2019-9-18 10:54 |
French finance minister opposed Facebook cryptocurrency project. According to him, Libra threatens the monetary sovereignty of European states.
origin »2019-9-18 10:54 |
French finance minister opposed Facebook cryptocurrency project. According to him, Libra threatens the monetary sovereignty of European states.
origin »Rumors circulated last week that Facebook’s parent company and its partners are looking to exit its troubled cryptocurrency project. Well, it turns out the grapevines were correct. Mark Zuckberberg’s cryptocurrency Diem will not see the light of day.
2022-2-2 20:11 | |
The social media giant, Facebook is poised to set a clear footing into the cryptocurrency market as Mark Zuckerberg faces Congress on all things Libra and advertising policies. This hearing marks an important foothold for Facebook’s digital currency dream as both the firm and its project have been under the regulatory scrutiny since the announcement […] The post WATCH: Zuckerberg’s LIVE testimony on Facebook’s cryptocurrency venture Libra appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-10-23 18:03 | |
As Facebook continues in the effort to launch its Libra cryptocurrency, the social media giant is likely to rely more heavily on paid lobbyists and the persuasion powers of its senior executives. Mark Zuckerberg prefers closed-door approach In a leaked audiotape of a Facebook town hall released by The Verge, the co-founder and CEO of […] The post Expect Facebook to Ramp up Lobbying Efforts to Get Libra Cryptocurrency Off the Ground appeared first on CCN.com
2019-10-2 18:00 | |
Facebook‘s ‘cryptocurrency’ Libra may be in even deeper trouble than we thought if a recent report is anything to go by. According to the Financial Times, it seems that some of Facebook‘s early backers have been spooked by increasing regulatory scrutiny.
2019-8-23 14:41 | |
It’s been over a month since Head of Calibra, David Marcus faced a grilling at the hands of the Senate Committee. And considering Facebook’s track record on misuse of personal data, many predicted that Marcus would be walking into an inquisition.
2019-8-21 23:03 | |
A number of surveys have indicated that most US and UK adults couldn’t care less about Facebook’s so-called cryptocurrency. Not only do they suggest that people won’t bother to use Libra but that those surveyed remain understandably sceptical of the social media company following recent scandals.
2019-7-27 00:00 | |
The US Senate held a hearing on Facebook’s plans to launch its own cryptocurrency. The representative of the social network announced Facebook's intention to comply with the norms of US law and declared the predominant role of US in the formation of regulatory rules for the crypto industry.
2019-7-19 12:26 | |
The Winklevoss brothers, co-founders of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini and renown for their well-documented legal battle with Facebook, are seemingly willing to ‘get into bed’ with the tech giant in an attempt to spread the adoption of digital currencies.
2019-7-11 19:28 | |
Facebook’s new digital currency Libra has received an early jolt from the Indian government. The authorities in Asia’s third-largest economy are no more keen on the social media giant’s project than any cryptocurrency that came before it.
2019-7-8 15:48 | |
By CCN Markets: Maybe you heard the news? Facebook is launching a cryptocurrency called Libra. Cue the endless tweet-storms and Medium posts and think-pieces! Here are some of the most important comments from regulators, blockchain experts, finance analysts, regulators, and Facebook executives themselves.
2019-6-22 19:45 | |
Libra, Facebook’s yet-to-be launched cryptocurrency, is still receiving a lot of reviews for and against its favor, with many in the industry split over its operations and utility. Meltem Demirors was one of them, and she has a very different take on why Facebook launched a cryptocurrency now, when the industry is already a decade […] The post Facebook’s belated entry into the cryptospace has a clearly-defined ‘why’ to it appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-6-22 18:30 | |
The moment Facebook released the whitepaper for its planned Libra coin, social media was flooded with claims about Zuckerberg’s new drive to take over the cryptocurrency market, with some even calling it a Bitcoin killer.
2019-6-20 17:20 | |
Despite overarching suspicion in the west, Facebook’s Libra ‘cryptocurrency’ does seem to be finding some love in China. Facebook Launches A Titanic White Elephant So Facebook’s much-vaunted ‘cryptocurrency, Libra, launched with great fanfare yesterday, but left many feeling decidedly unimpressed.
2019-6-19 17:00 | |
How much Facebook is too much Facebook? That's what financial regulators want to know as they look into Facebook's data-prying hands, and who the social media platform will pick to own and manage the giant data sets associated with Facebook's cryptocurrency.
2019-6-17 19:26 | |
You will soon be able to mine Facebook’s cryptocurrency — if you have $10 million spare
2019-6-14 17:38 | |
Given its history of managing our data, it shouldn’t take much to convince you that Facebook managing our money is probably a terrible idea. That said, it seems the social media giant is actually aware of that particular challenge.
2019-6-6 12:00 | |
Facebook’s plan of introducing its own global digital currency has taken a new turn as Mark Zuckerberg held meetings with large trading houses and active cryptocurrency exchanges. The Facebook CEO also held a meeting with his former rivals – The Winklevoss brothers, according to Financial Times.
2019-5-25 11:15 | |
Rumors that Facebook has been working on a cryptocurrency haven’t exactly flown under the radar. And with the latest revelation, the Facebook cryptocurrency machine looks set to step up a gear.
2019-5-24 14:36 | |
Will Facebook cryptocurrency GlobalCoin be the catalyst to mass adoption propelling cryptocurrency usage from 30 million to 2. 4 billion? Maybe, but several concerns remain. Facebook Quietly Planning Killer App If one thing was notable about Facebook and cryptocurrency this time last year, it was the platform’s hostility towards it.
2019-5-24 12:00 | |
Report: “Facebook’s Native Crypto Offering to be Rolled Out by 2020” As per a report released by the British Broadcasting Service (BBC) earlier today, Facebook is all set to release its much-hyped cryptocurrency — dubbed “GlobalCoin” — by next year.
2019-5-24 09:27 | |
Facebook, the largest social media giant, made news after it announced that it would launch its own cryptocurrency, Facebook Coin. It was also rumored that Facebook was looking out for VC firms to invest in their cryptocurrency project, with the targeted sum being “as much as $1 billion.
2019-5-9 09:50 | |
By CCN: The crypto community hasn’t scared Mark Zuckerberg away from his cryptocurrency ambitions, at least not yet. New details have emerged in a Wall Street Journal report indicating that Mark Zuckerberg’s company is actively looking to ink deals to back its cryptocurrency payments ecosystem.
2019-5-3 04:39 | |
Facebook is moving into cryptocurrency, aiming to create some type of stablecoin that will make it possible for users within its gargantuan network to transfer value to each other. Why Facebook doesn’t simply use an existing cryptocurrency is, of course, a mystery.
2019-3-31 23:30 | |
After Facebook was reported to be working on introducing its cryptocurrency, it seems like an equivalent social platform in Russia, VKontakte (VK) could as well be in line to launch its crypto soon. “Russian Facebook” Dreams Big Cryptocurrency and blockchain are slowly but steadily getting into various aspects of conventional as well as digital payments. […]
2019-3-30 02:26 | |
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.
2019-3-18 20:08 | |
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.
2019-3-2 22:00 | |
2018 was the year of the controversy for Facebook. The social network, which had to face charges after the data leak, has seen its popularity slump. However, that did not stop Mark Zuckerberg thinking of new goals.
2019-2-6 12:47 | |
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.
2018-12-27 04:58 | |
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.
2018-12-22 21:53 | |
Bitcoin (BTC), Cryptocurrency, Facebook–On Dec. 20th, EWN reported on the development that Facebook, the world’s largest social media platform with over 2 billion active users, is in the process of creating a new cryptocurrency to be used for WhatsApp transfers.
2018-12-21 20:22 | |
Facebook has made changes to its policies concerning cryptocurrency. Rob Leathern, Product Management Director for the popular social media site, recently noted, “In January we announced a new policy to prohibit ads that promote financial products and services that are frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices such as binary options, initial coin offerings, […]
2018-6-30 16:00 | |
In a recent case, the internet giant Facebook reversed its ban on cryptocurrency advertisements that first came into being earlier this year. However, Facebook still stands firm against the promotion of binary options and ICOs on the platform.
2018-6-29 15:18 | |
Facebook has reversed its outright ban on cryptocurrency advertisements, and some experts believe this is just the catalyst needed to put the bulls back in control. ‘Another Catalyst for the Unstoppable Cryptocurrency Revolution’ Nigel Green, founder and CEO of deVere Group, believes Facebook’s U-turn in regards to cryptocurrency advertisements will spark the next major bull run in “the unstoppable cryptocurrency revolution,” stating: The lifting of this controversial ban must be welcomed.
2018-6-28 19:00 | |
Facebook recently announced on June 26, 2018, that it is reversing its ban on cryptocurrency advertisements. The new change has sparked rumors that Facebook may be interested in acquiring the global cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.
2018-6-27 22:49 | |
In January, Facebook banned cryptocurrency ads from its platform. The ban was part of an attempt to stomp out the use of the social media giant to aid fraudulent behaviors in not only the cryptosphere, but the entire financial sector.
2018-6-27 11:19 | |
Social media giant Facebook has officially relaxed its policy on prohibited financial products and services, now allowing Cryptocurrencies to be advertised on the platform if the advertisements do not contain information regarding Initial Coin Offerings (ICO’s) or binary options.
2018-6-27 10:25 | |
Earlier this year, Facebook along with other major social media sites banned all cryptocurrency-related ads on their platforms. Announced on June 26, 2018, Facebook is updating its advertising policy and allowing the promotion of select cryptocurrency products and services.
2018-6-27 09:50 | |
Social media giant Facebook has announced that they will be lifting the ban on cryptocurrency-related advertising effective immediately. The site first began prohibiting crypto ads in January of this year in compliance with a new company policy designed to “prohibit ads that promote financial products and services that are frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices,… The post Facebook Reverses Cryptocurrency Ad Ban appeared first on UNHASHED.
2018-6-27 04:55 | |
Facebook has updated its policy to allow cryptocurrencies to once again be advertised, while upholding its ban on the promotion of initial coin offerings (ICOs), in an announcement published Tuesday, June 26.
2018-6-27 01:15 | |
Facebook is easing its ban – sort of – on ads related to cryptocurrency. Facebook, however, won’t allow advertisements for initial coin offerings or binary options. For example, Facebook asks whether companies have the relevant licenses in order to operate, or if they are a publicly-listed company. Facebook has also published a legal addendum outlining its
2018-6-27 00:34 | |
Facebook has reversed its ban on cryptocurrency ads and will now permit pre-approved advertisers to promote crypto-related services on the social networking platform. Facebook Reverses Ad Ban Facebook will permit crypto-related businesses like exchanges to advertise, but will still prevent the associated (and somewhat controversial) crowdfunding method of initial coin offerings (ICOs) from being promoted.
2018-6-27 00:00 | |
Facebook has updated its policy to allow cryptocurrencies to once again be advertised, while upholding its ban on the promotion of ICOs and binary options
2018-6-27 22:11 | |
ET 11 COMMENTS If Calvin Coolidge’s observation that “advertising is the life of trade” remains true, the new bans by Google and Facebook on cryptocurrency ads threaten the fledgling industry’s existence.
2018-6-26 20:47 | |
First of all, we need to define exactly what the Internet of Value (IOV) is. In essence, where the internet is a platform for instant information sharing (for example, you can post a Facebook status and it is live, instantly) IOV refers to a platform that can also allow for the sharing of value instantly, through financial asset transactions that are approved and live, instantly.
2018-6-26 16:00 | |
We are always discussing why we believe that cryptocurrency education is important, more so than regulations and prohibition. Censorship of crypto-advertising online by companies such as Twitter, Facebook and Google have only helped to hide honest and real crypto-brands from having their name spread and overall, people are still falling for cryptocurrency scams worldwide.
2018-6-26 06:00 | |
Jordan Belfort, also known as the Wolf of Wall Street, recently announced via Facebook video on Saturday, June 23, 2018, that Bitcoin’s price drop is “just the beginning of the end. ” For those who are claiming that the market is currently crashing, Belfort believes that Bitcoin’s decline in prices is just the start.
2018-6-26 22:33 | |
With regards to the recent controversies surrounding the legalities of Bitcoin operation in Cambodia, Regulators in the country have issued a clarification on their facebook wall. According to them, any operation of the digital asset including its trading, buying, settlement, and investment without a license is illegal by law.
2018-6-21 14:09 | |
Cryptocurrency, a technology based upon principles of transparency, accountability, and censorship-resistance, is facing further censorship. Blogging service Medium joins a long list of platforms to have clamped down on crypto content together with Facebook, Google, and Mailchimp.
2018-6-20 20:20 | |
Android Emulator Andy user, TopWire’s chance discovery of GPU miner Trojan allowed him to mine cryptocurrency with no one to detect him or stop him. Apparently, Topwire’s revelation on Reddit, had no response from the developers of the Android emulator.
2018-6-19 15:50 | |