2020-1-8 00:35 |
Libra Association Vice Chair Dante Disparte spoke at the Digital Money Forum at CES 2020, arguing for Libra's advantages over other bitcoin. origin »
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When Libra was announced back in 2019 with financial inclusion [banking the unbanked] as its main vision, it created fear among the central banks. As Libra made the headlines across various countries The post Is Bitcoin likely to lose out as the Libra 2.
2020-5-26 00:00 | |
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Recent new members to the Libra Association look set to contribute capital, potential user bases, and technical expertise to help the project win favour with regulators. Yet, contrary to what you might have heard, Libra really isn’t a threat to Bitcoin.
2020-2-27 01:00 | |
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The potential loss of Libra could be Bitcoin’s gain
2019-10-18 19:12 | |
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David Marcus, the co-creator of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, has clarified the purpose of Libra in a world where the cryptocurrency market is dominated by Bitcoin. At the outset of an interview with CNBC, David was asked “Do you own any cryptocurrency currently, [.
2019-10-17 11:40 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC) is running into its eleventh year, while Facebook’s Libra is facing renewed difficulties, with some of the founding members of the Libra Association rescinding their positions. Libra Beleagured by Hawkish Regulators Libra set a goal to launch in early 2020, but regulatory disapproval and hawkish comments from central banks shook confidence in the project.
2019-10-12 15:00 | |
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Governments and policymakers have been in an uproar ever since Facebook debuted their Libra cryptocurrency to the world, prompting the first signs of stricter regulation around crypto and Bitcoin looming.
2019-9-13 21:00 | |
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By CCN Markets: Crypto millionaire Erik Finman says bitcoin "is being replaced" by Facebook's Libra. But he insists his cryptocurrency, Metal Pay, is the "Libra Killer. " The 20-year-old entrepreneur made the ballsy claims in a blog post at Wall Street Playboys.
2019-8-21 00:00 | |
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Facebook’s Libra continued to grace the headlines, with high-stakes questions regarding its potential risks continuing to dominate the news. Libra’s extensive scrutiny had corrected the crypto-market significantly, with rumors suggesting that the contentious project would lead to tighter regulatory surveillance over Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency industry.
2019-7-21 03:30 | |
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The combative hearing in the U.S Congress in the past two days left citizens and other onlookers with much doubt on the success of Facebook’s Libra. While Bitcoin (BTC) caught on a bullish vibe across the financial committee led by Maxine Waters, Libra’s CEO David Marcus was under fire on the privacy of data issues […]
2019-7-18 19:28 | |
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Bitcoin’s massive plunge in valuation recently has shook the cryptocurrency market. The world’s largest cryptocurrency falling below the decisive $10k support following Libra’s ‘interrogation’ before the United States’ Senate Banking Committee has many analysts doubting their bullish predictions.
2019-7-18 03:30 | |
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All eyes are on Bitcoin, Facebook’s Libra, and the entire cryptocurrency market this week, following a tweet from the United States President Donald Trump, a Senate hearing on Libra, and an abundance of financial industry chatter as the crypto market takes its first steps towards serious regulation and legitimacy.
2019-7-18 23:00 | |
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Coinspeaker U. S. Treasury Secretary: Bitcoin, Libra Pose National Security ThreatThe Treasury Department has concerns that Libra, as well as Bitcoin, could be misused by terrorist financiers and money launders, to carry out illicit activities ranging from cybercrime to tax evasion, extortion, and ransomware.
2019-7-16 11:36 | |
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Just days ago President Donald Trump called Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies “not money” when he Tweeted about the subject for the first time. Now his Secretary of Treasury, Steve Mnuchin has offered a warning about the industry.
2019-7-16 03:29 | |
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The rise of Facebook and its intention to enter the cryptosphere has got many people talking and wondering if Libra might actually take over Bitcoin as the leading cryptocurrency. This kind of assertion shouldn’t be surprising, considering the fact that most people don’t even understand the very idea of the blockchain technology in the first […] The post Libra and Bitcoin: Friends, Enemies or just Frenemies? appeared first on ZyCrypto.
2019-7-16 19:50 | |
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The collapse of the crypto market, exactly predicted in our forecast, happened, as we promised, 2 days before the Libra hearing. But Bitcoin fell below the expected 11 K, although not by much. This is understandable given the two force majeure factors – the denunciation to Libra (letter to Facebook) by a group of congressmen […]
2019-7-15 14:21 | |
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Libra, the groundbreaking cryptocurrency project unearthed by Facebook earlier this month has been called several things within the crypto-community. From a ‘crypto-look-a-like,’ to a ‘stablecoin impersonator,’ to ‘big-tech controlled crypto,’ and even the trivial names like ‘Zuck Buck,’ and ‘you’ve got Gemini, well, I’ve got Libra.
2019-6-29 08:30 | |
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Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency whitepaper dropped this week, sending shockwaves through the Bitcoin and altcoin community. Is Libra the thing that pulls blockchain kicking and screaming into the mainstream, for the benefit of one and all? Or is it the final nail in the coffin of a cryptocurrency experiment just a decade old? Here are 10 key takeaways from the newly released Libra whitepaper.
2019-6-24 02:45 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC) surge, adds 15 percent Brian Kelly dismissive of Libra Libra is the key that opens the door for the masses. Hosting more than two billion users, Facebook is the catalyst, introducing the world to Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.
2019-6-20 22:00 | |
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By CCN Markets: Facebook confirmed that its new cryptocurrency Libra isn’t designed to kill or compete with bitcoin. David Marcus, the man leading Facebook’s crypto efforts, said Libra and bitcoin can co-exist with differing use cases and that’s he a big fan of BTC.
2019-6-21 14:39 | |
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Coinspeaker Can Facebook’s Libra Influence the Bitcoin Price?Facebook's release of Libra white-paper raised a lot of awareness in the cryptocurrency and traditional banking communities.
2019-6-20 13:29 | |
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By CCN Markets: Bitcoin is up more than 151 percent against the U. S. dollar year-to-date at $9,300, surpassing most assets and stock indices in the likes of Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 with ease in six-month performance.
2019-6-21 11:47 | |
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There has been no shortage of opining over Facebook’s foray into crypto this week. Most industry heavyweights are in agreement that Libra is about as far from bitcoin as the greenback is, but the new digital offering will have an impact on the crypto scene, and it may not be that bad.
2019-6-20 10:00 | |
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By CCN Markets: On June 18, Facebook and the Libra Association formally announced their plans to release Libra, a crypto asset backed by the Libra Reserve to maintain a stable value. By 2020, Facebook has said it plans to integrate Calibra, a crypto wallet designed to support Libra, into WhatsApp and Messenger, introducing the asset to billions of users worldwide by 2020.
2019-6-18 21:30 | |
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Libra Project will distance itself from Bitcoin and will share information with authorities, said Facebook’s head of blockchain David Marcus
2019-6-18 21:17 | |
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Some of the most prominent figures in the crypto community took to Twitter to share their thoughts on Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency. While some claim that Libra lacks the necessary features to compete with Bitcoin in the race to become the world’s currency, others argue that it could destroy most altcoins and stablecoins in the market.
2019-6-18 20:44 | |
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By CCN Markets: With all of the crypto attention currently centered on Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, bitcoin could be gearing up for its best run to date. Fundstrat Co-Founder Thomas Lee believes that it is headed much higher in the near future, predicting that a fear-of-missing-out, or FOMO, will catapult the bitcoin price to $40,000 sooner than later.
2019-6-18 20:30 | |
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By CCN Markets: Bitcoin educator and promotor Andreas M. Antonopoulos published a new video today in which he pointed out that Facebook’s Libra project doesn’t amount to a “real” blockchain. Is Facebook's Libra a real blockchain? No.
2019-6-18 19:17 | |
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Барри Силберт Основатель и генеральный директор Digital Currency Group «Запуск криптовалюты Facebook войдет в историю как катализатор, который способствовал массовому принятию цифровых активов (включая bitcoin) потребителями по всему миру.
2019-6-18 19:05 | |
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2019-6-18 19:00 | |
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By CCN Markets: Avowed Bitcoin critic Nouriel ‘Dr. Doom’ Roubini has found another target – Facebook’s upcoming cryptocurrency Libra, on the day of its announcement. According to the New York University economics professor, Libra is ‘blockchain in name only’.
2019-6-18 18:05 | |
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Facebook has announced a new digital currency backed by a basket of national fiat currencies is to launch in the first half of next year. Libra says it is a... The post Facebook Coin, a Dystopia or Good For Bitcoin? appeared first on Trustnodes.
2019-6-18 16:41 | |
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At long last, Facebook’s inaugural consumer-facing Bitcoin-related (albeit remotely related) project is upon us. To be announced on Tuesday morning, Libra (Reserve) is slated to be a stablecoin tied to a basket of traditional assets, presumably ensuring it is nothing like other crypto assets.
2019-6-18 16:40 | |
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On June 18, 2019, Facebook released the whitepaper of its highly-anticipated Libra cryptocurrency project, which is tipped to transform the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry forever. Libra Whitepaper According to the technical document, “Libra” will operate on Facebook’s in-house blockchain network called “Libra blockchain.
2019-6-18 14:12 | |
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Bitcoin is struggling to gather upside traction following Facebook's official announcement of its Libra cryptocurrency project.
2019-6-18 14:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency, at scale. That's Facebook's vision as laid out in the long-awaited, just-released Libra white paper.
2019-6-18 13:00 | |
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By CCN Markets: Facebook has revealed the white paper for its much-hyped cryptocurrency, “Libra. ” After months of speculation, Facebook outlined the vision for its crypto project and released the testnet for its blockchain.
2019-6-18 12:15 | |
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Facebook’s Libra project launches a website, which is likely to bear the promised details on GlobalCoin, however, error 404 messes it up
2019-6-18 12:06 | |
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Bitcoin broke out of its sluggish blues by breaking the $9,000 mark for the first time in 13 months, earlier this week. With several analysts pegging the rise of Bitcoin to be a consequence of the Facebook Libra pump, a more wholesome look at the charts indicates a more consolidated rally, rather than a myopic […] The post Bitcoin: Third coming of the green Super Guppy buoys bulls as price consolidates over $9,000 appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-6-18 10:30 | |
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June 18th is nearing, and that means that Facebook’s crypto asset, expected to be nothing like Bitcoin (BTC), is on the verge of becoming full public knowledge. For those who missed the memo, reports released by TechCrunch and other mainstream outlets revealed that the social media giant was planning on releasing a white paper for.
2019-6-17 00:00 | |
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Jeremy Allaire Considers Bitcoin Could Surpass $10,000 In June After The Launch Of Facebook’s Coin Jeremy Allaire, the CEO of Circle, believes that Bitcoin is going to reach $10,000 in June due to the launch of Facebook’s virtual currency called GlobalCoin or Libra.
2019-6-16 20:50 | |
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By CCN Markets: Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire has made a bold prediction. He believes that the price of bitcoin will surpass $10,000 by June 21, marking the beginning of what he’s dubbed “crypto summer.
2019-6-16 04:30 | |
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Another week, another round of Crypto Tidbits. It would be fair to say that the past seven days for Bitcoin (BTC) and its ilk have been rather spectacular. Aside from mostly bullish price action, which brought the cryptocurrency to $8,650 for the first time in weeks, instrumental industry developments were numerous.
2019-6-15 21:00 | |
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Dear Non-Crypto Friend, You may have heard of Bitcoin – you may even have considered using it as a means of payment, or investing some money in it with the hope that it might rise in value, like a stock.
2019-6-16 20:34 | |
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While you’re free to air your opinion about a thing, you should also be ready for the comments of others about your opinion. The latter can be summarized into the duel between Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital and the Bitcoin community.
2019-6-15 20:16 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC) had a burst energy – jumping $200 yesterday – with altcoins falling. Currently priced at $8,654, the bitcoin has returned to prices last seen 10 days ago. While stellar performer Litecoin (LTC), touched.
2019-6-15 16:27 | |
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Cryptocurrency media outlet The Block on June 14, 2019, revealed the complete list of stakeholders of Facebook’s high-profile digital currency project. Heavyweights Behind the Libra Project According to the report, a number of corporate titans from various industries are part of the governing association of Facebook’s cryptocurrency.
2019-6-15 13:00 | |
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Peter Schiff, the CEO of brokerage firm Euro Pacific Capital, believes Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency will outcompete Bitcoin on stability and fees. BTC advocate Anthony Pompliano disagreed, suggesting the two would help each other grow.
2019-6-15 08:56 | |
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In the lead up to Facebook’s official cryptocurrency reveal, the social media titan has signed up gigantic backers for its “Project Libra” as well hiring senior UK bank lobbyist, Ed Bowels. This, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on June 13, 2019, and the Financial Times.
2019-6-15 18:42 | |
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Wyoming cryptocurrency advocate, Caitlin Long, has been sharing her predictions for Facebook’s forthcoming ‘Libra’ explaining why it may be a ‘trojan horse’ for Bitcoin.
2019-6-10 19:00 | |
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It could be part of a long-time realignment separating compliant and gray-market crypto, says Daniel Kuhn.