I don't think 16 million is a huge money that ICC should ask for the audit. ICC in turn is getting huge business from these countries. Srilanka are suffering since they neve prepared substitutes of there big players like Malinga, Sangakkara. When all these big names left at same time, Srilanka start suffering.
I don't have an issue if Sri Lanka or Zimbabwe wastes whatever funds they get. But the problem is that this funds were stolen from some of the smaller nations. During the 2007-2015 funding cycle, a total of $65.25 million was allocated for the associate nations, which was reduced to $20 million for the 2015-2023 cycle. This resulted in complete destruction of cricket in some of the countries such as Nepal and Kenya. The allocation for test nations were increased and this increase came at the expense of associate nations. And further, allocation within associates were changed in such a way to favor countries such as Oman and UAE, who have teams comprised 100% of foreigners. That happened because ICC doesn't care at all about the smaller teams in cricket. all they care about is how they are going to get money from cricket and how the flow of money is going to be maintained between the top teams and ICC. If they actually care about cricket, that money would have gone to the smaller teams that are trying to do well in cricket with their native players. |
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I think that having Bitcoin might be a good investment but calling it a safe haven might be over exaggeration. We all know how volatile Bitcoin is and how it may be up one hour then it will be down on another. This needs sound mental faculties and lots of patience and discipline if you want to reach your goals of financial independence on cryptocurrency. Surely you can call Bitcoin a safe haven once you have cashed out your millions.
No asset is 100% safe for you, not even gold or real estate. Just by diversifying our portfolio, we will reduce some of the risk. Bitcoin's volatility makes it not really a safe haven for speculators but in the long run, bitcoin can be seen as a safe haven as its price increases over time. Bitcoin is suitable for long-term holding strategies. Bitcoin is suitable for long-term holding strategies and without exaggeration, it has grown from $1 to $69k in 13 years. There is no property that can do this. |
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It's not just amazing and this surprised me, congratulations to you and your parents. This is something that I think very few people do because absorbing technology with older people, you know it's not easy. I have always thought bitcoin and blockchain would be more suitable for younger people than previous generations. But maybe I was wrong and many people were as wrong as I was.
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BTCEvery years celebrate with Pizza day I don't think how feeling by some one have sold their bitcoin to buy pizza, better about celebrate bitcoin pizza days not with not really remember again. I know how disappointed we are when selling altcoin and later price pump drastically, maybe this fell by some one have sold bitcoin with bigger amount to buy Pizza, maybe if try selling bitcoin nowadays he can purchase all Pizza store around the world not only get one part of Pizza only.
I think he sold not regret his decision because at that time no one would have thought that bitcoin could reach over 60K and plus. Even if he had not bought the pizza that time, he would have spent his coins somewhere else. It's not ready to hold bitcoin for 10+ years when no one was aware of bitcoin in those times. The good thing is that due to his act of buying pizza with bitcoin, he become too much famous and he will always be remembered.  He used bitcoin for his purposes and will have no regrets here, no one would have thought that the price of bitcoin would be as high as it is today even Satoshi. All the amazing things that bitcoin has done for our world. If you want to talk about regret, let's talk about people who bought bitcoins and lost their private keys in a landfill. They cannot see and use the bitcoin they consider worthless and throw them away. |
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Bangladesh vs Srilanka match has been ended in draw.This test match both team showed their great performance. Both team batsmen and bowler were showed well performance this test match.2nd innings Srilanka middle order batsman did very well.I think that test match was interesting to see.I hope cricket fans are very happy with this test match.
Honestly, I don't think cricket fans are happy with this match because this match could potentially have resulted if Bangladesh actually played for the win. Obviously, if Bangladesh played for the win either they could have performed a lot better or they could have failed miserably and in other cases, there would have been a result. |
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Anyway, Atalanta have a better chance of ending the season in the European zone, as rivals Fiorentina are not lucky enough to get a more difficult opponent. Atalanta v Empoli and Fiorentina v Juventus but indeed, no one guarantees the final result will match the predictions because even though Juventus themselves lose, they will still be in the same place. So yes, it is likely that Atalanta and Fiorentina will still win, however, if we consider the opponents they face at least Atalanta is lucky to get a statistically easier opponent. The logic may be correct because Fiorentina have a much stronger opponent than Atalanta in today's match. Atalanta might have won the game more easily than Empoli who have only managed to win 1 match out of their last 20 league match. However, Fiorentina is very doubtful of being able to beat Juventus even though Juventus are now safe in qualifying for the Champions League next season. But maybe we can expect a surprise in Fiorentina's match against Juventus today, I see Fiorentina are favorites to win the match against Juventus especially the odds offered so far are 1.94 - 3.70 - 4.10. I don't know if it's a trap, but it doesn't hurt to believe that Juventus can win this match against Fiorentina. I think Juventus should be able to win against Fiorentina. But it is not going to be easy at all because Fiorentina is not an easy opponent at all. Juventus will have to work very hard to beat them. Both Juventus and Fiorentina are not in great form right now so it is a little hard to predict but I think Juventus should be able to win this because they are obviously the better team in this match. |
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While this is of course true I think it’s important to note that there are many more differences when it comes to comparing bitcoin and gold. Personally I can’t stand this comparison and don’t understand why so many people are so quick to compare the two. Gold is a physical asset, a metal, and used for a lot more things than bitcoin is, such as use in cars, electronics, jewelry etc.
Yes, gold has many utilities and is widely used in life and there's no reason we should compare them. Currently, bitcoin is considered an investment channel more than any utility, investors in bitcoin just want to make profits, not use bitcoin as a means of payment or currency. If we just talk about price then maybe OP is right, as bitcoin supply is very limited compared to gold. In the future, the value of bitcoin will surely increase and become the most valuable virtual asset. |
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Argentina is about to launch bitcoin education in their curriculum this is another win on the edge of adoption for bitcoin, when this is imcluded in the high school curriculum, then jt give an early exposure of our young youths the full knowledge about of bitcoin just as in finance and economics which are taught on the fiat application, bitcoin as well will make a huge difference when taught becau its a degital decentralized currency entirely different from fiat amd i appreciate the fact that it was bitcoin introduced and not other crypto which could create a mind stir. I would also love to know what the content of this course is, be it the concept of bitcoin, the technology behind and the era of decentralization, or the basics of investing. It would be better if they applied bitcoin training and a finance and investment course in parallel. Because at this age, students are mature enough to be able to absorb and familiarize themselves with investment tools to make money. |
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I feel like I'm too late and the btc price is literally just gonna go sideways forever. Or maybe a slow gradual push up. Maybe in 20 years it will be worth half a mil.
I dont think we're gonna see anymore gains like people of the 2010s and 13s experienced. and even 2017...|
Will btc ever hit a million? Or hundred million?
I kick myself so hard every night going to sleep that I didn't get in earlier. Liek I'll literally have dreams of being in 2013 when I first heard about it and buying some... T_T
Your post was 4/22 at that time bitcoin was at $40k and now bitcoin price has dropped below $30k. Bitcoin has dropped a lot since last month. So have you bought bitcoin yet?. we should not compare with people who bought bitcoin from 2013, 2014, but we still have chance to own cheap bitcoin when price is under 30k USD. I don't know when it will go up again but I'm sure bitcoin will keep going up, maybe even $100k or $1 million as you want. Just give bitcoin more time, now I want to know if you will buy bitcoin when the price drop, or you panic and leave the market. |
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That's one of the things that really hold my attention, this is a unique experience that Salvador have and i believe it will be awesome if finish with making this country one of the richest countries in the world, but it all depend to the Salvadoran government and how long they will hold bitcoin
Lol, how long or how much you hold bitcoin will never make El-Savador the richest country in the world. Are you confused, bitcoin can make a person or organization rich by holding bitcoin but a country to become rich must rely on resources, education and people. Can't just hold and expect wealth from a volatile coin, it will make El-Salvador fall sooner rather than rich. |
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When I purchased early on, the price for a btc was $11,000 . a few months ago, I can recall the price level
was $63,000 . I just knew that it was going to hit the $100,000 mark...Now as of today its $30,180
What is going on??? Also, can anyone predetermine if the btc will reach the $100,000 and is the btc
worth the investment...An educated guess, is acceptable!
If you buy bitcoin for 11k and then you see it went up to 63k even $69k if counting ATH. So what worries you is that it won't hit $100k in the future and it's not worth the investment. You should remember that no market goes up forever without falling, current volatility is a regular occurrence in financial markets in general. Bitcoin will definitely hit the $100k, but no one can tell you when it will arrive, be patient and wait. It will definitely come. |
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It depends on your usage, bitcoin really has a lot of different utility. They are both an investment, a savings and a means of payment...
Most people prefer to hold rather than spend bitcoin because we all wish bitcoin will increase in price and bring us big money, so these days people tend to accumulate rather than spend bitcoin.
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Very intense second leg of play-off match Nottingham vs Sheffield Utd, that is in extra time after Sheffield turned around result in second half.
Nottingham was better in first half but second half was dominated by Sheffield Utd and they deserved to be in extra time, but I didn't expect this because they had many missing players today.
Penalties decided this time, goalkeeper Samba was the hero, and Nottingham is going in Championship play-off final against Huddersfield!
Sheffield were really close to win this game without going into extra time. But it didn't happened. And penalty shootout, you don't see every day goalkeeper making 3 saves, he was main star of night. And like usually happens in such Championship games, fans invaded pitch after game. It's time for Nottingham to final return to EPL. It was a great match and I thought that Sheffield United had a very good chance in the regular time but when it went to penalties, it was absolutely highly dependent on luck. on and it is true, normally we don't see goalkeepers making 3 saves in the penalty shootout regularly, it was a great job from the goalkeeper. Nottingham Forest hangs in there and they got their reward for it. |
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There is still a possibility for Betis to move one position down in the standings before the end of the season. But to guarantee their position, they need to have a proper result against Real Madrid. But in Santiago Bernabeu, Real Madrid wouldn't lose the match easily. Maybe they are already the champions but we don't know how eager they would be to win their last match. However Real Sociedad are two points behind and they need to defeat Atletico Madrid to take Betis' position. I think Atletico Madrid won't lose and Betis will secure their position.
Real Betis should look for a win in the last match at any cost because that is going to give them a chance of finishing in the top four if Sevilla loses the last match. but even if Sevilla draws the last match then Real Betis will not have any chance even if they win. so I think they should look for a win and hope for the best. to be honest it does seem to be highly unlikely to happen. |
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The schedule for the last match of the season is not held at the same time, it seems that only Serie A and La Liga have a schedule like this. Because when compared to the Premier League, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 they have a schedule for their last match at the same time. But even so, Milan and Inter's last match schedule is at the same time and the schedule will certainly be very interesting, because then they will play aggressively from the first minute. Imagine, for example, Inter played early and then lost and Milan played after, then maybe Milan won't chase the win and it will be a boring last match, but fortunately they get the same time for the last match later.
The italian league match schedule is from 21-23 but still interesting, both Inter and Milan play together but they can play solidly for their respective wins, we will only see one match here and the score results will be seen from google data. Honestly, this is the match I'm waiting for in the next few days who will miss or both will win at the same time? and still Milan's chances are in sight if they lose then it's a ruin for the night. It is absolutely simple math for Milan. if they win this match they win the title and if they lose this match they will most probably lose the title as well because I don't expect Inter to lose the last match against Sampdoria especially when Sampdoria is in the 15th place of the league. Honestly, I don't expect Milan to lose and that's because I have seen them play in the last few Matches and I have to say they have improved their playstyle. |
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What a big win for Eintrach Frankfurt, not only for being Champion, also for have a place in the next UCL because if you check the Bundesliga this year they are out of european tournaments.
Lets see if they buy a b ig star (i dont thing so).
I did expect a 2-1 win for Frankfurt in regular time. and I expected the Rangers to start aggressively. Anyway, they did break the deadlock but Frankfurt did well to equalize. Frankfurt did not achieve too much in the Bundesliga this season and they are going to finish as a mid-table team in the Bundesliga but they have played really well in the Europa League and they are the deserving champions in my opinion. |
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We all know that just holding on and being patient we will succeed in this market, but to be honest, it's easy to say but difficult in practice. There are too many temptations for us to overcome and sometimes I just can't get over them. There are many ways to make a profit but holding I think is the best way for us to get the biggest profit and is safer than the rest.
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With realmadrid recent form this season I think adding up a quality player like kylian mbappe will be a great move for the laliga champions. To me kylian mbappe will be one of the best signing next summer, he is a very quality, he has alot of qualities that build up a best player, his pace, his exceptional goal scoring pattern, and his skill. Concluding everything I think he is one of the best young player that have ever seen in football history.
In addition, Madrid will also benefit considering that in the current season they are so difficult to score goals when Benzema cannot play for them. Their goal productivity comes mostly from Benzema and when he is not able to play Madrid's form has slumped so badly that they need at least one new striker who does have good productivity. Mbappe is the one who is suitable for this because at least with this Madrid can breathe a sigh of relief when Benzema starts to slack off or can't score goals for them Mbappe is surely not going to be a rotation player for Real Madrid if that is what a lot of people are thinking. He is going to be a crucial player for any squad. So, if anyone is thinking that he will be a replacement for Benzema I think they are quite mistaken. But I really think that if he plays in the right wing and Benzema is the main striker Real Madrid is going to score a lot of goals. Now Real Madrid really needs to buy a good defender that has a really good pace. |
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Lewandoski actually want fully dedicated time for Bayern , he is one of key player and have alot contribution for Bayern so far. if its really gone and play for another team, this team get big disadvantages and maybe their quality in next season will totally different. i am believe management make big mistake this time.
All agree with Robert Lewandoski as the best player and become top scorer every season on Bundesliga, give full dedicated for Bayern Munich. Have other thing by Bayern Munich with Lewandoski still top performance and have 1 year contract left give chance get much money by selling him. Barcelona have talk interested with Robert Lewandoski and great business by Bayern Munich to get new central player. Lewandowski is now entering a fairly old age, but if you look at his consistency in scoring goals that continues to improve with age, of course it is a big loss for Munich if let him go next season, now it can be said that only Haalaand has a similar performance to Lewandowski in the Bundesliga, but haalaand has now officially become a manchester city player so there are only a few great striker options that bayer munchen can recruit if they lose lewandowski next season, but I'm sure after lewandowski leaves bayern munchen later they will certainly no longer find a great striker like lewandowski. Honestly, I think Barcelona did pay a little too much for the player who might not be able to give a long-time service to the club. he is old and there is no question about him being a great finisher but certainly, he has lost some pace that he used to have. I really believe that Bayern Munich's did get good money for a player who is quite old. but the thing is he is old but not obsolete. |
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Eintracht Frankfurt is the favourite by a small margin, but either side can win the match. These teams have not played each other before in the modern era, we don't know what kind of match it will be. Since it's a single match, both sides have equal chances. In terms of market value, Rangers is a slightly smaller team. As a league, they are not as competitive as Germany. So it gets a little harder to evaluate. I think both teams will start the game with control. The side that scores first gets a big advantage. Nobody expected these two teams in the final, but now they are here.
I also think that Frankfurt is going to be ahead if we think about the performance that they have been able to show in the Europa League. They actually played really well and played as a team. I rarely saw them making any solo plays. I actually think they have been playing well because they are playing as a team and all the players in the team are really well at complimenting each other. And the attacks by Frankfurt seem to be a lot more coordinated. Oh, yes, what I admire about Eintracht is how the team can quickly go on the attack in a few passes and find themselves near someone else's penalty area. Also in favor of the club is what rivals were passed along the way by the club from Frankfurt. Still, Betis, West Ham and especially Barcelona are quite big names compared to the club from Germany and these clubs were the favorites, not Eintracht. But still, I will not risk calling Eintracht the undisputed favorite of the Europa League final and Rangers have already proved in this draw that they know how to gather and tilt the outcome of matches in their favor. Another question is that this usually happened at the Rangers home stadium. I also saw Frankfurt making some really good passes even in the final third. And they did not hesitate at all. It really look like they knew what they were doing. That type of coordination is rarely seen in the teams that are playing in the Europa League. At least that is the case in this Europa League. I honestly did not see this type of coordination from any other team in the European League and I am really confident that Frankfurt is going to win the final even if it is by a very small margin. |
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