Tag: Cryptocurrency
Beware of Fake John McAfee and Tesla Cryptocurrency Giveaways
A resurgence of scam campaigns that pretend to be Bitcoin and Ethereum giveaways from Tesla, Elon Musk, and John McAfee are underway. These scams rise...
Maxine Waters blasts Facebook’s cryptocurrency
House Financial Services Committee chair Maxine Waters (D-California) may have finally found something she opposes more than President Donald Trump: Libra, the proposed new...
Firefox 0-day Used in Targeted Attacks Against Cryptocurrency Firms
The employees of Coinbase and other cryptocurrency firms were the target of an attack utilizing a recent Firefox zero-day and malware payloads in order...
Facebook cryptocurrency launch meets widespread skepticism, demand for safeguards — RT World News
The much-hyped launch of Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra has met a brick wall of institutional skepticism as politicians and regulators take one look at CEO...
FATF To Tighten Rules On Cryptocurrency
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global regulatory firm based in Paris and comprised of countries ranging from China to the U.S., said...
European central bankers claim oversight over Facebook’s cryptocurrency
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Three European central bankers are claiming oversight over Facebook’s planned virtual currency to ensure it will not jeopardize the financial system...
Global Survey Reports Cryptocurrency Adoption Highest in Turkey and Latin America
A new Statista Global Consumer Survey study illustrated the various cryptocurrency adoption around the world and Turkey, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, and South Africa...
France creates G7 cryptocurrency task force as Facebook’s Libra unsettles governments
PARIS (Reuters) - France is creating a G7 task force to study how central banks ensure cryptocurrencies like Facebook’s Libra are governed by regulations...
Sen. Sherrod Brown calls to regulate Facebook cryptocurrency Libra
Facebook's plans for a new cryptocurrency, Libra, must be closely scrutinized, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said Thursday.Brown, the ranking Democratic member of the Senate...
U.S. government should consider halting Facebook cryptocurrency project: lawmaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government should consider forcing Facebook Inc to freeze work on its new cryptocurrency project, a senior U.S. lawmaker said...
