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Facebook open to currency-pegged stablecoins for Libra project

Oct. 22, 2019 04:41 am JST 5 Comments

By Andrea Shalal

WASHINGTON

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Tokyo-Engr
Oct. 22, 2019 08:29 am JST

Who in their right mind would use this after all we know about Facebook? Not only their technical issues but their CEO's blatant disregard for the privacy of the users. I will let Zuckerburg's words speak for themselves;

https://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-ims-wont-help-facebooks-privacy-problems-2010-5

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Melissa Shimosato
Oct. 22, 2019 10:30 am JST

Countries can create their own crypto currency. Facebook backed by Trump on this venture.... They have alot to work out.

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Strangerland
Oct. 22, 2019 10:33 am JST

Countries can create their own crypto currency.

So can you, so can Facebook, so can anyone. There are open-source blockchain implementations out there that anyone is free to develop.

Facebook backed by Trump on this venture

Really? Facebook working with Trump? Are you sure?

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Burning Bush
Oct. 23, 2019 06:51 am JST

If you want to know who is backing facebook, look into the ownership of Thrive Capital.

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mmwkdw
Oct. 24, 2019 07:50 pm JST

Currency pegged ? I'd still opt to keep my spending habits private from Facebook. We all know how they deal with our Privacy don't we.... ?

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Facebook open to currency-pegged stablecoins for Libra project