Agreed. But there is a catch. In case there is hyperinflation, then it doesn't make any sense to denominate the prices in inflated currency. We should be rather using a price prior to the start of the hyperinflation. For example, if by 2035 the purchasing power of the US Dollar goes down by 1,000 times, then while quoting the exchange rates of Bitcoin, we should be using the 2021 US Dollar, and not the 2035 USD. That means that some asset that is worth 100 million in 2035 will be having the purchasing power of just $100,000 (in 2021 Dollars).

I am not surprised by the rants from left-wing that government should control all the financial activities and there should be no anonymity. The argument is that anonymous modes of payments are being used for terror financing, and for criminal activities. But apart from these "assumptions", I am 100% sure that you don't have any concrete proof with you to link Bitcoin with Taliban. To date, there hasn't been a single incident which links the Taliban to cryptocurrency. Your argument is based on just assumptions and not real data. Taliban gets close to 100% of their funds in the form of fiat. But obviously, you don't want to focus on that part.

Did anyone followed the Ireland vs Zimbabwe match yesterday? Ireland had a good start, but then Zimbabwe bowlers tightened the screws in the final overs and managed to win the match. Ireland still won the T20 series 3-2. And now the most important part of the tour starts. Ireland is supposed to play 3 ODI matches against Zimbabwe. These matches are extremely crucial for both the teams and in case Ireland manage to win at least two of these matches, then it will be easier for them to gain a direct entry to the 2023 World Cup.

At the moment, the lead is only 171 runs, but you are forgetting the fact that they have 7 wickets in hand. I don't know whether 300 is achievable, but anything above 200 would hand the advantage to India. As we have seen from the previous test matches in this series, 4th innings totals are mostly below 200. Irrespective of the outcome, it can't be denied that India made an amazing comeback in this match. If they win, they will go up 2-1, and they just need to draw the final match to win the series.

There is no rule written in stone that Bitcoin can't be more valuable that gold. Already there are several assets, which are more valuable when compared to gold. For example, the stocks in NYSE are having a combined valuation of around $30 trillion, which is almost three times the market cap of gold. Bitcoin is just 12 years old (compared to gold, which has been in use for 5,000+ years). In another decade or so, I expect Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general to reach the same level as any other mainstream investment asset.

Perhaps everyone will soon receive their third dose (booster). Pfizer has announced that those who got fully vaccinated with their vaccine needs a booster shot every 5 to 8 months. Dr. Anthony Fauci recently stated at a White House press briefing that full protection needs at least three doses of the vaccine. In the US they are witnessing around 150,000-200,000 cases per day (with fully vaccinated individuals comprising a large fraction), and a daily death toll of around 1,500. Even in the UK (which has achieved >70% vaccination) around 200 deaths are being reported every day. 

I don't agree with that observation. The Ethereum Gas Tracker lists average fee for low priority transaction at 121 gwei, which translates to roughly $10. A couple of years ago, the same stood at 20-22 gwei. So in absolute terms, the fee increased by 5-10 times. And this was further amplified by the increase in exchange rates (ETH went up from $100 to $3,900 in the last 3 years). If the increase in exchange rate is the sole reason, then we should be paying similar fee with Bitcoin as well. But the BTC fee levels are extremely low now, with even transactions with fee of 1-2 Sat/Byte getting confirmed ($0.05-$0.10). 

Yeah.. it is just for publicity.. or for tax purposes. He can show that the children are earning income from mining, so they can pay applicable taxes at lower rates. The article mentions that the father is an investment banker and he "helped out" the children by taking a loan. Is it even possible for 14-year olds to get a loan in the United States? Their mining equipment is mostly consisting of Nvidia RTX 3090 graphics cards, and each of them costs around $3,000. That works out to an initial investment of around $300,000.

The Spain vs Sweden match was a shocker. Spain ended up losing a world cup qualifier match after gap of 28 years. During this time, Spain had won 52 of their 66 matches, while the remaining 14 ended in draw. Spain became a bit complacent after Carlos Soler put them ahead in the 4th minute, and Sweden used this opportunity to level the scoreboard through Alexander Isak. But they are in comfortable position as far as the qualification is concerned. Despite the loss, they have 7 points from 4 matches and most of their remaining matches are against weak teams.

I agree. The best strategy for Plant would be to keep a low profile, and avoid provoking Canelo. Trash talk never works in the ring, as we have seen from numerous cases earlier. All that said, I am not sure whether Plant made the statements on his own. Sometimes the organizers want cheap publicity and they ask the fighters to make such controversial statements. IMO, I don't think that it is fair to blame Canelo for the positive test from Oscar Valdez. That said, Alvarez tested positive for Clenbuterol in 2018, which he claims to have come from eating contaminated meat.

Volatility is not essentially a bad thing. When you are using Bitcoin to make payments or for remittance, if you are using a payment processor then the coins will be immediately converted to fiat currency. Neither the seller, nor the buyer need to worry about the volatility here. And mainstream media has never presented a honest picture of Bitcoin in front of the ordinary people. They would like us to believe that it is the currency of drug dealers and pedophiles, even when they don't have any proof to back it up.

It's not like anyone consider fast bowling as superior to spin. New ICC rules and the T20 format has almost killed off fast bowling. Nowadays we don't see a lot many legendary fast bowlers emerging, similar to the case a couple of decades back. It is rare to see pace-friendly surfaces even in SENA nations nowadays. Even the pitches in Perth and Kingsmead have become more batting friendly now. I am OK with spin-friendly tracks. But they should not go to the extent of making batting in these surfaces an impossible job.

The problem is not with KL Rahul and Rohit, but with the batsmen to follow after one of them get out. Kohli has been out of form for sometime, and Pujara/Rahane are completely hopeless. I don't even want to mention Pant, because he has proved again and again that his batting style is not suitable for test cricket (especially in SENA conditions). Shardul may add some strength to the lower order, but the absence of Ashwin is going to backfire on the Indian team. A 100 plus opening stand would give a good start to India, but a total of 300 may be too much to ask for. 

I would say that taking out a loan is the worst idea to get started with an investment in cryptocurrency, especially for altcoins (no matter how much confident the user is). But all that said, I know at least two guys, who took out a loan to invest in cryptocurrency (many years ago) and made huge profits out of their investment. But it is entirely another topic if someone want to take a similar step at current levels. The risk factor has gone up by manytimes, and I would definitely disapprove of taking loans to invest in cryptocurrency at this point.

I like BNB.. everything else is good.. low transaction fee.. good technology and algorithm.etc. But in cryptocurrency sector, a lot of importance is given to decentralization. And that means that a coin that is issued by an exchange is much lower in priority for the ordinary cryptocurrency users. BNB doesn't seems to be that centralized, although it is issued by Binance. But the normal user think so. BUSD may be completely centralized, but not BNB. Unfortunately the users don't differentiate between them.

New technologies will always face opposition. I will tell you one story. When one of the companies import a computer for the first time in India (if I remember correctly, that was in the late 80s), the communist party workers destroyed the company office in protest. They claimed that computers will result in unemployment. Three decades have passed, and the daughter of the sole remaining communist party chief minister is now the head of an IT company. Same will happen in El Salvador. Those who oppose Bitcoin today will be the biggest proponents of it tomorrow.

If Joe Root was there, then there was a chance. But he is also gone. The England lower and middle order is not in good form right now. Dawid Malan looks good, but Ollie Pope is having a highest score of 34 in 12 innings he played so far this year. And apart from one half century at Lord's, Jonny Bairstow hasn't been troubling the scorers. Moeen Ali picked up some crucial wickets, but the less talked about his batting that better. Now coming to the lower order and tail, they haven't contributed anything significant so far.

Now the subcontinent teams are preparing tracks that give a lot of assistance to the spinners, especially against SENA nations. With the ICC implementing the ODI super league, each and every match has become a do-or-die situation, especially for lower ranked teams such as Bangladesh. They need to be in the top-8, to avoid playing world cup qualifiers. However for T20 matches, these teams may follow a more relaxed approach, as the qualification for T20 world cup is not linked to the performance in bilateral tours.

Back in 2009, when Bitcoin was first traded (the first cryptocurrency exchange was New Libertystandard), the exchange rate was $0.001 per coin. So the current valuation represents a 50 million times increase from those levels. But IMO, percentage increase can be misleading, and we should be looking at the absolute increase instead. The market cap increased during 2009-21 period from $2,000 to $915 billion. However, a price of $100 million per coin would mean a market cap of $2 quadrillion, which is more than 2,000 times the current price levels.

Being an Indian, I have to say that India's problems are very unique. Unlike other countries, where elected politicians have the most amount of power, in India it is the judiciary and bureaucracy which dominates over the government. At least the politicians are answerable to the people and else they won't get re-elected. But the Indian judiciary is extremely corrupt and inefficient. Civil disputes can take 20-30 years to reach a resolution. Strategic infrastructural projects are delayed infinitely, because the judiciary constantly issues stay orders on the flimsiest of the excuses. And the bureaucrats are not answerable to anyone and they regularly delay projects demanding bribes. Even if a bureaucrat is found to be corrupt, it is not possible for the government to fire him. The system is designed in such a way, to block any development.