Libra

Libra (cryptocurrency) Libra is a permissioned blockchain digital currency proposed by the American social media company Facebook. ... The currency and network do not yet exist, and only rudimentary experimental code has been released. The launch is planned to be in 2020.

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Mastercard, Visa, Stripe Warned By Senators To Beware Of Libra
Mastercard, Visa, Stripe Warned By Senators To Beware Of Libra
October 09, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

Democratic senators Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Brian Schatz of Hawaii wrote letters to Visa, Mastercard and Stripe asking that the firms rethink their membership...

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Vodafone Wants Libra Head To Be Independent From Facebook
Vodafone Wants Libra Head To Be Independent From Facebook
October 08, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

Vodafone, which is part of the Facebook Libra Association, a conglomeration of 27 different companies meant to guide the proposed cryptocurrency to fruition, is asking...

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Libra Fears Spark EU Promise To Govern Crypto
Libra Fears Spark EU Promise To Govern Crypto
October 08, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

New regulation principles to govern digital currencies are in the works by the European Union’s finance commissioner after fears ignited by Facebook’s planned Libra coin...

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Bitcoin Daily: CoinFLEX Takes Bets On Libra Launch; Germany’s Finance Minister Speaks Out Against Private Currency
Bitcoin Daily: CoinFLEX Takes Bets On Libra Launch; Germany’s Finance Minister Speaks Out Against Private...
October 08, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Despite the fact that Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency, Libra, has been under intense scrutiny, one crypto-futures exchange is planning for its future. CoinFLEX, which launched earlier...

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Top News In Payments: PayPal Withdraws From Libra Association; OYO Notches $1.5B In Funding
Top News In Payments: PayPal Withdraws From Libra Association; OYO Notches $1.5B In Funding
October 07, 2019  |  News

Today in the payments news roundup, PayPal officially pulled its support of Facebook’s Libra initiative after it no-showed at the Libra Association meeting in Washington,...

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EU Probes Libra Risks With New Questions For Facebook
EU Probes Libra Risks With New Questions For Facebook
October 07, 2019  |  Regulation

The European Commission has asked Facebook and the Libra Association to respond to a series of questions on financial stability, money laundering and data privacy...

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What We’ve Learned From Libra
What We’ve Learned From Libra
October 07, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

PayPal officially pulled its support of Facebook’s Libra initiative after it no-showed at the Libra Association meeting last week in Washington, D.C. PayPal’s endorsement of...

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Coinbase CEO: US Should Support Libra Or ‘Get Left Behind’
Coinbase CEO: US Should Support Libra Or ‘Get Left Behind’
October 06, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

Coinbase CEO and co-founder Brian Armstrong tweeted that he thinks the U.S. should get on board with Facebook’s Libra, Cointelegraph reported on Saturday (Oct. 5). ...

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PayPal Bails On Libra
PayPal Bails On Libra
October 04, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

And then there were 27. News came Friday (Oct. 4) that PayPal has withdrawn from Facebook’s Libra Association. As has been reported, the Libra Association...

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