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Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency Could Be Great, if Not for Facebook

Regulators shouldn’t let this get off the ground

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8 min readJun 20, 2019

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Facebook has been trying to “fix” how we send and receive money for years through products like Facebook Credits and “Send Money to Friends in Messenger.” Enter Libra, an upcoming cryptocurrency that has a couple of modest goals…

Owen Williams

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Fascinated by how code and design is shaping the world. I write about the why behind tech news. Design Manager in Tech. https://twitter.com/ow

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