute. But the important thing is that irrespective of the goal difference, they have three wins from three matches.

No need to generalize all the banks here. One issue may be with the regulations. In countries such as India, the laws regarding cryptocurrency are very unclear and the banks may chose to stay away from this sector in order to avoid crippling fines in the future. But I agree that there may be a few banks that may be concerned that at least some of the cryptocurrency transactions may be linked to illegal businesses. Still, they have nothing to worry in case they are processing transactions for some well reputed exchange with KYC requirements.

It is a joke that Twitter doesn't interfere in the politics. Twitter CEO and the other important board members have clear political views, and there is sufficient evidence to prove that their actions were driven by their political ideology. Twitter, Facebook and Google all have actively interfered in politics using their monopoly in the market. Intermediaries doesn't differentiate between the users. But Twitter has selectively banned and flagged users according to their ideology and this means that they are not an intermediary.

The same arguments were made when the Indian government banned TikTok. But other social media platforms rapidly replaced it and those who were arguing in favor of TikTok soon lost its relevance. Twitter's monopoly is not good in the microblogging sector. I would say that this monopoly has made them extremely arrogant. They are banning political leaders for silly reasons and using their platform to spread propaganda. The Nigerian government has done the right thing in asking Twitter to act according to the laws of the land.

The problem is that some of the powerful boards are still against the idea of Olympic inclusion. The BCCI has changed its stance, after Ganguly and Jay Shah replaced the Srinivasan-Pawar mafia. But the ECB and CA (along with CNZ) remains opposed to this idea (and that of globalization of cricket in general). And given the usual delaying tactics, I would say that even the target of 2032 looks not possible. All the ICC has done is to give some empty statements. They haven't done anything on the ground.

I thought that the Indian bowlers did relatively well, against one of the top test sides in the world. Devon Conway was batting really well and frustrating the Indian pacers. On top of that, the Indian batsmen had failed to put up a good score. But life was not very easy for the New Zealand batsmen. Bumrah was slightly wayward, but I could see all the three Indian pacers generating a lot of pace and bounce from the pitch. Anyway, I guess things will be different in the fourth day and the match situation may change.

Not a big fan of Elon Musk, and actually I hate him after his recent flip-flops with Bitcoin. But the green energy proportion may be >50% now, after China closed down the mining farms in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang (in these provinces, most of the energy that is generated comes from coal). The vast majority of the remaining mining farms in China are located in the provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan, where it is mostly hydro-electric. So Musk should be happy about it and he can boast that he has "forced" miners to move to green energy (although in reality that is not the reason).

And despite the fact that many people would argue in favor of hydro-electric plants, I am a staunch opponent of this method. Generation of electricity from hydro-electric plants require huge reservoirs, and this submerges vast areas of the landscape (in some cases forests which are home to many unique species of flora and fauna). Also it disrupts the riverine ecology, by preventing the migration of fish and other species. It may be better than coal-fired plants, but I would rather prefer nuclear power.

One thing is sure. The cryptocurrency market has grown so big, that Google can no longer ignore this sector. A blanket ban is not advisable, as the revenue will be simply diverted to their competitors. But I believe that this ban was not strictly imposed since the beginning of 2021. Because I have seen ads from Indian exchanges such as CoinDCX, WazirX and CoinSwitch Kuber on various internet portals, listed by Google Adsense (I am a resident of India and access internet through an Indian IP). Or do they treat these exchanges as separate from the main cryptocurrency market?

New variants, which may or may not be more contagious and lethal may come not only from India but also from the other parts of the world unless a majority of the population is vaccinated. The choice is very difficult. If you remove the lockdown and other restrictions, then it means that the virus will spread further and there is a chance that new variants may appear. Depending on the economic condition and the infection rates, the governments need to take a decision on whether to implement the restrictions or not.