Although Mayweather is no longer involved in professional boxing, his fan base has remained more or less intact. There is a reason why he is regarded as the richest boxer of all time. And these people desperately want to watch him back in action. The fight against Logan Paul gives them an opportunity for that, although we can't expect the match to be much competitive.

Advantage for Jaffna Stallions as of now. Galle Gladiators have lost five wickets and they still need another 113 runs from 10.1 overs. Shoaib Malik is bowling really well, and he is getting good support from Usman Shinwari and Suranga Lakmal. BTW, it would have been better for the JS to include Vijayakanth Viyaskanth in the playing XI, as it would have sent a strong message to ethnic unity.

 

Although they are not 100% effective, these vaccines can eradicate the pandemic in a few months time. Consider a scenario where everyone is vaccinated. Before vaccination, the infection rates were stable, with each infected person passing on the virus to on average one individual. After the vaccination, this decreases from 1 individual to an average of 0.05. That means that within a month there will be 95% reduction in the incidence of new cases. In the second month, it will get to 99.75%. And by the third month, it will be 99.99%. So the pandemic can be eradicated within a maximum period of 3-4 months.

I have seen individual users purchasing prescription drugs and generic medicines from the dark market. But this is like a new extreme. I am not sure about this.. but chances are that you will be injecting something toxic and harmful into your body, which will offer you no resistance against the COVID 19 infection. BTW, how these guys are going to transport the vaccines? Most of them needs to be deep-frozen at <-70 degrees.

Yeah... there are transaction accelerators, and obviously Viabtc is perhaps the most popular one. But I have a feeling that their fee is a bit on the higher side. I used their service only once, and I had to make a payment of around $30. I was quite desperate, as one of my urgent payments was stuck due to low fees. At the same time, other users were paying $5 as the transaction fee in Blockchain and getting instant confirmation. So they are charging manytimes the actual fee. But in the end, we have few other options.

Wow!! That's the way to go. Whether the election results will be challenged or not is an entirely different topic. But the gamblers have already waited for more than one month. It is not fair to keep them waiting for anymore, especially when the results are certified, and the electoral college has voted in favor of Biden. I just hope that the other gambling sites will also follow your example.

BTW, I want to go slightly off-topic. Don't you guys think that including two teams from across the Tasman Sea can make BBL more interesting? Let them have two franchises from Auckland and Christchurch. It will increase the overall viewership and give the Kiwis a taste of high-voltage franchise T20 cricket. But logistics can be a concern. Australia itself is huge.. and now we are talking about AUS+NZ. 

I don't know whether Vihari can bowl as much as all-rounders such as Jadeja, but after reading your post now it sounds to me that including Ashwin may not be a bad idea. After all, Australians do have vulnerabilities against spin bowlers. I have a feeling that India is going to win the first match. Everyone seems to have written them off, and recently Michael Vaughan came up with his prediction of 0-4 series loss for India. But Kohli and the team has proved many times that they have the ability to perform exceptionally well when playing as the underdogs.

For usage as store of value, it is not necessary that the prices should remain stable. On the other hand, an asset which can be used as a store of value should have a constant, or increasing purchasing power. A perfect example is that of gold. It's price has increased by almost 100 times during the last one hundred years. But it's purchasing power has remained more or less constant.

Ashwin don't have a good reputation outside the subcontinent. On top of that, the pacers are in very good form. So I would prefer going with four pacers, rather than the combination of three pacers and one spinner. But still someone who can bowl a few overs of part-time spin is required and unfortunately India doesn't have anyone of that category in their squad. 

Amazing performance by Peter Siddle, who once again proved that age is just a number. He virtually destroyed Hobart Hurricanes single-handedly and gave valuable points to the Adelaide Strikers. Jake Weatherald also played well to remain unbeaten on 68. And apart from Scott Boland, the other Hobart bowlers proved to be very expensive, including James Faulkner and Nathan Ellis.

So far only 4 vaccine have passed the phase III trials - vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Gamaleya and Oxford-AstraZeneca. None of these vaccines are priced at astronomical levels, and this means that any potential monetary benefit for the source country is going to be quite limited. However, it can help them in the long term, as the reputation of the medical research facilities in that particular nation improves.

There is still no confirmation about this. I have checked the mainstream media from Bangladesh, including bdnews24 and The Daily Star. This news was not mentioned anywhere. I am getting suspicious, because as recently as 2019 there were reports of cryptocurrency traders getting arrested in Dhaka. And there are not many Bitcoin-based businesses there. Bitcoin ATMs and exchanges are not allowed.

This is actually bad news for teams such as India. With their series win against West Indies, New Zealand is having 480 point in the table for 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship. Both India and England have the same number of points, from the same number of matches. A series loss against Australia can sink India, and this can open the possibility of a final between Australia and New Zealand at Lord's.

There are rumors that Ranji Trophy will be shelved for this year. I am not sure about the authenticity, but if that happens then it can have a negative impact on the domestic players, who have no other avenue to the longer format of the game. But still it is good news that the domestic T20 tournament will go ahead as planned, with all the 38 member state associations.

Yeah.... I found the email, but for some strange reason I am unable to enter the details. I filled all the necessary fields, and then entered the captcha text and after that I tried to submit. But nothing happens. I was doing it in incognito mode, and later I will do the same on regular browser. Actually I was a bit afraid that the email was some phishing mail sent by hackers.

I would never use a stablecoin, unless trading between cryptocurrency and fiat is banned in my country. Here, that is not the case and therefore I have never owned USDT or any other stablecoin. But the situation is different in some of the countries such as China. Direct trading between fiat and crypto is banned and therefore the users are forced to use stablecoins. But nowadays, a lot of the traders even in countries with no restriction in trading are also using stablecoins and this actually surprises me. IMO, stablecoins are like ticking timebomb. No one knows when they will go down.

Anti-viral vaccines can never be 100% effective, since the virus mutates very quickly. Any vaccine with more than 60% efficiency can be considered useful in the fight against the pandemic. The vaccines from Russia, Pfizer and Moderna have efficiency of around 95%, while the cheaper vaccine from Oxford/AstraZeneca has an efficiency of around 70%. So it is confirmed that these vaccines can eradicate the curse of COVID 19 in a matter of few months, once the vaccination program starts.

I would like this work-from-home setup to continue. For me, this has been hugely beneficial. I am working in the IT sector, so working from home is very convenient for me. My expenses have been reduced by more than 75%, and the salary has remained unchanged. This means that my savings have almost doubled in a matter of 8-9 months. If this setup continues for another 2-3 years, then I will be in very good shape financially.

Let's not forget the fact that XMR was trading at $450-$500 per coin three years ago. I am not sure whether he had sold any of his coins back then. From that level, the XMR prices collapsed to $38 per coin by March 2020. But now the prices are going up once again and in my opinion he should consider selling some of his coins to fiat, or to convert a part of his stash to BTC.