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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.
The likes of Square, PayPal, Circle, and Skrill have been the silent drivers of the Bitcoin adoption movement. As seen in a report by Forbes, August 12, 2019, Coinbase was only able to launch its flagship crypto debit card in the U.K. because of its existing partnership with Skrill. Meanwhile,...
Reliance Jio, which recently became the largest private telecom company in India and the world, has announced the launch of a proprietary blockchain solution built to improve customer data privacy. In the report by ET Telecom, August 12, 2019, Reliance executive chairman Mukesh Ambani, spoke of the imminent transformation of...
The Hong Kong protests have millions of individuals rallying against the government's efforts to pass the Fugitive Offenders Extradition bill. In an article by Forbes, August 11, 2019, it was revealed that the central government used Chinese servers to launch a denial of service attack on Telegram to apprehend those...
Litecoin founder Charlie Lee has taken to Twitter to offer a more honest view on the state of Litecoin's network development. As per his Twitter thread, Litecoin adopts most of its code from Bitcoin with a few months lag, which causes people to believe that development activity has come to...
Litecoin has recently been targeted by malicious actors who have sought to break on-chain privacy through a dusting attack. As explained by Binance Vision, the education wing of the exchange, a dusting attack occurs when hackers send dust (an amount below the current average fee) to the personal account of...
The newest buzz in blockchain development is leaning towards implementations on an enterprise level. Allianz Global Corporate & Speciality SE (AGCS) has confirmed they are building a tokenized ecosystem to utilize the blockchain for insurance payments. This adds to the already existing insurance solutions based on the blockchain, but will...
A new report from Grayscale Investments confirms a few significant data points that conclude Bitcoin can be considered a safe-haven asset. While the genesis cryptocurrency has not yet seen a recession, many believe that it will be a wealth creator in distressed scenarios when stocks and bonds are underperforming, August...
SegWit or 'segregated witness', is a protocol that reduces the size of transactions and allows for improved malleability of Bitcoin. Adoption of this protocol has surged on Litecoin ahead of Bitcoin, and Charlie Lee believes its success of Litecoin has been a key driver for adoption of SegWit on Bitcoin....
In a recent court hearing that was set for August 8, 2019, the government of India asked the Supreme Court to postpone the hearing against the cryptocurrency ban to January 2020 as they wish to open the blanket ban bill for discussion in the Winter session of Parliament. This has...
Around 300 different addresses control nearly 80 percent of the total supply of Tether. While this isn't too surprising given the shady nature of the king of stablecoins, this concentration could be explained by mass hoarding by exchanges to supply liquidity on their platforms. Without doubt Bitfinex accounts for a...
