The Diem Association’s rebrand from Libra was supposed to herald a new day for the project, but a touted 2021 launch may not go as planned. Facebook-backed Libra Association’s rebrand to Diem looked to quash negative perceptions of the project, but its new name has not changed the regulatory pressures the project still faces. It […]
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2020 has been a stellar year for blockchain technology, laying important foundations for the year ahead. January will mark 12 years since the Bitcoin genesis block. In that time, blockchain technology has made many significant strides forward. The launch of Ethereum in 2015 introduced smart contracts and token minting. Subsequent years saw developments in areas, […]
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CBDCs are one of the major topics in crypto this year, and the experts that Cointelegraph spoke to have a lot to say about it. It is hard to imagine that just two years ago, the general discourse around central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, was mainly focused on the potential and possibility of issuing […]
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Brian Brooks, the acting head of the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, said crypto regulation could either focus on safety for participants or could undo all progress. The latter half of 2020 has seen record Bitcoin (BTC) prices and a number of key regulatory developments, such as the Office of the Comptroller […]
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With Janet Yellen the presumptive Treasury Secretary, Biden’s potential nominations to the U.S. regulatory apparatus will be critical. The crypto lobby seems to be cautiously optimistic about Biden’s potential picks to lead the U.S.’s regulatory environment. That is, at least, according to a Thursday discussion hosted by TRM labs, featuring the executive directors of the […]
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A former PBoC official says that his country has taken a cautious approach with the digital yuan. The Chinese government is not seeking to replace existing fiat currencies with its own digital currency, according to a former governor of the People’s Bank of China, or PBoC. Zhou Xiaochuan, the president of the Chinese Finance Association […]
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The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — one week on Cointelegraph in one link! Coming every Saturday, Hodlers Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much […]
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Regulators around the globe are increasingly turning hostile to the social media behemoth. The United States Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, Inc., where it alleges that the corporation has been engaging in anti-competitive practices ever since acquiring a dominant global position at the turn of the 2010s. According to public case […]
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Executives from Facebook’s ‘Diem’ Association, Circle, Soramitsu, and Coinbase discussed how and when digital currencies will go mainstream, at the Singapore Fintech Festival. Speaking at Singapore Fintech Festival, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said that “third-generation blockchain technology” would see digital currency “in the hands of hundreds of millions, if not billions of users.” Allaire featured […]
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The social media giant has rebranded in hopes of scoring regulatory approval. Global regulators should grant Facebook-backed cryptocurrency Diem “the benefit of the doubt” to greenlight its launch in 2021, a top executive at Facebook Financial said. David Marcus, the head of Facebook Financial, or F2, said that both cryptocurrency Diem and related crypto wallet […]
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