2019-10-9 10:35 |
Visa, Mastercard and Stripe “should be concerned” about Libra, say U.S. senators
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Senators Brian Schatz and Sherrod Brown have called on Visa, Stripe, and MasterCard to reconsider their membership of the Libra Association.
2019-10-9 14:30 | |
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Facebook’s Libra has garnered a lot of attention from almost every corner of the world, mostly from regulators who are freaking out about Libra’s possibilities and its effects on government monetary policies.
2019-10-9 10:31 | |
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It was hard not to feel compassion for Libra chief David Marcus, watching him deal with angry questioning in Congress two weeks ago. The level of distrust in Facebook has reached new highs - some of the Congressmen and Senators replaced questions with blunt criticism aimed at Marcus and the big blue company.
2019-8-4 18:00 | |
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Facebook’s foray into crypto has made the firm few friends in political circles. The Libra backlash has been so bad that it has painted bitcoin and the rest of the crypto industry in a bad light.
2019-8-3 13:30 | |
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Coming a few weeks after the Senate grilled Facebook about their crypto project, Libra, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire was the lone crypto-industry representative on Tuesday to testify before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs about the industry's need for regulatory clarity. Mr. Allaire urged Congress to adopt
2019-7-30 20:57 | |
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The G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) met in Chantilly in northern France on July 17 and 18. In fact, Europe directly perceived the signal from the hearings in the US Senate on Libra and showed great obedience, as always.
2019-7-20 13:42 | |
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Markets are up today with good regulatory vibes following positive reactions from a number of American Senators who successfully distinguished Bitcoin from the much-maligned Libra. Traders witnessed Bitcoin jumping 10% in about an hour, a leap similar to that seen at the beginning of the bull rally back in April of this year.
2019-7-20 02:54 | |
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Markets are up today with good regulatory vibes following positive reactions from a number of American Senators who successfully distinguished Bitcoin from the much-maligned Libra. Traders witnessed Bitcoin jumping 10% in about an hour, a leap similar to that seen at the beginning of the bull rally back in April of this year.
2019-7-19 02:54 | |
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Members of Congress were much more demanding of Facebook blockchain chief David Marcus than were Senators the day prior with both Libra and Bitcoin being spoken about. Facebook’s foray into the radical new world of decentralized ledges has aroused numerous legislative and regulatory pushback efforts.
2019-7-18 19:24 | |
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Two days of hearings on Libra in the US Senate did not add certainty to the crypto market. But Bitcoin at least stayed at around $ 9,500. The CEO of Calibra wallet David Marcus was unable to provide convincing answers to senators for their straightforward and not always competent questions. In addition to the question […]
2019-7-19 17:31 | |
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The representative of Libra David Marcus tried to convince the US Senate that the cryptocurrency does not threaten bankers. Did he succeed? We will see soon. Marcus first of all drew the attention of senators that Libra will strictly follow AML standards (anti-money laundering) and will generally be registered with the FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement […]
2019-7-18 13:03 | |
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Yesterday’s US Congress hearing was largely about lambasting Libra and Facebook’s financial global domination ambitions. A few other snippets emerged from the meeting, however, and not all are bad for bitcoin and the crypto industry.
2019-7-18 12:00 | |
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2019-7-17 19:00 | |
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Bitcoin has suffered significant losses after dropping by thousands of dollars to take its value below the $9,500 level. Market analysts believe that the criticism of Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra by the US senators has unsettled investors.
2019-7-17 16:00 | |
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Despite David Marcus’s repeated assurances regarding Facebook’s keenness to cooperate with regulators of every country, the project failed to escape the latest grilling by the Senate Banking Committee.
2019-7-17 14:00 | |
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Markets are down, and so are the spirits of many cryptocurrency investors. But no matter how bad your portfolio looks, it’s probably less bruised than David Marcus, Facebook’s lead for the Libra cryptocurrency, after today’s dressing-down from U.
2019-7-17 00:09 | |
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Earlier today Facebook Libra met with US Senators from the Senate Banking Committee. Here are a few highlights of note from the hearing. Facebook Libra Meets with Lawmakers Again Today Facebook answered questions from concerned US lawmakers on the Senate Banking Committee.
2019-7-17 22:52 | |
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Recently, Facebook came under heavy fire for a massive security breach of its network and personal data pilferage of millions of users. However, in a letter to US senators, the social media giant has assured that it will not be collecting and storing data of users of its “cryptocurrency” Libra.
2019-7-11 05:30 | |
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Facebook's David Marcus told lawmakers its new libra cryptocurrency will not store or share personal financial information – with a few caveats.
2019-7-10 00:19 | |
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The U.S. Senate Banking Committee wants to know more about Facebook's crypto project.
2019-5-10 18:00 | |
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What role do privacy tools play in crypto, and how does this discussion develop? Those were some of the questions at a panel I moderated last week at the DC Privacy Summit.
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