• Bitcoin maven Toni Lane Casserly, ‘Joan of Arc of blockchain,’ dead at 29

    Bitcoin maven Toni Lane Casserly, ‘Joan of Arc of blockchain,’ dead at 29

    Toni Lane Casserly — a cryptocurrency entrepreneur known in the industry as the “Joan of Arc of blockchain” — died last week, her family said. She was 29. A sought-after public speaker and co-founder of the cryptocurrency news website Cointelegraph, Casserly was known as a staunch advocate for the blockchain technology that helps power the …
  • Facebook rebalances Libra cryptocurrency in bid for approval

    Facebook rebalances Libra cryptocurrency in bid for approval

    Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency Libra will be linked to individual national currencies and overseen by global watchdogs in a scaled-back revamp it hopes will win regulatory approval. The prospect of Facebook’s 2.5 billion users adopting Libra has led to intense scrutiny from global regulators, with many worried its launch could erode national control over money. Libra’s …
  • Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency revamped after backlash

    Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency revamped after backlash

    Facebook’s (FB.O) planned cryptocurrency Libra will be linked to individual national currencies and overseen by global watchdogs in a scaled-back revamp it hopes will win regulatory approval. The prospect of Facebook’s 2.5 billion users adopting Libra has led to intense scrutiny from global regulators, with many worried its launch could erode national control over money. …