Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg gave a speech on Libra in the US Congress, in which he promised not to release stablecoin to the market until he receives regulatory approval. He also assured congressmen that Libra does not intend to compete with national currencies, and the Libra Association will work with the Federal Reserve System and central banks.
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Ex-Chairman of the Commodity Exchange Commodity Trading Commission (CFTC) Christopher Giancarlo admitted to the media that bitcoin futures were launched on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) in December 2017 by the US Presidential Administration Donald Trump to burst the bubble of the first cryptocurrency when it reached maximum price.
President of Qiwi payment service Sergey Solonin said that he will not demand the return of $ 17 million invested in the Telegram Open Network (TON), and he is ready to wait for a resolution of the disputes between the Durov brothers and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
A Texas congressman suggested the U.S. government equate stablecoins with securities, according to a 1933 law.
The US Treasury has promised to continue to monitor threats to financial stability emanating from Libra cryptocurrency.
Former chairman of the World Gold Council and asset manager of the SPDR Gold Shares exchange-traded investment fund, Jason Toussin, together with Kryptoin Investment Advisors, intends to launch its Bitcoin ETF.
The New York State Government wants to renegotiate licensing terms for cryptocurrency companies (BitLicense). Perhaps they will become softer.
The Russian blockchain brand Vostok is being abolished, the Global Chain enterprise will be launched instead, which will unite the activities of the Waves platform and the GHP Group company and will be engaged in the implementation of the blockchain in logistics and other areas.
Developers from the Litecoin Foundation suggest introducing MimbleWimble technology into the Litecoin cryptocurrency protocol, which will increase the level of transaction privacy. If their proposal will be supported by 75% of miners, then an update will require soft fork in the blockchain.