Bitcoin breached $10 000 for the first time in about 15 months, recouping more than half of the parabolic increase that introduced mainstream investors to the digital asset.
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Rarely does an audience Q&A session include a question as incendiary as, “Why is this fraud allowed to speak at this conference?” But that’s how a discussion about bitcoin ended up last year in Seoul.
Facebook, a centralised corporate giant with a history of customer data-use controversies, is an unlikely candidate for bringing cryptocurrencies to the masses.
Facebook is to launch a cryptocurrency next year – backed by the likes of Mastercard, Visa and PayPal – which will allow people to move money from their smartphones.
Facebook has announced its own form of cryptocurrency called Libra alongside a digital wallet named Calibra, which will allow users to pay for everyday items directly using their smartphone.
Bitcoin climbed past $9 000, to its highest since May 2018, as reports that Facebook is due to unveil a digital currency added to optimism.
Bitcoin futures may be more important than many in the market appreciate, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
This year’s top-performing cryptocurrency is up almost fourfold and you’ve likely never heard of it.
Behind the cryptocurrency curtain hides a seedy underworld where these electronic tokens are being used to launder the proceeds of illegal gambling and facilitate illicit drugs, weapons and rhino horn transactions.
VALR.com co-founder and CEO Farzam Ehsani returns to the show for a wide-ranging discussion on bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.