Operator of the world's largest social network Facebook Inc. will launch a new payment network based on its own cryptocurrency in the “dozen countries” in the first quarter of 2020, the BBC reports. The publication claims that Facebook consults with representatives of the US Treasury Department and the Bank of England manager Marc Carney regarding the regulation of the initiative, code-named Libra. At the same time, the Financial Times […]
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Ethereum founder Vitaly Buterin suggested allowing users to mix transactions to hide addresses when sending fixed amounts. According to him, the introduction of such an architecture will not require changes at the level of the main protocol. He wrote about this on Hackmd. So, explained Buterin, at the moment there are only two options for transactions available to users: from one address (all activity can be easily tracked […]
Venezuelan authorities have ordered the termination of operations with payment systems Visa and MasterCard because of sanctions from the United States. This is stated in a joint statement by the Central Bank of the country and the Department for Supervision of the Banking Sector under the Ministry of Economy and Finance, signed on May 16. It is expected that operations on debit cards Visa and MasterCard will be stopped from November 30, 2019, […]
En la víspera, se supo que la administración de Facebook registró una nueva compañía de FINTECH, Libra Networks LLC en Suiza. Libra Networks, que es propiedad de Facebook Global Holdings…
The largest social network Facebook has registered Libra Networks in Switzerland, Switzerland, Reuters reports. Thus, in the register of business entities of Geneva it is indicated that Libra Networks is registered on May 2 by the company Facebook Global Holdings. “Purpose: the provision of services in the field of finance and technology, as well as the development of infrastructure and software, in particular, related to investment activities, payment transactions, financing, […]
Boxer Floyd Mayweather and music producer DJ Khaled, as well as two employees of the cryptocurrency project Centra Tech were excluded from the number of defendants in the lawsuit related to the deception of investors during the ICO. It is reported by CoinDesk. Mayweather and DJ Khaled promoted the Centra Tech ICO campaign on social networks, but federal judge Robert Scola considered it unproven that the plaintiffs had bought […]
The US Senate Banking Committee has demanded Facebook Inc. provide information about a secret cryptocurrency project codenamed Libra. Lawmakers are interested in exactly how the company intends to process the personal data of users of this proposed payment system. Representatives of the committee stressed that last year, Facebook requested data about its users from US banks. They added that many experts believe […]
Blockchain Capital, a venture capital firm’s partner Spencer Bogart, is confident that Facebook’s initiative to launch its own stablecock will significantly speed up the massive adoption of cryptocurrencies. He stated this in an interview with Bloomberg. In particular, he noted that after the launch of cryptocurrencies from the largest social network in the world, the number of holders of digital assets will increase two to three times. “It's like using the Internet. People can move away […]
tarjeta Bitcoin de débito criptográfico anunciada anteriormente Hace dos semanas, uno de los participantes más escandalosos en el espacio de la criptomoneda, John McAfee, anunció que lanzaría la primera tarjeta…
Christian Catalini, profesor del Instituto de Tecnología de Massachusetts, se fue de vacaciones y ahora, según informes de CoinDesk , está desarrollando una criptomoneda para la red social Facebook. Dos…