Facebook Could Land $19 Billion in Additional Revenue According to Barclays, Here’s Why

Social media mogul Facebook could be eyeing as much as $19 billion in additional revenue according to an internet analyst at Barclays. This could happen by 2021, should the company be able to successfully carry out its cryptocurrency project.

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Facebook’s Crypto To Bring In $19 Billion in Revenue, Barclays States

Facebook’s cryptocurrency plans could rake in $19 billion in revenue for the social media giant. This is according to Ross Sandler, an internet analyst with Barclays. In a note to investors, Sandler stated that ‘Facebook Coin’ provides a new and lucrative avenue for Facebook to dominate payments.

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Facebook Coin Could Bring $19 Billion Additional Revenue, Believes Barclays

CoinSpeaker Facebook Coin Could Bring $19 Billion Additional Revenue, Believes BarclaysOne Wall Street firm sees major upside for Facebook if its secretive cryptocurrency plan works out.

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Barclays: Facebook Coin Could Bring $19 Billion Additional Revenue, and Here’s Why

CoinSpeaker Barclays: Facebook Coin Could Bring $19 Billion Additional Revenue, and Here’s WhyOne Wall Street firm sees major upside for Facebook if its secretive cryptocurrency plan works out.

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Barclays Analyst Predicts Billions in Additional Revenue From ‘Facebook Coin’ by 2021

An analyst at Barclays predicted that a possible “Facebook Coin” could generate $19 billion in additional revenue by 2021

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Facebook’s “Crypto” Currency Expected to Add Up to $19 Billion in Revenue

According to a client note issued by Barclay’s internet analyst Ross Sandler, Facebook’s launch of its own digital currency could yield billions in additional revenue for the firm. The social network has been reportedly developing its own stable-coin, although precise details of the project remain limited.

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Barclays Analyst: Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Revenue Play Could Be A $19 Billion USD Opportunity

Barclays Analyst: Facebook’s Crypto Could Be A $19 Billion USD Revenue Opportunity You may have heard that Facebook is considering the launch of its own crypto. There are rumors about that for a long time now and analysts say that it could be a huge business opportunity for the company. Now, the Barclays bank has […]

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‘Facebook Coin’ Could Generate Billions in Revenue: Barclays Analyst

A note from Barclays analyst Ross Sandler sketches out how much Facebook might gain from developing its own cryptocurrency.

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Facebook Cryptocurrency Could Raise $19 Billion, ‘Reinvigorate’ Company: Barclays

There’s a massive upside for Facebook entering the crypto space, according to tech analysts on Wall Street. The Facebook cryptocurrency, which will reportedly be used to facilitate cross-border payments and will have stablecoin properties, is worth at least $19 billion in revenue within the next two years, CNBC reports.

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France Targets Amazon, Google, Facebook for an Annual $500 Million Tax Boost

France is targeting large technology firms such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and others in a move that could fetch the French nation about $500 million. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sunday in an interview with Le Parisien newspaper.

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Bitcoin (BTC), Facebook, JPM Coin, the Cincinatti Time Store And The Payments Revolution

Bitcoin, Facebook Coin and JPM Coin could together usher in a crypto default for value transfer. And to help see why, there is a crypto adoption lesson from America’s utopian past. Be it the internet.

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Don’t Count Facebook’s Crypto Or JPM Coin Out, They Could Boost Bitcoin

At long last, incumbent corporations of legacy industries have begun to delve into cryptocurrencies, not just blockchain technologies. While Bitcoin (BTC) has continued to struggle, save for its relatively stellar performance over February, Wall Street darling JP Morgan and Silicon Valley’s Facebook have announced serious intentions to offer their own digital assets.

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Facebook’s New Patreon-Rivaling Fan Subscription Service Comes With a Laundry List of Questions

There have been some rumours related to Facebook plans to launch a new subscription service such as the one offered by Patreon. And indeed, this should already be a red flag for creators that are using the platform.

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Facebook Is To Crypto What Rat Turds Are To Breakfast Cereal

Facebook coin is the second creepy uncle at the crypto wedding this year, after JPMorgan picked out Lady In Red by Chris de Burgh and winked at the maid of honor. Nate Popper’s New York Times piece provided confirmation by Facebook ‘insiders’ of a crypto play, native to WhatsApp, that could allow users to send […] The post Facebook Is To Crypto What Rat Turds Are To Breakfast Cereal appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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After Facebook Announcement of Potential Cryptocurrency, the FB Stock Does-Nothing

CoinSpeaker After Facebook Announcement of Potential Cryptocurrency, the FB Stock Does-Nothing Even though Facebook announced, what we could say, pretty big news of releasing their own coin – the Facebook stock price didn’t seem to bother.

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Facebook Moderators Suffer PTSD, Turn to Guns, Sex, Weed For Solace

Another week, and another black eye – two to be exact this time – for Facebook. The latest reveal includes privacy and workplace environments. The company is dealing with fallouts from two fronts.

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Zuckerberg Says FB Could Build a Blockchain Identity System – But For What?

Facebook has had a checkered history when it comes to cryptocurrency, banning crypto advertisements on the social platform and… The post Zuckerberg Says FB Could Build a Blockchain Identity System – But For What? appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.

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Facebook’s Crypto Division Might Build a Blockchain Identity System: Mark Zuckerberg

Weighed down by countless accusations of user-data violations, crypto-curious Facebook has signaled that it could turn to blockchain technology for some tasks. In a video discussion, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Harvard Law professor Jonathan Zittrain, that the social media giant could integrate blockchain technology into the platform’s login and data sharing systems.

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Zuckerberg’s ‘blockchain login’ plan makes absolutely no sense

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is exploring the possibility of leveraging blockchain technology for the company’s third-party login services. In an interview with Harvard Law Professor Jonathan Zittrain on Wednesday, Zuckerberg said a move from the existing centralized Facebook Connect to a distributed system could empower users and app developers alike.

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Facebook May Be Eying ‘FaceCoin’ as It Expands Its Blockchain Team

Social media giant Facebook is looking to expand its blockchain team. Could ‘FaceCoin’ follow JPMorgan’s recently unveiled JPM Coin as companies vie for the prized online payments market.

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Bombshell Report Details Creepy Ways Facebook Stalks Users & Ex-Employees

In a chilling report published by CNBC, over ten former employees of the social media giant have come out to reveal that Facebook uses its app to find and deal with every perceived threat. Facebook tracks users and ex-employees who represents a threat to its staff or offices through a list it calls “BOLO,” short for “Be On the Lookout.

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Can I Trust BitFury’s Peach Lightning With My Data? Maybe

Announced at the end of January, Bitfury’s production-ready suite of Lightning Network products and services, Peach, appears to offer everything a developer, user or merchant could want from a Lightning implementation.

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Can I Trust Bitfury’s Peach Lightning With My Data? Maybe

Announced at the end of January, Bitfury’s production-ready suite of Lightning Network products and services, Peach, appears to offer everything a developer, user or merchant could want from a Lightning implementation.

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Cybersecurity Took Center Stage in 2018 and Could Present an Exciting Investment Opportunity

This is a submitted sponsored story.  CCN urges readers to conduct their own research with due diligence into the company, product or service mentioned in the content below. Cybersecurity has always been a topic of importance for both enterprises and individuals.

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Top VC’s: Facebook Is Vulnerable, Blockchain Could Take Power Away From Big Tech

Speaking to CNBC during a panel discussion in Davos, Phil Chen, decentralized chief officer at HTC suggested that blockchain technology could potentially take some power away from large tech firms.

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How 2018 became Facebook’s worst year in privacy and security

In early December, Facebook’s developer team declared the discovery of a security bug that gave developers access to photos users hadn’t shared on their timeline, including photos they had posted in Facebook Marketplace or Stories.

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This Bitcoin Startup Is Working on Free Speech Alternatives to Patreon

Patreon has been making the case for censorship-resistant money increasingly apparent. The platform allows members to contribute to artists or creators that they support.

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Here’s what Google says search results will look like when EU copyright laws kick in

The European Union is inching closer to enacting sweeping copyright legislation that would require platforms like Google, Facebook to pay publishers for the privilege of displaying their content to users, as well as monitoring copyright infringement by users on the sites and services they manage.

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New Bot Enables Millions to Send and Receive Cryptocurrencies on Facebook Messenger

A blockchain project is enabling the public to send and receive crypto through Facebook Messenger, and says this could be the catalyst for mainstream adoption. #SPONSORED

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How to quietly ditch people you follow on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Ever wished you could discreetly filter certain people out of your social media feeds? We feel you, and we’re here to help you do just that in a matter of seconds on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, without letting your ‘friends’ know.

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Why Ohio’s State Treasurer Backs Decision to Accept BTC For Tax Payments

As tax season is rapidly approaching, some states, like Ohio, have decided to set a new standard for the rest of the country to follow. Back in November, Ohio became the first state in the U.

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3 surprising ways social ‘neighborhood’ apps could boost your business

Have you ever logged onto Facebook, only to be inundated with mundane status updates from your ex-high school classmate or photos of your great-aunt’s cat? The impersonal, irrelevant news that seems to clog up most our newsfeeds is turning people away from traditional social networks and toward a new breed of local network that allows you to tune in to your neighborhood gossip.

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Depressing lessons 2018’s endless data breaches taught us

In the days after Facebook‘s September announcement about a bug that may have compromised 90 million users – yes, that was three months and several earth-shattering Facebook headlines ago – someone asked me what consumers could have done to avoid being caught up in yet another data breach.

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What could possible FacebookCoin mean for bitcoin?

Bloomberg reported yesterday that popular social media giant Facebook intends to dip its does deeper into the waters of cryptocurrency. According to unnamed sources, Facebook is working on making a cryptocurrency that will let users transfer money via the WhatsApp messaging app.

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WhatsApp could be getting its own cryptocurrency

Kik might not be the only messaging app to support cryptocurrency payments if Facebook’s latest dream comes true. According to people close with the matter, the social media behemoth is looking to develop a cryptocurrency that enables WhatsApp users to transfer money to each other, reports Bloomberg.

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Facebook’s latest privacy stumble gave big tech access to your messages

Last night, we got word of yet another Facebook privacy scandal. What is that, Number 427 for the year? In this case, a report from The New York Times revealed the social media company gave an extreme amount of access to certain partner companies, over and above what users might have expected.

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[New Facebook Rumor] Social Media Giant Eyes Blockchain Payment Product in a Hiring Spree of Developers

Back in May 2018, Facebook formed a cryptocurrency team to explore the possibilities, and today it removed a roadblock to revealing its secret plans. Blockchain could help tackle some of Facebook’s most bothersome problems, like identity verification or advertising sales.

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Op Ed: Bitcoin Is a Declaration of Our Monetary Independence

Nick Spanos is an early adopter and innovator in the blockchain space. He is best known for launching Bitcoin Center NYC, the world’s first live cryptocurrency exchange, in 2013, right next to the New York Stock Exchange — as immortalized in the Netflix documentary “Banking on Bitcoin.

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Anthony Pompliano Expects Facebook to Overtake Crypto Products Just Like Social Media

The blockchain industry has many contenders that could easily take the lead to bring it to its best performance. Anthony Pompliano of Morgan Creek has predicted that the “most used product in crypto” will be created by Facebook.

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Internal docs show Facebook absolutely loves your data

Unless you’re waking up from a decade-long deep slumber, you know that Facebook doesn’t give two hoots about your privacy, and about how it gets your data. If that wasn’t clear, you should have a look at the 250-page document that contains the company’s internal emails, just released by the UK parliament.

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Facebook’s new local news section could be a boon to social activists and researchers

One of the biggest challenges faced by social activists is finding and connecting with people affected by issues they’re concerned about. Now, thanks to Facebook’s new local news section, they may find it easier to organize information on such cases, and unite people better to solve them.

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Facebook might soon let you mute comments with selected words

Let’s face it: Facebook is not the most positive place on earth. Some comments on your Facebook posts can be more than unpleasant. But researcher Jane Manchun Wong’s new finding in the app could bring us some hope for a better experience.

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If Facebook’s new auto-comment feature isn’t rock bottom, it has to be close

It’s been two tumultuous years. Still, it’s highly unlikely we’ve witnessed the moment Facebook hit bottom. A new feature, spotted by some users this morning, though, may offer a clue as to what that moment could look like.

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Latin America joins EU in considering a new digital tax

Mexico and Chile are among a host of countries that may follow the European Union’s lead in playing hardball on taxes with big tech companies like Facebook, Alphabet, AirBnB, and Uber. In March, the EU proposed a “digital tax” that would affect the revenue of major digital companies like Facebook and Google.

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Facebook’s AI knows how likely you are to evacuate during a hurricane

Facebook AI Research (FAIR) recently conducted a big data study to determine whether social media ties play a role in people’s decision whether to evacuate affected areas during a hurricane. And, according to the research, those with the most “social capital” were more likely to heed official warnings and flee.

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Brands pour billions of dollars into Facebook advertising, but the social media giant isn’t going to last forever. So, where will those dollars go in the future? The only viable choice is creativity.

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Bloom Blockchain Banned From Posting Any Advertisements On Facebook, Suspicion Ensues

Facebook has been becoming more aggressive in restricting cryptocurrency products and platforms from advertising on their social media website, though the journey to do so has been varied. For 2017 and earlier, there did not seem to be any type of ban, which could have helped along the progress that the crypto market saw through […]

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Op Ed: Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption Is Neither Frivolous Nor Excessive

As the CEO of Hut 8, one of North America’s largest cryptocurrency miners and the world’s largest publicly traded cryptocurrency miner, I’m often asked questions about energy consumption in the mining of cryptocurrency.

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Is a lack of company pride killing your company? Research says it could be

Are your employees proud to work for your company? You should be making sure they are. A study at Facebook found that pride in the workplace was the single most important driver of engagement.

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