Facebook Libra is seeking worldwide compliance, but experts are sceptical that the project can meet its 2020 release date due to regulatory uncertainty. For the cryptosphere, August was marked by the hotly debated announcements of world giants regarding the releases of international cryptocurrencies. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) announced the imminent release of a […]
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China’s central bank relies on centralization and suppression of open technologies such as blockchain, with its next step being to issue a national stablecoin. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the country’s central bank, has announced that it is planning to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC), inspired in part by Facebook’s Libra project. […]
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Unconfirmed: Pavel Durov plans to launch Telegram Open Network’s blockchain public testing on Sept. 1, according to one of the investors. Telegram Open Network’s (TON) blockchain public testing will launch on Sept. 1, according to one of the investors. On Aug. 28, Russian news outlet Vedomosti quoted an anonymous TON investor claiming to have learned […]
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Button Wallet is launching a free testing service on the Telegram Open Network in a bid to drive cryptocurrency adoption among Telegram’s 300 million users. Non-custodial and multi-cryptocurrency wallet provider Button Wallet is launching a free testing service on the Telegram Open Network (TON) in a bid to drive crypto adoption among Telegram’s 300 million […]
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Binance launched its own stablecoin project, but faces stiff competition from Libra and the Chinese government in its quest… Within the past 12 months, stablecoins have transformed from a niche idea to tackle the issues of a volatile market into methods of payment championed by some of the world’s biggest and most powerful tech companies. […]
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A look at green policy and crypto energy consumption in Japan. Society is now witnessing the implementation of digital currencies, artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology worldwide. These new digital technologies necessitate very high consumption of electric energy, which is currently produced with coal and fossil fuels that have adverse environmental effects. A global shift […]
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Last month, Facebook rocked the world with its big Libra announcement. Now, only one platform has the power to challenge them: the Telegram Open Network. Last month, Facebook rocked the world with its blockbuster Libra announcement. Even a year ago, the idea that an iconic United States company would launch a digital currency or that a […]
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Venture capitalists continue to fund cryptocurrency startups even as ICO fundraising remains significantly low. In late July 2019, Sony Financial Ventures joined a $14.5 million funding round for Bitcoin (BTC) bank Bitwala. Back in 2017 and 2018, such a figure might not have made many headlines, as crypto startups were raking in hundreds of millions […]
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LedgerX was reported to launch the first physically settled Bitcoin futures contracts in the U.S., but report was later debunked by LedgerX… Earlier this week, United States-regulated crypto derivatives and clearing platform LedgerX was reported to launch the first physically settled Bitcoin futures contracts in the country, therefore stealing a march on Bakkt and ErisX. […]
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Facebook’s Libra stands to be the largest DApp network to date, with over 2.4 billion active users — but will the dream be realized? The official announcement and details around Project Libra were provided to the world on June 18, 2019. Firstly, Libra was introduced: a new global reserve-backed cryptocurrency built on top of the […]
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