Libra Supporters Join Rival Project Celo Dollar
While Facebook cannot deploy its stablecoin project, many members of the Libra Association, the entity behind the Libra Project, are now supporting a rival project called Celo Dollar...
What’s Next for Facebook’s Crypto?
Facebook is in the process of rethinking its Libra crypto-token, after meeting with regulatory hurdles. The new digital asset may do away with the Libra moniker, instead offering...
JPMorgan: Blockchain Is Laying the Bedrock for Digital Money
JPMorgan released a report last Friday, detailing the global enthusiasm for blockchain technology in the financial sector. In the 74-page report, JPMorgan described several projects...
Vodafone Includes Bitcoin in New Advert After Exiting Libra
Vodafone, the UK-based cellular provider, recently showcased Bitcoin in their latest German advert which debuted on the company’s Facebook page on Feb. 17th. Many perceive this to be...
How a Crypto Cold War Could Arise From Central Bank Competition
Last year social media giant Facebook put the world’s central banks into a panic with its crypto currency ambitions. This year they are scrambling to launch their own digital...
Bank of Lithuania Looks into Central Bank Digital Currency
Bank of Lithuania may be the next entity to look into Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), after multiple banks worldwide have expressed interest. All Aboard the Central Bank...
Is Facebook Censoring Crypto Content Again?
Twitter user Elijaboom posted that Facebook’s messenger app would not let him send a link forb insidebitcoins.com to an associate based in Turkey. He noted that it seems like Bitcoin...
Facebook: The Rise of a Giant and the Libra Cryptocurrency
Facebook has wrapped up almost 16 years of history. Founded in 2004 chiefly as a social network company, Facebook initially launched to connect Harvard University students together...
Facebook Crypto Association Loses Another Vital Member
The Facebook crypto project, Libra, has lost another one of its backers with Vodafone announcing its decision to quit the Libra Association. Meanwhile, central banks from major...
Major Central Banks Form CBDC Think Tank
The Bank of Canada along with other central banks from Japan, Switzerland, England, Sweden, and the European Central Bank (ECB) are looking to work together as part of plans to create...
RBA to Block Facebook’s Libra in Australia
Australia is the latest country to reject Libra — Facebook’s proposed digital currency payment project. The country’s central bank also says sovereign digital currencies are...
Libra Association Vice Chairman Bashes Bitcoin at CES 2020
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) saw one of its speakers, Libra Association’s Dante Disparte, talk against Bitcoin, claiming that it is not a means of payment...