We had a great start to 2020, when the prices went up by quite a bit in January. But February was extremely disappointing, with many of the coins losing 10% to 20% of the value. I am even more disappointed, because the block reward halving event is just a few months away. If the market is showing no bounce in the coming weeks, then we'll be in big trouble.

From what I have heard, only two people have tested positive in India this week. Two of the schools have closed, since the child of one of the positive cases used to study there. That said, my friends in Delhi are saying that there is no sign of a lock down and the public transport is operating as usual. If things get out of hand, then the ongoing Ranji Trophy tournament might get postponed (semi-final matches are ongoing now).

Anyone can come up with a list of various campaigns, which they claim to be safe. But despite this, there is going to be no guarantee that the campaign is going to pay. If you want to get paid, then join a campaign where the funds are being kept in third party escrow. But you will find very few such campaigns here. On top of that, make sure that the soft cap is not too high.

I am glad that at least some of the Indian players have signed up for the county championship in England. But I don't understand why they are ignoring the domestic championships in other countries. The Australian 4-day championship (Sheffied Shield Trophy) is having a higher standard compared to the county championship, but I haven't seen any Indians playing there. The Plunkett Shied championship in New Zealand is also another interesting option. But I don't know whether the BCCI will give permission to the players, as they don't want the foreign boards to earn additional TV revenue by using Indian players.

You can't really compare warm-up matches with the actual test match series. Scoring a 100 against some second-string bowling side is one thing, and doing the same against a world class attack consisting of Trent Boult, Neil Wagner and Kyle Jamieson is another. India could have played a few more warm-up matches against the domestic sides, but they were too overconfident to do that.

We are in a state of flux. The last time I checked, the Bitcoin dominance was 63.8% and it is hovering between 62% and 65%. The altcoins have managed a major comeback, after getting pushed in to a corner as a result of the rising Bitcoin market share. Many of the top altcoins have gained as much as 30% during the last few months. However, a plateauing has occurred and I don't expect a further rise very soon.

Here in India, we don't have any service providers accepting Bitcoin, because the government has banned the usage of BTC in making payments. So we are currently making use of some of the loopholes. Users like me are first converting our Bitcoins to Uber gift cards and then using these gift cards to make payments. Very smooth process, although the mark-up is a bit high.

There is so much demand because ordinary Venezuelans want to keep their wealth secure. Ironically, they are forced to use a volatile asset such as Bitcoin as the store of value, as other popular options such as gold, United States Dollar.etc are in short supply. That said, I hope that they won't face any problem in the future, when they want to cash out their coin holdings.

Out of all these coins listed, I don't think that there is any interest in the cryptocurrency market for coins apart from LTC, BCH and BSV. BEAM, BCD.etc have very few users and they are outside the top-20 list. Litecoin had its halving last year, and the prices crashed immediately after that event. A recovery is yet to occur for Litecoin. I don't know what will happen with BCH and BSV. But I am a bit optimistic, at least for BCH.

Normal porn is legal in most of the countries (although I am living in a country where it is banned). And we all know that Bitcoin is a decentralized asset. Therefore no one has the right to limit the usage of Bitcoin by any third party. If there is an attempt in that regard, then Bitcoin will no longer be considered as decentralized. And I don't think that too many people will be having an issue with that, apart from a handful of religious nuts.

How Coronavirus is supposed to help? The stock markets have crashed and lost anywhere between 10% and 15% depending on the country. And the trend indicates that the market may crash further in the coming days. Even gold and real estate prices are crashing. At this point, how can you say that Bitcoin is going to be immune from all this and will increase in value?

^^^^ I heard that the BCCI have plans to organize a few women's matches during the interval between two IPL matches in a single-day. They tried this last year also, but the crowd reaction was not very positive. Sadly, the Indian women's doesn't have any stars among them, unlike the case with other sports where they have players such as PV Sindhu and Sania Mirza. 

Agree with both the aspects (transaction speed/cost and development). But still I am one of the most vocal detractors of XRP here in Bitcointalk. My opposition to XRP has nothing to do with the technology or the cost. The reason I hate XRP is because it is just the opposite of the original cryptocurrency which was invented by Satoshi. He had invented Bitcoin, which is decentralized and well-distributed. On the other hand Ripple is centralized and most of the supply is owned by a handful of individuals.

ICC needs to open its eyes. Every year, close to 12 million USD is send to the Zimbabwe Cricket Board by the ICC. And most of this amount get stolen and the quality of cricket in Zimbabwe continues to decline. At the same time, promising sides such as Nepal and Malaysia are struggling due to the lack of funds. My advice is to suspend Zimbabwe for an infinite period of time, and distribute the funds among the associate nations.

If you are ready to take the risk, then no one is going to stop you. But then, I would give a few tips based on what I have learnt during the last three years in cryptocurrency market. I normally invest at least 80% of my funds in established coins. Only 20% of the funds will go to coins that are outside the top-10. Also, while investing in the smaller coins, you need to make your moves very fast. If the coin is not showing much promise, then you need to get rid of it and book losses.

Group stage is over in the Group A in ICC Women's T20 World Cup, while two matches remain in Group B. India and Australia have qualified from Group A, while England and South Africa have qualified from Group B. Some confusion still remain about the semi-final matches. If South Africa win the last match, then their opponents will be Australia. If that doesn't happen, then they will face India in the semis.

One thing that I don't understand is why users continue to enroll to these "shit" bounties. No matter how scammy a project may seem, they never fail to get bounty hunters to participate in the bounty campaigns. First of all, the bounty hunters need to have some self-respect, and they need to grow a backbone and boycott the scammy campaigns.

Peshawar Zalmi seems to be in trouble against the Karachi Kings. After 10 overs, they are 61/4. Apart from Shoaib Malik, none of their batsmen could perform. At one point, they were struggling at 10/3, due to some raw pace from Mohammad Amir and Aamer Yamin. The partnership between Malik and Liam Livingstone added valuable runs, but Umer Khan got Livingstone out.

During the last decade, more than 10,000 different cryptocurrencies had been created. But how many of them are undergoing continuous development now? In the vast majority of the cases, the promoters and developers have exited the coin, after pocketing whatever they could gather from the market. Under such scenario, it is not surprising that the prices are going down.

It is not right to blame the lower order batsmen, when the top and middle order failed. Virat Kohli made a total of 38 runs in 4 innings (at an average of 9.50). Compared to that, players such as Vihari and Jadeja did much better. Vihari totaled 86 runs from 4 innings and Jadeja averaged 25. The weak top order was the reason why India got whitewashed.