XRP seems to be recovering now and the exchange rates are up by 22% during the last 24 hours. And as expected this has caused a dip in Bitcoin dominance from 69.0% to 68.2%. But this trend will continue. At some point, the overpriced altcoins will undergo corrections and a part of the funds which are locked up with them will move towards Bitcoin.

I don't have an issue if the FIFA decides to include weaker teams from Asia and Africa. But what I don't want is good teams from Europe and the Americans to get excluded. The UEFA qualifiers are very tough, and every time at least 2-3 good teams misses out on the qualification. The same can be said about the CONMEBOL qualifiers as well. Teams such as Ecuador and Bolivia have very low chance of qualifying to the world cup, because they are paying against some of the strongest teams in the world.

I would agree. Most of the current rally can be attributed to adoption of Bitcoin by mainstream companies such as PayPal. And this is one of the reasons why the altcoins are not going up as much as that of Bitcoin. 2021 is going to be a massive year. PayPal will be launching their full services with BTC by mid-2021, and we can expect a big boost in the exchange rates once it happens. 

Why there is even a discussion on Dinesh Karthik? His performance during the IPL 2020 was pathetic, and he managed just one half century from more than a dozen matches. And he hasn't played any first-class matches for almost a year now. If BCCI is looking for a wicket keeper batsman, then the future lies with players such as Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan, and not with oldies such as Dinesh Karthik and Saha.

They went for the US first, because it is their primary market and accounts for the vast majority of the transaction volumes. Also, the legal aspects of Bitcoin is very clear in the US, unlike the case with several of the other countries. Hopefully when they end their testing phase in the US by mid-2021, the services may be extended to more territories (depending on whether BTC is fully legal in these countries or not).

You don't need to compare EU/US with India. In India, we have witnessed a 75% reduction in the incidence of new COVID 19 cases during the last 1-2 months. But this should not give rise to any complacency, as the cases are still increasing in some of the states such as Kerala and Delhi. BCCI elections are a joke and I don't think that they can result in some productive output even if they are conducted.

The ATH level before this latest rally was $20,000 per coin, which was reached in 2017 December. And when compared to the situation three years ago, the user base and acceptability of Bitcoin has grown by manifold. Therefore I am expecting a minimum of 2-3 times increase in the exchange rates, by the end of 2021. That means that we may attain a peak level of around $50,000 per coin by 2021 Decemer. Now this is a very conservative estimate, and it can go much higher than that if the conditions are favorable.

I was expecting this for sometime. It looks like the promoters are also dumping a lot of XRP in to the exchanges. If you check the 24-hour trade volume, you can see that this figure is around 175% of that of the total market cap of XRP. Now taking in to consideration the fact that 80% to 85% of the coins are being held by the promoters, it is clear that this much trade volume is possible only if they are dumping at least a part of their holdings.

Have to agree here. US and the European countries are in a very bad state. Most of the EU nations are under strict lockdowns, and the United States is reporting around 3,000 deaths per day from COVID 19. Many of the small businesses are already bankrupt (despite the stimulus) and those which haven't closed down are under enormous strain from new debt. Maybe in the Asian/African nations it is the other way around.

I have never seen North Macedonia play before. Are they participating in the Euro Cup for the first time? They are placed in Group C, along with the Netherlands, Ukraine and Austria. If they play well, then there is a chance of upset against either Ukraine or Austria. BTW, anyone noticed Group F? Three very strong teams are placed in that group - France, Germany and Portugal (along with Hungary).

BTW, I checked the odds. Spain is far ahead at +700, with Italy and Portugal far behind at +1400. At the bottom we have North Macedonia and Finland, with +50000.

If you check the previous posts, then you can see odds given by various gambling sites. For Floyd Mayweather, they are in the -3500 to -5000 range. So if you are making a bet of $200 on Floyd, you may end up with a profit of $4-$6. It is up to you to decide whether this is "an easy way to make money". IMO, as far as gambling is concerned, there is no "easy money" to be made. No outcome is 100% guaranteed, and fights such as this one will be having very low potential returns.

Do you even realize that this is an unconfirmed rumor which hasn't appeared on any of the mainstream media outlets in Bangladesh? Till now there is no indication that the Bangladeshi government will revoke the ban on cryptocurrencies. Anyone trading in cryptocurrencies is taking a big risk, and if you are really unlucky then you can end up in jail. The situation in Bangladesh is not different from the other countries in that region.

It's not like rivalry. Both Dhoni and Kohli had different preferences for the national team selection. Dhoni would prefer players such as Kedar Jadhav and Dinesh Karthik, who play for CSK or India Cements. On the other hand, Kohli is said to have a preference for RCB/Delhi players, such as Rishabh Pant and Yuzvendra Chahal. Also, both of them support opposing camps in the BCCI. Dhoni is considered as a N Srinivasan loyalist, while Kohli supports the other side.

I don't think that the majority are taking the necessary precautions to avoid getting infected. Here in India, during the initial days people were wearing masks and maintaining social distancing. But after a while, they got impatient, and started to ignore these precautionary steps. There has been a decline in the number of new infections and this might have contributed to the lax attitude. 

Yes.. a left-arm seamer adds more variety to the attack. Shami, Saini, Siraj.etc are all right-arm pacers and they bowl at 85-90mph, with very little seam movement. Natarajan bowls at a slightly slower pace, and is able to get a lot of seam movement when compared to the others. But then Saini and Siraj are preferred, because they play for the same IPL franchise as Virat Kohli. IMO, Siraj's inclusion to the test squad can be solely attributed to this.

If the other assets were underperforming, then I could have agreed. But that is not the case. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen by around 65% during the last 6-7 months (ever since the start of the global COVID 19 pandemic). Most of the investors are selling their other assets (such as treasury bonds and bullion) to invest in equities. And this time, how can Saylor justify his move to invest in cryptocurrency?

Being a resident of India, my question is how much impact will be there for the non-US users? The exchanges may cooperate with the IRS and may provide information on the American users. And I agree that there is a chance that the IRS may hire blockchain analytics firms to trace the high-volume individuals. But this should be limited to the American users, at least in the near future.

Obviously it is not practical for the government to arrest millions of people who use cryptocurrency. And due to the semi-anonymous nature of cryptocurrency, it is not easy to trace the users as well. As a result, they will arrest a few random traders and give it a lot of publicity, in order to deter others from dealing in cryptocurrency. This was the strategy used in India and some of the other Asian nations as well.

This season looks like very lopsided. Teams such as ATK Mohun Bagan have performed really well, while some of the other teams look completely out of sorts. I am not just talking about teams such as East Bengal (2 points from 6 matches), but also about teams such as the Northeast United FC and FC Goa. During the last season, NEUFC and FCG were among the contenders for winning the trophy. This time their performance has been so pathetic, that they can hardly compete against teams such as Mumbai City and ATKMB.

Back then it was the altcoins which behaved more like a bubble. Even at the peak levels of 2017, Bitcoin was fairly priced. But on the other hand, there were little known altcoins, which grew to market capitalizations of tens of billions of USD almost overnight. And when the prices crashed, these shitcoins lost almost 99% of their value in a duration of few months. Fortunately this time, the altcoins are still behaving bearishly.