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French Minister of Economy to Ask for Guarantees From Facebook In Regards to Its Forthcoming Coin
18.6.2019
French Minister of the Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire has raised concerns about Facebook’s forthcoming stablecoin
Fidelity-Backed Crypto Analytics Firm to Integrate Twitter-Based Crypto Sentiment Feed
18.6.2019
Fidelity-backed Coin Metrics and Social Market Analytics team up to provide feed of crypto sentiment based on Twitter posts
Binance Research: Facebook’s Libra Could Spark Additional Cryptocurrency Volume
18.6.2019
Facebook’s Libra could spark additional cryptocurrency volume, according to the research arm of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, Binance Research
Hayden Otto Discusses the Rise of North Queensland’s Bitcoin Cash Movement
17.6.2019
Bitcoin cash merchant acceptance has grown significantly over the last year according to the BCH merchant directory Marco Coino. One specific region, North Queensland, Australia has an extremely dense population of bitcoin cash accepting retailers. This week, News.Bitcoin.com spoke with Coinspice...
Facebook to Unveil ‘Libra Association’ and Launch Testnet Next Week: Report
15.6.2019
On June 18, social media giant Facebook will reportedly unveil the Libra Association governing its cryptocurrency project
FT: Facebook Hires Standard Chartered Bank’s Head of Public Affairs for Crypto Project
14.6.2019
Standard Chartered Bank’s head of public affairs Ed Bowles has reportedly been hired by Facebook to work on its cryptocurrency project dubbed “Libra”
An In-Depth Look at Iris, a New Decentralized Social Network
13.6.2019
Cryptocurrency advocates have been discussing a new social media platform designed by one of Bitcoin’s earliest developers Martti Malmi, otherwise known as Sirius. The project he designed, called Iris, is a social networking application that stores and indexes everything on the user’s...
John McAfee’s New Trading Platform Aims to Give Traders a Magical Experience
13.6.2019
On June 11, following his latest tirade on social media, John McAfee announced the launch of his new cryptocurrency trading platform called McAfee Magic. The project allows for manual and automated crypto trading across a variety of digital asset exchanges all displayed in one user interface....
Blockchain-Based Arm of Live Planet Acquires Former 20th Century Fox CTO
12.6.2019
Decentralized Media Solutions has acquired Hanno Basse, a former executive at Twentieth Century Fox, to bring tech expertise to the blockchain platform
DOrg LLC Purports to be First Legally Valid DAO Under US Law
12.6.2019
DAO collective dOrg created a blockchain-based LLC that purportedly endows its native DAO with legal validity in the United States
How to Detect Text in Images
11.6.2019
Images are a great way to communicate without text but oftentimes images are used/abused to spread text within social media and advertisements. Text in images also presents an accessibility issue. The truth is that it’s important, for any number of reasons, to be able to detect text in image...
Dutch Billionaire Yet Another Victim of Deceptive Crypto Ads, Sues Facebook
8.6.2019
Learn everything you need to know about the John De Mol vs. Facebook case — the Dutch billionaire suing the social media over deceptive crypto ads, a problem they have been struggling to solve
Over 100 Staff Now Reportedly Working On Facebook’s Crypto Project
7.6.2019
CNBC reveals details on executives for Facebook’s crypto project, says 100 roles in the area have already been filled
SL Benfica Offers Cryptocurrency Payment Option for Online Store
6.6.2019
Portuguese sports club SL Benfica now supports online purchases in bitcoin and ether with an “instant crypto-to-fiat” conversion service
More Details Emerge on Team Behind Facebook’s Secretive Blockchain
6.6.2019
News outlets are beginning to identify key staffers behind Facebook's "GlobalCoin" project
Research: Reddit Crypto-Related Discussion Volume Strongly Correlated to Price
6.6.2019
A study on cryptocurrency discussions on Reddit has been published by the University of Notre Dame and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Why Bitpay Is Really Charging More for BTC Transactions
6.6.2019
Bitpay has recently been attacked on social media for charging an extra fee for BTC transactions that it doesn’t ask of BCH users. The reality is that the company simply has to cover its operational costs related to the BTC network, whose fees are currently very high again. Also Read: How...
DARPA-Funded Study Looks at How Crypto Chats Spread on Reddit
6.6.2019
A U.S. Department of Energy science lab has been studying how well three popular cryptos performed in Reddit chats. Here's what they found
Block.One’s New Social Media Site Will Do Identity Checks for Every User
3.6.2019
Details are emerging about Block.one's new social platform, Voice. Here's what we know so far
Facebook holds discussion with CFTC regarding its upcoming crypto project
3.6.2019
It is a well-known fact now that Facebook is preparing to launch its own cryptocurrency in the market very soon. The company has been busy in the preparation and consulting a large number of stakeholders which could impact the future of its stablecoin. Right from holding a series of discussions...