{"id":"tp-2327","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-Up – June 21st, 2019","author":"Shampa Mani","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2327","datePublished":"2019-06-21T11:50:22.000Z","dateModified":"2019-06-21T11:50:22.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"U.S. Senate schedules July hearing for Facebook's Libra crypto The United States Senate Banking Committee will conduct a hearing on Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project on July 16, according to Market Watch. 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