Zuckerberg’s Libra hearings show that regulators just don’t get digital assets

2019-10-30 18:00

Let’s face it; no lawmaker was prepared for Libra. Facebook’s digital currency project was unveiled in June 2019 and took the regulatory world by storm, confirming to Silicon Valley that politicians do not understand how the world of digital payments really works.

The confusion and fervour was perhaps best encapsulated in last week’s Congressional hearings […]

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Talk around the regulation of Facebook’s Libra stable coin is intensifies as the potentially mega disruptive digital asset aims to launch in 2020. Earlier in August, the Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, proposed the development of digital currencies as a suitable replacement of the US Dollar. The adoption of digital assets provides […]

2019-9-26 18:36


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China is following Facebook’s playbook to issue a centralized digital currency

China‘s upcoming state-controlled digital currency is to be similar to Facebook‘s proposed coin, which makes total sense, because Libra isn’t really a cryptocurrency. Mu Changchun, deputy director of payments at China‘s central bank, explained the country was issuing its digital currency “to protect our monetary sovereignty and legal currency status,” Reuters reports.

2019-9-6 15:44


China’s Govt Crypto Readies Huge November Launch to Steal Libra’s Thunder

Facebook’s fears that the bottlenecks tech firms in the free world face in developing cryptocurrencies risks opening the door for more closed societies to take the lead have been confirmed. According to Forbes, China has already developed a state-backed cryptocurrency known as DC/EP (DC- Digital Currency, EP – Electronic Payments) that could be unveiled in […] The post China’s Govt Crypto Readies Huge November Launch to Steal Libra’s Thunder appeared first on CCN Markets

2019-8-30 14:43


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Facebook hires lobbying firm to help sweet talk cryptocurrency regulators

Facebook‘s “cryptocurrency” Libra is facing an ever growing mountain of regulatory challenges. It seems it needs a helping hand, as it’s hired a specialist firm to lobby Washington directly. According to registration documents filed earlier this week, Facebook will be represented by Washington, DC-based FS Vector LLC, a firm that specializes in regulatory compliance and public policy.

2019-8-27 14:31


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Congresswoman Maxine Waters “Still Concerned” About Facebook’s Digital Currency Plans

Facebook’s ambitious cryptocurrency project, Libra, continues to face regulatory approvals, as on August 25, 2019, the chair of the U. S. House Financial Services Committee (HFSC), Congresswoman Maxine Waters said that she’s “still concerned” about blue and white social media giant’s digital currency plans.

2019-8-27 19:00


Africa could emerge as the battleground between Facebook and China as digital currency race heats up

Ever since Facebook announced its plans to launch its own cryptocurrency, the world’s regulatory and financial space hasn’t been the same. However, the news cycle about Libra was soon overtaken by lawmakers and regulatory bodies voicing their grave concerns about the same, while also highlighting Facebook’s own problematic history.

2019-8-21 20:30


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Facebook Faces Fresh EU Scrutiny As WhatsApp Edges Closer To Mobile Payments

The European Union is actively probing Facebook’s Libra digital currency project for competition law violations, mainstream media report. Facebook’s Libra Has ‘Potential Anti-Competitive Behavior’ According to Bloomberg, which cited official correspondence August 20, the European Commission is quizzing Libra participants via a dedicated questionnaire.

2019-8-21 14:00


China Planning to Launch its Government-Backed Digital Currency Before Facebook’s Libra

The central bank digital currency (CBDC) of China may come out sooner than expected as the “time is almost ripe,” reported China Daily on Tuesday. Last week, we reported Mu Changchun, deputy director of the People's Bank of China’s payments department saying that the government-backed digital currency is ready to be launched after five years […]

2019-8-20 19:12


Binance to launch a blockchain for fiat-backed stablecoins, but who even cares?

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been announced launch of a new blockchain and it’s called project “Venus. ” I’m not sure why it chose that name because Venus has no moons. Sad. In an announcement published this morning, Binance described Venus as an “initiative to develop localized stablecoins and digital assets pegged to fiat currencies across the globe.

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