July 2, 2020 Buy Bitcoin: Pomp convinces comedian Bill Burr to take the plunge Anthony Pompliano has persuaded a well-known stand-up comedian to buy Bitcoin by elucidating the loopholes in a fiat-based economy and requesting him to go for it and take the plunge. The year 2020 has offered several tipping points to Bitcoin.…
July 1, 2020 Selling poison for Bitcoin becomes rampant on Facebook, research reveals Investigations by the BBC have revealed that selling poison for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are becoming a growing trend on Facebook,.…
June 28, 2020 Blockchain Expands in Advertising Industry, but Crypto Remains a No Go Crypto has been left out of the advertising industry, but blockchain technology may be its ticket back in to innovate and change the space. Despite seeing substantial growth in popularity, topping Google search trends amid the recent halving, the coronavirus pandemic and mainstream coverage, the cryptocurrency industry has somewhat been left out of the advertising world by online ad networks, social media platforms and even national governments. …
June 26, 2020 Crypto Prediction Markets Face Competition From Facebook ‘Forecasts’ Facebook’s Forecast app has been launched in beta even as the blockchain-based Augur platform readies for its v2 revamp. Facebook’s research and development engineers have launched a community platform built around predictions, encroaching on the territory of the emerging crypto-powered predictive market sector.Dubbed…
June 24, 2020 Bank for International Settlements Calls CBDCs a Potential ‘Sea Change’ The leading global central bank institution has published new research on central bank digital currencies, noting a major shift in their direction thanks to Libra as well as COVID-19. In advance of its coming annual report, on June 24 the Bank for International Settlements released a special chapter from that report on digital payments — especially central bank digital currencies, a topic that’s attracted tremendous interest in recent months.The…
June 24, 2020 Facebook suffers another blow as Brazil bans WhatsApp Pay Facebook’s recently launched WhatsApp payments services called WhatsApp Pay has suffered a significant setback as the central bank of Brazil announces its suspension over regulatory and security concerns.…
June 23, 2020 WhatsApp Payments Suspended by Brazil’s Central Bank WhatsApp’s payment features have been suspended in Brazil less than one month after the Facebook-owned app rolled them out. Brazil’s central bank has ordered Mastercard and Visa to suspend processing money transfers on behalf of Facebook’s WhatsApp.According…
June 19, 2020 FB Stock Up 0.7%, Facebook Buys Mapillary to Take on Apple, Google at Street-Level Mapping Coinspeaker FB Stock Up 0.7%, Facebook Buys Mapillary to Take on Apple, Google at Street-Level MappingFacebook Inc (FB) stock price is moving slightly up during the trading session.…
June 19, 2020 FB Stock Up 0.17%, Facebook Supports Black-Owned Businesses with $200 Million Investment Coinspeaker FB Stock Up 0.17%, Facebook Supports Black-Owned Businesses with $200 Million InvestmentTech giants are now fighting racial injustice.…
June 18, 2020 DoJ Backs Trump’s Challenge to Section 230 and Social Media Platform Neutrality The US’s top legal authority is looking to dismantle online protections for content publishers following Trump’s spat with Twitter weeks ago. On June 17, the United States Department of Justice issued new recommendations to roll back decades-old protections for online platforms publishing third-party content.Section…
June 18, 2020 ZM Stock Down 2.39%, Zoom Will Give End-to-End Encryption Option to All Users Coinspeaker ZM Stock Down 2.39%, Zoom Will Give End-to-End Encryption Option to All UsersZoom Video Communications Inc (NASDAQ: ZM) is one of the companies that got its value skyrocketed in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown.…
June 18, 2020 Saudi Aramco Acquires Whopping 70% Stake in Petrochemical Giant Sabic at $70 Billion Coinspeaker Saudi Aramco Acquires Whopping 70% Stake in Petrochemical Giant Sabic at $70 BillionIt has been one of the toughest years for the oil markets, but Saudi Arabia’s state-owned petrochemical giant – Saudi Aramco -is looking to ink new deals.…
