Natasha Lomas @riptari / 10 hours Crypto means risk.To UK company Elliptic it also means business.The startup has just closed a $23M Series B to step up growth for a crypto risk-management play that involves selling tech and services to help others navigate the choppy darks of cryptocurrencies. The round was led by financial services…

Listen Facebook’s Libra currency ‘could undermine ECB’: official Widespread adoption of Facebook ´s proposed “Libra” cryptocurrency could harm the European Central Bank´s ability to manage the eurozone economy and threaten the euro itself, a top official said Monday. Facebook announced Libra in June, promising the digital currency would be backed by real assets to escape…

“Beguiling but treacherous” promises about Facebook’s Libra digital currency could undermine the European Central Bank’s ability to set monetary policy, according to a top ECB official. T he technology giant is planning to launch its Libra cryptocurrency next year, which will be traded on Facebook’s apps and used for making money transfers or paying for…

Image: GCOX Champion boxer Manny Pacquiao announced the launch of his own cryptocurrency at a concert in Manila on Sunday. The cryptocurrency, called the Pac, will allow fans to buy merchandise and interact with Pacquiao — the 40-year old boxer, Filipino Senator, and former basketball player — via social media. The Pac behaves like a…

The Miami Herald is lifting its paywall in advance of Hurricane Dorian.Details here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article234511972.html . NEW RESOURCES National Library of New Zealand: Black sheep in the family? .“What do Agnes Vallance, Agnes Skervington, Amy Laing, Amy Bennett, Amy Cameron, Amy Shannon, Amy Chanel, and Percy Redwood all have in common? Well, they are all aliases…

maduro_petro.jpeg President Maduro unveils Venezuela’s Petro cryptocurrency.(Reuters) Some days ago, an article by the Venezuelan economist Luis Enrique Gavazut caused great controversy on social media.Entitled “One Year from the Recovery, Growth and Prosperity Plan: What of the Petro?” and published on economics website 15yUltimo , which is run by [former Vice President for Economy] Luis…

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency competitors are in vogue at the moment with both social media giant Facebook and China planning their own digital currency projects .The bitcoin price, despite suddenly plummeting this week , has climbed this year largely because the likes of Facebook and South Korean technology behemoth Samsung have tacitly endorsed bitcoin and cryptocurrency…

Thomas Ingenlath is CEO of Polestar.The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. As automakers race to electrify their model lineups , the competition to stand out has never been greater.Luckily, thanks to electrification, the opportunities to develop new designs are abundant.But if automakers want to succeed, designers need to seize these new opportunities…