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Crypto Roundup: August 23rd, 2021

Bitcoin has once again passed the key milestone of $50K after a week that saw some of the biggest global corporations make moves on the digital asset market. Retail giant Walmart posted a job for a crypto expert to investigate virtual payment options, Facebook announced that their crypto wallet is approaching its launch date, and Microsoft said it is considering using Ethereum to counter-piracy. дальше »

2021-8-24 13:38


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Bitcoin Not Designed For What Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Wants To Build, Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Asserts

Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin says that Facebook and Square face huge challenges in their latest crypto and blockchain quests. Speaking to Bloomberg’s Television, Vitalik said the Bitcoin blockchain does not have functionality that would help Square to build a “non-custodial, permissionless, and decentralized financial service” on top of Bitcoin. According to him, Facebook may also […] дальше »

2021-8-20 23:36


Дэвид Маркус заявил о готовности цифрового кошелька Novi к запуску

Глава платежного подразделения Facebook Дэвид Маркус раскритиковал существующую финансовую инфраструктуру США и заявил, что цифровой кошелек Novi готов к запуску. A lot has been said about stablecoins, payments, and Facebook and Novi's potential role to improve what I see as an unacceptable status quo of our payment systems that still leave too many people behind. дальше »

2021-8-19 10:43


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9 Trillion vs. 100 Trillion: Billionaire Mike Novogratz Asks Which Cryptocurrency Will Win the Payments Race

On December 31, billionaire investor Mike Novogratz asked his Twitter followers which blockchain coin has the best chance of winning the payments race and offered four choices. Novogratz said there are lots of “contenders” and listed off Facebook’s diem, tether, bitcoin cash, and Circle’s popular stablecoin. дальше »

2021-1-2 07:00


Bitcoin (BTC) price takes a breather as Facebook hopes to launch Diem and Novi next year

Bitcoin (BTC) price has dipped to trade below $19,000 as Facebook’s top executive says its rebranded cryptocurrency project will be launched next year. Fundamental analysis: Facebook hopes to launch in 2021 David Marcus, the head of Facebook Financial, said that he hopes to have both Diem and Novi launched over the course of the next year. дальше »

2020-12-9 13:51


The Fed Fires Shots At Libra: FedNow Will Provide Instant Payments Without Bypassing Regulations

In a speech given on Thursday, Lael Brainard, the Federal Reserve governor canvassed on various financial issues in the United States and the world and the issue of stablecoin like Libra was raised. The Facebook led project that was launched last year with lots of publicity, has been said to fuel the clamor by central […] дальше »

2020-8-7 22:58


Libra Would Help Usher In ‘Higher Prices’ for Facebook Ads, Says CEO Mark Zuckerberg

During Facebook's annual shareholder meeting on May 27, 2020, the founder, Chairman, and CEO of the social media giant, Mark Zuckerberg talked about how Libra benefits the company financially. Zuckerberg said, “Not just Libra, but all of the commerce work that we're doing is that you should really think about it in terms of our […] дальше »

2020-5-29 18:28


Bitcoin May Get Massive Boost as Democrats Propose $3 Trillion in Extra Stimulus

Both Bitcoin and the stock market have recovered strongly since the March lows, but the “real” economy is not in a good place. As Chamath Palihapitiya — one of the first Facebook executives and a prominent venture capitalist — said in a recent CNBC “Squawk Box” interview, the economy is now far removed from capital markets.... дальше »

2020-5-14 04:07


Facebook's Libra Association vice-chair: need to get three things done before launch

"Libra, invariably because of the potential scale of the project, has been a force multiplier of changing the scope of the conversation.", said Libra Association vice-chair, Dante Disparte. Libra dThe post Facebook's Libra Association vice-chair: need to get three things done before launch appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

2020-1-28 01:30


Facebook’s Libra Stablecoin Put Central Banks On Notice, Causing Bankers To Look Into CBDC’s

A former Executive of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has said that Facebook’s Libra prompted Central Banks to invest more resources in Digital Currency research sooner than expected. According to a report by Reuters on Jan 22, Hiromi Yamaoka, a former head of settlements and payments at the BOJ, noted that regulators might have done […] дальше »

2020-1-23 21:22


Facebook’s Libra Has “Failed” As Central Banks Won’t Accept It – Switzerland Finance Minister

Facebook’s digital currency Libra has been a big miss so far and requires a revamp in order to be supported, said the finance minister of Switzerland and outgoing president. Where regulatory consent is concerned, Ueli Maurer, the president of Switzerland said, “I don’t think (Libra has a chance in its current form), because central banks […] дальше »

2019-12-28 19:04


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Bitcoin Market Dominance Is Actually Over 75%: Ex Google Exec

Bitcoin in fact accounts for a much larger proportion of the overall cryptocurrency market, a former Google and Facebook executive has claimed. Bitcoin Market Dominance Has Long Been over 60% Presenting new figures on social media August 6, Avichal Garg, who now runs cryptocurrency asset management firm Electric Capital, said standard methods for measuring Bitcoin’s dominance were flawed. дальше »

2019-8-6 13:00


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Facebook open-sources APIs to help fight child exploitation and terrorist propaganda

Facebook today announced it’s open-sourcing two technologies that help it curb the spread of problematic content like child exploitation, terrorist propaganda, or graphic violence online. These technologies aid the social network in detecting identical and nearly identical photos and video in order to weed out content that’s been flagged as being in violation of its policies. дальше »

2019-8-2 08:50


Facebook is getting closer to letting you type with just your thoughts

During its developer conference in 2017, Facebook announced its plans to develop a brain-computer interface (BCI) that would let you type just by thinking.  Now, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) working under this program have posted a study today noting their algorithm was able to detect spoken words from brain activity in real-time. дальше »

2019-7-31 09:57


Facebook Warns of “No Assurance” Libra will be made Available on Time, if “At all”

In the risk factors section of the Q2 report, the social media said that it recognizes the significance of the pushback from regulators and lawmakers since the project was announced in June. “Libra has drawn significant scrutiny from governments and regulators in multiple jurisdictions and we expect that scrutiny to continue,” Facebook said in its […] дальше »

2019-7-30 17:06


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Survey finds adults couldn’t care less about Facebook’s Libra ‘cryptocurrency’

Facebook Libra’s potential to help cryptocurrency go mainstream has been touted in recent weeks, but recent survey results indicate otherwise.   According to a poll conducted by CivicScience, which looked into general interest and public concerns surrounding Libra following the announcement of its launch, only five percent of 1,799 US adults surveyed expressed any level of interest in the proposed digital currency. дальше »

2019-7-24 19:09