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The G7 meeting participants state that things like stablecoins including Facebook‘s Libra should be strictly regulated and the risks connected with them are not yet studied well. Per EU lawmaker and a German conservative Markus Ferber:“At the very least, we need a robust regulatory framework to deal with virtual currencies. The (executive EU) Commission has been way too complacent on the issue so far. With the threat of Libra on the horizon, it is time for action now.”The draft text of the...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 743. Heute geht’s um folgende Themen: Türkei plant digitale Lira Ende 2020, EU-Strategiepapier schlägt gemeinsame europäische Digitalwährung vor & Doch kein Bitcoin Mining Verbot in China. 1.) Türkei plant digitale Lira – Start Ende 2020https://bitcoin-kurier.de/tuerkei-plant-digitale-lira-start-ende-2020/ 2.) EU-Strategiepapier schlägt gemeinsame europäische Digitalwährung...

Ripple is trapped in a heavy lawsuit, but the plaintiff – a customer named Bradley Sostack – has ultimately run out of time when it comes to responding to the company’s notion to dismiss, and it’s unclear where things will go from here.Where is the Ripple Suit Headed?The lawsuit stems not just from Sostack, but from several customers who seem to think that Ripple is a security and failed to appropriately register. They claim that the company has employed false advertising and that the...

VeChain (VET) approaches $0.005 on Tuesday for the first time since Aug. 12. VeChain co-founder and CEO Sunny Lu will deliver a keynote address at The Capital, an upcoming industry conference hosted by CoinMarketCap. The broader cryptocurrency market consolidates slightly higher as the majors reported modest gains. VeChain’s token value surged on Tuesday, reaching its highest level in almost three months after CoinMarketCap confirmed that the supply-chain management company will...

Remember when bitcoin struck the $20,000 mark in December of 2017? Would you believe that it was probably a single entity or individual that made that happen?Bitcoin: Manipulated By a Single Person?This is the news being spewed out by a recent report, which states that the bitcoin price may have been manipulated over the course of 12 months – between March 2017 and March 2018 – by a single person. During this time, the market cap of bitcoin reached a whopping $326 billion, and about half of...

The fate of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency is pretty much hanging in the balance and has somewhat been so since it was first announced a few months ago. There has been so much backlash from authorities, with Congress specifically asking Facebook to halt the development progress until further notice. Now according to Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin, the biggest problem that the Libra faces is Facebook itself.Lubin recently spoke to CNBC’s Squawk Box, and specifically mentioned Facebook’s...

Huobi Global will disable the accounts of U.S.-based customers. HBUS welcomes Huobi Global’s users. The move could impact the price of Huobi Token (HT). Huobi Global announced Monday it will freeze the accounts of its U.S. customers in order to comply with domestic regulations. The move could have severe implications for Huobi Token (HT), the company’s native cryptocurrency. Complying with Laws and Regulations In a blog post, the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange by...

Photo: Wikimedia CommonsI have big hopes for Christine Lagarde following her appointment as the new head of the European Central Bank. And here’s why (Warning: libertarian crypto enthusiasts should look away now).A company I co-founded held Bitcoin in the now-infamous Mt. Gox exchange. You may remember that back in 2013-14 it was the world’s leading Bitcoin exchange handling over 70% of all transactions worldwide. But in February 2014 things went horribly wrong as Mt. Gox suspended trading...

Stellar (XLM) explodes amid news that the company burned more than half of its coins in circulation. Tuesday’s gains were quickly wiped out as the smart money took the chance to dump their positions. Nevertheless, the cryptocurrency looks attractive in the long-term time frame. In technical analysis, there’s an adage that goes, “buy the rumor; sell the news.” We’re seeing this nugget of wisdom in play out in Stellar (XLM). On Monday, the Stellar Development Foundation announced that...

Ripple Labs Inc. has already started making inroads in the financial space in Asia as sources indicate that TPBank based in Vietnam is the first financial institution in the country to join the blockchain payments network. RippleNet allows international remittances to take place in mere minutes rather than in days unlike traditional networks such as SWIFT and at much less cost as well.This was stated on the bank’s website which indicated the bank’s first foray into blockchain technology and...