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Ashwath Balakrishnan
Ashwath is a financial market and technology junkie. He is a cryptocurrency investor, trader, and enthusiast. He has expertise in market psychology and explaining complex technology in a simple way. He aims to battle misinformation in the cryptocurrency space.
Stefan Thomas, the ex-CTO of Ripple Inc, is launching a grant-based incentive system to promote creativity and diverse content on the internet. Along with Mozilla and Creative Commons, Thomas' venture Coil will give out $100 million to creators and users who embrace distribution models devoid of advertisements, as reported by Fortune,...
The largest blockchain payment processor, BitPay, has finally enabled support for ETH on their platform. Wallet users will be able to store and transact with ETH without the need for third-party integrations. BitPay's prepaid debit card will also allow for users to transact using ETH, as per the press release,...
Ethereum focused company, ConsenSys, announced the launch of CodeFi in a bid to strengthen the development tools for commercially viable decentralized finance and business platforms. According to the website, the goal of this platform is to create the operating system to create digital infrastructure in a trustless manner, September 16,...
Mobile phone giant HTC has announced a partnership with Roger Ver led Bitcoin.com in order to create the capacity to store and transact with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) without an application. The integrated BCH wallet will help HTC create a simple interface for crypto transactions and Bitcoin.com for a higher number...
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, has blamed a crash in the price of Bitcoin futures on an 'attacker'. He claims that this was done by a customer who started their own futures exchange a few months ago, but quickly clarified that he had spoken to said client and that it...
Dapper Labs has announced a capital raise of $11 million for their newest product 'Flow'. Flow is an entertainment platform developed by Dapper Labs along with Ubisoft, that aims to build blockchain-based games, authenticate collectibles, and develop fan tokens for musicians, as reported by Ledger Insight, September 13, 2019. Go...
France has welcomed cryptocurrency investments by announcing that crypto to crypto transactions will be tax-exempt, and necessary taxes will be applied only when selling crypto for fiat currency. According to Bloomberg Tax, France will also introduce a value-added tax (VAT) for transactions where crypto is directly used to purchase goods and...
Cuba has long been subjected to American sanctions for long-standing problems with the communist government. According to sources at Reuters, Cubans are using cryptocurrencies as a means of overcoming the barrier of economic sanctions and participating in international trade, September 13, 2019. Ascending Above Authority Bitcoin today is largely covered by...
The MIT Digital Currency Initiative is well known in the cryptocurrency space for spearheading a lot of early research in analysis. The man who set it up, Joichi Ito, recently resigned as it was revealed that he had ties to deceased financier and convict, Jeffrey Epstein. In a recent article,...
Binance has officially announced that its U.S. exchange will start accepting registrations and deposits from September 18, 2019. The exchange has been trying to launch an American arm for quite some time; most exchanges operating outside of the United States have geoblocked the region due to a burdensome regulatory process,...
