Facebook’s Libra to Be Tied to Major Fiat Currencies, Except Chinese Yuan
Among the list of fiat currencies released by Facebook, the company has so far exempted the Chinese Yuan as a fiat backing its Libra token.
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Among the list of fiat currencies released by Facebook, the company has so far exempted the Chinese Yuan as a fiat backing its Libra token.
Bakkt’s COO, according to a recently released statement, believes that the company will be a game-changer for the crypto market in general with Bitcoin Daily & Monthly Futures will be launched on September 23, 2019.
While SEC’s Clayton acknowledged that Bitcoin businesses are coming closer to satisfying his concerns, he stated that there is “work left to be done” on Bitcoin ETF.
Apple’s annual iPhone event is set to hold this month as expected. Here, we review the new developments we should be expecting tomorrow, and if we should be excited.
Bakkt seems to be finally approaching its ambitious goal of creating a marketplace for physically-settled Bitcoin futures, as now the company announces its Warehouse is active for futures contracts.
Very lucrative role of the lead underwriter to the forthcoming IPO of state-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Company slated to become the largest public offering in history, will likely fall to JP Morgan Chase & Co.
As the Bitcoin price consolidate around $10,000 level, analysts tell investors that now is the time to remain bullish and accumulate more BTC tokens in their wallets.
Telegram’s blockchain project, TON, has entered the last preparation stage before going live. The code for running a blockchain node was released on the test network portal late Friday.
Bakkt announced that it is opening a Warehouse. Its potential clients are those customers willing to deposit Bitcoin as well as withdraw it. It seems that the company is preparing for the introduction of its futures.
A $1 billion Bitcoin (BTC) transaction became conspicuous because its sender spent far too much on fees. Some are guessing at the origin and destination of the funds with some believing it’s tied with Bakkt.
China’s proposed new digital currency would be better than Facebook’s Libra coin and would be able to be used across major payment platforms such as WeChat and Alipay, a senior central bank official said.
Customers who use the Stripe payment platform will now enjoy business loans up to $20,000 through the company’s recently unveiled Stripe Capital. The company is looking to provide businesses with better access to funds.
BUSD will be available for direct purchase and redemption 1:1 for U.S. dollars on the Paxos platform and for trading against Bitcoin (BTC), Binance Coin (BNB) and Ripple’s XRP on Binance.com.
While there is no concrete plan to make any specific crypto moves, an Apple Pay executive has just confirmed that the company is paying attention to the sector. Hopefully and at some point, Apple Pay will support cryptocurrency.
A database with personal data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users has been found online by a security researcher. Facebook has since taken it down, declaring that no accounts were breached.