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Ever since Facebook’s Libra was first announced earlier this year, it seems like cryptocurrency and social media just go hand in hand. A blockchain startup and the subsidiary of IOV Labs, RSK, has announced that it has purchased a social media platform called Taringa, based in Argentina. This gives the company access to the platform’s 30 million+ account holders. Taringa Users Can Get Crypto for ContentThe partnership will create a rewards program in which users of Taringa can garner digital...

Recently it has come to light that RSK, an IOVLabs subsidiary, that calls itself the “first open-source smart contract platform secured by the Bitcoin network”, has purchased Taringa. It is important to highlight that it is the most popular Spanish-speaking social network with 30 million users. According to the recently revealed data, this platform is used by 28% of internet users. This figure is better than the results of Snapchat, Skype, and LinkedIn.RSK also has a native token RIF which...

If you think bitcoin is having a hard time this week, talk to Mark Zuckerberg about Libra and you’ll probably think bitcoin isn’t doing so bad. Libra Encounters More DelaysAt press time, bitcoin is trading for just under $7,900, meaning it’s crashed even harder over the past 24 hours. Marcus Swanepoel, the chief trader of bitcoin and its crypto cousins at Luno, says that this behavior is pretty much affecting every major cryptocurrency on the market, and that the trends are not specifically...

Marcus Treacher, a senior executive at blockchain cross-border remittance giant Ripple is seemingly kicking-off a modern “cola war” with their emerging rival Libra, Facebook’s controversial cryptocurrency. Treacher, the head of Ripple’s strategic accounts globally, criticized the so-called Facebook cryptocurrency for being “a walled garden.” The executive stressed that only a handful of big players, including Facebook, Visa, MasterCard, Uber, and PayPal, practice excessive control over...

Libra Association Managing Director Bertrand Perez said on Friday that the Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra, that should be launched by a Geneva-based association next year, is not intended to replace existing currencies. He said:“We are not in the area of implementing any monetary policy with the (Libra) Reserve.”This confirms what Libra’s CEO David Marcus was speaking back in July at the hearings when he kept stressing that Libra is not an investment and it doesn’t want to conquer the...

Photo: PixabayGood news for Telegram users: the company has developed a wallet for Gram, the native cryptocurrency of the TON Blockchain created by Telegram.Currently, the wallet is available in the alpha version of the Telegram messenger for iOS and functions in the TON testnet. According to the developers, its design is still in progress, and after everything is finished, the wallet will be available in the mainnet as well.Meanwhile, the date of the launch on the mainnet is unknown....

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, also popular as ‘crypto mom’ for her crypto-friendly news, once again spoke in favor of digital assets during the recent cryptocurrency compliance Dacom summit in New York hosted by Solidus Labs today. Peirce spoke in details about SEC’s views on digital currencies saying that regulators are currently active extremely ‘paternalistic’. Besides, she also had an extensive discussion on different measures the agency can take to improve regulations.She stated that...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 716. Heute geht’s um folgende Themen: Adaption falsch verstanden: Deshalb lassen die Bakkt Futures den Markt kalt & Venezuelas Zentralbank soll über Einlagen in Bitcoin und Ethereum verfügen 1.) Adaption falsch verstanden: Deshalb lassen die Bakkt Futures den Markt kalthttps://www.btc-echo.de/adaption-falsch-verstanden-deshalb-lassen-die-bakkt-futures-den-markt-kalt/ 2.) Venezuelas Zentralbank soll über...

Cryptocurrency startup Flexa is part of a project that will allow for technological innovations in retailing. With a pilot project at Mall of America Minnesota Minneapolis, which is the largest mall in the United States at the moment, the demo store is to serve as a proof-of-concept that new technologies are possible in the real world.Flexa is participating in the project but serving in a technical advisory role will be on display with other non-cryptocurrency-based technologies. The store...

Bitcoin cash price declined heavily and broke the key $285 and $270 support levels against the US Dollar.The price tested the $200 support area and it is currently consolidating losses.There was a break below a crucial bullish trend line with support near $310 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).The pair could correct higher, but the $230 and $240 levels are likely to prevent gains.Bitcoin cash price is trading in a larger downtrend below $250 against the US...