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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.
Adding to the number of false schemes and scams in the cryptocurrency space, a scheme reportedly run from Argentina and Ukraine has been outed for falsely claiming their investment product was endorsed by Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, guaranteeing to "make you rich in seven days", as reported by...
On July 2, 2019, Changpeng Zhao, the founder and CEO of Binance, announced their plans to launch futures contracts at the Asian Blockchain Summit in Taipei. The contracts will allow up to 20x leverage and Zhao has hinted at the release of a test version as early as two weeks...
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has released Payit, a digital wallet that allows for P2P transfer and international remittances at cheap costs and fast processing time. The bank has also tied up with MoneyGram, which recently had a ten percent stake bought out by Ripple Inc. as reported by Gulf...
Huobi Global, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, is teaming up with Nervos to develop a public blockchain focused on decentralized finance (DeFi) and improving the state of global financial inclusions, according to a press release from July 1, 2019. AMoat for Blockchain Adoption It comes as...
CoinRecoil, a defunct Indian cryptocurrency exchange, had earlier filed a writ petition against the RBI circular to ban crypto firms from using traditional banking services. Kunal Barchha, the co-founder of the exchange, wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, detailing all of his concerns and frustration, as reported...
Bloom, a blockchain-based identity solution, has crossed the 500,000 user milestone on June 28, 2019, making them the single largest entity in their market slice. Bloom changes the way identities are shared by using a blockchain-based solution to reduce the risks of identity fraud and minimize costs associated with doing...
The co-founder of Kravis Kohlberg Roberts (KKR), Henry Kravis, has reportedly invested in an alternative fund focused on fintech and blockchain opportunities. Kravis joins a list of outspoken Silicon Valley investors who have defied traditional thinking and embraced the rise of innovation in distributed ledgers, as reported by Bloomberg, June...
Bitcoin's (BTC) hash power just crossed 65 EH/s to break its previous high for network hash power. Unspent transaction outputs (UTXO) have also been steadily rising, along with mining revenue on BTC higher than ever, and the bull cycle is only just starting. In this article, BTCManager explores the growing...
In a positive move for DeFi and the MakerDAO community, users will soon be able to collateralize six ERC-20 tokens, apart from ETH. As per a blog post by the team, there will be a vote in the last week of July to decide the prioritize the order in which...
After bitcoin (BTC) topped out at $13,900, Michael Novogratz of Galaxy Digital revealed he sold a little but wishes he had sold a lot. In an article from Bloomberg, Novogratz is reported to have predicted a $7000-10,000 trading range for BTC, calling a $14,000 top a few days later owing to...
