Japanese government to create a network similar to SWIFT, for international cryptocurrency payments. The Ministry of Finance and the Financial Services Agency will deploy this network to also tackle financial crimes.
Ontology together with NEO pioneer an underlying Blockchain solution for the Internet of the future. Fundamentally this partnership would alleviate the downturns of the Internet, standing to be an industry-wide milestone.
In recent news, Jamie Dimon from JP Morgan has said that he believes Facebook’s Libra isn’t a short-term concern of an impact on the traditional banks.
Even though Congress tried to inflict damage on Big Tech in hearings related to user data, antitrust concerns and Facebook’s Libra, it seems it has failed. That leaves Silicon Valley with little incentive to change.
Rep. Maxine Waters said she’s planning to call in Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify about his company’s new digital currency project Libra. She added that her staff has not made the formal request with Facebook yet, but they plan to do so.
Today’s the second day of Libra hearing. Amid questions of safety, compliance and consumer protection, Marcus kept stressing that Libra project would seek proper approval and registrations with the relevant authorities.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy praised Bitcoin and its underlying blockchain ledger technology for offering users privacy, especially given that big companies keep violating the privacy of its users – that’s probably why he’s not so optimistic about Libra.
Facebook’s Libra project is facing increasing opposition with the German minister of finance joining the bandwagon citing the coin’s disruption potential as a major threat to the EuroZone.
Receiving no attention at the senate hearing on Tuesday, Bitcoin price tanked over 10% on Tuesday. There’s little to no positive response from the US lawmakers for Facebook’s Libra which has created an overall negative sentiment around Bitcoin as well.
Most of the commentators of yesterday’s David Marcus’s hearing agree that Libra is here to stay. The fact that it has been one of the most important discussions on the state level – says that cryptocurrencies are indeed becoming part of everyday life.
The Treasury Department has concerns that Libra, as well as Bitcoin, could be misused by terrorist financiers and money launders, to carry out illicit activities ranging from cybercrime to tax evasion, extortion, and ransomware.
According to FCC, with their Project Kuiper, Amazon wants to put 3,236 broadband satellites into orbit. There are almost 4B people in the world who don’t have access to reliable broadband internet and with this project, they intend to fill that gap.
It seems that big companies as Facebook, Amazon and Google might be forbidden to launch their digital assets. If the Congress’s Bill pass – they could face with paying $1K penalties per day. Even though it’s not likely for bill to pass, it presents another obstacle for Facebook’s Libra.
In recent news, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have admitted that they might soon join the Libra Association. This is considered as a surprise taking into consideration their previous disagreements with Mark Zuckerberg about the idea behind Facebook.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that Libra raises serious concerns regarding privacy, money laundering, consumer protection, financial stability, adding that the project “cannot go forward” until Facebook’s answers to regulators’ questions.