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Bitcoin falls sharply as Fed’s Powell flags ‘serious concerns’ about Facebook’s cryptocurrency — CNBC

Here is the link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/11/bitcoin-price-down-after-fed-chair-powells-facebook-libra-comments.html

Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency ‘poses risks to global banking’ — The Guardian

Move could affect competition and data privacy, warns Bank for International Settlements, writes Phillip Inman and Angela Monaghan. Here is the link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jun/23/facebook-libra-cryptocurrency-poses-risks-to-global-banking

Getting fabulously wealthy in Silicon Valley: No coding required — Bloomberg

Values of office buildings have more than tripled since 2010, writes Tom Metcalf, Jeremy C.F. Lin, and Sophie Alexander. Here is the link: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-silicon-valley-real-estate-boom/

GDPR fines total €56M in first year as Facebook faces 11 investigations — 9To5Mac

The stats are in for the first year of GDRP, Europe’s gold-standard data privacy law. GDPR fines totalled €56M, with more than 200,000 investigations,...

10 things we should all demand from Big Tech right now — Vox

We need an algorithmic bill of rights, writes Sigal Samuel. Here is the link: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/22/18273284/ai-algorithmic-bill-of-rights-accountability-transparency-consent-bias