Facebook Buying Bitcoin? 7 Things We Know About the Rumors Rumors are abounding regarding Facebook buying Bitcoin, and we ll be finding out if they re true very soon April 28, 2021 By Brenden Rearick, InvestorPlace Assistant News Writer Apr 28, 2021, 12:34 pm EDT April 28, 2021
Bitcoin (CCC:
BTC-USD). The digital asset is enjoying its time in the spotlight, and is attracting an awful lot of big-time investors in the process. For example,
Tesla (NASDAQ:
TSLA) purchased a whopping $1.5 billion in BTC earlier this year. It has since sold 10% of that stake for $101 million in profit. Now, whispers are getting louder around
Facebook (NASDAQ:
FB). With rumors swirling about Facebook buying Bitcoin, the asset could be looking at another investment and a resulting price boost.
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Interview on CBDCs with James Pomeroy, Global Economist, HSBC Friday 23 April 2021 08:53 CET | Editor: Claudia Pincovski | Interview
Ahead of
The Paypers has sat with
James Pomeroy, Global Economist at
HSBC to delve into the latest CBDC projects and highlight the benefits, risks, unknowns these projects entail
Could you please tell our readers a bit about your professional background and how does your experience tie into topics such as CBDCs, stablecoins, and crypto (maybe)?
I’m a global economist at HSBC, so I’m looking at these topics from an economist’s perspective. So, while a lot of the analysis focuses on technological issues, I spend my time thinking about what these forms of digital money could mean for payments and monetary policy – and, crucially, whether they will make our lives better.
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