Shopify joins Facebooks cryptocurrency Libra Affiliation

After eBay, Visa, Stripe and different high-profile companions ditched the Fb -backed cryptocurrency collective, Libra scored a win nowadays with the addition of Shopify. The e-commerce platform will grow to be a member of Libra Affiliation, contributing a minimum of $10 million and working a node that proc…
After eBay, Visa, Stripe and other high-profile partners ditched the Facebook -backed cryptocurrency collective, Libra scored a win today with the addition of Shopify. The e-commerce platform will become a member of Libra Association, contributing at least $10 million and operating a node that proc…Original article
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