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In this podcast, hosts Vikram Ramakrishnan and Faizaan Shamsi, partners at the software consultancy QuantLayer, talk to investors and builders of the cryptocurrency arena. We discuss how industry participants think about crypto assets, how they uncover fraud in the market, and which technologies will turn the budding, nascent crypto space into the revolutionary powerhouse early market participants had hoped for.

Apr 16, 2019

TokenAnalyst’s founder Sid Shekhar joins us on this one to talk about the on-chain analysis tools they’re building for the crypto industry. Particularly, we spoke about the delineation of on-chain versus off-chain and why on-chain data hosts a treasure trove of valuable information. We also talk about how funds can benefit their investors by investigating open ledgers. Lots of really good stuff in here like analogies to dark pools, exchange liquidity analysis and more.

Topics:

  • His background and how he got interested in crypto
  • On TokenAnalyst
  • His delineation of on-chain versus off-chain data
  • The reason on-chain data is important
  • Things we can learn from on-chain data
  • Where he thinks on-chain data is going and the things he thinks will play into price prediction
  • On running a crypto-focused company
  • What the next hot coin is
  • Something he's really proud about recently that keeps him going
  • Something he wishes he learned earlier

Links:
TokenAnalyst - https://www.tokenanalyst.io/
TokenAnalyst – Medium - https://medium.com/tokenanalyst
Under the hood of the world computer – TokenAnalyst – Medium - https://medium.com/tokenanalyst/under-the-hood-of-the-world-computer-caf957fb8a4c
Dissecting Blocks – TokenAnalyst – Medium - https://medium.com/tokenanalyst/dissecting-blocks-bf218cdff39d