Visa co-led a $40 million funding round in crypto startup Anchorage, marking its second-ever investment in a crypto startup. Global payment giant Visa has recorded its second investment in a crypto project by leading a $40 million funding round of Anchorage startup, according to a Fortune report on July 10. Visa has reportedly led the […]
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Arthur Hayes claimed that even if Libra has limited success, PayPal in particular has no chance of succeeding. Facebook’s Libra payment protocol could make central and commercial banks irrelevant, but PayPal has no future anyway, the CEO of derivatives giant BitMEX thinks. Arthur Hayes made the comments in a new interview with Taiwanese news network […]
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The former People’s Bank of China governor says “China should take precautions” against the trend represented by Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency. The former governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) says “China should take precautions” against the trend represented by Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency. Twitter-based Chinese crypto news source CnLedger reported on Xiaochuan Zhou’s remarks on […]
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Facebook’s David Marcus has written a letter to Maxine Waters and other committee members to address their concerns. David Marcus, the head of Calibra at Facebook, has written a letter to Chairwoman Maxine Waters and members of the House Financial Services Committee in preparation for the upcoming Libra hearings, according to a report by The […]
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The surge in crypto prices in Q2 of 2019 is backed by a respective growth in fundamental indicators… For crypto markets, the second quarter of this year has been the best three-month sequence since the bear turn of early 2018 put a brutal end to the dreams that the explosive growth of coin prices was […]
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The People’s Bank of China, the country’s central bank, is reportedly developing its own digital currency in response to Facebook’s Libra. China’s central bank is reportedly developing its own digital currency in response to Facebook’s Libra as the latter could purportedly pose a risk to the country’s financial system, the South China Morning Post reported […]
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Indian authorities expressed concerns over Facebook’s long-awaited stablecoin Libra. India’s authorities have expressed concern over Facebook’s forthcoming stablecoin Libra, Bloomberg reported on July 8. Subhash Garg, Economic Affairs Secretary at India’s Ministry of Finance, told Bloomberg that the “design of the Facebook currency has not been fully explained. But whatever it is, it would be […]
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Libra, Ton and JPMorgan Coin, a comparative survey of three projects that are set to shock the crypto world — for better or for worse.. Since the beginning of 2018, rumors and then news about some large players entering the blockchain industry mesmerized the crypto community. Presently, the projects promoted by JPMorgan Chase, Facebook and […]
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sponsored An open-source blockchain platform says the industry is going the same way as the internet: Just like websites, every business now wants their own chain. An out-of-the-box solution says it enables anyone, even with no experience, to build their own blockchain in under 10 minutes. According to Nuls, businesses are going through a similar […]
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South American social networking giant Taringa! is launching a stablecoin-powered points system for its 27 million users. Latin American social networking giant Taringa! has partnered with MakerDAO and e-wallet provider Airtm to launch a stablecoin-powered points system for its 27 million strong user base. According to an official Taringa! news release published on July 7, […]
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