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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.
Dharma Protocol, a tokenized lending and debt trading platform, has announced that users cannot make fresh deposits or take new loans until the team implements a few new developments. This news comes mere days after the project admitted there was a frontend bug that muted lending activity and reduced overall...
Binance Research has published a detailed report on the newest addition to their Launchpad. Perlin is a decentralized protocol that utilizes the Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus protocol to offer high throughput and zero-confirmation transactions. The network is targeting international trade and has been endorsed by the likes of the...
Binance has confirmed that an unidentified entity has contacted them claiming to have Binance KYC data and demanding 300 BTC in return for not leaking it online. The case is still being investigated internally, but since the exchange has decided not to cooperate with the entity, they began sending this...
Well known fund manager of Hayman Capital Management, Kyle Bass, believes that the current run-up in Bitcoin is has been caused by global trade tension, Yuan devaluation, and capital leaving China. In an interview with Yahoo, Kyle emphasized that while capital is leaving China through gold and Bitcoin, the rising market...
The messaging app has filed a countersuit against the SEC, claiming the agency has deliberately twisted facts to make it seem like Kik had not complied with necessary regulations. The SEC launched an investigation into Kik and came to the conclusion that their token, Kin, was a security but did...
Marcus Swanepoel, CEO of Luno, believes that contrary to the prevailing view that Bitcoin is a safe haven asset, it is actually just a speculative asset that offers irrational returns as well risk. Luna is a cryptocurrency exchange in the United Kingdom that raised funding from the likes of Naspers...
A privileged United Nations report confirms what everybody was suspecting so far: North Korea has been funding their nuclear program through orchestrated cyber-attacks from hacker groups set up and funded by the government. Reportedly, the cyber attacks have yielded North Korea almost $2 billion in random. The report further suggests...
Currently sitting at its all-time high (ATH) of 72.46 EH/s, the Bitcoin network has literally never been as secure as it has at this moment, as per data from the BTC.com mining pool. Although BTC.com still has its position as the largest single mining pool, the rest of the distribution...
As per an announcement on their blog, Coinbase is exploring the possibility of listing new digital assets on its exchange. The assets include successful Binance Initial Exchange Offerings (IEOs), namely Harmony (ONE), Matic Network, and Algorand amongst others. Privacy coin DASH is also being considered for listing and it's surprising...
At the Convergence Forum held at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), the SEC Commissioner, Hester Peirce, declared her desire to offer a non-exclusive safe harbor for the exchange of tokens and coins. There would almost certainly be a screening process for which tokens deserve to be listed as...
