England are in total control of this test match, if they can bowl India out for around 230 and take a 100 run lead into the second innings then I think they will go onto winning the test match. India really need to fight hard here with their lower order making at least 100+ runs and get as close to England's total as possible. If they can then its any ones test match to win but right now England are in control.

The XCG dev team keep on delivering with the latest updates on the auctions feature. Once people start to understand and know what XCG has to offer, I think this will really start to take off big time. I'm yet to own a node but the plan is to own one within the next couple of months ready for 2019 which is when I think this will be a top project.

AceD streaming has launched and is now live for anyone wanting to start streaming their favourite games or what ever they like to stream. One streamer has already received 30 AceD coins in tips which was nice to see and this can happen with anyone playing and streaming on the AceD platform. A link to the live stream is below for anyone to join and sign up. You never know, you may receive some tips as well.

https://test.acedstreaming.com/channel/csgo-competitive-matchmaking/

I'm thinking that's what happened here with Nadal, the previous match took a toll on his body a bit like what happened to Federer, even though Nadal is fit, his age will start to play against him now. Its a shame that this happened as I was looking forward to another great match and maybe even another Grand Slam final between Nadal and Djokovic. I still think the final will be a good match as Del Potro does play well here and won't be an easy opponent for Djokovic.

On the Women's side there was a big upset today with Serena Williams losing in straight sets in the final to the up and coming Japanese talent Naomi Osaka 6-2 6-4 and becomes the first Japanese player to win a major. There was controversy in the match with Williams getting a game penalty for three code violations. Then it started with her going off at the chair umpire and then Williams called for the tournament referee Brian Earley after the umpire had warned her for being coached by Patrick Mouratoglou in the stands. It was crazy!

The 5th and final test match will start later today and from all reports it will be Alastair Cook's final Test before the 33 year old former captain retires from international cricket. Its a shame that he lost his form over the past couple of years as he was a great run scorer for England, I believe he now holds the record for most runs score for England in test matches. It will be an interesting 5th test as England would want to win to send their former captain out on a high while India will be looking to bounce back after a hard loss.

Its looking more like a Nadal/Djokovic final whic would be great to see them face off again in a Grand Slam final however I wouldn't count out Del Potro upsetting Nadal as Del Potro has been in top form this year and does have the ability to beat Nadal on his day. Also Del Potro should be the fresher out of the two as Nadal has had a tougher run but as we have seen with Nadal that doesn't stop him. I think Djokovic will be too strong for Nishikori in their match.

I truly believe that its just a matter of time before XCG gets noticed more as one of the better projects on 2018. I have seen a lot more people joining their discord which is nice and also the volume is starting to climb on Coinexchange, still need some more volume though but it has improved since a few weeks ago. Getting listed on Masternodes Online will also help get the project some exposure and so would another exchange which I'm sure the devs have planned in the near future.

We are getting closer to the launch of AceD streaming, I think this is one of the bigger features that AceD has set out in their roadmap as streaming in my opinion has the biggest potential along with the AceD gaming platform. Lets hope that the launch is smooth and that there will be many gamers and streamers joining this platform.

I don't really pay much attention to these matches with low ranked teams but its always nice to see teams that haven't qualified for something in a very long time make it through. The UAE is a decent cricket so for Hong Kong to beat them and make it through to the Asia cup is a great achievement.

Well if you are serious about running a Twitter giveaway, I can maybe help out if you like as I run many giveaways for other projects and all have been successful. I even ran my own 808 coin giveaway early last year which did very well and got a lot of people interested in 808 so if the same can happen for 421 by running a giveaway, I'm more then willing to help out. Below is a link to my Twitter account, let me know what you think and we can work something out. Even if MrEggman holds the funds for the giveaway and when a winner is drawn he can pay them.

https://twitter.com/cryptotrader85

We can see that Thiem is going to be a great player in the near future and start to see him winning Grand Slam tournaments. Credit goes to Nadal fighting back from 0-6 in the 1st set to come out as the winner. Nadal is mentally tough which is why he is so hard to beat, the only guy that can match it with Nadal in this is Djokovic. I was close to a nice payday with Thiem but its all good as he did try his hardest last night.

Nishikori is through to the semi-finals after beating Cilic in 5 sets, Nishikori could be the dark horse as we know he does play well at the Us Open. 

Hello, XCG is not an ICO and this coin can be purchased on the exchange Coinexchange at the link below. I highly recommend reading the white paper and also join the discord or telegram groups as the team is very active in these groups. If you have any questions at all, the team and other community members are there to help you out. Good luck!

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Its the news a lot of us have been waiting for, AceD streaming is most likely going to go live on September 8th! As we know streaming is a huge business now so if AceD can share in a piece of the pie, then this could really explode. Like I have been saying since I joined this community, the dev team keep on delivering on what they have set out on their roadmap and that is why I support the team 110%.

For a while I wasn't staking much compared to what I was staking at the start of the year but now its seems that it has gone back to normal like it was before. I'm not sure what was going on as the network weight didn't look like it increased all that much and I noticed that only a few wallets were staking. I'm just glad to be staking regularly again, hopefully soon we get some updates from the dev on a new wallet release. 

The Nadal/Thiem match has been amazing so far and is going right down to the wire. Nadal has fought back well after going down in the 1st set 0-6 to win the next 2 sets. Then Thiem fought back to win the 4th set and take it into the 5th set where both Men are fighting it out for the win. I thought Nadal had Thiem in this set when it was 5-5 and Nadal was up 0-40 on Thiem's serve but he fought back to win the set. I'm hoping Thiem can come out on top.

Yeah we saw what it was doing to Federer and a lot of people are saying that this is one of the biggest upsets of all time but I don't agree because we know now that Federer is getting older and will struggle in humid and hot conditions. It does takeits toll on the older players like Federer, its a shame that we won't see Federer and Djokovic play off once again. I'm more interested in tonight's match between Nadal and Thiem as like you all know I have a bet on Thiem to win the Us Open. Del Potro is also looking good and could be the main danger to Nadal and Djokovic.

Nice work my friend! Its good to see some work being done on TRI once again. The faucet would be great to have going again as faucets are a good way to bring new people into the coin as people love getting some free coins. Is there any plans to have a TRI Twitter again?

I'm not too worried right now as we have always been paid, yes there have been delays this year but we have always been paid eventually. I would however say that an update would be nice just to let people know what is going on.

I'm seeing many questions about bounties for this project. There is a Twitter giveaway going on right now which will end in a few days time from now so if you want the chance to win 500 XCG join the giveaway at the tweet below. Remember to follow all the steps in the tweet to qualify for the giveaway. There will be 2 winners for this giveaway. 

 https://twitter.com/cryptotrader85/status/1032404376214679552

I know Djokovic wasn't playing anyone high ranking however he does look in fine form and will be hard to beat. If Federer wins later tonight, then the two must face off in the quarter finals, right now both players are playing some great tennis so I think it will be an epic match. Cilic won in straight sets, Goffin was no match for him and now he must face Nishikori in the quarter finals, another match that will be great to see. Its good to see all the top seeds on the Men's side make it through to the quarter finals as the matches are more interesting to watch.