Social media giant Facebook has for the first time indicated the full list of the basket of currencies which will support the proposed stablecoin Libra. While is known publicly that the US Dollar accounts for about 50% of the basket of currencies that will back the cryptocurrency, not much was known about the rest.According to the Der Spiegel report , in response to a request from Fabio De Masi who is the finance spokesperson of the Left Party of the German Parliament (the Bundestag), a...
Read More »Over Twenty Central Banks to Discuss Facebook’s Libra With the Libra Association
As per the Financial Times report, members of the Libra Association will have a discussion today with 26 officials from global central banks as well as the Bank of England and the U.S. Federal Reserve. The discussions are likely to happen on the lines of Facebook‘s work on handling global regulations while maintaining absolute transparency and monetary security of Libra users.A European Central Bank’s (ECB) Executive Board member, Benoît Coeuré said that today’s meeting will be held in Basel,...
Read More »Facebook’s Libra Association Shrugs Off Regulatory Concerns, Prepares Launch for 2020
The Libra Association behind Facebook's cryptocurrency is confident in 2020 launch. | Source: Shutterstock Bertrand Perez, the general director of the Libra Association, has expressed confidence that Facebook’s stablecoin will launch during 2020. Speaking to French publication Les Echos, Perez indicated that while the Libra Association is expecting talks with...
Read More »There Are Many Requests from Interested Members, said Libra Association Director
Facebook’s Libra, even with all the regulatory hurdles it currently faces, is still going strong and forging ahead with its plans to launch the digital currency next year. A while back, Libra Exec David Marcus, after enduring several hours of questioning from the United States Congress, promised that the Libra will not be launched until all regulatory concerns have been met and satisfied. The head of the Libra Association, the outfit in charge of the Libra project, has iterated this, given a...
Read More »FINMA mit Stable Coins-Wegleitung
FINMA "Stable Coins": Ergänzung der Wegleitung für Unterstellungsanfragen betreffend Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) Die Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht FINMA veröffentlicht eine Ergänzung zur ICO-Wegleitung hinsichtlich sogenannter „Stable Coins“ nach Schweizer Aufsichtsrecht. Seit 2018 beschäftigt sich die FINMA mit einer steigenden Zahl von „Stable-Coin“-Projekten. Die FINMA bestätigt in diesem Zusammenhang eine Anfrage der Libra...
Read More »Facebook’s Libra to Be Tied to Major Fiat Currencies, Except Chinese Yuan
When Facebook unveiled its Libra whitepaper back in June 2019, it already announced that it will be backed by a number of global fiat currencies. However, this time, the social media giant has shared additional details about the Libra’s fiat-pegged options.As per the Bloomberg report, Facebook told the U.S. senators that each Libra token will be supposedly tied to fiat currencies like Euro, Yen, British Pound, U.S. Dollar, and Singapore Dollar. However, the Chinese Yuan is exempted from the...
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