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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.
Fidelity International, the investment service provider's European and Asian branch, is exploring its customers' perception of cryptocurrencies through the launch of a trading simulator dedicated to cryptocurrencies, as reported by FN London on July 8, 2019. Digital Currency Simulator This move comes amid Fidelity USA taking all the right steps to...
A new model of raising funds for political purposes is being put forth by a company called Peeps Democracy. As reported by MIT Technology Review, July 6, 2019, their new platform We the Peeps wants to let ordinary people raise money and vote on how the money gets used. While...
Interesting developments in Cuba have led to John McAfee offering his expertise in cryptocurrency to the Cuban government. Earlier this week, Cuba said they would study the use of cryptocurrency to circumvent U.S. sanctions on the country, as reported by Reuters, July 6, 2019. Mutual Distaste for the USA The one...
On July 5, 019, Flexa announced that Litecoin (LTC) payments are now live for merchant acceptance on their app. The blog post details why Flexa chose to adopt LTC and their partnership with the Litecoin Foundation. At the same time, Litecoin is outperforming the rest of the crypto market, with...
After a statewide sweep in December 2017, Texas' securities regulator will begin a second sweep of the entire state to find and shut down any illegitimate cryptocurrency schemes run by unlicensed companies and individuals, as reported by CrowdFund Insider, on July 4, 2019. Regulators Have Reawoken Those in the crypto...
Ever since the announcement of Libra, it has been the hottest topic of discussion amongst cryptocurrency enthusiasts, banks, tech companies, and regulators. As Europe and the USA struggle to come to terms with Libra, Russia is surprisingly calm on the issue, even confirming that the country doesn't plan to ban...
Of the top 50 decentralized applications by development activity, five are on Steem, one is on POA Network, and 44 are on Ethereum according to data from State of the Dapps. As reported by The Next Web, TRON is engaging with more users through their dApp-based games, but developers still see...
Bloomberg recently reported that Craig S. Wright, the self-proclaimed creator of Bitcoin, is unable to provide details of his purported $10 billion in BTC. These details were brought to attention following a lawsuit lanced by Ira Kleiman, the brother of Dave Kleiman, a former business associate of Wright. Now, in...
Libra is yet to launch and has already created a ruckus in the financial and cryptocurrency communities alike. David Marcus, the head of Calibra, offered some insight as to how Facebook's cryptocurrency will continue from an operational standpoint. On the sidelines, ZenGo announced the launch of their non-custodial Libra wallet...
With price the price of bitcoin (BTC) going as high as $13,900 before crashing to $9,900 within the span of a few days, Jeff Dorman, the CIO of Arca, believes the case for a Bitcoin ETF has become much weaker as regulators watch the massive price swings, reported by Bloomberg,...
