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A G7 task force reports that stablecoins, such as Facebook’s Libra, present significant risk to the global financial system but also have potential in the field of payments.Doubling down on regulationsOn Oct. 18, in a report requested by the G7 Finance Ministers and central bank Governors, the relevant task
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Almost three-quarters of German consumers would not use Facebook's planned digital currency, Libra, according to a recent poll.Only 27 percent considers using LibraOn Oct. 17, CryptoX auf Deutsch reported that out of 2000 questioned Germans, aged 16 and over, only 27 percent would ever consider using Facebook’s Libra stablecoin
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Threat researchers have discovered malicious code in WAV audio files, code that hackers use to mine cryptocurrencies.Hackers earn thousand of dollars per monthOn Oct. 16, researchers at BlackBerry Cylance, a software company that develops anti-virus programs, reported the discovery of malicious code hidden within WAV audio files. This type
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CryptoX's website has become widely inaccessible in Russia as authorities added the domain to a registry of blacklisted sites.The blacklistAlthough CryptoX has been publicly on a list of blocked sites since 2017, it was only yesterday, October 16, that the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology
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Thursday, Oct. 17 — Bitcoin (BTC) is hovering just above the $8,000 price mark, while XRP shows impressive gains on the day.Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360For most of the day, the world’s largest cryptocurrency has been trading within a tight range between $8,000 and $8,100. BTC traded from an
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Bank of Canada, the Canadian central bank, is exploring the possibility of launching a digital currency that would replace cash and track how people spend their money. The aim of the proposed currency would be to mitigate the “direct threat” posed by cryptocurrencies to the economic sovereignty of governments and central
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Bitcoin (BTC) bull and co-founder of Gemini crypto exchange Cameron Winklevoss has noted that the volume of negative interest bonds accounts for $17 trillion and has urged the public to buy Bitcoin. In an Oct. 17 tweet. Winklevoss wrote:“$17 trillion dollars are currently held in negative interest bonds. 17
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The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) hasn’t come to bury Ether, it’s come to regulate it. That was the message drawn from Heath Tarbert’s remarks from the stage at Yahoo Finance’s All Markets Summit in New York City on Oct. 10, which could have important consequences for
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Major Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchain Qtum has gone through its first-ever hard fork today, updating the network to Qtum 2.0.Major network upgradeQtum blockchain has had its first hard fork as scheduled, Qtum Official tweeted on Oct. 17.The hard fork happened at block 466,000, upgrading the Qtum network to unlock a
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Over the past few years, Telegram has become an important part of the crypto ecosystem due to its use as a communication platform for traders as well as market enthusiasts. Hence, it did not come as a complete surprise when the encrypted messaging service platform announced the launch of its
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