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Facebook will launch its Libra digital currency in 2020

Jun18
by on June 18, 2019 at 9:49 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Facebook has finally revealed plans to launch its new digital currency Libra next year. The tech giant said users would be able to use the coin through its apps and on Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp. Once it’s launched, users will be able to purchase Libra and store it in its own digital wallet called Calibra. The website for Calibra was also launched earlier today. “Over the coming months, the association and its members will be recruiting additional members to further diversify and support the network. We will also be raising money in a private placement to help jumpstart the ecosystem…

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Facebook will launch its Libra digital currency in 2020

Jun18
by on June 18, 2019 at 9:49 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Facebook has finally revealed plans to launch its new digital currency Libra next year. The tech giant said users would be able to use the coin through its apps and on Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp. Once it’s launched, users will be able to purchase Libra and store it in its own digital wallet called Calibra. The website for Calibra was also launched earlier today. “Over the coming months, the association and its members will be recruiting additional members to further diversify and support the network. We will also be raising money in a private placement to help jumpstart the ecosystem…

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British Bitcoin scammer nets $50M running fake Bitcoin trading site

Jun18
by on June 18, 2019 at 9:41 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A British Bitcoin scammer has admitted to a con that duped people, all over the world, out of $50 million. In US courts last week, the perpetrator, identified as 50-year old Renwick Haddow, admitted to running a fake Bitcoin trading platform that defrauded hundreds of investors form around the globe. It’s also recently come to light that some 150 victims came from the UAE, and were hit for around $15 million, Arabian Business reports. Haddow was apprehended in Morocco in 2017 and extradited to the US. Alongside operating a fake Bitcoin trading platform, the perp was also selling office spaces…

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British Bitcoin scammer nets $50M running fake Bitcoin trading site

Jun18
by on June 18, 2019 at 9:41 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A British Bitcoin scammer has admitted to a con that duped people, all over the world, out of $50 million. In US courts last week, the perpetrator, identified as 50-year old Renwick Haddow, admitted to running a fake Bitcoin trading platform that defrauded hundreds of investors form around the globe. It’s also recently come to light that some 150 victims came from the UAE, and were hit for around $15 million, Arabian Business reports. Haddow was apprehended in Morocco in 2017 and extradited to the US. Alongside operating a fake Bitcoin trading platform, the perp was also selling office spaces…

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