I have a feeling that 5 bowlers may be needed. Indian tracks are quite flat and with Joe Root in excellent form, we can expect England to bat for more than 100 overs in each innings. The pace bowlers may get tired in the hot and humid conditions and therefore the spinners are expected to share most of the workload. Going with Ashwin/Sundar/Kuldeep seems to be a good option.

I don't think that it is going to make much of a difference. Bitcoin is infinitely divisible, and therefore the total supply doesn't matter much. Whether the total supply is 21 million or 1 billion, the market cap is going to be the same. You can argue that Bitcoin may be regarded as less scarce and therefore the demand will go down. But there is a counter argument as well. Right now the unit price is quite high compared to other cryptos and a lot of noobs are reluctant to invest in Bitcoin as a result. IMO, both the factors should neutralize each other.

It is definitely good news, but the impact on the market will be quite limited. Let's not forget the fact that Bitcoin is now having a market cap of >$600 billion. Endorsements from individuals doesn't make any reverberation now. What we need is collaboration with mainstream investment/payment businesses such as PayPal, Master and Visa. Any additional endorsements from these mainstream businesses will be good for BTC.

The rumor is that the IPL 2022 will be a 9 team affair.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/bcci-likely-to-add-only-one-ipl-franchise-for-now-industry-backs-move/articleshow/80321379.cms


And regarding Tahir, I agree that he is one of the good options available for CSK. But with a limit of 4 overseas players, CSK will try their best to include Indian spinners in their lineup (if they get some good purchases during next month's auction). Tahir didn't played much in IPL 2020 (he was included in the playing XI for just 3 matches) and that indicates what the team management thinks about him.

If the US Dollar gets devalued, then the population may be tempted to use other options, such as bullion or Bitcoin. The M1 monetary supply for US Dollar has gone up by almost 100% in 2020 alone, and 2021 may be even worse as a result of all the stimulus measures announced by Biden. It is actually good news for Bitcoin. But the question is whether the government will allow free competition or not.

Vaccination was started more than a month back, and so far just 68.1 million doses have been administered. Considering the fact that you need two doses per person, a total of 15 billion is needed to inoculate the global population. Even for herd immunity, at least 30% of the population needs to be immune. Unless the manufacturing and distribution is stepped up by a factor of 10 or more, I don't have much hopes for this year. 

Voters had the chance to do that three months back, but they voted for her. Now we have to deal with her for at least 4 years. And the situation is much more complex now, due to the trifecta power that the Democrats enjoy. The GOP was never considered as pro-Bitcoin, but at least when compared to the Democrats, they left the cryptocurrency market on its own without much intervention. That is going to change now.

For the vast majority of the experienced users out here, purchasing Bitcoin through PayPal makes no sense (unless they make more functions available, such as making payments with Bitcoin). But there are millions of not-so tech savvy people out there, who would rejoice at such an opportunity. These people usually have a hard time in purchasing BTC from the exchanges and then storing it themselves.

So that probably means that Ulbricht will stay behind bars for the rest of his life. Assange/Snowden still have some chance as there are enough mainstream politicians showing their sympathy towards them. Ulbricht's case is different and Trump was probably the only one who could have considered to pardon him. Feels bad, because he's in his 30s and unlike Assange or Snowden, people seems to have completely forgotten his case.

Can't agree with this claim. The price of a decentralized asset can't be controlled by a handful of players. There are more than 18 million coins floating around and in order to manipulate the price, these guys need to accumulate at least 30%-40% of the circulating supply. And if they try anything like that, then the prices will end up at six digits (or much beyond that).

When people are ready to donate money, why he should spend his personal wealth? Even during his 2020 campaign, if I am not wrong he didn't spend any of his own money. And according to Forbes, his current wealth is measured at $3.1 billion. He can easily wipe out the debt with some of his personal wealth, but I guess he is not stupid to do that. Anyway, most of that wealth is not in liquid form.

It has nothing to do with whether you are pro-vaccination or anti-vaccination. No one should purchase vaccines from unreliable sources, even if they are pro-vaccination. Everyone needs to wait for their turn, even if it means going without vaccination for 6 months or more. And who knows? Waiting for sometime for getting inoculated may prove to be beneficial in the end. 

Everyone is talking about side effects, but do we have any concrete proof for the same? There are some unsubstantiated rumors regarding people dying from vaccination, but there no concrete proof has been submitted so far. And till date, a total of 65 million individuals have undergone vaccination and there are no reports of large number of people suffering from serious side effects.

What about those guys who have spent a fortune on lottery tickets during the last 20-30 years and yet to win any sizeable reward? The individual mentioned here at least got lucky after trying for many decades. But we should not forget the fact that for every such individual, there are dozens out there who never get lucky. They spend all their savings on lottery tickets, only to end up broke.

There is only one real solution for illegal gambling. And that solution is to legalize all gambling activity. Prohibiting gambling, porn.etc reminds me of the dark ages. We are living in 21st century and the government should not decide on what forms of entertainment is permitted and what are not. Banning the casinos will only result in pushing it underground and handing over control to the criminal gangs.

Tens of thousands of people have won jackpots till now. Out of that one or two might have died of the shock of becoming millionaires overnight. The probability, I would say is less than someone getting struck with the lightning bolt. Anyway, I have one question. If people really don't expect to win the jackpot, then why do they purchase these lottery tickets?

ISL has failed to give enough boost to football, to make it the second most popular sport in India (cricket is at number one, and I don't think that any other sport can give a meaningful competition there). Even now, the PKL (Pro Kabaddi)TV ratings are more than that of ISL. The Hockey India League (HIL) was discontinued in 2017, else it would have given challenge to ISL as well.

The English batsmen seems to be having issues against Sri Lankan spinners. Lasith Embuldeniya has so far picked up 7 wickets (he may end up with 8 ). Joe Root was exceptional, but hardly anyone else contributed with the bat. Their opening pair looks like the most vulnerable (Zak Crawley and Dom Sibley). I know that Crawley hit 267 against Pakistan. But if you take out that score, his test career would look pathetic.  

Last year, there were some rumors regarding the increase in limit for overseas players from 4 to 5. But I haven't heard anything on that subject recently and it looks like the limit is going to stay at 4. I agree that du Plessis and Curran seems to be permanent fixtures. But I am not that sure about Bravo. His form has declined recently and he has gone through serious injuries. Gaikwad may get a couple of outings, but if he fails to perform, then he'll be dropped. Tahir is around 42 years old, and I am not sure whether he'll be fit enough for IPL 2021. For the pace department, they have promising Indian players such as Shardul, KM Asif and Deepak Chahar. For spin also, they have Jadeja and Karn Sharma. They may need only one overseas player for the bowling department.

The clear picture will be available only after February 11th, after the auctions.

They have kept double taxation and a very high rate of tax deduction because they know that no one is going to complain about it. No one is going to complain about the tax on lottery tickets, because their concentration is on winning the reward of $1 billion. It is not going to matter much, if the price of the ticket is increased from $8 to $10. And if someone wins the jackpot, he will be overjoyed that he became a multi-millionaire overnight. The winner is not going to sue the government claiming that the tax rate is too high.