The Australian batsmen, such as Warner and Smith are in good form and this may prompt them to prepare good batting wickets. Many of the Australian batsmen have faced the Indian pacers during the IPL, and they will be wary of their pace and bounce. With the Indian fast bowlers in such top form, I don't think that Australia will gain much by preparing bowler-friendly wickets.

One thing that surprises me the most is that, the country where this damn virus originated has long gone back to the normal routine after eradicating the pandemic. But every other country in this planet is witnessing the first, second or even third wave of the pandemic. I am perplexed by this, and will be eternally grateful if someone could explain how this could be possible. 

The question is what will be the highest high this time around. Back in 2017, it was $20,000 per coin. So now we can expect an amount which is considerably higher. But to predict it with anymore accuracy will be almost impossible. It can be $25,000 per coin, or $50,000 per coin. It can even be $100,000 per coin, before the next major correction kicks in.

People are trying to paint a picture of starving and cashless casino workers. That is not the case. Everyone is getting their stimulus cheques from the government and that should take care of the necessities for a while. But then you can't expect the casino owners to pay wages to all of their employees, when they are having zero revenues for the past many months.

It is his fault. But in normal circumstances, it should not occur. I am someone who do stock trading and in this sector it is not possible to have such an error. First of all, it is not possible to set the limit to 3x or 4x of the current price. I guess in Binance they don't have such preventive mechanism, and this in turn resulted in huge losses to the trader. I won't be surprised if he launches a legal suit against the exchange.

Here we are talking about two risks:

Risk #1: my coins may become inaccessible, if something happens to me
Risk #2: my coins may get stolen, if I reveal the private keys to someone

For me, Risk #2 has a much greater probability of happening. I am a healthy human being in my 30s and the chances that something really bad would happen to me is very minute.

Anyway, it depends on the individual. If you think that for you Risk #1 has a greater probability of happening, then you can make arrangements accordingly.

I am not that convinced about this forest planting theory. Trees do absorb carbon from the atmosphere. But they store the carbon in their wood and release it when they die. Also, in my area I have seen a lot of grasslands being converted to artificial forests. They are disrupting the natural ecology by doing this. The ecosystem that existed earlier won't be able to survive once the trees are planted.

I haven't seen any evidence for the same. Even here in Bitcointalk, there were some very well publicized bets between well known users. The one comes to my mind is the 0.1 BTC bet waged between suchmoon and eddie13. After the results came out and it was clear that Trump had lost, eddie13 transferred the coins to suchmoon. At this point, I have to say that it is the Biden supporters who are behaving in a delusional manner, by posting fake claims.

Already we are just a few hundred $$$ away from another ATH. I believe that the next ATH may happen within this month itself (in all probability by either today or tomorrow). After the ATH, we can expect a small correction, as some of the holders who are trapped since 2017 are likely to sell at least a part of their holdings. We can expect the rally to resume within the next 2-3 months.

It was the Australian board which chickened out, and not their government. The government was favorable, but the board probably wanted to give preference to the IPL. UAE do have a large number of cricket facilities, in most of the Emirates. Apart from the three main Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah), they do have good stadiums in Ajman and Fujairah.

Those who are habitual gamblers, will continue with their trick irrespective of the taxes. Some of them would agree to pay the higher tax rate, resulting in a lower amount of disposable income at their hand. Others may decide to move their gambling activities to illegal casinos and online gambling sites, where they don't have to pay any tax. Eventually, the government will face a declining stream of revenue from the gambling industry.

No. In today's world, you can't trust anyone. People have become more selfish and devoid of human emotions. I am also holding a large amount of coins, and till now I haven't shared my private keys or passwords with anyone. If something happens to me, then all those coins will be gone. But that is a risk I am willing to take. It is simply a question of which risk you would prefer - getting your coins stolen, or your coins becoming inaccessible after your death.

How you can be so sure? The recent spike resulted from solid basics, unlike the case we had in 2017. The current rally was triggered by the adoption of Bitcoin by PayPal, while in 2017 it was mostly due to the hype surrounding the ICOs. Also, you can see that the Bitcoin market share is remaining above the 60% level, compared to the below 40% level we had during the 2017 rally.

There were talks ongoing regarding this subject a few months back, and the New Zealand government wasn't much excited about hosting the tournament. Also, we need to take in to account the fact that the IPL involves a total of 8 teams, while the T20 World Cup involves a total of 16 nations. I am doubtful whether a small nation like New Zealand can host such a large tournament on its own.

At least for the first match, the track is unlikely to offer much assistance to the pace bowlers. The Australian board is well aware that a tour by India occurs only once every three years. It is like a jackpot for them and they need to make the maximum use out of it. If they prepare a bouncy pitch and the match gets completed in less than three days, then they will lose a lot of revenue.

There was a time when Star Sports was the only sports channel in India. They faced some competition from ESPN, but in a matter of months ESPN India was also acquired by Star. Viewers were forced to pay exorbitant subscription fee for sub-standard coverage. The situation changed when new channels such as SONY, TEN, NEO Sports and DD Sports came online.

The final results (some of the states are yet to release them) prove that the margin was not extremely small, and this prevented Trump team from filing tons of lawsuits. Both the parties have a lot to cheer about. The Democrats won the presidential elections, which would enable them to pack the supreme court with liberal justices. GOP on the other hand, gave a very tough fight in the POTUS elections, while maintaining their majority at the senate. And surprisingly, they gained more than a dozen seats during the House elections. And finally, from what I have heard, the gambling sites got good profits as almost equal number of people made bets in favor of Trump and Biden respectively.

IPL was covered in so many different channels, in almost all the major Indian languages. I don't know what prevented Star Sports from providing an additional option, where this "artificial crowd noise" was absent. I can't complain much. The BCCI did such a splendid job in organizing the league. This was one of the minor issues, which could be swept under the carpet.

Rohit is no longer in his 20s and the heavy workload during the IPL might have resulted in the injury. And I am not much surprised about Ishant. He has always been an injury prone bowler. There are rumors that Shreyas Iyer will be included in the test squad, and he may be even given an opportunity to play one or two matches against the Australians. I am in favor of such a move. I have always considered him as the future Indian captain, although his recent poor performance during the IPL was a dampener.

They went ahead with the tournament, although 90% of the people were against the idea. If you look at the media coverage, a lot of the politicians and activists were arguing that when people are dying from COVID 19, such tournaments should not be held. I was not surprised, since India is very famous for "activism", which has resulted in many important infrastructure projects getting delayed by two or three decades. Perhaps that is also one of the reasons why they decided to host the league outside India. It takes a lot of courage to go against their opinion and schedule the tournament.