Remember MySpace? Underestimate Facebook Crypto at Your Own Peril

By CCN Markets: When it comes to what’s gone wrong with Big Tech, the only surprise you would expect is if Facebook was missing from the list. From data privacy violations to aiding genocide to enhancing the spread of fake news, the social media giant has become a global ignominy.

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Winklevoss Twins: Facebook Cryptocurrency is ‘Cool’ But Bitcoin is Better

Billionaire investors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss aren’t too worried that Facebook’s cryptocurrency project will end up being a “bitcoin killer. ” In fact, they maintain that it will have more impact on the world than Facebook ever did.

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Oil and Gas Giant Shell Wants Blockchain Analysts

As short-term cryptocurrency traders gear up for bitcoin’s charge past $4,000 (as of press time), other long-term cryptocurrency investors are interested in the fact that more high-profile corporations are interested in blockchain than ever.

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A close reading of Facebook’s wild nudity and sex guidelines

I’m now aware of something I wasn’t before: Facebook‘s guidelines on adult nudity and sexual activity. And let me tell you something – they’re wild. Basically, these are the policies the social media giant uses to define whether something is too sexual to be allowed on the platform.

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Barclays Analyst Says Facebook Cryptocurrency Push Could Generate $19 Billion by 2021

While social media giant Facebook is putting preparations in top gear to launch a stablecoin that could function as both the native currency for the platform and a digital asset for global peer-to-peer payments, Barclays Internet analyst, Ross Sandler has forecasted that Facebook Coin could generate as much as $19 billion for by 2021, reportsRead MoreRead More.

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Barclays: Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Could Generate $19 Billion in Additional Revenue by 2021

British multinational investment bank Barclays sees some serious upside for social media giant Facebook’s cryptocurrency. The bank forecasts a whopping $19 billion in additional revenue from this initiative, alone.

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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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Facebook is Under Fire but Billionaire Founder Zuckerberg’s Wealth Jumps $3 Billion

It seems investors and Facebook users still won’t be phased by increasing pressure on the social media giant and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Despite data privacy concerns, tax hits, and scrutiny from global governments Facebook’s share price has risen and with it Zuckerberg’s wealth.

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Facebook Experiences 15 Million Users Leaving Since 2017 Privacy Fiasco, Will Blockchain Help?

Privacy matters are proved by the young Americans as over 17 million of them abandoned Facebook over the last two years after the social media giant was caught in a series of data privacy scandals. According to the survey conducted by Edison Research -which is the longest running one of digital consumer behavior in America- […]

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Shortly after it was greeted with Disapproval from Cardano’s founder, CEO of Binance speaks on the JP Morgan and Facebook Cryptocurrencies

Upon the announcement of the inclusion of cryptocurrency to social media giant Facebook alongside the recent involvement of top U. S bank JP Morgan in cryptocurrency, the entire crypto-community has welcomed the news with mixed reactions, most of which were of opposition.

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Facebook’s Cryptocurrency is a YawnCoin, Not A ‘Blow to Bitcoin’

As Mark Zuckerberg outlines his vision for Facebook as a trusted digital brand for secure and private messages and payments between users, Billy Bambrough writes at Forbes: “Blow To Bitcoin As Mark Zuckerberg Warns Facebook Payments Are Coming “Bitcoin, which has recently attracted the attention of some of the world’s biggest technology entrepreneurs, is likely to soon get a major competitor: Mark Zuckerberg’s social networking giant Facebook.

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How Stupid Does Google Think We Are? Nest Privacy Fiasco is Flat-Out Insulting

Google has become the latest tech giant to admit that it had screwed up when it comes to doing something suspect related to one of its devices and users’ privacy. Google’s Nest home alarm products are embedded with a microphone that was not disclosed to the buyer.

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Social Media Giants Facebook and Telegram to Launch Own Digital Currencies

Social media giant Facebook looks to launch a basketcoin and Telegram's crypto project is almost complete. Read about them here. The post Social Media Giants Facebook and Telegram to Launch Own Digital Currencies appeared first on CoinCentral.

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Facebook Coin Due Within Six Months

Social media giant Facebook is contemplating launching its digital currency in the first half of 2019, according to February 28, 2019, report published by the New York Times. Already in Talks with Cryptocurrency Exchanges Building on from speculative reports of Facebook launching their own cryptocurrency, the latest story by the New York Times has confirmedRead MoreRead More.

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Is Facebook Coin Another Data Grab from the Untrustworthy Social Media Giant?

Facebook is believed to be working on its own digital currency, in this post we discuss its possible uses and how it can be another data grab effort.

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What we know about Facebook’s secretive cryptocurrency – and what we don’t

Rumours about Facebook‘s potential entry into the world of cryptocurrency have been swirling around for months, but it now seems the technology giant is getting closer to launching its own coin.

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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 Talks Blockchain Potential, Calls Facebook an Innovator in Privacy

When you think of Facebook today, a pioneer in privacy isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But you should, at least according to its founder Mark Zuckerberg. In a recent interview, Zuckerberg broke down all the efforts that the social media giant has made to secure user data.

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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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Facebook Blockchain Effort Grows, Looks to Hire 14 New Team Members

The social media giant is currently looking to hire 14 specialists in the field of blockchain-based technology, according to its official careers page. This signals that the company’s interest in the space is only growing stronger.

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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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Facebook’s Crypto Shopping Spree Isn’t Over Yet. Here’s Who Else They Might Acquire.

Facebook’s crypto ambitions are reportedly not limited to its acquisition of blockchain startup Chainspace, according to The Information. Facebook Has Met with at Least Three More Crypto Startups Citing unnamed sources, the publication said Facebook has been eyeing several blockchain startups with a view of making acquisitions.

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Facebook is doing something with blockchain, but nobody knows what

It’s been a busy week for Facebook. The tech giant celebrated its 15th anniversary amid calls for improvements in its data handling and privacy policies. One day later, Cheddar reported the company had quietly snapped up the team behind Chainspace, a London-based blockchain startup.

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Facebook Quietly Acquires its First Blockchain Startup, Chainspace

News reaching Ethereum World News from Cheddar indicate that facebook has made its first acquisition of a blockchain startup company. The team at the social media giant has quietly acqui-hired the team behind Chainspace: a smart contracts platform.

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Facebook Moves Closer to ‘FaceCoin’ Acquiring Its First Blockchain Startup

Social media mogul Facebook has made an advance in its blockchain effort by hiring a blockchain startup specializing in smart contracts and facilitating payments.   Facebook ‘Acqui-Hires’ Chainspace According to financial media Cheddar, Facebook has hired a small blockchain company called Chainspace.

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Facebook Expands Its Secretive Crypto Division Onboarding Smart Contract Pros from Chainspace

CoinSpeaker Facebook Expands Its Secretive Crypto Division Onboarding Smart Contract Pros from Chainspace The social media giant hired employees from Chainspace but declined to comment on specific hires, stating that the company isn’t acquiring any of Chainspace’s technology though.

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Facebook Takes Another Step Closer to Cryptocurrency

Social media giant Facebook has taken another step closer to crypto with its latest acquisition, the team behind a London based blockchain startup. Facebook Expands its Blockchain Division According to reports Facebook has quietly hired the team at Chainspace, a small startup founded by researchers from University College London.

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Facebook Acquires First Blockchain Startup by Buying Chainspace, a Smart Contract Platform

Facebook has reportedly made its first acquisition in the blockchain industry. Although the news has not yet been confirmed by the social media giant, Facebook has reportedly hired the team behind blockchain startup Chainspace.

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Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH Spearheads Recovery, $250 Realistic

Latest Ethereum News At the height of late 2017-2018 ICO mania, blame was laid squarely on platforms as Google, Twitter and Facebook. The reason? Well, their global reach and lack of checks to filter out ads that promote crypto scams dominated.

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From Blanket Ban to Its Own Stablecoin: How Facebook’s Relationship With Crypto Changed Over 2018

After banning and unbanning crypto ads, Facebook reportedly proceeded toward its own cryptocurrency — and its blockchain division is steadily expanding as well. Here’s how the social media giant’s relationship with crypto has changed over the year

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Facebook Cryptocurrency Shows Path Forward is Integration, Not Domination

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Facebook–Last week, EWN reported on an industry rumor that Facebook, the social media giant with over 2 billion active users, was in the process of developing a new stablecoin cryptocurrency.

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Exploring the Speculation that facebook is Building on the Zilliqa (ZIL) Network

Several crypto enthusiasts have pointed out that the social media giant of facebook might not have time on its side in terms of creating its own blockchain network from scratch to power its stablecoin project.

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Facebook May Launch a Stablecoin to Target India’s $69 Billion Remittance Market

Cryptocurrency’s first killer application may be well on its way from the rosters of Facebook, a company ironically known for practices contrary to the ethos of decentralized currencies and blockchains, reported South China Morning Post on December 21, 2018.

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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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Facebook to join crypto world, IOTA invents new cryptography hash function while Coinbase expands their services

Facebook to use cryptocurrency for WhatsApp transfers Bloomberg reported today 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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Facebook makes the much anticipated dive into Crypto, a stablecoin backed by WhatsApp is currently in the works

Insiders sources have recently revealed that the leading social media platform Facebook, is currently expanding its structure with a major dive into the world of cryptocurrency. As reported by Bloomberg, the social media giant is making plans to incept cryptocurrencies into its messaging application WhatsApp.

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Binance CEO: About Time Facebook Launches Its Own Crypto, Bolsters Adoption

Even amid 2018’s crypto market downturn, reports have recently begun to sprout up that Facebook, one of the largest technology giant on Planet Earth, has started to earnestly dive into blockchain development.

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Facebook to Develop its Own Stablecoin for Remittances: Report

Social media giant Facebook is reportedly working to launch its own stablecoin for money transfers through its popular messaging app WhatsApp.

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Facebook Hires More PayPal Execs to Blockchain Division

Facebook appears to be one step closer to releasing a cryptocurrency-related product. The social media giant has reportedly hired several PayPal employees onto the blockchain division that it created this spring.

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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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Facebook Blockchain Arm Booms, Even Amid Crypto Bear Market

Just months ago, David Marcus, the former president of fintech giant Paypal, was appointed as the inaugural head of Facebook Blockchain, the social media giant’s first stab at so-called “internet 3.

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Facebook is hiring engineers and researchers for its blockchain team

It seems Facebook is looking to step up its “decentralization” efforts. The social media giant is currently recruiting blockchain engineers and researchers. Facebook wants to add a data scientist, a data engineer, and a couple of software engineers to its growing blockchain team, according to its careers page (via SludgeFeed).

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Exploring the Chances of a facebook Cryptocurrency

The past few days has seen several publications and crypto enthusiasts notice that the popular social media giant of facebook has advertised 5 job vacancies related to blockchain technology. The open positions are all based in the company’s headquarters of Menlo Park, California, and are as follows: Data Scientist, Blockchain Data Engineer, Blockchain Software Engineer, […] The post Exploring the Chances of a facebook Cryptocurrency appeared first on Ethereum World News.

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Facebook hack proves we need new user authentication methods

Just when you thought Facebook has put the worst of its troubles behind, the social media giant revealed on Friday that it had experienced a new security incident that possibly affected 90 million users.

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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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Facebook Ad Library: Only 3 “Brexit” ads for whole month. Yeah, right!

Facebook may well look back on 2018 as its annus horribilis. From the Cambridge Analytica  scandal in March, to a data breach affecting 29 million users in September, from accusations of fraud over misrepresentation of video viewing figures, to claims that it is destroying the very fabric of society, the social network’s reputation has suffered a battering.

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Facebook Ad Library: Only 3 ‘Brexit’ ads for whole month. Yeah, right!

Facebook may well look back on 2018 as its annus horribilis. From the Cambridge Analytica  scandal in March, to a data breach affecting 29 million users in September, from accusations of fraud over misrepresentation of video viewing figures, to claims that it is destroying the very fabric of society, the social network’s reputation has suffered a battering.

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