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Facebook hired the well-known lobbyist Edward Bowles of Standard Chartered, a British banking corporation, to work on an alleged payment network based on steaklkoin GlobalCoin in a project codenamed Libra, reports the Financial Times. It is assumed that he will completely go to Facebook as early as September of this year. At the same time on his page in LinkedIn the place of work is still […]

Coinbase, the largest US cryptocurrency company and Bitcoin startup Circle, intend to expand the consortium Center, created to support and promote the steakcoin ecosystem USDC. This means that from now on, third-party companies can join the organization. CENTER is open for business! You're inviting broader membership and industry participation. Read on the USDC issuer, the inner workings of […]

The non-profit organization that will be engaged in supporting the proposed Facebook-based payment network based on steaklokoin was allegedly invested by leading financial companies, reports The Wall Street Journal, citing informed sources. Thus, according to the publication, Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, as well as Uber and other companies have already invested $ 10 million in security reserves for the coin, the price of which is […]

The Bitrefill mobile services recharge service that promotes the Lightning Network technology has raised $ 2 million in investments, CoinDesk reports. Charlie Lee, the creator of Litecoin cryptocurrency, Fulgur Ventures and the BnkToTheFuture platform, contributed to the development of the startup. Headed a round of financing company Coin Ninja. The Swedish startup will direct the raised funds to the development of new markets, the launch of new products and the expansion of staff. "We intend to continue to offer […]

The Cointelegraph edition, citing an informed source, reported that the intention of the Liquid Exchange to start selling Gram tokens on July 10 has nothing to do with the official plans of Telegram. In a separate comment, one of Telegram's investors stated that no one has the right to sell tokens before their official launch in accordance with the signed agreement. Moreover, representatives of the popular messenger […]

Payment giant Visa Inc has launched a corporate payment network B2B Connect based on the blockchain, reports Reuters. The network was created to improve the efficiency of cross-border payments between financial institutions. In particular, B2B Connect implies fast and inexpensive payments without the involvement of intermediaries. Currently B2B Connect serves 30 payment corridors, the number of which Visa plans to increase to […]

Cryptocurrency startup Ripple expands its geography – the company intends to develop business in Latin America and has already opened an office in Brazil. Reported by the Cointelegraph. It is worth noting that Ripple has not yet officially announced the opening of a new division. It is expected that this will happen at CIAB Febraban – an event for financial and banking, which will be held from 11 to 13 June. […]

The developers of the blockchain project Zilliqa announced the launch of smart contracts based on the Scilla language in their core network. In 2017, we envisioned a high performance platform. Guess what? Today, we've delivered on this. We are thrilled to declare smart contracts officially launched !!! […]

The social network Facebook will pay a certain percentage to the holders of its Global Coin, which is preparing for an early launch. This assumption was made by a member of the Wyoming blockchain working group, Caitlin Long, Forbes writes. According to Long, the company will make a profit from a basket of currencies and low-risk securities that will be used to secure cryptocurrency. "For every $ 10 billion in […]