If Punjab wins today's match, then both KKR and KXIP will be on 12 points each. But the problem is that, compared to the top-3 teams, their run rate is not that good. So they need to win the remaining two matches very convincingly, if they want to progress to the next stage. Regarding SRH and RR, I don't think they have much chance to qualify. Their net run rate is also quite bad.

I would say that MI is almost assured of a place in the playoffs. They have 14 points, and the net run rate is very good. Two other teams with 14 points each - Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. They should qualify, if there are no surprises. Then we have KKR with 12 points. So I would assume that these four teams would qualify for the playoffs. But given all the upsets we had during the last few days, predicting is quite tough.

Agreed. It will be better to keep this DeFi hype separate from the greater cryptocurrency market. Obviously a great majority of the DeFi projects are going to fail, or end up as scams. Recommending DeFi projects and linking them with Bitcoin and the other cryptocurrencies will erode investor confidence. If DeFi needs exposure, then let the respective project teams take care of that. Please leave cryptocurrency sector alone.

CSK needs serious introspection and they need to take some tough decisions. Deadweight needs to be removed and I would be happy if they start with Kedar Jadhav. Irrespective of the experience and closeness to the top people, non-performing players needs to be kicked out and young blood needs to be brought in. I am not sure about Suresh Raina. It looks to me that the relationship between him and CSK management is permanently ruined. In that case, he may be moving to another franchise, and it is going to be a big loss for the CSK.

The cryptocurrency market cap has reached the $400 billion level. At this point, regulation is inevitable. Do you really think that the governments will allow cryptocurrency to remain unregulated? As a first step, they are going to eliminate the Bitcoin mixers, so that it will be difficult for users to remain anonymous. Next stage would be to give details of your cryptocurrency holdings in the income tax returns. Already they have outlawed anonymous debit cards, which can be charged with cryptocurrency.

I never understood the reason why investors in cryptocurrency sector pump tens of millions of USD in projects where not even the initial phase of development is complete. Some of these projects do have good ideas. But before pouring in so much money, shouldn't they check whether the development team is capable of completing the project on time? This was the reason why the IEO/ICO sector went down. Now the same is repeating with DeFi.

When difficult situations come, you need to adjust according to it. You can't run away or remain depressed. Economy is in a bad state and it may take many years to get back to the previous level. But eventually an economic recovery is going to occur around the globe and in case you are prepared for it, then there is a good chance that you will benefit in terms of financials.

If the OP is referring to stablecoins, I need to remind him that there is no point in investing in them. Stablecoins are just fiat currencies in crypto format. Rather than investing in these stablecoins, you can directly invest in fiat currency (in the form of bonds, savings deposits or even banknotes). Stablecoins are tokens issued by exchanges and therefore the risk is there.

XRP is much more volatile when compared to the other cryptocurrencies and I don't have a good impression regarding that coin. Long-term holding with XRP is not recommended because of its high amount of centralization. The transaction fee may be low, but then you have other low-fee options available, such as Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum Classic.

I would agree with the last part of your post. There are players such as Kedar Jadhav, who are completely useless. If they don't have the necessary skills to face world class bowlers, then it is understandable. But the issue with Jadhav is that he doesn't even want to score runs and wastes a lot of deliveries during the final phase of the innings. I understand that he is one of the players with good relations with powerful people. But for the CSK, it may be better to give him the role of the fielding coach or the physio, rather than wasting a crucial slot in the playing XI.

As a result of the electoral college system, the results from 3-4 states will decide the outcome of the 2020 presidential elections. In terms of importance, these states are: Pennsylvania, Florida, North Carolina and Arizona. Trump needs to win at least 3 out of these 4. If he loses 2 of these states, then Biden wins. I would even say that the winner of Pennsylvania will decide the outcome. If Biden wins Pennsylvania, then he becomes the POTUS. If Trump wins the state, then he gets 4 more years.

This has been tried before and it is not very practical. Most of these online gambling sites are registered in small island nations such as Dominica or the Cayman Islands. There is hardly anything that the European Union can do about them. They will avoid paying taxes to the EU, even if a majority of the revenue originates from there. Banning these sites is of no use. In no time they will clone the site and restart the operations.

Here in India, I have been shopping from supermarkets using Bitcoin for the last one year. Here is how I do it:

1. I get Amazon Gift Cards in exchange for Bitcoin
2. I add the gift card to my Amazon Pay balance
3. I shop from Big Bazaar (largest super market chain in India) and make the payment using Amazon Pay.

Another method is to purchase Big Bazaar gift cards, either directly using Bitcoin, or using Amazon Pay.

KXIP has won 4 matches in a row, after losing 5 matches consecutively. On the other hand, KKR has lost 3 out of their last 5 matches. Gayle hasn't anything superhuman till now, but his presence in the playing XI has improved their team balance. The momentum is with KXIP and KKR is not doing that well.. so I expect KXIP to win today. But I am not sure whether they will be able to qualify.

By now, people have realized that all the BS we have been fed about the Coronavirus is wrong. The fatality rate for healthy people is less than 0.1% and there is no point in staying at home for unlimited periods. Enough damage has been done to the economy, and now time has come to restart it. To see how dangerous COVID 19 actually is, just look at what happened to Donald Trump. He's 74 years and still he was released from the hospital in a couple of days.

If you want to compare Bitcoin, then you have BCH and BSV which have transaction fee as low as $0.001. On the other hand, if you want to compare Ethereum, then you have ETC (Ethereum Classic) which is having much lower transaction fee (as low as $0.0004). Then we have other coins such as Litecoin, DogeCoin and Dash. I like Monero for its anonymity, but the transaction fee can be a bit higher than coins such as Dash and Litecoin.

Whatever you have been told about shitcoin XRP is a lie. They claim that they have a market cap of $11.5 billion but it is heavily inflated. If all the XRP comes in to free-float, then the market cap will be less than $1 billion. Also, more than 80% of the circulating supply is controlled by a handful of promoters such as Chris Larsen and Brad Garlinghouse. They keep their coins in cold storage and the moment they dump these coins, XRP will lose more than 90% of its value.

This is not necessarily a bad news for the United States Dollar. There is still a lot of demand for United States Treasury Bonds and the annual rate is like 1.5% per year for the 10-year old bond. Also, foreign governments such as Japan continue to accumulate American bonds. Also, we need to understand that even the Chinese don't think that the value of the bonds are going down. They are dumping them, because they are wary of potential sanctions and embargoes. 

I am not sure whether the "idiot" had any other option available with him. Government servants and the armed forces needs to be paid and the only thing they can do is to print more banknotes (even if they are completely worthless). Anyway, this is a lesson to all the governments out there, especially in the Latin American region. When you have surplus money, you need to save at least a part of it.

The current format is really confusing. There are two teams from Kolkata now and ATK is now renamed as ATK Mohun Bagan. On top of that the second team from Kolkata (East Bengal) will be making their debut this season. Earlier they were planning to keep ISL separate from the I-league. But now teams from the I-league are migrating to the ISL.