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Facebook plans June 18th cryptocurrency debut. Here’s what we know

Facebook is in the end able to show information about its cryptocurrency codenamed Libra. It’s recently scheduled for a June 18th unencumber of a white paper explaining its cryptocurrency’s fundamentals, in step with a supply who says a couple of buyers briefed at the undertaking by means of Facebook had been instructed …
Facebook is finally ready to reveal details about its cryptocurrency codenamed Libra. It’s currently scheduled for a June 18th release of a white paper explaining its cryptocurrency’s basics, according to a source who says multiple investors briefed on the project by Facebook were told …

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Author: Josh Constine

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  2. "Were trying to shift cryptocurrency from this speculative asset class to driving real-world utility, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong tells me. How? Through commerce and micropayments. But now Coinbase has the who to build it". (January 29, 2020)
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  5. "If I watch a Story cross-posted from Instagram to Facebook on either of the apps, it should appear as watched at the back of the Stories row on the other app". (January 23, 2020)
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  7. "There’s a strategic cost to the defection of Visa, Stripe, eBay, and more from the Facebook-led cryptocurrency Libra Association. They’re not just names dropping off a list. Each potentially made Libra more useful, ubiquitous, or reputable". (October 13, 2019)
  8. "Its an open secret that every company is on fire, says Kintaba co-founder John Egan. At any given moment something is going horribly wrong in a way that it has never gone wrong before. Code failure downtimes, server outages and hack attacks plague engineering teams". (February 10, 2020)
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