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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Too bad the brief crypto-related conversation was largely nonsensical. A number of TV shows have mentioned Bitcoin (BTC) or other cryptocurrencies over the years, including Big Bang Theory in 2017 and The Simpsons in 2020. One of the latest crypto mentions occurred during the premiere of the 11th season of Shameless, in an episode called […]
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Blockstack may have successfully transformed its STX token from securities registration to commodity status. Blockstack may be about to go where no token has gone before, by metamorphizing from a security to a non-security, as far as U.S. regulators are concerned. In a Monday blog post, Blockstack CEO Muneeb Ali published a legal memorandum in […]
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The digital collectibles market welcomes a new player, as the BBC and Reality Gaming Group launch a collection of Doctor Who trading cards. Cointelegraph has been espousing the potential of nonfungible tokens for years. As you might expect from the leading independent digital media resource on all things blockchain and crypto. But when a world-renowned […]
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As DeFi continues to grow and flourish, BTC will eventually be forced to break its 21-million supply limit to remain sustainable and relevant. 2020 was unequivocally the year of decentralized finance. Driven by surging interest and striking breakthroughs, DeFi protocols accelerated financial innovation while reshaping the blockchain landscape. Buoyed by innovations in cross-chain asset gateways […]
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ICOs are revolutionary for business, though the fear of being scammed keeps investors at a distance. Using blockchain technology, initial coin offerings have become an alternative means of acquiring funding for business projects using the new, evolving digital financial market for tokens. In contrast to initial public offerings, which are governed by strict legal regulations, […]
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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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Stablecoins are an integral part of the future of the financial system. And Facebook’s Diem, formerly Libra, is part of that future. Facebook, it is reported, could launch its long-awaited digital currency as early as January 2021 in the form of a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin. Central banks and regulators have been galvanized into action since […]
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This is a first for the traditionally Bitcoin-centric exchange. The Kraken cryptocurrency exchange announced that it would match $150,000 in donations to support open-source Ethereum (ETH) projects on Gitcoin. Gitcoin is a developer funding platform relying on a hybrid model of sponsored donations and direct community support. Through its quadratic funding model, community donations are […]
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Phishers are coming after MetaMask users in increasingly clever ways. Cyber Security firm CipherTrace has issued a warning after noting a surge in reports over the past 24 hours of users funds being stolen by a malicious Chrome browser extension posing as popular crypto wallet MetaMask. The warning was issued under the headline “ALERT: Malicious […]
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