Libra And Telegram Clampdown Could Negatively Impact Bitcoin

Libra and Telegram clampdown from authorities could negatively impact Bitcoin since in the past month alone we saw a couple of very serious actions taken against the projects in the crypto industry. Facebook’s Libra and Telegram saw challenges in the face of the lawmakers and regulators across the world as we reported in the latest crypto news.

A lot of the people and especially those who felt like Libra was a threat and a centralized bitcoin and Telegram a scam, embraced the news with a huge dose of positivity. Amid the legislative chaos, it is very important to take some time and think what all this means for Bitcoin being the benchmark cryptocurrency and the one that has so far managed to stand the test of the markets. Facebook’s libra was among the most heavily discussed and anticipated events in the crypto field on the merits that ‘’no private entity can claim monetary power which is inherent to the sovereignty of nations.’’ The head of the Libra project David Marcus stated that Libra is not actually planning to create new money but things went south since PayPal left the Libra Association followed by Stripe, Visa, eBay, and MasterCard.

Going forward, the US Securities and ExchangeCommission and the publisher of EOS which managed to raise upwards of $4 billion in its ICO were fined with $24 million for conducting an unregistered public offering. The SEC then stated the token sale of Telegram’s TON cryptocurrency and the reason behind it is that it is unregistered and does not comply with existing regulations. All of this happened in less than a month and the autorities across the globe have been inactive and it seems like the lawmakers are starting to wake up. It also appears that the news above was embraced positively by quite a lot of people. It is important to notice that regarding Bitcoin, the authorities cannot shut down Bitcoin since the network’s distributed nature will make this a challenging activity at best.

The Libra and Telegram clampdown is definitely a huge signal that shows Bitcoin could start a massive spike in the downturn. As we mentioned in the previous blockchain news, the US SEC openly stated that there is ‘’no privately entity that can claim monetary power.’’