Faisal Khan

  Faisal is based in Canada with a background in Finance/Economics & Computers. He has been actively trading FOREX for the past 11 years. Faisal is also an active Stocks trader with a passion for everything Crypto. His enthusiasm & interest in learning new technologies has turned him into an avid Crypto/Blockchain & Fintech enthusiast. Currently working for a Mobile platform called Tradelike as the Senior Technical Analyst. His interest for writing has stayed with him all his life ever since started the first Internet magazine of Pakistan in 1998. He blogs regularly on Financial markets, trading strategies & Cryptocurrencies. Loves to travel.

 



266 Stories by Faisal Khan

JPM Coin: A game changer or just another addition to a sea of stable coins?

Back in September, I wrote about the Cross border settlement mechanism, when I compared three systems being used widely around the globe – SWIFT,...
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The Risks & Drawbacks of the current Global Financial System

You are bound to hear two very different opinions about the current global financial system depending on who you ask, a person with a...
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What are the different types of DLTs & how they work?

Let me clarify from the get-go that although both the terms DLT (Digital Ledger Technology) & Blockchain are used interchangeably, there is a certain...
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Cryptos survive another drop but Global economy looks shaky

Another week of Geo-political tensions wraps up the on the financial markets. But the Equity investors were more focused on the U.S earnings seasons...
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What is MimbleWimble and its implementation in Grin & Beam

With multiple solutions emerging to provide scalability to Cryptocurrencies especially Bitcoin, the debate has shifted to improving the other two segments as well –...
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The unbundling & rebundling of the Fintechs

According to a recent CB insights research report, global Venture capital funded deals topped $39 billion in 2018 – a more than 100% increase...
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Will Iran’s National Cryptocurrency meet the same fate as Petro?

The love-hate relationship of the Islamic Republic with the Cryptocurrencies has finally culminated in the creation of yet another national cryptocurrency – dubbed PayMon...
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Cryptos recovery still elusive as Dovish FOMC fuels Stock gains

It was slim pickings for the Cryptos in the financial markets as the grind lower continued. With interest now diverted towards other digital assets...
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Data Driven Trends & Statistics – Jan. 2019

If you are a blogger like me, you would understand the importance of valued added visuals, statistics & videos to an article. While the...
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Another major city goes Crypto – Vienna token coming soon

With the mainstream Cryptos far from adoption in the financial ecosystem, other forms of digital assets like the cross-border payment coins, reward tokens &...
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What is Shrinkflation & its economic impact

Most of us are familiar with the concept of inflation – it is a quantitative measure of the increase in the price of a...
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Bitcoin’s ETF & Ethereum’s upgrade delayed yet again…

Financial markets were mostly flooded with bad news like downward growth revisions etc. It is strange to see how sometimes these headliners are related...
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