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Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up David Marcus – the former PayPal executive who worked on Facebook’s failed Libra project – believes that after everything that’s happened over the past two years, that bitcoin will still be the face of both money and payments in the future. David Marcus Sees the Promise in BTC Marcus, in a recent interview,...

Some of the major features of the lightning network by Lightspark are its security and reliability. It presents itself as a secure infrastructure for enterprise-grade payments. Bitcoin tech infrastructure company Lightspark has unveiled a lightning platform for businesses. Lightspark was created in 2022 to power payments on the lightning network and has been quiet since its introduction last year. The company was developed to “explore, build and extend the capabilities and utility of...

Bitcoin and several leading digital currencies have experienced heavy price drops in recent days. Many analysts now fear that things are going to get a lot worse, and that a crypto winter may potentially be heading our way. Analysts Are Worried About a Crypto Winter On Monday, bitcoin briefly fell below the $33,000 mark, meaning it reached its lowest peak since last July. That was a time when bitcoin was trading below $30,000 – just a few months after hitting a new price...

David Marcus – head of the blockchain department at Facebook, now known as Meta – has stated he will be exiting his position and leaving the social media giant at the end of 2021. David Marcus Is Taking a Different Path Marcus is a former PayPal executive that joined forces with Facebook to release a new cryptocurrency that people could use to pay for goods and services. Known as Libra, the currency would be tied to a wallet system called Calibra, which would store...

David Marcus – the head of Facebook’s blockchain department – says that the social media company’s new cryptocurrency wallet Novi is ready to go. David Marcus Is Ready to Unleash Novi Novi has been a long time in the making. The wallet is designed to accompany the firm’s new Diem cryptocurrency, which many fans and anticipators still refer to as “Libra.” That was the name the currency originally traveled under when initially announced in the summer of 2019. As a former...

Despite nearly two years of delays and several regulatory hurdles, Facebook’s Libra – now called Diem – is still looking to carve out a place for itself in the crypto space.Diem Is Still Trying to Move ForwardFacebook first entered the cryptocurrency environment in June of 2019, announcing that it was looking to establish a global payment system and unveil a new digital asset it was calling Libra that could potentially be utilized to purchase goods and services through the social media...

The future of Facebook is not in question. However, even as its stock continues to rise, regulatory hurdles mar the company’s journey. Yesterday, the FB stock price increased by 1.69%.Facebook is easily one of the world’s most successful companies. The social media giant has had an impressive streak and keeps on gaining in popularity and utility. This is also helped by the fact that over time, it’s been able to acquire other potential competitors such as Instagram and Whatsapp. Today,...

Another major partner has left the Libra project in the dust. This time, the one making a grand exit is Vodafone, an international prepaid phone carrier.Libra Is Still SufferingLibra has had a very rough history. First introduced to users in June of 2019, the project has seen its fair shares of ups and downs (more downs, at this stage) and has been the subject of widespread criticism from international leaders and U.S. regulators alike.The company has also lost several big-name supporters...

An imminent discussion of digital currencies native to central banks of diverse countries has been sparked, and Facebook‘s Libra is at the heart and center of it.More than RippleRipple‘s flagship products leading cross-border payments might have been touted in the past as the leading catalyst for sparking conversations and implementation of digital currencies pegged to official national currencies. However, Facebook Libra has now officially taken center stage, eliciting more questions and...

Starting today, January 21, the annual World Economic Forum 2020 is kicking off in Davos, Switzerland, with global leaders seen participating. Like always, this will also be a four-day event going up to January 24.This year’s WEF 2020’s theme is “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World”. Like every year, global leaders will speak on issues of the global economy and wider participation of countries for overall sustainable growth. Besides, there will also be talks on avoiding trade...