French Minister of the Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire intends to ask Facebook for guarantees for its forthcoming digital currency Libra. French Minister of the Economy and Finance intends to “ask for guarantees” from Facebook in regards to its forthcoming digital currency Libra, media outlet Europe 1 reported on June 18. The Minister of […]
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Austria’s Graz to use DLT-enabled energy trading platform by Power Ledger in move toward zero-carbon energy. Blockchain-based energy trading firm Power Ledger will roll out its peer-to-peer (P2P) network in Graz, the second-largest city in Austria, according to an announcement on June 18. The Australia-based company has partnered with E-NEXT, an innovation arm of major […]
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Most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate losses on the day as bitcoin descends back to $9,000. Monday, June 17 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate losses on the day by press time, as bitcoin (BTC) falls Near $9,000 mark again. Market visualization courtesy of Coin360 Bitcoin is currently […]
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Crypto analytics firm Coin Metrics partnered with Social Market Analytics to provide a social media-based feed of sentiment towards crypto. Crypto analytics firm Coin Metrics partnered with Social Market Analytics (SMA) to collaborate on a feed of real-time sentiment towards cryptocurrency based on social media data, according to a press release on June 17. The […]
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The research arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance claims that Facebook’s Libra stablecoin could spark additional cryptocurrency volume. Binance Research, the research arm of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, claims that Facebook’s Libra stablecoin could spark additional cryptocurrency volume in a post published on its blog on June 18. In the announcement concerning the release of the […]
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Popular chart analysis service TradingView contains a bug in the Fibonacci retracement technical analysis tool. Popular chart analysis service TradingView reportedly contains a bug in the Fibonacci retracement technical analysis tool, according to a tweet by self-proclaimed certified Elliott wave analyst Cryptoteddybear published on June 13. The Elliott wave principle is a type of technical […]
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The U.S. CFTC has filed a complaint against an alleged $147 million bitcoin scam scheme, Control-Finance Limited. The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) launched action against a reportedly fraudulent $147 million bitcoin (BTC) scheme, fintech news outlet FinanceFeeds reports June 18. On June 17, the regulator reportedly filed a complaint with the New […]
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Facebook has released the white paper for its stablecoin project. Social media giant Facebook has released the white paper for its long-awaited cryptocurrency and blockchain-based financial infrastructure project today, June 18. According to the paper, Facebook’s global stablecoin, dubbed “libra,” will operate on the native and scalable Libra blockchain, and be backed by a reserve […]
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Six crypto exchanges have been hacked so far in 2019. How can cyber attacks be avoided and addressed in the future? Throughout the past six months, seven crypto exchanges have reportedly seen large-scale hacking attacks to the tune of tens of millions of dollars, with the most recent platform to suffer a security breach being […]
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A universal bank in Poland is using blockchain technology to let customers verify the authenticity of their banking documents. Alior Bank, a bank based in Warsaw, Poland, is using the public Ethereum blockchain to authenticate its clients’ documents, according to a report by Forbes on June 17. According to the report, when a client at […]
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