It is just an unfounded rumor. The first preference remains other assets such as gold coins, which are more stable than Bitcoin. A few individuals from these nations may be investing in Bitcoin. But compared to the gold and USD volumes, this amount may look minuscule. The main reason is, as you have pointed out Bitcoin volatility remains too high to be used as a store of value.

It is good to see Samson being included in the squad. But it will create a negative atmosphere if people like Shashi Tharoor and Sreesanth comes out in support for him. Because then the critics will argue that they are supporting Samson just because he hails from Kerala. In reality, Samson doesn't need the support of these people. He can qualify to the team on his own merit.

These isolated comments (such as the ones made by Donald Trump and Xi Jinping) may be having a temporary impact on the Bitcoin exchange rates at the market... but in the long term, if Bitcoin has to move upwards then there should be some concrete development. Banking too much on comments by some political figure is not viable at all.

Well.. Afghanistan once again proved that they can't compete against the other test sides in any format other than T20. They do have a few T20 stars such as Rashid Khan, Mujib ur Rahman, Zahir Khan, Mohammad Nabi.etc. But these players fail when they play test or ODI format. And it is very surprising, because they have a very competitive domestic 4-day competition.

Are you sure about that? Because during the past few weeks, the Bitcoin dominance has actually fallen quite significantly. Two months back, the Bitcoin dominance was measured at 71% in coinmarketcap, and this figure has fallen to 66% now. Some of the altcoins (especially Ethereum and Ripple) have made strong comebacks and the current trends also point to an increasing share for the altcoins.

Back then they had legendary batsmen such as Saeed Anwar and Inzamam ul Haq, in addition to a young Shahid Afridi who could light up some fireworks during the match. But back then, Australia was very much invincible. They had the best bowlers (McGrath, Lee, Warne.etc) and the best batsmen (Adam Gilchrist, Mark Waugh.etc). On top of that, they had the best captain as well (Steve Waugh). The present Australian team is a shadow of its former self.

Identity theft is a big issue these days, and I would not advice sending the scanned copy of your passport or national ID card to unknown people. You can trust established exchanges such as Binance and Huobi, in case they ask for KYC verification in order to participate in the IEOs. But for ICOs, it looks very risky to send the KYC information.

In the former USSR, people who didn't had a job were treated as "social parasites" and in some cases they were sent to labor camps. The only former-Soviet country that has remained loyal to this system is Belarus. Until recently, they had the "social parasite tax", which was suspended only very recently (in 2017). You can find more details here:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39221147

Was he talking about Sreesanth? Because I remember Gavaskar badmouthing him very regularly. One thing that I don't like about Gavaskar is that he tends to be very biased towards players from Maharashtra. For him, players such as Ajinkya Rahane and Kedar Jadhav are legendary, but at the same time Ravindra Jadeja and Cheteshwar Pujara are very average.

The situation is different from what we had in 2017. There are two things. First of all, the investors are more mature and intelligent. They think twice before investing in any new cryptocurrency. Unless a particular coin or a token can show solid development and acceptability, it may gain little traction in the market. And the second thing is that the number of cryptocurrencies have increased by manifold, and this has increased the competition beyond viable levels. It's a dog-eat-dog world out there in the cryptocurrency market right now.

First of all, you need to understand that out of the 10,000+ cryptocurrencies (coins/tokens) out there, less than 1% are useful. The remaining 99% are completely useless for any purpose and that's why we call them as "shitcoins". Obviously they will survive for sometime as the promoters may try to pump the prices. But once this manipulation period is over, the currency will lose its value and it will become completely worthless in a matter of few months. And this is what is happening to the smaller coins right now.

The problem is that we have dozens (if not hundreds) of coins which are designed for the same purpose. And in the end, it turns out that none of them are 100% perfect for that purpose. Take the case of anonymous coins. Earlier there was only Monero. But now we have hundreds of anonymous coins, including Verge, Veil, Zcash and Deep Onion. And the problem is that none of these coins are able to provide 100% anonymity to the user.

Well.. it is a good strategy to sell your coins at their peak and then buy them back when the prices are low. But the problem with cryptocurrencies is that we never know which levels are peaks and which ones are low. But I agree that it is not viable to hold any of the altcoins for the long term. Unlike the case with Bitcoin, there is no guarantee that these coins will survive for the next 5 to 10 years.

Even the existing exchange tokens such as the Binance Coin and the Huobi Token looks overpriced for me. For example, the market capitalization of the Binance Coin is several dozen times its annual profits. Here the investors are assuming that the operating profits for Binance will increase sharply year after year. And there is a good chance that their expectations may not realize.

The Bitcoin dominance has fallen by almost 5% (from 71% to 66%) in just two months time. At the same time, it will be wrong to say that the altcoins are making a come back, because if we go by the absolute value, their market capitalization has also declined. The only positive thing is that they haven't gone down as steeply when compared to Bitcoin.

I still believe that these news reports are inflated. Bitcoin is not suitable as a store of value. For that purpose, you need to use United States Dollar banknotes, or gold coins/bars. Bitcoin was trading at $10,000 per coin a few days back. And now its exchange rate has fallen to $7,100 per coin. Anyone who considers such an asset as a store of value is out of his mind.

We have two very crucial matches for today and tomorrow. Today, FC Goa will take on Jamshedpur FC and the winner will be having a chance of topping the table. And tomorrow it is going to be NorthEast United FC vs Mumbai City. NorthEast United is having 8 points now and if they win the match, then they can also top the table with 11 points.

Pakistani bowlers are relatively inexperienced and they had no previous experience of playing in Australia. They could have arrived a few days earlier and played a few more warm up matches to get acclimatized with the conditions. Anyway, lets see how they perform during the second test. Their morale is going to be low, but a few early wickets can change that.

There is no doubt that Manju was always an over-rated individual. He was a below average player, who somehow found a slot in the playing XI, thanks to his connections. And surprisingly he has now become a regular in the commentary panel, despite his poor language skills and lack of enthusiasm. There is no doubt that Harsha is much better than Manju.

Those who had purchased the coins at high levels would be at a loss now. But the most important thing to remember here is that these losses are not realized. Until you sell your coins and book losses, it is not right to claim that you have suffered a negative return from the cryptocurrency investment. And with a volatile asset such as Bitcoin, we can't expect the prices to go up all the time.