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FacebookCoin is being announced on Tuesday — and we still don’t know why it’s a crypto

Facebook are stressing that everyone should call their coin Libra, and not Facebook-anything. And definitely not ZuckerBucks.
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News: SEC v. Kik, Poloniex CLAM disaster, Facebook GlobalCoin, ICOx’s Catholic coin, Lightning Network node profits

And me on Bitcoin Car Talk!
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News: LocalBitcoins less local, Cryptopia, QuadrigaCX, crypto banking, Telegram, Wirecard, EOS Voice, Kik and Defund Crypto, Wright gets a copyright competitor

So much for the “business deals in parking lots” market.
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Facebook’s GlobalCoin — why are they doing it as a cryptocurrency?

No answer to the biggest question — why on earth would you do this on a blockchain in the first place?
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Facebook’s planned “cryptocurrency” — which almost certainly isn’t one

You can say “crypto” all you like — but if you’re dealing in actual money, you have to work to the rules of actual money.
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News: Facebook crypto coin, Electrum Pro theft, Upbit raided, Australia, Spanish taxes, Excel coin miners, Ben Shapiro’s Bitcoin IRA

What is bitcoin, anyway? A miserable little pile of nonces.
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News: Bitfinex/Tether subpoena, AriseBank vs SEC, Facebook bans crypto ads

And the cheapest way to get a good video card now? Buy a high-end pre-built PC and rip it out.
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