British multinational telecommunications conglomerate Vodafone has quit Facebook‘s Libra Association. Both Vodafone and Libra have already confirmed the information.According to Vodafone, they will use resources intended for Libra to develop its digital payment service M-Pesa. M-Pesa enables customers to send, receive and store money securely via a basic smartphone. Used mostly in Africa, the service enables all businesses to collect payments, make stock purchases and pay salaries. Moreover,...
Read More »Facebook’s Libra Has New 2.0. Roadmap for Launching Next Year
It seems that Libra developers are pretty serious when it comes to launching next year. The Libra Association announced it has published its second, 2.0. roadmap for Libra Core, the initial software that supports the planned Libra network. Even though there are many regulatory uncertainties, and there are no concrete dates for an actual launch, Facebook‘s Libra is continuing to build up its community.As per the recent blog post, the project seems to be still operational and already tests its...
Read More »PayPal CEO Explains Withdrawal from Facebook’s Libra Association
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Read More »China’s Crypto Revolution Might Undermine U.S. Reserve Status, Michael Novogratz Says
Photo: Acumen_ / FlickrIn recent weeks, China appears to be retracting its hard stand against crypto activities within its jurisdiction. Notably, even President Xi Jinping encouraged Chinese investors to take up blockchain and crypto activities in an attempt to diversify the Asian economy.These developments have made billionaire Michael Novogratz warn that the United State’s reserve status might soon be undermined by the Chinese revolution. In his statement, he insists that China is already...
Read More »Libra Project Should Not Be Headed by Facebook, Says Co-Founder of Ethereum
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...
Read More »Central Bank of China Official Asks Commercial Banks to Adopt Blockchain Technology
Calls for the increased and improved use of blockchain technology are gradually making the rounds because while there are still a lot of places where the technology has been adopted quite considerably, there are still many others that have a lot of work to do. The use of blockchain technology is probably seen more in the financial sector and authorities and governments are gaining more interest.Recently, a call came from an official at the central bank of China, directed at commercial banking...
Read More »PayPal Reports 19% Growth with $4.38 Billion Revenue in 2019 Third Quarter
PayPal Holdings Inc. has announced its earned figures in its quarterly report for the third quarter, showing a notable increase in the company’s volume of total payment. According to its report, the company pulled in a $4.38 billion revenue, representing a 19% increase.Furthermore, the company’s earnings per share also increased, going higher than the proposed estimate by market analysts. Experts had estimated a 52 cents per share earnings but PayPal surpassed this, hitting 61 cents which is...
Read More »#729 Ripple investiert in Bitso, Zentralbank Chef verteidigt Libra & Libra Association Charta
Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 729. Heute geht’s um folgende Themen: Ripple investiert in größte Bitcoin-Börse Mexikos, Englischer Zentralbank-Chef verteidigt Facebook Libra & Libra Association unterzeichnet Charta in Genf. 1.) Ripple investiert in größte Bitcoin-Börse Mexikoshttps://www.btc-echo.de/ripple-investiert-in-groesste-bitcoin-boerse-mexikos/ 2.) Englischer Zentralbank-Chef verteidigt Facebook...
Read More »Genf: Libra Association verabschiedet Charta
Die Führung ist drin; große Investoren sind raus: Facebook hält unbeirrt an Libra fest, obwohl Mastercard, Visa, Ebay, Stripe und Paypal das Projekt verlassen haben. Trotzdem haben die restlichen 21 Gründungsmitglieder die Charta der Libra Association verabschiedet und die Führungspersonen ernannt und zwar am Montag, den 14 Oktober, in Genf. Ab sofort bilden fünf Vertreter verschiedener Unternehmen den Vorstand von Libra: David Marcus von Facebook; und jeweils ein Vertreter des...
Read More »You Can Bet on whether or not Facebook’s Libra will Launch by 2020
Facebook’s forthcoming digital currency, the Libra, is probably the most uncertain project in the cryptocurrency industry at the moment. Ever since the company announced its plans to issue the asset, there has been significantly heavy backlash both from the public and also from the U.S. Congress, so much that the earlier proposed date for early next year is quite shaky, if not completely impossible. Now, a crypto futures exchange firm seems to be taken advantage of all the uncertainty of the...
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