The book by Daniel Drescher, titled, Blockchain Basics, is a great book for a newbie like me, as I could understand the building blocks of Blockchain using simple analogies and metaphors. This blogpost summarizes some of the main points in the book and included a mindmap for each chapter.

The book by Oliver Burkeman, titled, Four Thousand Weeks, is one of the best books that I have read this year. The message in the book is timeless and you might have come across the main idea in many places. However the author has gathered all the relevant examples and has made a compelling argument about the way to live 4000 weeks, that we are all bestowed on this planet.

I am a newbie in to the world of Blockchain and Web 3.0 . I am blown away by the rapid developments that are happening in the Web 3.0 world. There is a healthy dose of skepticism towards Web 3.0 technologies by incumbents, while there is whole hearted enthusiasm from many of the newer players, FinTechs, startups . The recently concluded Singapore FinTech Festival was all about Web 3.0 . Being a newbie, I did not understand most of the terms that were being used by the speakers. For some reason, I was living in a shell and did not pay attention at all to what was happening in the external world. Coming out the shell after 5 years, I see that there are whole communities of people who are working on Blockchain and Web 3.0 technology. It is high time I understand this piece of technology and see if I can make any sense of this exciting field, that is set to revolutionize the field of financial services. Being a newbie, I looked around and found this book as a guide to my first step towards understanding Blockchain.

This post summarizes the main points from the book titled, “The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains” written by Antony Lewis.

Singapore FinTech Festival 2021 was a great event where there was a chance to listen to all the wonderful speakers across the world on a variety of topics relating to Web3.0. This blog post will summarize some of the talks during the festival. The festival is a great learning experience for anyone, as it brings together some of the best people and the best companies in the world.

TAS - Trade at Settlement Order type is an interesting order type that was introduced for majority of the agricultural futures contracts in 2015. How is TAS different from other order types ? CBOE gives a good primer on this order type Trading at Settlement (TAS) is an order type that allows a market participant to buy or sell futures contracts during the trading day equal to the yet-to-be determined settlement price, or at a price up to 4 ticks above or below that price.