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Circle CEO Hopes Libra’s Unique Needs Trigger Positive Regulation

Facebook’s Libra will run in a closed-loop permission scheme, requiring unique regulation, according to Jeremy Allaire, CEO of payments company Circle Source: https://cointelegraph.com/rss

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Stock Market Bulls Made a Fool’s Gamble on Rate Cuts

When US nonfarm payrolls stunned traders by rising dramatically on Friday, the stock market’s bet that the Fed would stimulate further growth by drastically slashing interest rates was exposed as a fool’s gamble. That’s according to economist Mohamed El-Erian, who explained to CNBC’s “The Exchange” that a rate cut in July was likely but 50 […]

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The surprising story behind the Apple Watch's ECG ability

Welcome to Hitting the Books. With less than one in five Americans reading just for fun these days, we've done the hard work for you by scouring the internet for the most interesting, thought provoking books on science and technology we can find and… Source: engadget

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Bitcoin Nemesis ‘Dr Doom’ Threatens Lawsuit Over ‘Doctored’ Video

Days after Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini debated BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes in Taipei, Taiwan, the foul-mouthed Bitcoin critic is still not letting go over how everything panned out. The New York University economics professor is now threatening to sue Hayes for releasing a “doctored edited highlights video of the debate” to select media organizations. According […]

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Less Than Stellar: Why XLM Is Plunging While Bitcoin Booms

Since the turn of the year, Stellar (XLM) is the only major cryptocurrency not to have increased in price. While that sinks in, bear in mind that most coins in and around the 12th ranked XLM have recorded anywhere between 100% and 1,100% growth during the same period. So after a “stellar” year in 2018, […]