If you search a little bit, you can find that this forum is full of hate filled posts against PayPal. I won't disagree with these users, as bad service from PayPal was one of the reason why I purchased cryptocurrency in the first place (in 2012). But right now, PayPal has accepted that cryptocurrency is one of the biggest innovations in finance. I am not saying that we should start supporting PayPal all of a sudden, but there is no point in fighting PayPal at this moment. PayPal may be doing this for their own benefit. But in the end, we are also benefiting from the increased exchange rates.

There is already a reserve currency, and that is not Bitcoin. Ever since 1945, the US Dollar is being regarded as the reserve currency of the world. There are competitors among the fiat currencies such as Chinese Yuan and Euro, but they haven't been able to make a lot of progress till now. Being a reserve currency is very close to being a universal currency. Now the question is whether Bitcoin can topple USD from that position. It is possible, but not immediately.

DOGE can go up or down by as much as 50% (or more) in a given 24-hour period. If you want to use that coin, then I hope that you are aware of the risks. I am someone who got burnt a few years back because I preferred shitcoins instead of Bitcoin. I prefer to use Bitcoin, irrespective of the transaction fee. In gambling sites that accept BCH, I make my deposits with that coin. But in other sites, I make the deposits in bulk and wait until the Mempool is empty.

From what I have seen, the government bans usually have just the opposite effect on the popularity of Bitcoin. I have seen the same from Nigeria and India. When the government authorities proposed to ban cryptocurrency there, the popularity just rocketed and the number of users newly registering to various exchanges and P2P platforms went up by manytimes. Actually I should congratulate these government guys for popularizing Bitcoin.

May not be easy. But definitely not impossible. Why do you think that reptilian overlord Yellen made such a statement? Being one of the most authoritarian individuals in the US government right now, if it was possible then she would have prohibited the companies from using this loophole. But it is not practical. The world is becoming smaller and smaller and the companies are finding it easier to relocate. Now it is up to the regimes to attract them by lowering the tax rate.

I am slightly confused here. So they purchased $10 million worth of coins at $8 per coin. This itself is suspicious. Because if the purchase price was $8 per coin, then the total number of coins that were purchased amounts to BTC1,250,000. And the net worth of these coins, as per the current exchange rate would be $75 billion, and not $6 billion as mentioned in this article. It looks like the author doesn't know basic mathematics.

There is no doubt that Mumbai Indians are the strongest team in this edition of the IPL. The other teams are far behind. However the way in which they lost the first match to RCB was unexpected. I agree that they have the best players and the right team balance. But captaincy is not up to the mark. They lost the match against RCB due to poor tactics in the end overs. Rohit is one of the best players in the IPL. But he is not the best captain. On the other hand, KKR probably has the best captain in this tournament (Eoin Morgan).

There is no point in scoring a century, when your team loses the match. And this has happened to Sanju Samson so often. He made a big blunder in the penultimate ball. He should have taken the single and given strike to Chris Morris. Getting a four of the final over is much more probable than hitting a six. And let's not forget the fact that Chris Morris is having a T20 strike rate of 150 plus, with a very decent batting average.

I don't think that their squad is too old. In the starting XI against North Macedonia, only one of their players were aged 30 or above (İlkay Gündoğan). But it is true that there is some instability within the team and they have been so far unable to replace the legendary players who used to represent Germany a decade ago. Also, the current squad is missing some of the key players. I am talking about players such as Sami Khedira, Thomas Müller and Toni Kroos.

Looks very unlikely. Punjab Kings are 200/3 after 17.4 overs. Hooda got out just now after a blistering innings, but KL Rahul is still there. The case with Rahul is very curious. He was out of form while playing against England and now in IPL he seems to have suddenly regained his form. Also, the decision by RR management to fire Steve Smith from the captaincy (and from the team) seems to have backfired. Sanju Samson is noway near Smith in terms of captainship skills.

I will be wrong to say that the other investment assets performed poorly. Stock market has gone up when compared to the pre-pandemic levels. And at least in my area, the real estate market has gone up as well. So you can't say that apart from cryptocurrency, the other sectors are down. Stimulus and inflation is leaving people with surplus cash and actually pushing the commodity prices upwards. That may be one of the reasons.

I have been using various Bitcoin wallets for almost a decade now. I have used online wallets, exchange wallets, desktop wallets, paper wallets and hardware wallets to store my coins. Fortunately till now, no one has been able to hack my coins. There are certain basic precautions that you need to take before setting up a cryptocurrency wallet. If you are opting for an online wallet, the make sure to take the backup of the private key and then go for 2FA with a gmail account (other email providers are not that secure). On the other hand, if you are planning to store your coins in a hardware wallet, first make sure that the wallet reaches you in untouched condition. And then create multiple backups. With hardware wallets, the biggest risk is not getting hacked, but losing access to your coins as a result of carelessness.

In cities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco, 200K is not a big amount (that's what they get after the tax cut). And earning 400K in a city such as LA or SF can be much different from earning the same amount in a smaller and more affordable city such as Omaha or Memphis. If you further increase the taxes to 70% or 80%, then what is the point in working so hard? Instead of working for 40 hours a week and earning $400,000, I can opt to work for 20 hours a week and earn $200,000. These sort of insane taxes will only encourage unproductive activity.

I have already mentioned about this before. CoVID 19 is the best thing that could have ever happened to China. The economies around the world are sinking, but the Chinese economy is not just surviving but it is also thriving. On top of that, China has been the largest supplier of vaccines, with total sales amounting to hundreds of millions of doses. As per the official stats, only around 4000 people have died of CoVID 19 in China, while the same for the United States is more than 100 times higher.

I don't know which country you are living in, so I can't really comment on the other issue. But as far as the vaccine availability is concerned, only a handful of the countries have been able to secure enough volume of vaccines to inoculate a large part of the population. More than 95% of the countries have faced difficulty in sourcing the vaccines. Obviously the Chinese vaccines are available, but they are extremely ineffective, as seen from the case with Chile, Serbia and Hungary. 

Alberto Fernández received the first dose of Sputnik V two months ago, so he should have been immune to the virus. BTW, the vaccine manufacturers don't claim that they are 100% effective. Clinical trials have measured the efficiency at 91.8%. So there is always a small chance of those who are vaccinated with Sputnik V getting CoVID 19. But the symptoms should be mild, as they already have the antibodies in their body. And in case the vaccines are less effective against the P.1 strain, then it is a worrying sign.


https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/putin-calls-argentine-leader-covid-sputnik-shot-76883180

Most of the Bitcoin users are in their 20s and 30s and they don't take this possibility seriously. There are two options - first one is to keep the backup to your Bitcoin wallet to yourself and thereby eliminate the possibility of some of your friends or relatives stealing the coins from you. In this case, if something happens to you, then the coins will be lost forever. The second option is to inform your most trusted friend, or a relative about the backup. But in such case there is always a possibility of this person trying to steal the money from you (although it is a very remote possibility).

There is no point in blaming the government, because the vaccines are in short supply right now. A few countries such as US, UK and Israel have managed to vaccinate a large part of their population, but almost all the other countries have failed to secure enough doses for their population. Countries such as Serbia, Hungary and Chile went for the Chinese vaccines, but now it is clear that these vaccines were ineffective. But I will not blame the governments in these countries, because they didn't had any other choice.

They are just trying to take advantage of the hype related to cryptocurrencies right now. There is no difference between a CBDC and fiat currency. Original concept of cryptocurrency is not applicable to CBDCs, because they are not decentralized and there can't be any cap on maximum supply. For government, the advantage is that they can mint as many coins as they want, and this time they don't need to spend metal or paper to do that. 

I think I can comment on this issue, although I am not an Indian citizen. From what I have heard, lotteries have been granted an exception, since they are one of the largest sources of revenue for the government. But the structure is so lopsided. Only around 5% to 10% of the proceedings from the lottery sale is given back as prizes and the remainder goes to the government. And even on the winnings, tax (up to 50%) will be deducted. Therefore it is not surprising that a lot of Indians opt to gamble outside India.