No surprise there. Given your rank, I was expecting something like that. Whenever a dump occurs, it is the inexperienced users who first rush to sell their coins at rock bottom prices. And the whales and the institutions use this opportunity to accumulate more coins. It has been posted manytimes not to fall in to the trap of panic selling, but hardly anyone listens. The prices seems to have plateaued out and those who sold their coins now are going to regret about their decision later, when the next rally takes BTC above the 100K level. 

That's how it works in gambling. In the beginning, you may win small amounts and your confidence level will hit the roof. And then the losses start to roll in. You refuse to admit that you are getting unlucky with the games and then start chasing after the losses. And it reaches a point where you will suffer from irreversible losses. Experienced gamblers know how to avoid this situation. It is mostly first timers who get trapped in the never ending cycle of losses. But in the end, the individual is responsible for his actions.

During the last 24 hours, there were 636 deaths and 28,541 new cases reported from the United States. This shows that the regulations need to be in place for at least a few more months. A lot of people are still dying from COVID despite the vaccination campaign, and at this point it looks too early to remove the restriction on masks. The daily infection rate per 100,000 people stands at around 8.5, which is still a very high level. If people get complacent too early, then it will prove to be costly.

The problem with Bitcoin is that the users expect the prices to go up forever. They are not prepared for any correction. And as a result when the correction occurs, the vast majority of the users will be unprepared. A lot of people actually believed outlandish claims that Bitcoin would touch $250,000 or $300,000 in a few months time. And some of the users didn't even booked their profits when the prices surged past the 50K level. Now I won't be surprised, if the prices go back to 30K-32K levels.

I will not recommend spending your money on altcoins right now. Because whenever we have a bearish phase with Bitcoin, it has been noticed that the altcoins go down even more. And I am expecting a bloodbath in the altcoin market, because during the last few months most of the altcoins have gone up much beyond their fair valuation. The bubble has to be burst, sooner or later. If you want to accumulate, then do that during the correction phase and not right now when the valuations are inflated.

Mining reward has no connection with the acceptance and adoption of Bitcoin. So it is not going to matter whether mining will continue until 2140 or not. Anyway in 15-20 years, the mining reward will be too low that the fee reward will make up for the majority of earning for the miners. But whether Bitcoin will remain on top or not depends on the continued development of technologically advanced cryptocurrencies. Now it is the turn of 4th Gen crypto. Let see whether they will be able to do something, that second and third generation cryptos failed to do (i.e to topple Bitcoin from the no.1 position).

I would say that breaking a contract is very unethical in any field. Now the athletes may offer some monetary compensation in return, but still it leaves a bad taste on everyone. If the contract is signed for a specific period of time, then my opinion is that the athletes should abide by the terms and conditions for that duration which is marked out. Everyone is aware of the terms when they sign the contract, and there is no point in complaining later that some of the conditions are too exploitative.

They are very adamant about both the tournaments (remainder of the IPL and the T20 World Cup). The BCCI want both these tournaments to be conducted in India, despite the obvious risks. Other boards have requested them to shit the tournaments to UAE soon, so the arrangements can be made. But the BCCI have turned down those requests. I am more worried about the T20 World Cup. If the BCCI refuses to move it to the UAE, then teams such as Australia and New Zealand may end up boycotting the tournament.

The BCCI has scheduled a Special General Meeting on 29th, in which hopefully the decision will be taken and there is an ICC meeting on June 1st. There will be more clarity after these.

I don't know whether a lot of people chose to invest in crude oil. I have seen people trading in crude oil, but I am yet to hear from someone who invests in crude oil (is the OP talking about investing in petroleum companies?). Some of the cryptocurrency users think that the entire world revolves around them, and that needs to change. You can run an automobile with either gasoline, electricity or natural gas. Bitcoin is not suitable for this purpose. So there is no point in comparing these two entirely different assets.

If you are having surplus stocks of the vaccine, then thank your government for that. Here in India, everyday I am witnessing deaths in front of my eyes. And in 99% cases, the deaths occur among the unvaccinated group. The government made a big mistake by prioritizing the elderly and middle aged (>45 yrs) for vaccination and as a result now most of the deaths are occurring among the younger age groups. And I don't know much about the Chinese vaccines, but Russian vaccines have been proven to be very effective.

According to fillippone, Tesla is still in profit from their Bitcoin investment (if the initial purchase price was around 32K). As per the current exchange rates, they are worth some $1.725 billion (i.e an unrealized gain of $375 million). The Tesla shareholders can't blame Elon even if he sells all of the BTC now, because even then they will be in profit. But I can't guarantee that there won't be any action from the SEC, if they do that immediately.

You can check the Bloomberg vaccine tracker (section: Vaccine Timeline). They have listed various vaccines, details about the manufacturer, number of doses needed, efficacy in percentage and the storage requirements.

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/

Right now 9 vaccines are being used in a global scale. A few more have been approved by specific countries and used internally (examples are Covaxin by Bharat Biotech in India and EpiVacCorona from the Vektor State Research Center in Russia).

Even if the crude oil and natural gas becomes worthless all of a sudden, the economy of the UAE won't be impacted much. Because unlike the other GCC nations, UAE has already been very successful in diversifying their economy. They were able to attract the service industry, by imposing zero corporate and income tax. So they are already in a very comfortable position and as of now there is no need to find any additional avenues of revenue by opening casinos.

Planting trees and claiming that it will be good for the planet is nothing but a publicity stunt. Planted forests are not as effective as natural forests in combating climate change. And unfortunately, natural forests are being destroyed at an alarming rate across the world and being replaced with plantations and pastures. If we want to combat climate change, then please stop these publicity stuns and try to save the natural forests. Deforestation rates have hit record highs in countries such as Brazil and Colombia recently.

I wasn't mentioning gambling in that post. I was mentioning cryptocurrency, as user KTChampions was arguing that cryptocurrency is haram as per the Islamic law and Muslims should not be owning it. I know that gambling is haram as per the law, but there is no sufficient proof to claim that cryptocurrency is against the sharia law. Read my post again. And I guess I have already mentioned in my post that obtaining a gambling license is not possible in the UAE, because it is banned there.

Everyone expects the Bitcoin prices to go up for ever, so when the correction occurs (similar to what happened in 2014-15 and 2018), most of the users are not prepared. Given the fact that Bitcoin prices have gone up by 400% during the last 12 months, there is some possibility of a correction occurring in the next few months.

As Theymos pointed out, the tax increases can't be implemented retroactively. So for sales being made up to March 31, 2022 the new taxes are not applicable. If you were having plans to sell some of your coins in the next 2-3 years, then it won't be a bad idea to do it before the date that I mentioned earlier. Two reasons - 1. taxes are going to increase from 1st April 2022 and 2. Republicans are unlikely to win the 2024 elections.

Also, there is a proposal from the Democrats to tax unrealized capital gains. This is where it gets really scary.

Elon doesn't need to benefit from this directly. What if he had asked some of his friends to accumulate a few billions worth of Dogecoin, before he pumped it? (I don't even know whether it is possible to purchase that much Doge, given the limited liquidity of that coin). In this case, there is nothing that links Elon to the profiteering from Dogecoin, but eventually he is getting the benefit. But I agree that these sort of arguments doesn't stand before the court. In the end, the fault was ours, for giving too much importance for this mentally deranged lunatic initially.

I don't know why people are still resisting vaccination. Already more than 1 billion people have been vaccinated around the world. If this vaccine was so bad, then millions would have died and many more would have become handicapped. Has any of that happened? Unfortunately these people who are refusing to get vaccinated are posing a health hazard to others around them. Because unless 70% of the population is vaccinated, herd immunity can't be achieved. The unvaccinated people will continue to be carriers of the disease and it will linger on until the effects of the first vaccination campaign is gone (the effect of vaccine only lasts for 1 to 5 years, and after that it needs to be repeated).

Match fixing is a relatively new phenomenon, at least as far as cricket is concerned. It existed for many decades, but large scale match fixing started only when underworld gangs from India and Pakistan started their activities from UAE and the other Gulf nations (cricket match fixing is still under their monopoly). And given the popularity of cricket in the Indian subcontinent, and due to the fact that legalized gambling is not possible in India, the criminals soon seized on the opportunity and made it a multi-billion Dollar business. 

Operating costs may be lower for Tesla, but the huge expense for maintenance take away that advantage. If I am not wrong, the battery needs to be replaced every 5 years or so and it costs at least $35,000. On the other hand, a gasoline-driven car doesn't need any major replacements for at least 20 years. And regarding accidents, they can occur anytime. You can't just say that all of the accidents happen due to the carelessness of the owner. And in case that happens, the Tesla owner will be in deep trouble.