In my case also most of my profits came from Bitcoin. I first invested in BTC nine years ago (in 2012) and the value of the investment has gone up by around 500,000% since then. At second place I have BCH. I got good profits from this coin, and the best part is that I got it for free. I also need to mention some of the altcoins, such as BSD, DNR, DEEP, EBTC.etc which have me good profits. I sold them at the right time... because many of these coins and tokens are dead by now. 

I would agree 100%.

If these anti-vaxxers had their way, then every year millions would have died as a result of smallpox, measles, polio, diphtheria.etc. The last time I got a vaccine was almost 25 years ago for Hepatitis B. Never in my life, I had a side effect for any of the vaccines that I took. Not even mild symptoms such as fever. In case of the COVID 19 vaccines, I agree that they were rushed through. But take a look at the statistics in countries where vaccination has progressed the most. In the United Kingdom, more than one-fifth of the population is now vaccinated. And during the last two months, the average number of new COVID 19 infections have decreased from around 50-60K, to 10-15K. Similarly in Israel (where almost half the population is vaccinated till now), the number of daily infections have declined from around 10K to approx. 3K.

I don't have an issue with teams preparing surfaces that suit them. My issue is that the role of tear-away pacers are getting reduced with every passing year. In the past, we had a great number of good fast bowlers. But due to the priority being given to shorter formats such as T20, and to an extent the teams preparing flat surfaces, we are no longer getting to watch such bowlers. Is it even possible to name one current pace bowler, who can match legends such as McGrath, Steyn, Donald.etc?

I have a different opinion on this. Even the pitches in SENA countries are no longer supportive of pace bowling as it used to be. WACA and Kingsmead used to be fast bowler's paradise and if a team managed to make more than 200 runs in an innings there, it used to be regarded as exceptional performance. But times have changed and pitches that once supported pace bowlers have become flatter. Perhaps that is the reason why we no longer have legendary pacers of the calibre of Alan Donald, Glen McGrath, Curtly Ambrose, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis.

The previous rally lasted for almost 24 months and not 10 as you claim. By mid-2015, the exchange rates were fluctuating at $225-$250 per coin. The rally started from that point. Within the next 6 months, Bitcoin reached $400 per coin, and by the end of 2016 it was trading at $1,000. Then the rally gathered steam, and we hit $20,000 by the end of 2017.

In case of the current rally, the start date is Q2 2019. That's when the prices started recovering from the low of $3,300 per coin. By the end of 2019, the prices had climbed to $7,000. Within the next 12 months, Bitcoin was trading at $28,000. For the first two months of this year, the prices have increased by almost 100%. The same figure is around 110% for 2019, and 300% for 2020.

I agree that triangular and quadrangular series can generate a lot of revenue. But nowadays, the cricket boards (at least the big 3 boards) receive most of their revenue from the franchise T20 leagues. So it suits them to limit the ODI series to one week, rather than stretching it out for 2 weeks or more. And regarding ICC, after Shashank Manohar was replaced with Greg Barclay it is taking a pro-big 3 stance. So there won't be much opposition from them. And no one really cares about the small cricketing nations (at least the big 3 and the ICC under Barclay).

Rather than the case of Moeen, I am more concerned with Broad/Anderson. These two bowlers need to play at least 3 out of the 4 tests and they perform the best when both of them are in the playing XI. I would even recommend England to go with three pacers for the third test, as Ollie Stone looked impressive in the second test. Their spinners are not doing well.. and it won't be a bad idea to include one more pacer.

Kerala Blasters have disappointed their fans again and again. Today was no different, as they went down to Hyderabad by such a massive margin (4-0). Hyderabad on the other hand has been one of the most improved teams in this season. Their foreign players (especially those from Spain) form such a formidable bunch while playing in the ISL. And not surprisingly, Kerala Blasters are at 10th position, with just 16 points.

If I remember correctly, the curator changed the pitch completely after the first match. That's how it provided much more support for the Indian spinners, especially Axar and Ashwin. On the other hand the England spinners (Moeen and Leach) failed to make use of it. At times, I thought that it may be better for England to use their pacers (Stone, Broad and Stokes) rather than persisting with the spinners who hardly had any success.

^^^ He probably meant that the winning team will receive 30 points in the WTC Points Table, irrespective of the margin. It doesn't matter whether you win the match by 1 run, or by 300 runs. In the end you will receive 30 points and not a decimal more or less. BTW, in India drawn match is always a possibility and in that regard I can't agree with you. Obviously the pitch for the first two matches gave a lot of support for the bowlers. But it is not necessary that the ground conditions will remain the same for the next two matches.

The only stablecoin that I trust (still not 100%) is Binance USD. I am definitely going to trust Bitfinex and its shitcoin USDT, as they are even worse than the federal reserve. The way in which they print new tokens, they have even put the federal reserve to shame. Market cap increasing by 10x in one year? Seriously? And there are people who still keep their reserve cash in USDT. Ben Bernanke could learn a lesson or two from the Tether foundation.

If everyone invest in cryptocurrency then JP Morgan and the other banking giants will lose their relevance and that is the reason why they are so opposed to the adoption of cryptocurrency by the corporates. But the corporations don't have much of a choice here. With the purchasing power of USD going down like a falling rock, it is foolish to keep all their reserves in fiat currency. If not Bitcoin, it has to be other assets that are protected against inflation such as gold and platinum.

Despite the recent spike in exchange rates, BTG has lost its relevance in the cryptocurrency sector. There was a time when BTG used to rank among the top 5 cryptocurrencies. But now it has lost so much of its value, that it doesn't even figure among the top-100 cryptocurrencies in terms of market cap. Along with this, the adoption and acceptability has also declined. It will take nothing short of a miracle to prop up BTG back to the golden days of 2017.

Here are the latest stats from 16th February 2021.

Total market cap: $1,491,179,960,013 (+26.31%)

Bitcoin: $910,092,396,366 (61.032%)
Bitcoin forks: $18,522,579,182 (1.242%)
Stablecoins: $44,892,828,486 (3.011%)
Altcoins: $511,446,152,591 (34.298%)
WBTC: $6,226,003,388 (0.418%)

This is the change compared to my last post:

Bitcoin: -0.042%
Bitcoin forks: +0.203%
Stablecoins: -0.303%
Altcoins: +0.124%
WBTC: +0.018%

Ashwin is always unplayable with the ball when he is playing in India, but this time he performed with the ball as well. But it was surprising the way the England batsmen collapsed. After such a good performance in the first match, what went wrong with the second match? Perhaps dropping Dom Bess was not a good idea. But his replacement (Moeen Ali) did pretty well with the ball.

England is going down by around 350 runs. India has made it a habit of winning test series, after losing the initial match. And regarding Ashwin, I am not sure whether he will be getting an opportunity to complete his 5-wicket haul, because Axar and Kuldeep are taking quick wickets. Only three wickets remain for England now and the remaining batsmen are all tail-enders - Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad and Olly Stone. BTW, the case of Moeen Ali is very unique. He started off as a batting all rounder, then got transformed in to bowling all rounder and finally ended up as a full-time bowler.

Kuldeep is known to be equally effective against both right-handed and left-handed batsmen, but with two right handed batsmen at the crease now, off-spinners may not be that effective. I would have expected Kohli to give him more opportunity. Anyway, Indian bowlers are doing really well right now, and therefore I don't want to comment on the controversial topics. These topics come in to picture if they fail to take wickets. That is not the case now.

Triangular/Quadrangular series is a thing of the past. With franchise T20 leagues taking so much time out of the international calendar, the cricket boards don't have enough time to conduct triangular series.

BTW, I don't think that CA did anything wrong here. The South African strain of COVID 19 is much talked about in the medical circles nowadays, because the existing vaccines have a very low efficacy against it. The Australians are perfectly justified, if they think that sending their players to South Africa pose an unnecessary threat to the health and well being of their fellow citizens.

England lost another wicket in the opening hour. If the target was somewhere around 300, then they still had some chance. But with such a gargantuan target, it is just a matter of time before England fold up. Right now it is just a formality and the players are just playing to improve their personal stats. And during the last match, the bad form of Nadeem-Sundar benefitted the Brits. But this time both Axar and Ashwin are stangulating them.

That's already happening. I am paying around 35% of my salary as tax, while some of my poor neighbors don't pay any tax at all. On the other hand, I am not eligible for any welfare handouts from the government, while the non-tax paying neighbors are automatically eligible. I hardly get anything in return for the taxes I pay. This is how the system works. And in the end, the welfare rats always cry that the rich are not helping them.