The Facebook Coin will be available across Facebook’s suite of messaging applications and pegged to three different national currencies.
The Lightning torch is growing in popularity by attracting big names and with the latest being Fidelity Investment and the LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. With growing popularity the lightning torch has given insight on the potential uses of the blockchain.
The Swiss banking giant will offer services like storage, trading, and investing into crypto assets, in partnership with crypto start up SEBA Crypto AG.
In a recent press statement, Apple’s co-founder, Steve Wozniak, shared his own story concerning bitcoin ownership, and how he still believes in the future of the cryptocurrency.
As per the official announcement, XRP will be available for trading on the Coinable Pro platform against USD, EUR, and BTC.
Buffets comments come at a time when Bitcoin is dealing with a volatile market. However, he indicates that Bitcoin could have potential if they concentrated on the blockchain technology and not being reliant on cryptocurrency.
Japan’s Mizuho Bank, in partnership with 60 other financial institutions, is preparing the launch of their J-Coin Pay platform, a stablecoin meant to encourage cashless payments.
Both these updates will be aimed at making new improvements to the Ethereum network like decreasing the block rewards and delaying the difficulty bomb.
In his latest interview, Mark Zuckerberg said that although a complete decentralization of blockchain is not possible, he would consider using the technology in certain use-cases involving users’ personal data.
Brazil’s BTG Pactual is the latest institution to join the trend of cryptocurrency assets. It follows JPMorgan Chase that has already launched its own security token.