Back in 2017, cryptocurrencies were overhyped by the media and many of the little known cryptocurrencies (those without any real usage) managed to achieve a market cap of tens of billions of USD almost overnight. This time, the situation seems to be different. The bull run is supported by solid fundamentals, such as increase in mainstream acceptance. And even better, shitcoins such as XRP are not a part of this rally.

All this issues occur, when people want quick profits. If you plan to remain invested for the long-term, then these temporary dips and spikes are not going to change your investment strategy. And especially with Bitcoin, those who have remained invested for more than 3-4 years have been rewarded quite handsomely. And that is the reason why I advise the newbies to accumulate as many coins as they can, even at the current levels. In the next few years, you will be definitely end up with a significant amount of profit.

Even now, Bitcoin is moving up or down by as much as 10-15%, which is quite a lot IMO. It is time for us to admit that high volatility is one of the basic characteristics of Bitcoin. If you want a stable asset to invest in, then you should look for treasury bonds or bank deposits rather than cryptocurrency. Bitcoin is there for investors who can afford some volatility and instability.

US Dollar is the reserve currency of the world and that works to the advantage of the United States. They can take loans from the international donors, at extremely low interest rates. Other countries (including China) doesn't have that advantage. On top of that, the Chinese Yuan has a reputation as one of the most manipulated currencies in the world and very few people would be willing to deal with CNY in international trade.

Test cricket may be. But I found T20 cricket very unpredictable. Very often you will see weak teams such as Ireland and Netherlands defeating strong teams such as England in T20 cricket. On the other hand, I have found football more easier to predict. At least when compared to cricket, upsets are very rare in international football (I mostly avoid club matches as far as football is concerned).

Now this should be very simple and straight forward for the Indians. Congratulations for leveling the series 1-1. Australia has only themselves to blame for their poor performance. India was playing without many of their key players and yet Australia could not perform in a satisfactory manner. They need a complete rethink on their batting strategy, against the Indian bowlers.

If you want to be a successful gambler, then you need to flag sports events where the gambling sites have calculated their odds inaccurately. It won't happen very often, and may be you get such chances in 1% or 2% of the matches. Gambling sites have their own methodology to calculate the odds, which may or may not match those of yours. So in case there is a big difference in the odds, you need to analyze the possible outcome and make a bet if the odds look attractive to you.

One example that comes to my mind is the boxing match between Keith Thurman and Manny Pacquiao. Many of the gambling sites provided better odds to Thurman (at least initially). But gamblers made bets in favor of Pacquiao, because they knew that he was a much better boxer.

Bitcoin is susceptible to mass-selloffs, because a large part of its circulating supply is being held by individual investors. And when compared to institutional investors, these investors are more susceptible to panic selling. This is the reason why the prices crash by 80% or more, whenever a correction happens. But the situation has changed now, with the entry of mainstream investors and Wall Street giants. That should add more stability to the exchange rates.

It is not that hard to understand. Back then Bitcoin was being hyped as a mode of payment, and as a challenger to banks and payment processors such as PayPal. But it is true that Bitcoin never gained much traction as a payment method. Nowadays, it is mostly being used as an investment asset and therefore PayPal no longer considers it as a competitor. So I don't think that there is anything surprising with this video, or with the stance currently being taken by PayPal regarding cryptocurrency.

This was bound to happen, and I expect the Chinese economy to grow at a much faster pace than expected and overtake the Americans sooner than the analysts are predicting. China has transformed their system from a socialist economy to a capitalist economy, while the US has gone in the opposite direction. With politicians such as Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi in charge, they are inching closer to having a socialist system. And the results will be very much predictable. A socialist economy can never be successful, anywhere in the world.

Agreed. I am not under a false impression that I am safe, just because I am living outside the United States. With the exchange rates rising so rapidly, the tax authorities in other countries will also be very interested in high-volume exchange users from their jurisdictions and they may hire the same Blockchain analytics companies such as Elliptic and go after the users who are residing within their borders.

The problem is that the winning fighter will always avoid a rematch with the losing one. We have seen this with Floyd (after he won his fight against Pacquiao) and with Canelo Alvarez (after his controversial win during the second match against GGG). The match can only happen if both the boxers agree to it. In case any of them don't want a rematch, then we can't force them.

There is an option in Gmail, to transfer ownership in case of the account gets inactive. You can set a time period (such as 12 months or 18 months) and then specify the email ID of the recipient. If something happens to you and the Gmail account remains idle for 12 months, then after that period it will be transferred to the person whom you have mentioned. In this way, you can share the private key of your Bitcoin Wallet with your loved ones securely.

A team can purchase only a limited number of players (around 24 if I am not wrong), so the argument is not right. Even if a team such as Mumbai Indians pour a lot of money to purchase the top 24 players (which is very unlikely), there are enough quality players left for the other teams. But I agree that the shuffling of players must stop. It is confusing for the fans to see the top players changing the franchises every year.

It is not that simple. No one knew that XRP would go down by 60% in a matter of few days. The exchange rates crashed as soon as the announcement from SEC was made. It was possible to pull out, but only after suffering a huge loss. And how are you going to cover the loss, since you have taken a loan to invest in this asset? Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile, and this can happen not just with XRP, but also with the other coins as well.

It will be wrong to say that Kohli's performance was affected by the added responsibility of captaincy, because he has been the captain for so long. He has performed exceptionally, while carrying out his duties as the captain in the past. Now I don't know whether the same can be said for the others, who are being considered for the captaincy. I am talking about players such as Rahane, Iyer and Rohit.

Bitcoin prices are increasing very sharply. During the last three months, they have risen by more than 160%. Going by this trend, we can expect exchange rates in excess of $100,000 per coin if the bull run lasts for another six months. But personally I don't expect the rally to go on for that long. There will be a strong correction in the prices, as a result of profit booking by short-term and medium-term investors.

This issue is exacerbated by the rise in exchange rate of Bitcoin. Earlier, if the median fee per transaction was BTC0.0002, then it translated to just $2. Now with the price rise, the same transaction will cost you $5.30. And in the future, we can expect this to go up even further. The total number of transactions are not going to decrease, and the block size will remain constant.

The mass vaccination program hasn't yet started in the United States and the Pfizer vaccine is very unstable and needs to be stored at minus 70 degrees. Looking at the number of ultra-deep freezers in the US, it is going to take ages to vaccinate everyone with this vaccine. And the vaccine from Oxford/AstraZeneca, which doesn't need such ultra-low temperature to store has shown a very low efficiency.

It is very simple. Just look at Ripple. After the directive from the SEC, it has lost more than 60% of its value in less than two weeks. And I don't think that what happened to XRP will be an isolated incident. The same can happen to the other cryptocurrencies as well. Now ask yourself what you are going to do, in case you have taken a loan to invest in an asset such as XRP, and it goes down by 60% in two weeks.