Tag: Libra
PayPal’s Stablecoin Is No Libra. Why the Timing Feels Right
But in the grand scheme of things, PayPal’s project is in a far stronger position politically than the universally mistrusted Libra ever was. Republic [...]
Threads is Libra and Meta All Over Again
It’s also unclear exactly how “portable” Threads user data will be in practical terms. Critics have often described Mastodon, another platform that us [...]
CoinDesk at 10: The Ghost of Libra Lives On
Facebook’s ambitious 2019 stablecoin project never went live. But it sure left a lasting impression. This feature is part of our CoinDesk Turns 10 ser [...]
Terra could leave a similar regulatory legacy to that of Facebook’s Libra
New draft legislation on stablecoins in the United States House of Representatives proposed to impose a two-year ban on new algorithmically pegged sta [...]
Meta to Shutter Novi Crypto Payments Wallet in September, Ending Libra Saga
“We are already leveraging the years spent on building capabilities for Meta overall on blockchain and introducing new products, such as digital colle [...]
Libra Creator David Marcus Begins New Lightning Network Venture, Lightspark
Details are vague, but Lightspark has raised an undisclosed funding round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Paradigm.
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The Long Strange Journey of Facebook’s Libra Project
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn today’s episode, NLW does a retrospective of Facebook’s libra project, which was re [...]
Libra Creator David Marcus Says He’s Leaving Facebook at Year’s End
BusinessHe leaves the stablecoin project, first announced in June 2019, as it continues to face stiff regulatory headwinds.By Zack SewardNov 30, 20 [...]
Libra Co-Creator’s VC Agency Co-Leads $12M Spherical in ‘Decentralized GitHub’
Looking back, it was inevitable: A group of blockchain builders has forked GitHub and provide you with a system for collaborating on open supply so [...]
Lawsuit threatened over Fb’s Libra rebrand plan
Fb has been hit with threats of authorized motion over its plan to rebrand the Libra stablecoin mission to ‘Diem’ from a finance utility of the ide [...]
Rebranded Libra Nonetheless a ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothes’: German Finance Minister
The Libra Affiliation could have rebranded itself as Diem however meaning little to German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz. In response to a Reuters r [...]
Bitcoin carnage, Eth2 milestone, Libra launch, PayPal blunder: Hodler’s Digest, Nov. 21–27
Coming each Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will allow you to observe each single vital information story that occurred this week. One of the best (and w [...]
Spotify On the lookout for Affiliate Director to Lead Exercise on Libra Undertaking, Different Crypto Efforts
The world’s largest music streaming service is on the hunt for a brand new affiliate director to guide its exercise inside the Libra stablecoin cha [...]
Blockchain Bites: Ethereum 2.zero Beacon Chain Ships, Libra Rebrands, ‘Bitcoin’ Google Searches Up
Ethereum 2.zero hit a serious milestone as its “Beacon Chain” went reside. Libra “seizes the day” and rebrands to Diem. Google searches for “bitcoi [...]
Libra rebrands to Diem, hoping to shake off associations
Per a Tuesday press launch, the Libra Affiliation is altering its identify to the Diem Affiliation.The shift is probably going within the hopes of [...]