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Ever since Facebook announced its Libra project in June 2019, it has been knocking the doors of regulators for approval. Over the last few months, the social media giant had a tough time dealing with global regulatory authorities.But this has not deterred Facebook from furthering its development for its native cryptocurrency Project Libra. Last week, the Libra Association released a developer update. The update announcement mentioned that the Libra Project is running for five months and...

Social media giant Facebook Inc. has now decided to consolidate all of its payment services under a single umbrella. On Tuesday, November 12, Facebook announced its Facebook Pay platform which would facilitate ” a convenient, secure and consistent payment experience across Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp”.Facebook’s announcement comes just in a week’s time after it announced a new parent company logo as part of its rebranding efforts. The social media giant said that a lot of its...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 748. Heute geht’s um folgende Themen: Royal Bank of Canada will Bitcoin Konto und Krypto Exchange starten, China verspricht Anonymität beim digitalen Yuan & Facebook startet Facebook Pay. 1.) Kanadischer Banken-Riese will Bitcoin Bankkonto und Kryptowährungs-Börse an den Start bringenhttps://cryptomonday.de/kanadischer-banken-riese-will-bitcoin-bankkonto-und-kryptowaehrungs-boerse-an-den-start-bringen/...

Facebook has faced a maelstrom of criticism ever since it announced the Libra cryptocurrency. Lawmakers and bankers have been quite vocal in their negative views towards the developing stablecoin. However, it seems that Facebook is not waiting for Libra to launch a global payment platform as they have now introduced Facebook Pay.Cross-Platform PaymentsFacebook Pay is not a virtual currency. It is a payment system that uses credit cards, debit cards, and PayPal as options.Users can use...

Antivirus mogul John McAfee – who has repeatedly touted bitcoin, saying it will reach $1 million by the year 2020 – has a few harsh words for Libra.McAfee: Libra Is the Opposite of CryptoThe Facebook cryptocurrency appears to be getting on everybody’s nerves lately. Members of Congress have repeatedly taken aim at the project, saying that it could potentially open the door to money laundering and other malicious activity. They are also unclear as to how (or whether) Libra could potentially...

Libra just can’t seem to catch a break. Following months of haggling by U.S. lawmakers and European officials, a Romanian bank chief is adding his negative opinions to the mix, saying that Libra is “dangerous” and likely to do irreparable damage to the global financial infrastructure.Libra Is Getting Hit from All SidesDaniel Daianu, president of Romania’s Fiscal Council, says that if Libra ever does reach full potential, banks are likely to disintegrate overnight. He states:Cryptocurrencies...

E-commerce retailing giant Amazon is planning to expand its reach in the food industry and open a new brand of grocery store. As CNET has reported, a new grocery store will be opened in Woodland Hills, California, in 2020.Amazon spokesperson said:“Amazon is opening a grocery store in Woodland Hills in 2020.”When asked about Whole Foods acquired by Amazon for $13.7 billion in 2017, the company has stated it is going to make a new brand totally different from this network and Amazon Go...

Facebook’s cryptocurrency project, Libra, could be used to build on top of central bank digital currencies. That’s what the venture’s co-creator and head economist reiterated today at a FinTech conference in Singapore. Interestingly enough, the statement also comes at times when a few countries are contemplating the launch of their own state-backed digital currencies.Libra Improving State-Backed Digital CurrenciesChristian Catalini, Libra’s co-creator and head economist of Calibra, spoke in...

Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency has been slated for a 2020 release, but according to top executive Kevin Weil, it will be decades before the currency is fully ready.Libra May Take Longer – Much Longer – Than Originally ThoughtAs vice president of product at Facebook’s Calibra digital wallet unit, Weil explained that while the currency itself may be ready relatively soon, the wallet system that’s backing it up will take much longer. He comments that the system is quite complicated, and...

In what seems to be both a conflict-of-interest and also an effort to promote his cryptocurrency, the head of cryptocurrency projects at Facebook David Marcus has given bullish indications as to where Bitcoin is going. He also indicated that Bitcoin doesn’t fit into the cryptocurrency asset class as well giving his bias for the Libra cryptocurrency. David made this known at the recent New York Times DealBook conference last week. He also said that Bitcoin has more qualities as an asset than...