Facebook has begun talking to U.S. regulators about getting approval for its forthcoming stablecoin cryptocurrency, said to be referred to as “GlobalCoin” at Facebook.
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Ripple CTO says blockchain developers can sound ridiculous
In a Quora session, David Schwartz said blockchain developers should stop overpromising what they can deliver
Ripple CTO David Schwartz likes to say that blockchain has a lot in common with the Model T Ford, and it’s an analogy that he repeated during a Quora session on April 1.
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Bank of America’s chief of operations and technology is bearish on blockchain
Cathy Bessant doesn’t see the use case for distributed ledger technology, but new research predicts blockchain investment growing to $41 billion over six years
Despite overseeing technology at the bank with more blockchain patents than any other, Bank of America’s Chief Operations and Technology Officer Cathy Bessant is “bearish” on the technology, she told CNBC on March 26.
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As JPM Coin launches, Citi reflects on decision to cancel Citicoin
JPMorgan’s Ethereum-based digital currency has competition from IBM Blockchain World Wire’s Stellar-based stablecoin platform
In the wake of JPMorgan’s February launch of its Ethereum-based JPM Coin digital currency, Citi let it be known why it had killed the Citicoin project its innovation lab discussed—but never formally announced—back in 2015.
