Some of the claims are too outlandish to be true, such as the involvement of the English players in 2016. But recently Heath Streak was banned for fixing some matches during the period mentioned here. Also, the article states this:


Heath Streak perfectly fits the description. Now there are some articles about his involvement:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/apr/14/heath-streak-handed-eight-year-ban-for-breaching-icc-anti-corruption-code
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/heath-streak-handed-eight-year-ban-for-breaching-icc-anti-corruption-code-1258953

Now here is another incident, which corresponds to the period mentioned in this article (this time in Sri Lanka):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_cricket_pitch_fixing_and_betting_scandal

This was going on for many years, before coming to light in 2018.

^^^ Well.. I agree. During the old days, people had the luxury of watching test cricket. But that is not the case now. Time has become really sparse and most of us don't have more than 30 minutes per day to watch sports. So apart from the die hard cricket fans, only T20 matches are being watched by considerable number of people for the entire duration. If I was the chairman of the ICC, then I would have discouraged teams from playing more than 2-3 test matches per year. That time could be better utilized for T20 or ODI matches. 

Hardly anyone cares about the Ranji Trophy nowadays. For the national team selection (even for the test and ODI formats), the performance in the IPL is considered as important. And actually this is where the state level leagues such as the TNPL and KPL comes in. Players such as T Natarajan and Shahrukh Khan originally caught the attention of the IPL franchise owners as a result of their performance in the TNPL. They managed to get selected to the IPL franchises without even playing a single Ranji Trophy match. And Natarajan has represented India in all three formats.

It should have been implemented at least one decade ago. Now these jokers are just exploring the possibility. This lack of inclusiveness is the reason why cricket has remained as a stagnating sport, confined to South Asia. I just hope that now the ICC will wake up from their deep slumber and allow the second tier test cricket. But again, a second division test league is meaningless, if there is no relegation-promotion structure. After a period of 3 or 4 years, the best performing team from the second division should be promoted to the first division, and the worst performing first division member should be relegated to the second division.

Dogecoin would have still soared without Elon Musk, but definitely not this much. A lot of manipulation is going on with shitcoins such as Doge. And many of them would have naturally gone up thanks to the bull run with Bitcoin. But Doge has gone up a lot even compared to the other shitcoins and the primary reason for that is Elon Musk. And let me remind you that Elon wasn't the only celebrity promoting Dogecoin. There were a bunch of others, such as Mia Khalifa, Jake Paul, Snoop Dogg and Mark Cuban.

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@Pmalek. I would assume that most of the users here don't have an idea about the game of cricket. That is natural, given the fact that it is a sport that is mostly confined to South Asia (especially India, Pakistan, Bangladesh). If cricket is being played in other countries, it is mostly done by expats from the South Asian region. Now for those who are not familiar with cricket - match fixing is very prevalent in this sport. In football, FIFA has managed to almost wipeout match fixing. But the corresponding governing body has failed to do the same in cricket. And that is partly because the governing body itself is being headed by corrupt people like Greg Barclay and Sharad Pawar.

^^^^ You are right about the 2015 match between Manny and Floyd. From what I heard, the combined earning was $300 million (out of a revenue of >$500 million) and it was split 60-40. But let's not forget that this fight occurred six years ago, when both the boxers were in their peak form. Now earning that much will be very difficult, especially when Floyd has announced his retirement. Also the revenues will be lower anyway, due to the pandemic situation.

A few weeks ago, I would have balked at any comparison made between Elon and McAfee. But now I realize that Elon Musk is just another wolf in sheep's clothing. He is just like any other billionaire, who want to manipulate the market and make money for himself. Sometimes people get blinded when they get too much power and influence. Elon is currently going through this stage. He will realize his mistake when his Dogecoin bubble bursts. But after this episode, I don't think that anyone will take Elon seriously in the cryptocurrency sector anymore. He has lost all the respect he had.

I would have been happier, if the story was about two guys who became millionaires as a result of their investment in any real cryptocurrency. SHIBA INU is an overpriced shitcoin, like thousands out there. And remember that whenever someone is becoming rich as a result of these shitcoins, someone is becoming poorer as well. These guys are only able to sell their shitcoins at this rate, because someone else is purchasing them. And the buyer in all probability is going to end up in bankruptcy.

I agree that it sounds like a scam. But is it even possible to implant a malware inside a Bitcoin core wallet? I don't think that the owner of the wallet can do that. As far as I know, the owner can only store coins and transact them. Anything other than coins can't be stored inside a core wallet. In case he is sending the wallet software, then I would have been more suspicious. But as of now, that doesn't seems to be the case. It is just a bunch of wallet addresses.

A number of projects have already migrated to BSC from the ETH chain due to the well known issues. Umbrella Network is one of them. But the market is already quite saturated, and Cardano and Polkadot are also hunting for market share. But as far as DeFi is concerned, I guess BSC is having an advantage compared to them. But ETH is currently on top, with more than 200 projects on its platform. Let's hope that BSC will be able to overtake it within the next 2-3 years.

The advantage for BSC here is that projects that are already listed in the ETH platforms can migrate to it, with hardly any change to the code. This level of compatibility is absent with the other competitors. But I am not comfortable with their algorithm which gives most power to the top 21 nodes (and I guess all of these nodes are owned by Binance).

Most of the third world countries are in similar position. Even here in India, things are not looking any better. Here the situation is really bad, because a large part of the population used to be employed in the informal sector. And the informal sector is in ruins ever since the pandemic started spreading more than a year ago. Most of the people who were employed in this sector have gone back to their native villages and are leading a hand to mouth existence with the help of handouts from the government and various charities.

Most of the other EVs that are available in the market are budget options and not higher end models. Tesla EVs have a range of 400-500 km on a single charge. The same for the other EVs such as Nissan Leaf is around 200 km. That makes the other EVs unsuitable for intercity travel. Anyway, more automobile manufacturers are now coming up with higher end EV models. That should pose some challenge to Tesla in their price section.

Oh please... For the first time, a shitcoin has been used for some good purpose. During the current bull rally, shitcoins such as Dogecoin have amassed crazy valuations, benefiting those who manipulated their prices. Now what is wrong here, if Vitalik uses the proceeding from one such shitcoin to help the people in need? You would have been OK, had he pocketed the profits and purchased half a dozen luxury yachts for himself? All these years people were creating shitcoins and making billions for themselves. And when someone uses a shitcoin for a good purpose, all the hell breaks loose. I don't really understand you guys.

The donations are not directed to the government, but towards an NGO which works for the COVID 19 victims. But still, I expect the Indian government to express gratitude towards Vitalik. $1 billion is just too huge. Whatever foreign donations India has received ever since the beginning of 2021 amount to a much lower amount when compared to this. I expect Prime Minister Narendra Modi to personally express his gratitude towards Vitalik Buterin, for this unmatched act of kindness. I don't think that in the recorded history any of the billionaires have ever donated this much amount for a single cause.

One again confirms what we were saying for so long. Cryptocurrency is the savior of humanity.

Nope.. it looks as if he is done with Bitcoin. Tesla has made around $1 billion in profit from Bitcoin after their investment in January 2021. Now they will probably repeat the same with Dogecoin. But I strongly suspect that eventually Elon will come up with his own cryptocurrency. All this drama about high electricity usage is just an excuse to dish out his own version of cryptocurrency. At least for a brief period, I have to admit that Elon successfully managed to fool everyone here in the cryptocurrency sector.

Sports bodies such as FIFA and FIH took great care to eradicate the curse of match fixing with their respective sports. But the ICC is not very successful in repeating the same with cricket. One reason may be the presence of businessmen and politicians with various cricket boards. These people don't care about the sport and just want to make as much money as possible. The ICC have banned players for life, for taking part in match fixing. But their treatment is much more mild, when powerful people are involved. Remember what happened when the CSK management was caught in 2015, along with the RR bosses. The team was allowed back in to the IPL after just two years. Why it is always life ban for the players and just two years suspension for the franchises?

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Bitcoin is in such a strong position now, thanks to its strong resistance when powerful people tried to destroy it. Elon Musk is not the first billionaire who tried to destroy Bitcoin and he will not be the last one. But the earlier ones realized that it is impossible to destroy Bitcoin, since it doesn't exist in the physical form. The decentralized nature of Bitcoin means that you can't destroy Bitcoin by taking down a central server or organization. And now Elon Musk will be taught a lesson which he will never forget in his life.

India is divided in to 28 states and some of the states had the communist party ruling them for many decades. The central government had hardly any control over these states. In my own state, the Communist party was in power until 2018, when they were kicked out. I can understand what could have happened in your country, since my family lived under the red terror for so many decades. I can connect with most of the things - intimidation, brainwashing, lawlessness.etc.

Every single business cares about profits and no one sets up a business just for charity. They need to pay salary to their employees, and a significant chunk of the revenues goes as tax to the authorities. At the most, they can put up warning signs, offering help to those who are vulnerable to addiction. Apart from that I don't think that they can do anything about these incidents. If someone is careless about money, eventually he will end up bankrupt. And for that a casino is not necessary.