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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 effects of quantum computing on cryptocurrencies is bound to have a huge effect on network security. With the exponential increase in computing capabilities, the efficacy of brute force attacks massively increases. Despite slow development, the risk is real and needs to be discussed - so when should you start...
The Telegram Open Network (TON) recently opened a GitHub repository and a launched a test net of sorts on their website. An article by BUTTON Wallet on 26 May, 2019, reveals TON's scaling plan for its network. How the Chain Will Function The main focus of TON's plan is to scale...
The Litecoin (LTC) network hash power hit nearly 380 TH/s on May 25, 2019, exceeding hash power from January 2018 and bringing it to its ATH. The cryptocurrency is a little over 70 days away from its halvening and is surging in terms of hashrate and the number of transactions....
After a recent study showed that USA and India are to top two countries in terms of a blockchain development talent pool, ConsenSys published their blockchain jobs report in a blog post, 24 May, 2019. The report highlights how blockchain has gathered momentum in global talent pools and the new...
Decentralized finance (DeFi) is the newest trend to ride on in the blockchain ecosystem. Ethereum alone boasts a number of different financial services, of which the likes of MakerDAO and 0x Protocol are already scaling to the top of the DeFi mountain. In this write-up, BTCManager explores the intriguing world of decentralized...
As revealed by Justin Sun in a tweet on 27 May, 2019, Tron will be launching the BitTorrent File System (BTFS) as the world's largest decentralized file sharing protocol with over 100 million existing users. This comes less than a day after Justin Sun announced that something exciting would be...
From 2014 to 2017, BitMEX rose to become one of the biggest crypto investment platforms in the world. In a detailed blog post on May 23, 2019, BitMEX narrated their story of becoming an industry force and the upgrades they put out for the platform. The King of Crypto Derivatives...
Switzerland has joined the likes of Malta and Gibraltar to become the third country in the world to introduce security token regulations. As reported by Blueshare, on May 23, 2019, the laws are stringent, but they offer clarity on the issuance process. Cashing in on the Security Token Storm Switzerland is...
Telecom powerhouse AT&T has tied up with crypto payment processor BitPay to allow customers to use cryptocurrency to pay their bills, as per a public announcement, 23 May, 2019. This a major step to adoption as it marks the first instance of a major American company tying up with BitPay....
The Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Services (FIOD) in association with Europol and Luxembourg police have cracked down on Bestmixer, one of the largest cryptocurrency mixing services in the world. Mixing is a process whereby one can necessarily throw in tainted funds that are identifiable with criminal activity and receive...
