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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 Treasury Secretary of the United States of America, Steve Mnuchin, told CNBC in an exclusive interview that G7 financial heads were not comfortable with Libra and expressed their doubts over the ability of the payment consortium to adhere to anti-money laundering (AML) and money transmission regulations. A variety of...
After initial reports that the CFTC had begun to investigate BitMex under customer protection rules, the latest data from TokenAnalyst suggests that this has been sufficient to scare users into removing their bitcoin (BTC) from the platform, July 20, 2019. Many competitors to BitMex such as Deribit and FTX are...
Cryptocurrencies, unlike stocks and currencies, are quite difficult to trade and keep a track of simply because the market is always open. According to a detailed analysis by LongHash, using data from July 2017 to July 2019, Bitcoin shows the most volatility between 12 A.M and 1 A.M UTC, July...
The first case regarding Bitcoin as a commodity in China led to the Hangzhou Internet Court pronouncing it as virtual property. The court said Bitcoin has value, scarcity, and can be disposed, giving it the necessary attributes of a digital currency with inherent utility. China has been vocally critical of...
After the tangle in Taipei between Arthur Hayes and Nouriel Roubini, Bloomberg journalist Tim Culpan claims that securities regulators in the United States - most likely the CFTC - are looking into the matter. Roubini recently launched a second attack on Hayes and BitMex which may have prompted regulators to...
After a scathing attack on Arthur Hayes at the Asia Blockchain Summit, Roubini has once again hit out at BitMex in a blog post that covers his opinion on the cryptocurrency market, as reported by Bloomberg. Arthur Hayes was unfazed by Roubini's personal attacks and even gave it back to...
In an attempt to provide more insights to investors, Coinbase has launched three new analytical tools for its customers, as per a blog post. The new data is a culmination of on-chain metrics and investor trends on their exchange. Analytics is now available on the desktop website as well as...
The CEO of America's biggest bank, J.P. Morgan Chase, doesn't believe it is worth losing sleep over Libra for the time being. Dimon is of the view that in the short term, Libra will have little to no effect on banks and global payments in general. He further stated that...
Peter Todd filed a defamation suit against Sarah Michelle Reichwein a.k.a Isis Lovecruft, after the former accused him of sexually harassing her. In support of her argument, Zooko Wilcox, founder of ZCash and the Electric Coin Company, testified as an acquaintance to both as well as the second complainant who claims...
Supranational economic institutions have been studying the effects of cryptocurrency and blockchain. In a report released by the IMF, July 15, 2019, they highlight the potential for cryptocurrencies and traditional digital money to spark a new age of payments. In the future, it is idealised that cash dependence will severely...
