PARIS (Reuters) - France is creating a G7 task force to study how central banks ensure cryptocurrencies like Facebook’s Libra are governed by regulations ranging from money-laundering laws to consumer-protection rules, France’s central bank governor said…

WeChat Pay now asking to confirm the receivers name for larger transfers. (Screenshot from my phone, English translations added)

Overstock is making a bold transformation into a blockchain company, but its plans hit a snag last year. Efforts to sell the retail business have recently heated up, CEO Patrick Byrne told CNN Business.

NEW: Computer scientists from USC have developed a method of detecting deep fakes with 96% accuracy. It uses AI to detect inconsistencies between existing real videos of the subject and test cases. Project was funded by DARPA.

Many people worry that quantum computers will be able to crack certain codes used to send secure messages. The codes in question encrypt data using “trapdoor” mathematical functions that work easily in one direction but not in the other. That makes encrypting…

(THREAD) There have been reports on Chinese social media these days about police spot-checking people’s phones in Beijing and Shanghai (Beijing PSB denied it). As I looked into it, I came across an app called MFsocket 1/8

Don't get too excited about this rally. We're due for a major correction at $250k. 😐🍻 #bitcoin

Stack Overflow releases its own keyboard.

The #altcoin you are thinking of capitulating on will likely pump 50+% next week #cryptocurrency

Bitcoin & shitcoins market cap rankings, and more

India 🇮🇳 by 2030: 1. Second largest economy (GDP), ahead of US 2. More than 1 billion internet users 3. 77% or population under age 44 4. 80% of population is middle class 5. $5.7 trillion consumer spending via @wef https://t.co/gVcfKclNlN

THE UNITED STATES DOLLAR JUST CRASHED UNDER 10,000 SATOSHIS! https://t.co/140vREeEFj

With crypto winter finally over, I’ve turned my heart to the green shoots of spring. But my thoughts are not warm in this first article in the Dreams of Crypto Spring series. I break down the most talked about digital currency in history, Facebook’s Libra…