Dennis Zhang, Ph.D.

Dr. Zhang earned a bachelor’s degree in finance at Shandong University, a master’s degree in econometrics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and his PhD in economics at Boston University. He won first place at the 2017 JD Discovery Data Challenge, sixth place out of over 17,000 submissions at the 2016 MassChallenge entrepreneurship program, and a top-ten ranking at the 2018 EOS Global Blockchain Hackathon.

In the world of financial technology (fintech), the one area that generates the most Big Data is blockchains, and Dr. Dennis Zhang is a pioneer in mining it to help investors make money. He has created a model for tracking capital flows to predict which cryptos will lead major new moves in the market. And he joined Weiss Ratings to help greatly expand its coverage to thousands of new cryptocurrencies.