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It seems like Facebook’s new currency, Libra, has regulators scared out of their wits… So much, in fact, that the United States government is now looking into potentially developing its own digital currency – issued by its central bank – as a means of competing.Libra Has Everyone TerrifiedLibra, as we all know, has gotten very mixed reactions from both regulators and the general public in the past, with very few Facebook users saying they would consider using Libra if it was available today....

Earlier, Live Bitcoin News reported that this month’s biggest performer was arguably Ripple’s XRP, and that the third-largest cryptocurrency was experiencing the most action as of late. While bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and bitcoin cash were all traversing through the doldrums, it was XRP that was making the initial rounds of success through the crypto industry.Move Over BTC; XRP Is KingWhat’s ironic is the fact that so many cryptocurrencies spent the first half of the year experiencing solid...

So, what’s going to happen with bitcoin over the next week?Bitcoin: as Unpredictable as EverThe following seven days will mark the final full week of October. From there, we’ll be heading into November, which as we all remember, marked a rather rough time for crypto and all its fans late last year. The month marked the controversial bitcoin cash hard fork that ultimately gave birth to bitcoin SV, a currency endorsed by Australian bitcoin developer Craig Wright.Following the hard fork, bitcoin...

If there’s one thing bitcoin enthusiasts are having a hard time avoiding, its crypto scams and thefts. From Mt. Gox to Coincheck, thefts can ring through the industry like the bells of Notre Dame, and sometimes, they can lead to harsh consequences for the crypto and blockchain space. The latest scam is coming by way of the Tor Browser, which is being monitored by criminals as a means of stealing unsuspecting persons’ bitcoins.Tor Browser Is Home to Some Malicious ActorsThus far, the amounts...

For many people, i.e. Warren Buffett, bitcoin and cryptocurrency are two things that should be avoided at all costs. For others however, like billionaire Peter Thiel, bitcoin’s success is just getting started, and the coin represents a whole new wave of financial innovation that the world hasn’t seen yet.Peter Thiel: The BTC Champion?Thiel is the co-founder of PayPal. His love of crypto is ironic considering he lost former executive David Marcus to Facebook’s blockchain division. Marcus later...

HTC – an electronics company based in Taiwan – has released a new smartphone capable of running an entire bitcoin node. In other words, it can hold the entire bitcoin ledger with an SD card that’s purchased separately.HTC – Paving the Way to GreatnessKnown as the Exodus 1s, the phone clearly has a lot of storage space and memory. With the entire bitcoin network being held on a person’s phone, that’s roughly 260 gigabytes of memory right there – and the network is estimated to grow by...

Photo: CoinsbitCoinsbit is an Estonia-based crypto exchange launched in 2018 and licensed for trading activities in the EU. The exchange has roughly 43 trading pairs of cryptocurrencies. The most recognized pays include BNB/ETH, BNB/USD, BNB/BTC, ETC/BTC, LTC/ETH, LTC/USD, ETH/BTC, ETH/USD, and BTC/USD.In a bid to remain relevant in the competitive crypto market, the company is introducing several essential services that will assist in differentiating the exchange from the stiff competition....

Messaging platform Kik announced on Friday it was acquired by MediaLab, a holding company that has Whisper and a number of other apps under its wing.The mother company of Kik, Kik Interactive already said, and we reported that it would be closing its app down in October. However, last week, its CEO Ted Livingston said that a company had signed a letter of intent to purchase the app. Both companies kept their mouths shut when it comes to details of the sale.The blog post says:“We believe that...

Photo: Fidelity Digital Assets / TwitterAs promised, Bitcoin custodian Fidelity Digital Asset Services (FDAS) is “now engaged in a full rollout” of its custody and trading services, spreading from the limited trial users in the platform’s final test stage.Financial Times reported that by building up its crypto custody business, the focus of the company is to profit from the shortage of classically and traditionally regulated institutions as are banks and other more conservative...

If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that bitcoin and the crypto industry probably need to up the ante on their privacy protocols. While blockchain is typically more secure than other forms of digital finance technology, we are often hearing stories about exchange hacks and malicious actors that seek to get their fingers on digital funds that just don’t belong to them.Bitcoin Privacy Needs to Be UppedKevin Pan, the CEO of Poolin (one of the top three bitcoin mining pools in the...