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The Altcoin Rises

O n May 11 2020, the crypto world experienced the phenomena knows as Bitcoin halving . For those who are still a little looney-toons regarding this phenomena, here's the lowdown . Moral of the story is that, as the Bitcoin supply decreased and it's 21 million market cap slowly approached, it was widely accepted that the low supply and high demand will increase the price of the cryptocurrency back to its previous highs. Basic business right? Wrong! Source: Equity Trust Company BTC prices actually fell and after briefly holding steady, are only just rising above the 10000 USD range. Surprise eh? Well, we are not done yet. Because while the most valuable crypto coin wasn't showing it's expected gains, some other cryptocurrencies shot to outer space. There was no SpaceX rocket nor a Tesla Roadster involved. These "altcoins" bumped up in their market value thanks to the entire underlying system of cryptocurrency: investor speculation.  But what exactly are these ...
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Zizou to leave Real Madrid.

Either Ramos got to him or Zizou desperately wanted to pull a  Nico Rosberg, but truth is Zinedine Zidane is set to leave Spain's ' pearly white's'. His announcement comes less than a week after he became the first coach to win 3 champions league titles ( although it could easily have been Ramos).

 Normally you would expect a lot of tears being shed but your first reaction is likely to be "Why the bloody hell is he leaving ?'. Luis Enrique left Barcelona after 3 seasons as well but his last season wasn't a massive success. I mean both Zizou and Enrique won one trophy in their final seasons and their respective clubs, but Enrique won the Copa Del Rey, while Ramos .. I mean Zizou won the Champions League. For the third f**king time in row! Yes it's all well and great winning the Copa. Yippee. Hooray. And all the other joyful crap. But the Copa felt like getting a medal for third place when there were only 3 competitors. Winning the Champions League joining a marathon as debutant and winning it in world record time, wearing your old pair of Adidas booties. Nike would have been like Barcelona, countless funding to beat the fabled two-hour barrier only to be beaten by a wimp with a fanny pack. And thus Enrique left and Valverde arrived. 

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 Let me be very honest, before the Champions League knockout stages Real were the wimps with a fanny pack. They lost against Girona, Espanyol and were barely winning games, they had just drawn Qatar ( I mean PSG) in the champions league, had all but given up on their La Liga title defence. The biggest sacrilege of all time would have been seeing Paulinho above Ronaldo in the top scorer's sheet. And this was despite being the first team in the modern Champions League era to successfully defend their title. And they had trashed Barcelona 5-1 even before the start of the La Liga! However, as the knockout games began, Zizou must have used his French charming skills (apart from the infamous headbutt) to pick up the Madrid players and on they went, trampling everything in their way. Teaching Ramos judo surely added a nice finale to the season. ( I'm joking Madrista's. Please don't hate me)

 In contrast, Valverde's Barcelona looked unstoppable. They had not lost a single game until their Copa loss to Espanyol. They looked like Winner's and several cules were jumping with joy when they realised they were facing Roma in the quarterfinals. Roma were gonna get trashed, eviscerated, and humiliated by this unbeaten Barcelona squad. But then Barca did a Karius and then Karius did a Karius. Zizou clapped his hands and won the champions league. So why leave?? Evidently the French are smart people, and they quit when they are winning
 ( sorry for any offence, I love France) and Zizou did a Rosberg and pulled out. But Rosberg is German you might say, well doofus that is not the point !!! Zizou left, Bale wants to leave, Ron wants to leave. In other news, Ramos just won the black belt in Karate.
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