That is true. But that doesn't mean that BCCI should get half of the ICC revenues. The BCCI is already the richest cricket board in the world and they get most of their revenue from the IPL, TV rights and sponsorship (and not from the ICC contribution). On the other hand, the other boards are heavily dependent on the ICC funds. If we apply the same logic, then FIFA should be giving 50% of their revenue to Brazil and FIBA should be providing 50% of their money to the US. It doesn't work that way.

The ICC has blocked international cricket calendar for 2 months every year, so that the IPL could be conducted. No other cricket board has been given this advantage by the ICC. Neither the BBL nor the CPL have blocked international calendar. When the ICC is doing so much, then I guess the BCCI should not push too hard. Already they are receiving 4 times when compared to the other boards.

India is the no.1 ranking team in most formats as per the ICC official rankings. But when was the last time they won a major ICC tournament? I can't remember any during the last 2-3 years. T20 has been especially problematic for them, as they had a few high-profile defeats recently. And the last time India won the T20 world cup was more than twelve years ago.

Even with the Indian players, they need to take permission from the BCCI before endorsing any product. The sponsors are spending hundreds of millions of USD in these deals and they don't want any stab in the back, either from the cricket board or from the players. IMO, as long as Shakib is contracted to the BCB, he can't make partisan decisions.

It took me at least 10 minutes after the match to digest the results. England got to a large lead early on, but I was always having a feeling that NZ being invincible would be able to overcome that lead. But England held on, and won in the end. Everyone who made bets in favor of New Zealand lost their money today (moral lesson: never take any team for granted). 

The last time I heard, Zuckerberg was giving indications that he may put the Libra project in the freezer. A number of the partners have pulled out of the project, including industry giants such as Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Stripe. Twitter recently rejected a request from Facebook to join the project. And on top of all this, the US senators are not happy with the project as evident from their arguments during the last senate hearing.

I would go for Cardano. It is true that this altcoin has lost almost 98% of its value from the peak levels. But among the anonymous cryptocurrencies, it still remains as the one with the best technology. None of the competitors (Zcash, Verge, Veil.etc) don't have the popularity or acceptability that Cardano can boast of. ADA is facing a liquidity issue right now.. if the promoters could resolve that, then this particular currency can grow by leap and bounds.

We are not discussing the possibility of Bitcoin exchange rate becoming stable (which is obviously not possible due to its nature). We are debating whether the stable coins such as USDT and TUSD will be able to overtake Bitcoin in terms of popularity. And I don't think that it is ever going to happen. USDT and TUSD exists because of Bitcoin. They will be worthless if Bitcoin goes down.

As per sites such as Coindesk, this is what caused the 30% spike within 24 hours. I agree with what you said. People are forgetting the possibility of China using the Blockchain technology to bolster their own surveillance and spying mechanism. For now, everyone is overjoyed at the increase in the exchange rates, and ignoring the other factors.

Nope... you are not late. Around 45 minutes still remaining for the start of the play between New Zealand and England. BTW, although 1.36 looks good for New Zealand, I have seen better odds out there (I remember one of the sites having them at 1.45). So browse around various gambling sites in case you want to get the best deal. Also, 1.80 for the championship odds looks good.

They have certain terms and conditions while signing the national contract. What might have happened here (possibly) is a clash of interests. I don't know much about the details, but I think that Shakib Al Hasan entered in to a contract with one of the telecom companies. Now this may be an issue with BCB, as their sponsorship deal involves another telecom company, which happens to be a rival of the first company. 

Stablecoins are useful in jurisdictions only where fiat currency is not available for trading with cryptocurrencies. If they are available, then what is the point in using the stablecoins? After all, it involves additional expenses to store and convert the stablecoins such as USDT and Pax USD. And ever since they moved to the Omni platform, storage of USDT has become more complex.

They were probably hoping that the Chinese government is going to close down the mining farms located in that country. But that looks doubtful now, especially after the recent comments on Blockchain technology by Xi Jinping. It will be very hard for a mining farm located in the United States to compete directly against a similar setup located in China.

Earlier, the Indian players used to participate in county cricket occasionally to get experience on foreign pitches. But now the BCCI is no longer allowing this practice. They feel that if they allow the players to participate in the domestic leagues controlled by the foreign boards, then the BCCI revenues may take a hit. So ideally they should organize B team tours to countries such as England and Australia. But form what I can see, they are not doing that as well.

The latest news from the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 is that Oman has qualified for the 2020 World Cup. They have got 8 points, and even if they lose the next match (against a weak Jersey side), they would still qualify for the 2020 T20 CWC. Ireland also looks all set to qualify, provided that they can defeat Nigeria tomorrow (Nigeria is yet to win a match so far).

No need to badmouth this guy. Even if he want, he won't be able to "tame" Bitcoin. After all, Bitcoin is a decentralized asset and there is nothing that Mr. Melamed do about it. His statements are just wishful thinking rather than realistic projections. And I still have a soft corner for CME, due to their decision to allow Bitcoin futures in their platform. Stupid statements like this one is not going to change that.

I would disagree. I still have a few shitcoins in my wallet and these coins have been delisted from all the major exchanges. They are no longer actively traded and therefore you can say that they are worthless. And all of them had a great deal of hype surrounding them at the time of listing. They had good bounty campaigns... but what happened after that is very familiar to us.

It was not much surprising. UAE is heavily dependent on Rohan Mustafa and he played a crucial part in the defeat of Ireland. They made use of the home advantage as well. Ireland on the other hand, is going through a rough patch. They had a disastrous test match against England this year, where they were bundled out for just 38 runs. And some of their key players have made themselves unavailable, in order to play county cricket in England.

Contrary to what many of the users posted here, I believe that this new cryptocurrency is going to have a major impact in China. But my expectation is that it may affect Tether more than Bitcoin. In China, the exchange users rely on USDT, since fiat is not allowed. If this new digital equivalent of CNY is available, then people would just dump their USDT for the new currency. And it is going to destroy Tether.

^^^^ It is not surprising. The rise of XRP have made many of its creators uber-rich and these guys can easily spend a few hundred million USD every year to prop up that coin. And they have already managed to build some partnerships with the banks and other financial institutions. If you analyze, you will see that the XRP volumes are much lower than that of other cryptos such as LTC and ECH. But they have been successful in maintaining their rank according to the market cap.

They want to maximize the TV viewership and in my opinion, it is not a bad thing. The number of viewers will be more during the weekends when compared to the weekdays. So they have the semifinals on Sat/Sun next week and the final on the Saturday the week after that. And it gives the teams enough time to prepare as well. During the 2015 world cup also they had a similar schedule.