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Can Libra and Other Crypto Find a Ground to Navigate Regulation?

October 26, 2019cashtechnews

What’s the right approach to privacy that will allow crypto to best navigate regulation? Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies are causing some confusion for regulators globally. Designed usually as peer-to-peer payment platforms, cryptocurrencies seek to improve trust, security and privacy by significantly reducing or eliminating third parties. However, by connecting users directly, cryptocurrencies make regulatory oversight […]

The Curious Case of AT&T, Seth Shapiro’s SIM Card and a Stolen $1.8M

October 26, 2019cashtechnews

Two AT&T employees have been accused of indulging in illegal SIM swap-related activities. Cointelegraph spoke with Seth Shapiro. Over the past week, the global crypto community bore witness to a unique case wherein California resident and blockchain entrepreneur Seth Shapiro filed a lawsuit against American telecom giant AT&T — alleging that a couple of the […]

What Will Move Crypto Into the Institutional Realm?

October 26, 2019cashtechnews

As institutional investors move toward crypto, tight security is necessary. Facebook recently made its entry into the world of institutional blockchain and cryptocurrency with the announcement of Libra. It garnered so much attention that lawmakers in the United States are holding hearings to review the project. Walmart has been flirting with crypto and blockchain for […]

China Passes First-Ever ‘Crypto Law’ Going Into Effect January 2020

October 26, 2019cashtechnews

China has passed the first-ever law specifically aimed at regulating cryptography and password management taking effect on Jan. 1, 2020. The Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress in China has passed a new law regulating cryptography on Oct. 26 that will take effect on Jan. 1, 2020, reports local news outlet CCTV. Per […]

Zuck of the Hill: After 6-Hour Libra Grilling, Congress Unconvinced

October 25, 2019cashtechnews

In a historic appearance before a U.S. House committee, the Facebook CEO didn’t say too much new about Libra. On Oct. 23, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of social media platform Facebook, appeared before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee to testify on the prospective global cryptocurrency Libra, which his company is backing. He ended […]

WeChat Pay Using Blockchain to Track Payments, Says Binance CEO

October 25, 2019cashtechnews

WeChat Pay stores payment receipts on the blockchain, says Binance CEO. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) took to Twitter on Oct. 25, saying that he had “got word” that WeChat Pay puts receipts on the blockchain, along with a screengrab of a receipt with a link to a block explorer. Why does CZ care so […]

BREAKING: China’s Xi Jinping Urges Accelerated Blockchain Technology Adoption

October 25, 2019cashtechnews

China’s Xi calls blockchain technology an important breakthrough for independent innovation, urging to accelerate its development. China’s President Xi Jinping has called for the country to accelerate its adoption of blockchain technologies as a core for innovation. Xi made the comments at a Politburo Committee session on blockchain technology trends on Oct. 24. Blockchain adoption […]

McKinsey Advisor: Blockchain May Kill Off the City of London and NHS

October 25, 2019cashtechnews

A blockchain-based P2P financial system could make the City of London irrelevant, says a McKinsey advisor. According to a senior advisor at consultancy firm McKinsey, John Straw, blockchain could make the City of London irrelevant in the near future. He made the claim at a Computing.co.uk Live Event on Oct. 24. Straw added that this […]

Stanford Prof: Crypto Will Rain on Banks’ Low-Interest Rate Parade

October 25, 2019cashtechnews

A professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business says cryptocurrencies will put an end to the windfall that banks currently enjoy from low-interest deposits. A professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business says cryptocurrencies will put an end to the windfall that banks currently enjoy from low-interest deposits. In an Oct 24 interview for the […]

CEO Jack Dorsey On Twitter Joining Libra: “Hell No”

October 24, 2019cashtechnews

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey says “Hell no” to the question of whether Twitter would ever join Facebook’s Libra project. Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, made it crystal clear that Twitter will never join Facebook’s Libra project. “Nothing within Libra had to be a cryptocurrency” On Oct. 24, per a Twitter thread […]

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Can Libra and Other Crypto Find a Ground to Navigate Regulation?

China Passes First-Ever ‘Crypto Law’ Going Into Effect January 2020

WeChat Pay Using Blockchain to Track Payments, Says Binance CEO

BREAKING: China’s Xi Jinping Urges Accelerated Blockchain Technology Adoption

McKinsey Advisor: Blockchain May Kill Off the City of London and NHS

Stanford Prof: Crypto Will Rain on Banks’ Low-Interest Rate Parade

CEO Jack Dorsey On Twitter Joining Libra: “Hell No”

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