Investment Firm Blockchain Capital Joins Libra Association
One of the oldest venture firms in crypto has joined the Libra Association and will provide expertise and guidance on the launch of its payment system. Source
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Libra Shows Levey the Door, Appoints Stevan Bunnel as Lead Counsel
Stevan Bunnel is joining the Libra Association to replace Stuart Levey as the organization’s lead counsel.The Libra Association led by social media giant Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has appointed former Homeland security top counsel, Stevan Bunnel as its lead counsel. This latest appointed, first reported by Bloomberg is the second
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Libra Partner Bison Trails Just Announced Support for Ethereum 2.0
Over the past few weeks, Ethereum as a network has seen a spike in transactions and active users.Just days ago data from Santiment indicated that the number of daily active addresses passed a two year high. Simultaneously, the number of daily confirmed transactions ticked past 1,000,000, making many think back
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Blockchain Bites: Rethinking Libra, Craig Wright and Something Smells Fishy in Blockchain
Top financial authorities are rethinking what a “basket-backed” stablecoin means for monetary sovereignty. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) issued a new report claiming stablecoin initiatives like Libra haven’t driven central banks to explore CBDCs, Craig Wright is heading to trial and BTCPay received its largest donation to date. Here’s the
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Blockchain Bites: PayPal’s Push, FATF’s Rules and ‘Overstated’ Libra Fears
Yesterday, it came to light that crypto functionality may come to PayPal and Venmo. If true, as substantiated by three anonymous sources and indicated by an open position for a senior blockchain research engineer, 325 million users would be able to buy and sell crypto. “If it does happen, it has the potential
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China Considering East Asia Regional Cryptocurrency to Rival Dollar and Libra
Chinese officials are reportedly planning to create an East Asia digital currency to assert more independence from the United States dollar and foster trade relations within the region. According to a recent Nikkei Asia report, 10 members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country’s top political advisory body, proposed
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Goldman Scandal, BTC Bull Trap Fears, How Libra Will Make Money: Hodler’s Digest, May 25–31
Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cryptox in one link.Top Stories This WeekGoldman Sachs butts heads with Bloomberg over
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Calibra Rebrands as Novi to Avoid Confusion With Libra
Facebook-owned digital wallet Calibra rebranded itself as Novi earlier today, sharing new details about the project.The primary reason for the name change was to avoid the confusion with the Libra cryptocurrency, a representative for Novi told Cryptox.“When we announced Libra and Calibra last June, we wanted to demonstrate that Calibra,
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Pantera Capital Founder Says Regulators ‘Triggered’ by Grams and Libra
Dr. Steven Waterhouse, a founding partner of Pantera Capital and the CEO of Orchid (OXT), believes that the U.S. government will not let a private enterprise challenge the dollar.In an interview recorded prior to Telegram announcing it had given up on its blockchain project, Dr. Waterhouse said the U.S. government
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Obama’s Under Secretary for Terrorism Appointed CEO of Libra
May 6, the Libra Association announced the appointment of Obama’s former under secretary for terrorism as its first CEO.Stuart Levey served as an under secretary for terrorism under the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, focusing on the enforcement of all U.S. anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing
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