July 16, 2019 Facebook Stresses Libra’s Compliance With FinCEN at Senate Hearing David Marcus, head of Facebook’s crypto wallet Calibra, stresses the Libra stablecoin project’s compliance with the United States FinCEN in today’s hearing.…
July 16, 2019 R3 to Support a Startup-Focused Stock Exchange in Brazil Enterprise blockchain tech firm R3 partnered with Brazilian digital bank Banco Maré to launch a stock exchange listing shares of startups.…
July 16, 2019 US Senators Grill Facebook on Privacy, Trust Issues in Libra Hearing U.S. senators in the Banking Committee grilled Facebook in a hearing on its forthcoming Libra stablecoin project.…
July 16, 2019 Municipal Crypto Spreading Around the World, From California to Dubai Everything you need to know about municipal cryptocurrencies and where in the world they are being implemented.…
July 16, 2019 Ron Paul: ‘I’m All for Cryptocurrencies, I Like Competing Currencies’ Former congressman Ron Paul reiterated his views on cryptocurrencies as being good competition for fiat money, as long as there is no fraud involved.…
July 15, 2019 Brazil: Member of Former Royal Family Speaks Out Against Crypto Regulation A federal deputy and member of the former royal family of Brazil spoke out against proposed crypto regulation in the National Congress.…
July 15, 2019 UK Finance Minister Says Regulators Should Decide on Libra, Not Lawmakers U.K. Finance Minister Philip Hammond said that regulators, not lawmakers, should make decisions regarding Facebook’s Libra stablecoin.…
July 15, 2019 Senate Releases Opening Statements on Libra Ahead of Senate Hearing The CEO of Calibra, David Marcus, has prepared statements for the Senate Banking Committee regarding Facebook’s cryptocurrency project Libra.…
July 15, 2019 UK Royal Mint to Provide Custody for New Cryptocurrency Royal Mint, the sole manufacturer of coins in the U.K., will store private keys for crypto in its digital vault for the first time.…
July 15, 2019 India: Leaked Draft Bill Would Ban All Crypto Except ‘Digital Rupee’ Draft legislation that would allegedly impose a ban using cryptocurrencies in India is being circulated by local blockchain legal experts on social media.…
July 15, 2019 New US House Bill Would Fine Facebook’s Libra $1 Million Per Day A proposed “Keep Big Tech Out Of Finance Act” is reportedly being circulated by House Democrats to prevent big tech firms such as Facebook from issuing crypto.…
July 13, 2019 Brazilian State Launches Blockchain Platform for Government Contract Bids The Brazilian state of Bahia announced an agriculturally-focused blockchain app, designed to make bidding for government contracts transparent.…
