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FACEBOOK CRYPTOCURRENCY PROJECT ‘LIBRA NETWORKS’
- 19 May 2019
- Posted by: admincryptovalues_wp
- Category: Companies, World News
No CommentsFacebook has been highly secretive about its recent endeavor with cryptocurrency and blockchain. A more transparent approach could raise speculations in the market. Moreover, the regulations around cryptocurrency and payments have been unclear as well. Recently, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee sent an open letter to Founder Mark Zuckerberg, demanding the details about its cryptocurrency project: Libra. Furthermore,
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SAMSUNG INVESTS $ 2.9 MILLION IN CRYPTO WALLET MANUFACTURER LEDGER
- 25 April 2019
- Posted by: admincryptovalues_wp
- Category: Companies, World News
Telecom giant Samsung has invested 2.6 million euros ($2.9 million) into crypto wallet manufacturer Ledger, the French financial publication Capital reports. The investment gives the France-based startup a nearly $290 million valuation, per the report. The news came shortly after CoinDesk Korea reported that Samsung is developing a blockchain platform and native digital asset of its own. The project, which
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THE REAL VOLUME : THE ROCK TRADING EXCHANGE
- 23 April 2019
- Posted by: admincryptovalues_wp
- Category: Companies, Cryptovalues News
BITWISE investigated the real Liquidity of the Bitcoin Market In this document the same analysis criteria have been applied to the trading volume reported by The Rock Trading exchange Introduction In the presentation to SEC [1] advocating their ETF, Bitwise investigated the real liquidity of the Bitcoin market Bitwise analyzed the 81 “top” Bitcoin exchanges by reported
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FRANCE FLAUNTS “RIGHT” CRYPTO MODEL AS EU MEMBERS FEEL THE HEAT
- 17 April 2019
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- Category: Companies, World News
By CCN: France is pushing the boundaries with its new crypto regulatory framework, which it unveiled a week ago. Now the government plans to pressure other EU states to take the “right” approach to crypto regulation. French officials are acutely aware that the blockchain is an emerging field with proven risks, and they have employed a heavy screening
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CHRISTINE LAGARDE PITS CIRCLE AGAINST JPMorgan IN IMF DEBATE
- 11 April 2019
- Posted by: admincryptovalues_wp
- Category: Companies, ECB - Lagarde, World News
A panel Wednesday featuring JPMorgan and Circle was set up by Christine Lagarde as a face-off between incumbent and disruptor. The managing director of the International Monetary Fund designated roles for each person on her panel of four. In the incumbent corner: two regulators and JPMorgan. In the other: crypto fintech company Circle. The topic: “Money
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OVER 40 CENTRAL BANKS ARE CONSIDERING BLOCKCHAIN CURRENCIES: DAVOS REPORT
- 4 April 2019
- Posted by: admincryptovalues_wp
- Category: Companies, World News
More than 40 central banks worldwide are experimenting with blockchain technology, says a new report by the World Economic Forum. Published Wednesday, the report analyzes how different central banks are either examining what blockchain can be used for or are outright experimenting with central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). “It’s very much the case that several
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US CONGRESS INTRODUCES TWO NEW CRYPTOCURRENCY BILLS
- 2 April 2019
- Posted by: admincryptovalues_wp
- Category: Companies, World News
BILL H.R. 922 – HANDLING PRICE MANIPULATION Representatives Darren Soto and Warren Davidson have introduced two new blockchain-related bills on January 30th. The first one called H.R. 922 – Virtual Currency Consumer Protection Act of 2019, is aimed at tackling the issue of price manipulation. According to the document, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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MAKING ATM BITCOIN PAYMENTS VIA LIGHTNING NETWORK IS BECOME A REALITY
- 1 April 2019
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- Category: Companies, World News
WORLD’S FIRST LIGHTNING-ENABLED BITCOIN ATM ‘WORKED FINE’ On March 31, 2019, Weis publicly demonstrated a transaction via Lightning Network at a bitcoin ATM, during the Lightning Hackday, in Hong Kong, as shown in the video below. Later, Weis described the transaction as: Just a proof of concept ‘top up your existing channel.’ Lots of bugs but two
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SWITZERLAND MOVES FORWARD TO FIT CRYPTOCURRENCY INTO TRADITIONAL REGULATIONS
- 21 March 2019
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- Category: Companies, World News
A HESITANT VOTE 99 members of the National Council, Switzerland’s lower house of the Federal Assembly, have supported a motion to put forward proposed regulations by liberal public representative Giovanni Merlini. 83 people voted against, while 10 refrained from voting at all. The proposed regulations will now have to be considered by the Council of States, which
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BITCOIN BANK’S SILVERGATE SAYS CRYPTO CLIENT BASE CLIMBED 122% IN 2018
- 21 March 2019
- Posted by: admincryptovalues_wp
- Category: Companies, World News
Silvergate Bank, which bills itself as the “leading provider of innovative financial infrastructure solutions and services to participants in the digital currency industry,” has disclosed in a preliminary prospectus filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that despite the bearish conditions in the bitcoin market, its number of crypto industry clients surged in 2018. SILVERGATE CRYPTO