Trending Blockchain Social Media News #31 : August 7th, 2019
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Blockchain Browser Brave Launches Token Tipping Service for Twitter Users
"...The blockchain-based decentralized internet browser Brave now allows Twitter users to tip content creators with its native Basic Attention Tokens (BAT)..."
Read More : https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain-browser-brave-launches-token-tipping-service-for-twitter-users
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Facebook’s Libra Moved Bitcoin and Crypto Three Years Ahead
"...United States-based cryptocurrency index fund provider Bitwise declared that Facebook’s Libra stablecoin accelerated Bitcoin’s (BTC) progress by three years in a letter to investors published on its website on August 1...."
Read more : https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitwise-facebooks-libra-moved-bitcoin-and-crypto-three-years-ahead
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Youtube Censorship Drives Uptake of Crypto-Powered Video Platforms
"... Lately, a lot of people who couldn’t give a damn about peer-to-peer cryptocurrency have taken a shine to peer-to-peer networks that run on the same censorship-resistant principles. As social networks run amok, deplatforming users for the slightest provocation, decentralized alternatives start to look increasingly alluring..."
Read more : https://news.bitcoin.com/youtube-censorship-drives-uptake-of-crypto-powered-video-platforms/
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Facebook Crypto Chief Hopes Blockchain Will Reboot Trust In The Social Network
"...Facebook wants forgiveness. And to earn that forgiveness, the social media giant that was accused of allowing its users' personal data to be used by the controversial political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica has an uncanny plan. It’s going to use cryptocurrency, which was originally popularized as a way to anonymously buy drugs, to connect people without bank accounts to the global economy. That, and it will likely have to pay a record-breaking $5 billion fine to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the alleged privacy violations..."
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Facebook Libra Would ‘Discipline’ Weak Economies, Says Ex Japanese Central Banker
"...Any country seeing widespread use of Facebook’s proposed Libra digital currency could find that its central bank monetary policy is severely undermined. This is the view of Hiromi Yamaoka, former Bank of Japan executive, who oversaw research into digital currencies for the organization..."
Read more : https://cointelegraph.com/news/fb-libra-would-discipline-govts-with-weak-economies-ex-central-banker
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