Australian bowlers were wayward and they knew that India was never going to get there. There was a lot of complacency from the part of Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins. Starc has failed for the second consecutive match. He is a pace-bowling legend, but his recent performances are appalling. Series is decided now, with Australia leading 2-0. At least for the final match, Kohli can do some experimentation, resting players such as Saini and Chahal.

Elections are over, and most of the Republicans are debating about their chances in the 2024 presidential elections. They narrowly missed getting a majority in the House (despite gaining more than a dozen seats) and maintained their majority in the senate. The next target for the GOP is to gain at least 5 House seats in 2022, in order to get a majority there (as well as to maintain their majority in senate). It is going to be a repeat of Obama' second term, where GOP held majorities in House/Senate. I don't think that Biden is a powerful president who can navigate through the Republican majority in senate. Also, bad news for him is that apart from Murkowski, the Senate RINOs have almost become extinct.

But they should always prepare for a Kamala Harris presidency. I don't think that Biden will complete his term. His health is not that good, and there's a real chance that after some time he may retire as the president and will be replaced by Kamala.

It is actually very simple. Back in 2017, we had relatively few users vying for a large number of airdrops (many of which were successful upon their listing). There were some really good airdrops, such as eBTC. The number of users have grown manifold since then, but the number of successful projects have witnessed a sharp drop. So it is only natural for airdrop participants to contend with little or no rewards.

Rather than considering as the "gold" of crypto investment, Bitcoin should be considered as the original cryptocurrency. It was the original asset invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008. All the other cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum and Litecoin have plagiarized at least a part of the idea from Bitcoin. Some of them may be more technologically advanced, but the basic idea came from Bitcoin.

That 11% drop occurred after a 90% spike. The problem in cryptocurrency market is that everyone want to talk about the 11% drop, but very few would acknowledge the fact that Bitcoin had almost doubled during the last 3-4 weeks. With any asset, we can expect a major correction after such a sharp rally. You can take the example of stocks, bullion or even real estate. What happened with Bitcoin during the last few days was very much expected.

I guess that news was from 2017. Some of the countries don't want to reveal details about the seized assets and this is not just applicable to cryptocurrency. There is another chance that the information is being withheld, as the investigation is ongoing. Anyway, I would assume that the Bulgarian authorities are still holding most of these coins. Things move very slowly in these ex-Communist nations. It may take another decade for them to decide what to do with these seized assets.

I am surprised that there are people who still use TRX. I have always considered it as a failed innovation. Originally it was founded to assist with file-sharing of copyrighted content. But more than three years have passed and I have seen no evidence to claim that it is being used in that way. In short, TRX was another overhyped shitcoin, which failed to meet expectations from the cryptocurrency users.

A lot of people have posted here that ETH 2.0 is likely to result in a lower transaction fee. That may be true. But we don't have any idea about how much reduction will happen once it is implemented. There is a very good chance that by then the number of transactions would increase and that would undo any fee reduction that will be resulted as a result of ETH 2.0.

This is really great news!!!

PlusToken scam was one of the largest such acts we ever had in the recorded history of cryptocurrency. There are estimates that close to 3 million people were scammed by the PlusToken promoters, with up to $10 billion stolen. I have to appreciate the Chinese officials in arresting the suspects and seizing the stolen money. I hope this would discourage similar scams in the future.

From the article, it seems to me that the seized funds will be attached to the state treasury. So is there a chance of the victims getting any reimbursement for their losses?

And also, will the Europol ever manage to do what the Chinese did regarding PlusToken? Onecoin scam also resulted in huge losses for many users. And the last time I heard, the mastermind (Ruja Ignatova) is still roaming around freely in Germany.

Digging up IPs from 2008 and 2009 won't help us in reaching any conclusions. Unless the individual who created Bitcoins come forward and reveal his identity, I don't think that we will ever find out who he is. But until then, we need to ignore imposters such as Craig Wright, who is using this opportunity to scam inexperienced users with his BSV shitcoin.

Here you are assuming that the conversation between the IRS and Coinbase was civil and voluntary. I am not sure about that. Given the reputation of the IRS, I wouldn't be surprised if they have used unfair tactics in their dealings with Coinbase. If you ask me whether Coinbase had the option to refuse the request from the IRS, then yes. They had that option. But if they do that, they can expect some retaliatory action from the other side. And in this case Coinbase probably gave in to the pressure, instead of creating a fight.

These are just my assumptions. Can be wrong. 

Why so much dependency on Virat? India can't depend on him to win everytime. Other players also need to perform, during crucial matches. Shikhar Dhawan got out just now and India are struggling at 229/5. For me, there is zero percent chance for India to win this match. Still, I would like them to bat for the remaining overs, and get used to the ground conditions. It would help them for the next match.

I am hearing about this for the last two years. Ethereum 2.0 is a scam. IMO, Ethereum has run out of steam and the developers are desperately trying to keep the hype alive by bragging about ETH 2.0. They are implementing it even before the testing phase is over. There is a very good chances that vulnerabilities will be found and wallets will get attacked. Anyway, a fee of $5 per transaction is not at all viable.

Australia is scoring at a brisk rate now. They should, as the opening pair is at the crease. The Indian bowlers are really struggling (apart from Mohammad Shami). The pacers are struggling with their line and length, especially Navdeep Saini. On top of that Yuzvendra Chahal is unable to get much turn from the pitch. Indian captain looks frustrated and he has now brought in Shami.


Confused about this. SONY LIV is not free. You need a subscription to watch full matches. May be for the first 10 or 15 minutes they may allow you to watch the stream for free.

For a decentralized asset such as Bitcoin, you can't make distinction based on gender, race, language or religion. The majority of Bitcoin users may be male, but we don't know that yet. No one has ever prepared a "billionaire list" for Bitcoin holders. Obviously there is the Bitcoin distribution chart prepared by rpietila, which can be accessed here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=316297.0

Statutory warning: multiple users have warned me that rpietila is mentally unstable and is currently undergoing treatment at a sanatorium in Estonia. So use the tables with caution.

At this rate, 300 should not be a problem for Australia. David Warner is not getting much of the strike as Finch is chewing up a lot of balls. For India, if they can tempt Warner to play a rash shot, then it may give them an opening. But for now, both the batsmen seems to be at ease and the spinners are not troubling them much (Ravindra Jadeja & Yuzvendra Chahal). India needs to break this partnership.

This is why I wanted a few practise matches for the Indian team ahead of these ODIs. But for the BCCI, warm up matches represent a waste of time and effort. If they can't get revenue out of something, then they'll strike it off. Personally, I feel that India could have played one or two practise matches against the Australian first class sides, such as the Queensland Bulls or the Tasmanian Tigers.

If Cuomo want to apply law, then he should apply it equally everywhere. He is placing a 10 person occupancy limit for the places of worship, while his own party is encouraging rioters to march with their BLM protests where 1,000 or 2,000 people can be seen at once without any face-masks or other protective equipment. SCOTUS did the right thing by stepping in.

BTW I can understand John Roberts. He is nearing retirement and Biden is known to be very generous to those who fall in line.

I agree. Going by this definition, Bitcoin is not a completely liquid asset. Similar to bullion or stocks, we need to convert Bitcoin to fiat first, before it can be used for making payments. But then, we need to look at the ease of converting Bitcoin to fiat. Nowadays, the obstacles have been removed and it is relatively easy to do this. On the other hand, if you want to sell stocks, then you need a demat account, go through all sorts of KYC documentation and then select a particular stock exchange which will operate only for a specified period.

And this is where things go wrong for the other boards. Everyone want to copy the IPL and establish their own franchise T20 leagues. They never do proper research on the viability of such leagues. Even smaller boards like the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have jumped in with their LPL. In most cases, these leagues end up as loss making ventures, because the boards overestimate the potential revenues.