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Facebook Reveals Plans of Launching Its Cryptocurrency ‘GlobalCoin’ in 2020
24.5.2019
As per the latest reports doing the rounds since today morning, Facebook is all set to introduce its own digital currency next year. The crypto referred to as ‘GlobalCoin,’ is most likely to hit the market in the 1st quarter of 2020 officially. If everything goes according to the social networking...
BBC: Facebook Aims to Launch Payments-Focused Cryptocurrency in 2020
24.5.2019
Social media giant Facebook plans to launch its own payments-focused cryptocurrency “Globalcoin” in 2020, the BBC reports
Facebook to Roll Out ‘GlobalCoin’ Cryptocurrency in 2020, Report Says
24.5.2019
Social media giant Facebook is set to roll out its own cryptocurrency – internally called 'GlobalCoin' – in 2020, according to a report from BBC
Zuckbucks or Bust: How SEC Rulemaking Hurts Startup Cryptos and Favors Big Tech
23.5.2019
SEC guidance has created a more attractive environment for regulated tech firms like Facebook to offer proprietary cryptoassets integrated into their existing products that can be legally traded on existing crypto-exchanges as non-securities. Meanwhile, the SEC has targeted startup cryptos...
Zulu Republic’s WhatsApp Move Via Lite.IM Could Change The Crypto Game For The Masses
21.5.2019
Cryptocurrencies are here to stay; there’s no doubt about it. The market withstood the worst times and survived through them, proving their mettle. However, the mass adoption of digital currencies is still a few breakthroughs away. Zulu Republic’s announcement made on Sunday could just be that....
Facebook’s Crypto Project Experiences Major Problems
20.5.2019
The much loved social media platform, Facebook has been facing the blues since quite some time now. Its privacy issues being the primary problem has been garnering the social network all the negative attention. The result of all this seems to be creating major roadblocks to Facebook’s secret...
Binance Research Takes Dig Into The Potential of Stablecoins; Fiat-backed Currencies Could Be The Future
20.5.2019
Binance Research, the research, and analysis arm of the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance conducted comprehensive research on stablecoins. The report released sheds light on the development of traditional assets or fiat-backed digital tokens. It also evaluates the stablecoin initiatives...
Latest Hack Sparks Concern Whatsapp Will Never Be Secure
20.5.2019
Facebook’s popular messaging app with 1.5 billion users in over 180 countries has another major vulnerability. Hackers were able to covertly install spyware on iOS and Android smartphones using Whatsapp with just a phone call. “All of their security issues are conveniently suitable...
Facebook Registers Secretive ‘Libra’ Cryptocurrency Firm in Switzerland
17.5.2019
More details emerge about Facebook's secretive crypto firm, Libra
Facebook Registers New Fintech Firm in Switzerland
17.5.2019
Facebook has registered anew fintech firm for blockchain, payments, data analytics, and investing expertise
Blockchain Sister Startups Allegedly Pull $8 Million Exit Scam
16.5.2019
RepuX and JoyToken alleged to pulled initial coin offering (ICO) exit scam worth a combined $8 million
Polychain CEO Says Facebook’s Rumored Stablecoin Blockchain Should Be Public
16.5.2019
The CEO of Polychain Capital CEO says Facebook will find the most success if it relinquishes authority over the blockchain of its rumored native cryptocurrency
Google Tries to Claw Back Its Position in Shopping Space with Major Revamp
15.5.2019
Over the course of the past decades, Alphabet’s search engine Google has pretty much taken over the online search space and has held on to the position as the preeminent search engine for many years. Google is the website to go to for almost all categories of searches, and there are very...
Coinbase’ Compliance Experts Are In Great Demand; Facebook Hires Two of Them
15.5.2019
Facebook, the social media giant, is in the news for hiring two of the former Coinbase’ compliance experts- Mikheil Moucharrafie and Jeff Cartwright. The former has worked with Coinbase for almost 4 years as a Compliance Officer. He will have a versatile job profile. He was serving as...
Facebook’s Secret Project Libra: Is It Going To Launch Stablecoin-Based Payments Network?
15.5.2019
According to a report published by the Wall Street Journal, Facebook’s much-awaited Stablecoin will focus on brand new payments network. The blockchain initiative called Project Libra will internally implicate a Stablecoin which will be backed by government currency. The report can be read...
Facebook Onboards Two Former Coinbase Compliance Experts
15.5.2019
Two former compliance experts from crypto exchange Coinbase have joined Facebook
Facebook Hires Two of Coinbase’s Former Compliance Managers
14.5.2019
Facebook has hired two Coinbase vets to work in compliance roles, and at least one is involved in the social network's blockchain effort
Microsoft Launches Decentralized Identity Tool on Bitcoin Blockchain
13.5.2019
A new decentralized ID solution from Microsoft built directly on the bitcoin blockchain could have far-reaching impacts
Facebook’s Stablecoin Gets A Mixed Response At The Testing Stage From India
13.5.2019
It has been almost a year that we have been listening about the Stablecoin of Facebook. The latest predictions say that the Stablecoin will get launched in Q3 of this year. Since last year, there has been some hiring going on for the blockchain team of the company. The team includes who’s who...
Slowly But Surely: May Was a Quietly Big Month for Blockchain
13.5.2019
Don Tapscott writes that 10 events, in particular, demonstrate just how much innovation we’ve seen during May, the "Month of Blockchain."