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According to a recent Bank of Italy survey on the media bubble started by Libra, the Facebook project, there are many doubts about the nature of these tools, both functional and legal. The study reveals that they do not meet the definition of a financial asset; the high price volatility does not make them equivalent to liquid assets similar to currency; and those convertible at a floating exchange rate do not have the characteristics of legal money – fiat currency.

The banking industry is worried by Facebook’s announcement about issuing their own cryptocurrency last month. France is going to establish a G7 task force to study how banks can ensure regulations of such digital currency to  prevent its usage for money laundering and other illegal activities.

Google has ordered advertising of the Facebook brand on Coinidol.com, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency news magazines, despite Facebook’s ban of most cryptocurrency advertising since January 2018. This move is evidence that Facebook is looking for support from the world crypto community to gain trust in its new cryptocurrency FaceCoin (allegedly named Libra or GlobalCoin), that is announced to be issued in Q1 2020.

Recently, we brought you the news about Facebook launching its own cryptocurrency, allegedly called Libra, by next year – others call it GlobalCoin. The news attracted the attention of some big names in the finance industry to come and support this disruptive initiative. Some of the giant companies willing and able to invest in the project include PayPal, Uber, Visa and MasterCard, and many other forward-thinking individuals are also interested. The official announcement from Facebook is expected soon. Facebook is expected to launch a whitepaper for its coin on June 18.

CEO and founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, recently won another leadership election at the company’s yearly general committee meeting. Most of the institutional shareholders of Facebook (FB), a California-based online social media and social networking service firm, wanted Zuckerberg to retire from being chairman of the board so as he can effectively manage other daily operational activities of the firm.

The leading social media network, Facebook, the company that owns Instagram and WhatsApp, apps which allow users to make and share content or take part in social networking, plans to put its own cryptocurrency on the market by 2020, the coin will be used to make payments beginning with over 12 different nations globally by April next year (Q1 of 2020).

The biggest social network company Facebook has registered a new firm dealing with blockchain and payments in Geneva, according to popular news outlet Reuters. The Swiss fintech company is reported to be focused on data analytics and investments in particular.

The giant IT and social media company Facebook is improving its ads policies related to blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. The company recently announced that it wants to relax its imposed ban on blockchain, Bitcoin and other monetary goods and services adverts. However, the initial coin offerings (ICOs) ban will go on.

Blockchain and cryptocurrency have now entered their second decade, and in many respects, there are signs that the markets are starting to mature. Token offerings are increasingly operating under regulatory requirements. Established companies such as Facebook, Walmart, and Amazon are now incorporating blockchain into their business models.