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Tushar Aggarwal
Co-Founder and CEO, Persistence
Tushar Aggarwal is the Co-Founder and CEO of Persistence, a Singapore-based blockchain company behind the Persistence Core-1 network and the pSTAKE liquid staking protocol.
He began in crypto venture investing in 2018 as the first full-time associate at LuneX Ventures, the crypto fund spun out of Golden Gate Ventures, and later served as principal. During this period he also hosted the Decrypt Asia podcast. He started Persistence in the second quarter of 2019 and the company came out of stealth in January 2020. The Core-1 proof-of-stake chain launched in March 2021, and pSTAKE launched publicly in September 2021.
Forbes named him to its 2021 30 Under 30 Asia list for Finance and Venture Capital. He studied at The Doon School and graduated from Nanyang Technological University in 2013. His current focus is Persistence's Bitcoin interoperability work and its BridgeKitty product, while the company says it is also broadening toward AI systems for businesses.
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Latest interview · Jun 30, 2021Tushar Aggarwal on Persistence's liquid staking platformWatch the episode →
In their own words
“We want people to stake and earn staking rewards but still have the flexibility to be liquid.”
“Essentially, you're transferring ownership of a staked coin without unstaking it.”
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