Libra (LBA) & Facebook

Deutsche Börse: Neuer Handelssaal der Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse Foto Gmeinfrei via Wikipedia Das Deutsche Börse Venture Network eröffnet seinen Mitgliedern über den Partner Cashlink eine neue Finanzierungsmöglichkeit mittels Distributed Ledger-Technologie (DLT): Ab sofort bekommen alle Mitglieder im Netzwerk vergünstigten Zugang zur Ausgabe digitaler Wertpapiere. Will ein Kapitalgeber in ein Unternehmen investieren, kann er das...

Libra has been a hot topic of debate lately, and now, executives of both Ripple and Ethereum are adding their thoughts to the mix.Libra Is Still Having Some TroubleLibra is Facebook’s new stable cryptocurrency. Designed to be a global payment system, the currency can be utilized via social media to purchase goods and services. Unfortunately, at the center of the project is a serious trust issue – one that seems to be growing larger with each passing day.This is the sentiment of Ripple’s Brad...

China is moving quickly to ensure it’s ahead of the curb when it comes to blockchain innovation.China Is Pushing Its Blockchain Agenda ForwardThe country has recently implemented a new law that will promote blockchain as a means of heightening and expanding the nation’s infrastructure. The law will also permit the country to unveil its new digital yuan currency designed to compete with the likes of Libra.There is both a good side and a bad side to this situation. First off, the addition of a...

Photo: PixabayPolitical wars forced Twitter to distance itself from misinformation that usually pops up during elections. Head of Twitter Jack Dorsey seems to continue his quest to make the Internet a better place. After a prominent Bitcoin advocate had recently invested in a cryptocurrency-related venture called CoinList, he is now on the way to cut all political ads off on Twitter.The vast majority of so-called conspiracy theories made public via those ads probably came from wise...

Photo: ShutterstockDmitriy Gurkovskiy, Chief Analyst at RoboForex, shares his vision on the possible scenarios of price movements for Bitcoin and some popular altcoins.ETH/USD price analysisTether has transfered 300 million tokens to the Ethereum blockchainThe CFTC is ready to approve the ETH futuresOn W1, the downtrend has slown down for a correction. The current dynamics, upon approaching 61.8% ($146.68) Fibo, start looking as a triangle. It should be mentioned that the quotations have...

Facebook is one of the most attacked companies in the world as it always seems to be swimming in one legal or regulatory battle or the other (especially in relation to its Libra project), at pretty much every point in time. However, the social media giant is still also one of the world’s most successful companies and has proven it time and again, most recently with its recent third-quarter earnings figures. Facebook’s numbers exceeded expectations and well enough for its stock (FB) to hit...

Despite Bitcoin’s latest surge, which was undoubtedly among the most impressive in years, a lot of people continue to be fairly bearish in the short term. Bitcoin gained around $3,000 in less than 24 hours last Friday, but the subsequent pullback seems to have raised doubts in the community.Bitcoin Stalls Around $9,100Last week brought significant attention to the cryptocurrency market because of price movements in both directions. On Friday, Bitcoin and the other cryptocurrencies’ prices...

Token offering platform CoinList raised $10 million with a little help from Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey. CoinList was founded back in 2017 as a spin-off of AngelList, and it acts as an ICO exchange platform that at first received support from investment company Polychain Capital, and upraised more than $9 million in its virgin funding tour. Since then, the company is directing regulatory rules concerning initial coin offerings (ICOs), a popular capital acquisition vehicle for emerging...

Ethereum witnessed a small decline of about 2.14% over the past 24 hours and it currently trades at $182. This pullback comes after Ethereum managed to spike by 11.39% over the past week. ETH fell sharply against BTC but found support and started to travel north.Ethereum remains the second-largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $19.76 billion. Looking at the ETH/USD 1-day chart:Since our previous ETH/USD analysis, the cryptocurrency managed to rebound at the support at $152 and started...

The funding round raised $10 million for the crypto startup specializing in token sales. The move comes months Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey launched Square Crypto. The startup could turn out to be a competitor to Cash app. Months after announcing a Bitcoin-focused initiative by the Square financial services firm (Square Crypto), Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is doubling down in the space by investing in token sales management platform CoinList. According to the Wall Street Journal, Dorsey recently...