These are delaying tactics from the part of the BCCI and the ICC. They have zero interest in the inclusion of cricket in the Olympics. But they can't openly state this, because most of the fans want the sport to be included. So for the past 10-12 years, they are giving excuse after excuse. I remember in 2011 or 2012, some of the ICC officials saying that they will try to include cricket in 2020 Olympics. Now after a decade, they are saying that they will go for the 2028 edition. After one more decade, we'll see them claiming that they are trying to get cricket included for the 2040 Olympic games. |
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These are the latest market shares: Total market cap: $205,013,186,595 Bitcoin: $130,826,790,740 (63.814%) Bitcoin forks: $8,189,828,172 (3.995%) Stablecoins: $7,718,943,612 (3.664%) Altcoins: $58,277,624,071 (28.527%) This is the change compared to my last post: Bitcoin: -1.685%
Bitcoin forks: -0.043%
Stablecoins: +0.571%
Altcoins: +1.157%OK guys... here we go with the latest stats.
Total market cap: $185,772,114,091
Bitcoin: $121,679,061,464 (65.499%)
Bitcoin forks: $7,500,910,852 (4.038%)
Stablecoins: $5,746,411,476 (3.093%)
Altcoins: $50,845,730,299 (27.370%)
This is the change compared to my last post:
Bitcoin: +1.575%
Bitcoin forks: +0.189%
Stablecoins: +0.732%
Altcoins: -2.495% |
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This was an example of the tweets, used to popularize the scam in social media (notice the tweet using a fake account of Jeff Tiedrich):  |
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OK guys... here we go with the latest stats. Total market cap: $185,772,114,091 Bitcoin: $121,679,061,464 (65.499%) Bitcoin forks: $7,500,910,852 (4.038%) Stablecoins: $5,746,411,476 (3.093%) Altcoins: $50,845,730,299 (27.370%) This is the change compared to my last post: Bitcoin: +1.575%
Bitcoin forks: +0.189%
Stablecoins: +0.732%
Altcoins: -2.495%Prices are down by 15% across the market. Market share remains unchanged.
Total market cap: $231,021,985,291
Bitcoin: $147,679,095,924 (63.924%)
Bitcoin forks: $8,891,932,125 (3.849%)
Stablecoins: $5,455,532,122 (2.361%)
Altcoins: $68,995,425,120 (29.865%)
This is the change compared to my last post:
Bitcoin: +0.854%
Bitcoin forks: -0.505%
Stablecoins: +0.410%
Altcoins: -0.758% |
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Prices are down by 15% across the market. Market share remains unchanged. Total market cap: $231,021,985,291 Bitcoin: $147,679,095,924 (63.924%) Bitcoin forks: $8,891,932,125 (3.849%) Stablecoins: $5,455,532,122 (2.361%) Altcoins: $68,995,425,120 (29.865%) This is the change compared to my last post: Bitcoin: +0.854%
Bitcoin forks: -0.505%
Stablecoins: +0.410%
Altcoins: -0.758%Ever since this thread was created, the Bitcoin dominance has dropped by close to 10 points. And back then, a lot of us were predicting it to go further up.
Total market cap: $278,008,264,439
Bitcoin: $175,340,777,522 (63.070%)
Bitcoin forks: $12,104,644,858 (4.354%)
Stablecoins: $5,426,512,841 (1.952%)
Altcoins: $85,136,329,218 (30.624%)
This is the change compared to my last post:
Bitcoin: -1.421%
Bitcoin forks: -0.710%
Stablecoins: -0.059%
Altcoins: +2.190% |
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1st ODI between SA vs OZ have being played at Paarl. SA winning the toss decided to bat first and lost their first wicket on the first ball itself. SA are now 82/3 in 17.4 overs. Verreynne is batting on 26 and SA now require a good partnership to ensure they could sustain full 50 overs and can score as close to 300 runs in order to put pressure on OZ. It looks as if the partnership between Heinrich Klaasen and Kyle Verreynne pulled South Africa out of trouble. When Temba Bavuma got cleaned up by Pat Cummins, they were struggling at 48/3. This partnership has added valuable runs, and that too at a good pace. Ashton Agar is not playing today, which is very surprising after his good performance during the T20 series. |
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Ever since this thread was created, the Bitcoin dominance has dropped by close to 10 points. And back then, a lot of us were predicting it to go further up. Total market cap: $278,008,264,439 Bitcoin: $175,340,777,522 (63.070%) Bitcoin forks: $12,104,644,858 (4.354%) Stablecoins: $5,426,512,841 (1.952%) Altcoins: $85,136,329,218 (30.624%) This is the change compared to my last post: Bitcoin: -1.421%
Bitcoin forks: -0.710%
Stablecoins: -0.059%
Altcoins: +2.190%Cryptocurrency market is changing like crazy.. Bitcoin dominance has fallen by almost 2% during the past two days. Altcoins (especially ETH, XRP and LTC) have gained market share.
Total market cap: $270,565,158,535
Bitcoin: $174,492,458,839 (64.492%)
Bitcoin forks: $13,702,016,703 (5.064%)
Stablecoins: $5,440,261,471 (2.011%)
Altcoins: $76,930,421,522 (28.433%)
This is the change compared to my last post:
Bitcoin: -1.290%
Bitcoin forks: +0.056%
Stablecoins: -0.269%
Altcoins: +1.503% |
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It was a very close match. I thought it will go to super over but great balling and fielding by the South African team. Initially I felt that England will win the match, when Jason Roy was batting but, great balling by Lungi 3 wickets just for 30.
Originally England needed 23 runs from 2 overs, but Morgan scored 16 runs from the first 5 balls bowled by Beuran Hendricks. Within one ball remaining in the penultimate over, England needed 7 runs from 7 balls. They had 5 wickets remaining, and Moeen Ali and Eoin Morgan were at the crease. Things changed when Morgan got out the next ball. So 7 was needed from the final over, and even at this point I expected England to win. But all credit to Lungi Ngidi. He bowled a spectacular final over. |
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I have used almost two dozen different exchanges till now (2012-present), and I have seen withdrawal fee ranging from BTC0.0001 to BTC0.0015. Perhaps the highest withdrawal fee that I ever paid was with the Yobit exchange (I think that they have reduced the fees now). Nowadays I don't care much because I am not doing much trading. And I am mostly using peer-to-peer platforms to convert my cryptocurrency to fiat (or the other way around). The problem is that many of these exchanges had this withdrawal fee of 0.001 BTC or 0.0015 BTC in 2015 when the price of Bitcoin was just around $250. The prices have risen by almost 40 times from that level, but most of the exchanges haven't reduced their fees.
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I beg to disagree that Bitcoin dominance is going down. There may be relative changes to its value but it still looks balanced especially that there also shifts on trading today with diverse and numerous coins circulating in the market. Bitcoin and Altcoins have an inverse correlation, other coins drops as Bitcoin increases because people sell their old coins to Bitcoin. Alongside, Bitcoin increases, people consolidate into alts and the price of Ethereum rises. Nonetheless, when dominance is regarded, Bitcoin still has the most interest of the traders.
Bitcoin dominance is the market share of Bitcoin in the cryptocurrency market. Simply, the formula for calculating it is: Dominance = (Market share of Bitcoin) / (Market share of BTC + Market Share of altcoins) It is a very simple formula and explains why the altcoin share goes down whenever the dominance of Bitcoin increases. But at the same time, it should be remembered that dominance has nothing to do with the exchange rates. From what I have seen, the exchange rates of altcoins go up, most of the times when that of Bitcoin increases. |
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Most of the reduction in Bitcoin dominance was not caused due to an increase in the altcoin share. Rather, it was the Bitcoin forks such as Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV which did most of the damage. If you want to track the dominance, then you may check this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5158368.0IMO, what happened in 2017 is not going to repeat this time. Back then, the alts went up due to the hype surrounding the ICOs. As of now, the ICO market is in its deathbed, and Bitcoin has constantly maintained a market dominance of at least 60%. |
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To make a donation campaign like this you have to be an established entity with a proven record. You just cannot randomly start your own, and expect the money to actually reach its intended destination.
If OP collects money, who is going to ensure it reaches China? And the entirety of it? Sure the Chinese government probably accepts donations, and such donations probably wouldn't even be used for the virus and there is no way you can even audit that. Some organizations send things instead (such as masks) but again they will go to the government and then they will decide who gets them and who don't, and what quantity. LOL... do you really think that users like me would be willing to donate our coins, if some random user starts a donation page? I have never donated to any individual whom I can't personally verify. I have donated to government agencies and I have done the same for private organizations and individuals who are trusted across the globe. In case China wants our help, then they should allow the government agencies to accept donations in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies (which is not possible as of now, since BTC can't be used for making payments within China). I would be more than willing to donate, in case China retracts some of its anti-Bitcoin laws and regulations. |
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We all have a chance to become wealthy but that means we need to stop spending our bitcoin, instead we will save it and consider it as a long term investment. There are a lot of people who are already rich with bitcoin, so it's not impossible for us to make a fortune on it.
If you are an intelligent investor, then you should know when to book your profit (and losses). I am telling this despite regretting the fact that I sold almost 30 BTC during 2015-16, when the prices were around $250 per coin. First of all, you need to admit that there is absolutely no guarantee that the Bitcoin prices will continue to go up for ever. If that was the case, then all the 7.5 billion people living on this planet would have rushed to invest in BTC. Although the chances are really low, there is a chance that BTC may become completely worthless in the future. Under these circumstances, I would advise everyone to sell some of your coins now and to keep the remaining for the long term. |
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Bitcoin is designed in such a way that no one will be able to trace back a particular wallet address to an individual. This is what makes Bitcoin different from fiat currency. But the moment when you link your BTC wallet address with fiat currency (such as a transaction in an exchange where you convert your BTC to cash), this anonymity is lost. So as long as you refrain from doing this, you will remain 100% anonymous. But the issue is that at some point of time, you need to book profit from your holdings.
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$2.8 billion looks huge, but keep in mind on a Global scale involving hundreds of players it is just a few drops in the big-time financial bucket.
Yes... it is like a needle in the haystack. But the problem here is that most of the financial crime is being done by big banks and they have lobbyists in every powerful position in the government. So the government authorities may hesitate to touch them. Did you heard about the scandal involving the HSBC bank and the Mexican drug cartels? There was a lot of hue and cry initially, but everything was hushed up in little time. Bitcoiners are easy targets, since they don't have collective bargaining power. |
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That remains to be seen, I think the virus situation is far from resolved, and that the farms shutdowns actually stems from the fact that electricity needs have increased in addition to the dry season, which means that the production of energy from hydropower plants is significantly reduced.
Most of the energy in China is generated from the thermal power-plants, and in case the hydroelectric plants are operating below capacity then that should be made up by the other sources. The government is claiming that the spread of the virus is slowing down significantly. The number of deaths are on the increase, but the number of new infections have been on the decline for the past few days. So I assume that there will be less restrictive actions from the government, especially in provinces other then Hubei. |
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Democracy is a tyranny of the majority and hence should not be the goal of anyone concerned with liberty. I was in Miami at the time and had friends from Venezuela who used to come and visit. They thought no one would vote themselves into slavery and destruction. They were wrong.
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what’s for dinner as someone once said. Well.. I am glad that at least some of the users are agreeing with what I said. Democracy is practical only when the majority of the population is educated and hard working (Japan is an example). But in countries where the vast majority are lazy and don't want to do any work, democracy doesn't work (especially in third world nations such as Venezuela). The people there want to live on government freebies and don't want to do any productive activity. If the country is very rich in natural resources (Saudi Arabia for example), this model may be sustainable. People will elect governments which promise them freebies and in the end the economy will be destroyed. |
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Back to the topic though. An expropriation of the funds which were legally earned is impossible in the present-day Western world.
Seriously? After all the examples we had during the recent years? What is your opinion about the 47.5% haircut on savings bank deposits in Cyprus, which was implemented in 2013? I am not that knowledgeable about world geography. But I guess the Republic of Cyprus is located within the "Western World". Please correct me in case I am wrong. Firstly, if you ask me, I don't think Cyprus can be called a typical Western country, as well as some other countries which currently belong to the EU, such as Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and some others. People in those countries are striving to live the Western way, but the governments there are so corrupt that it can take another 20 years before the capitalist economic model starts working there. Secondly, you are talking about the 2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis, not a typical event by itself. Yet, in my opinion, even there, in Cyprus, even during a crisis, the confiscation of holdings of everyone who works with Bitcoin, proposed by Eleanor Saitta, would never be approved by the government. Well.. I am not going to argue. I agree that Cyprus can't be equated to nations such as Germany, France or even the United Kingdom. But still, Cyprus was part of the European Union and the haircut was done under the orders from the EU. And I agree with the second part as well. What happened in 2012-13 was not a typical event. All that said, my point was that "expropriation of the funds which were legally earned is impossible in the present-day Western world" may not be 100% true. In extremely rare scenarios, it may happen. Cyprus may not be part of the Western World. But what about other countries which are facing debt managing crisis now, such as Italy and Spain? I know that the chances are extremely low. But they are > 0%. |
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