The bitcoin price rally this week hit a snag as the world’s most powerful banker publicized his views on the Facebook’s upcoming cryptocurrency project. The BTC/USD instrument plunged by up to 15.43 percent to settle a session low of $11,169.36 on San Francisco-based Coinbase exchange. The move downside took place after the Federal Reserve Chairman…
Contrary to the beliefs of many crypto critics, Facebook’s Libra will not be a Bitcoin killer. In fact the new digital coin from billionaire Zuckerberg et al may not even be available to some of the world’s largest markets. India Still Hates Crypto, Libra Included The world’s largest social media company has no plans to…
Facebook certainly rattled some cages when it announced its own cryptocurrency last month. A number of nations including Russia and China have expressed concern over the rising dominance of US tech and internet giants, especially if they’re aiming to manipulate finances as they currently do with data. Crypto Community Unfazed, China Is The crypto community…
A massive outage on Facebook and Instagram revealed hidden “tags” given to users photos on the popular social media platforms – tags that are used by the company to market to its users. It also may have revealed how their Libra cryptocurrency will become a Trojan Horse into user data. It’s to no surprise that…
The CEO of a social investment firm believes that Facebook will have anticipated regulatory scrutiny. Kerim Derhalli of Invstr says recent issues for the social media giant will have prepared it well to deal with lawmakers with regards the crypto asset project. He also says that he thinks the project ambitious. This may force Facebook…
The CEO of crypto financial services company Circle has said that Facebook’s Libra digital currency proves that crypto assets are here to stay. Jeremy Allaire also seemed optimistic that the newly-detailed project would be good long-term for Bitcoin. With regards regulators’ reactions to Libra, the executive said he was pleased to see lawmakers finally starting…
Cardano (ADA) crumbling, down 18.7 percent Facebook gives nothing in return says, Charles Hoskinson Charles Hoskinson, the co-founder of Cardano, is often brazen. After forcing changes in the Cardano Foundation, he now says Facebook enslaves and gives nothing in return. Presently, ADA is down 18.7 percent week-to-date. Cardano Price Analysis Fundamentals Online commentators believe that…
Binance Coin (BNB) down 12.1 percent Libra coin may be available at Binance upon launch in 2020 The exit of US clients will shave Binance’s trading volumes. To counter that, they may end up listing Facebook’s Libra upon roll out. Talks are in a preliminary stage. Meanwhile, BNB is down 12.1 percent from last week’s…
The world has been entrenched in a deluge of news surrounding Facebook’s recently announced cryptocurrency initiative, dubbed Libra, which was been met with a wide variety of responses from Bitcoin advocates and analysts alike, ranging from positivity and excitement to extreme negativity. Despite the significant amount of information now available about Libra, analysts are still…
Bitcoin (BTC) surge, adds 15 percent Brian Kelly dismissive of Libra Libra is the key that opens the door for the masses. Hosting more than two billion users, Facebook is the catalyst, introducing the world to Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Even so, Brian Kelly says Libra is more of a digital fiat than a cryptocurrency. Bitcoin…