Speaking to the German federal parliament Bundestag on Wednesday, Benoit Coeure, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) said that Facebook’s currency Libra could possibly fix some of the troubling issues that exist at the international payments market. However, he warned that, on the other hand, it might create other problems that will need regulators to act more liberal and creative. He said:“Libra has undoubtedly been a wakeup call for central banks and...
Read More »China’s Digital Currency Research Institute Exec Says Facebook’s Libra Can’t Be Stopped
Changchuan Mu within the educational lectures touches a range of cryptocurrency questions starting from the recently announced People’s Bank of China (PBoC) digital currency to the vast expansion of Facebook‘s Libra. Also, he compared Libra to the PBoC digital currency, stating that the Chinese new currency is even better than Libra in several aspects. Mu believes that at this point, Libra already might be unstoppable and that it is “highly unlikely” that someone can stop people from buying...
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 »Vitalik Buterin Stays Confident about Ethereum 2.0 and Optimistic about Facebook’s Libra
Photo: Ethereal / TwitterOn Sunday, the Ethereal Summit took place in Tel Aviv. The Summit is a global series of conferences focused on connecting leading companies and influencers shaping the future of blockchain. At the event, Ethereum founders Joseph Lubin and Vitalik Buterin were among the speakers. They commented on the development of the upcoming Ethereum 2.0 update and discussed possible collaboration with Facebook within their nascent cryptocurrency – Libra.Prospects of Ethereum...
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