Walmart goes back to the blockchain with new stablecoin patent
Walmart, the US retail giant has submitted an application to patent a use-case for a digital coin that would be backed by fiat currency and linked to customer records.
Japanese finance giant Monex applies to the Libra Association
Monex Group, the owner of Coincheck, Japan’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has applied to join the Libra Association.
UK’s Financial Conduct Authority will not regulate Bitcoin and Ethereum
The UK’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority says it will not regulate Bitcoin or Ethereum - viewing them as ‘decentralized tokens used as a means of exchange’ and therefore outside its regulatory scope.
Crypto dip follows political pushback against Facebook’s Libra
David Marcus, head of Calibra, was grilled at a Senate Banking Committee hearing yesterday following pushback against the Libra from both sides of the political aisle. The market responded with a sharp sell-off, with BTC dropping below $10,000. Is the US turning bearish on crypto?
Regulators wary of Facebook’s Libra
Facebook's Project Libra has put the world on notice. The cryptocurrency genie is out of the bottle and regulators are nervous. From Japan to the US, authorities around the world are pushing back against the proposed digital currency.
Libra: How Facebook and others plan to ‘meet the daily financial needs of billions of people’
The whitepaper for the Facebook-backed Libra cryptocurrency dropped on June 18th and is being viewed by some market observers as a watershed moment for the space. The project's undeniable reach, significant backing and novel technical design has some excited, however, there are questions surrounding whether regulators will accept the Libra business model and its management of user funds.
Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency – net positive for Bitcoin?
Facebook has released the whitepaper for its stablecoin cryptocurrency project, Libra. Just as the 2004 release of the Facebook platform created a seismic shift in online communication, distribution and consumption models that would eventually change the world, Libra’s introduction has the potential to have a similar impact on the global financial system with ramifications across a multitude of industries.
