ばねちゃん 🏴‍☠️ @bane@librem.one

Bitcoin reached its highest price this year, hitting $9,469 before the Facebook Libra announcement on Tuesday. #economy

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bitcoin-price-hits-1-year-high-on-boost-from-facebooks-libra-plan/

💲 French billionaire Patrick Drahi is expected to buy Sotheby's for $3.7 billion. #economy

https://www.wsj.com/articles/sotheby-s-to-be-acquired-for-57-a-share-11560777058

💲 Facebook announced on Tuesday that Libra, its global cryptocurrency, will officially launch next year alongside an underlying blockchain-based network to support it. #economy

https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/18/facebook-libra/

Rep. Brad Sherman (D-California) called on his fellow members of Congress to ban cryptocurrency purchases within the United States. #economy

https://www.newsbtc.com/2019/05/09/a-bill-to-ban-all-crypto-congressman-calls-for-the-outlawing-of-digital-assets/

Chinese social media and messaging app WeChat has banned the use of cryptocurrency.

#economy

https://cointelegraph.com/news/chinese-social-media-giant-wechat-bans-crypto-transactions-in-its-payment-policy