Tag: PayPal
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This week in crypto – sweating to death edition with RIOT.Q, CSTR.C, TAAL.C, HUT.T, NDA.V, LNK.C, COIN.Q, IDK.C, BIGG.C, PYPL.Q, VHI.V, GBLC.C
Here’s an interesting stat to start this crypto roundup off: “A study published in the journal Nature Climate in 2018 concluded that the growth of bitcoin could produce enough emissions by itself to raise global temperatures by 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) as soon as 2033.” The publication is three years old, which means…
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Mastercard (MA.NYSE) backs out of Facebook’s (FB.Q) Libra team like a two-headed baby
Mastercard (MA.NYSE) joined PayPal (PYPL.Q) and Visa (V.NYSE) with its announced exit from Facebook’s (FB.Q) Libra support group today, leaving the once famed project listing in the wind without a major payment processor to back it. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, said he had hoped to foist his cryptocurrency on the public in the same way Amazon…