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Libra Vice Chair Dante Disparte Sees Libra as a ‘Bridge’

Vice Chair of the Libra Project, Dante A. Disparte, talks to Michael Casey about the growth of the new, open source cryptocurrency.

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Vidéos

Libra Partner Bison Trails Still Supports Facebook's Plans

In this interview with Protocol Specialist at Bison Trails, Viktor Bunin, we discuss his company's current growth and why they're still backing Libra.

Recent Videos

Finance

Blockchain Bites: Introducing the CoinDesk 50 and a Roadmap to Consensus: Distributed

In the news: a new blockchain voting proposal, Cash App's bitcoin profits and why we're sooner having a halving.

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Marchés

Libra Association Names HSBC Chief Legal Officer as First CEO

The Libra Association named HSBC Chief Legal Officer and former U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury Stuart Levey as its new CEO. Levey will take the reins later this year.

Stuart Levey (left) formerly served as the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. (Credit: U.S. State Department)

Marchés

Cross-Border Payment Portal Checkout.com Is Latest to Join Libra Association

Checkout.com, a digital payment processor that focuses on cross-border transactions, has become the 24th member of the Libra Association.

Checkout.com was founded in 2009, and focuses on cross-border payments. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Marchés

Libra Has a Flawed Crisis Model, Says Ex-IMF Economist

Libra's revised whitepaper resembles clearinghouse certificates that the U.S. used to prevent bank runs before the Federal Reserve was created, a former IMF economist says.

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Finance

Diem's Demise: A Timeline of Libra's Long Road From a Facebook Lab to the Global Stage

A detailed chronology of Libra's journey from a skunkworks inside Facebook to a potential global monetary game-changer to a shadow of its former self.

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Marchés

Facebook's 'Scaled Back' Libra Proposal Is More Dangerous Than You Think

With stablecoin announcements from China and Libra in the same week, the war over the future of money is reaching a new height, says our columnist.

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Marchés

Heifer International Joins Libra Association to 'Support Financial Inclusion'

Heifer International has joined the Libra Association, just days after the group modified its stablecoin vision to focus on a series of single-currency tokens rather than one basket-backed version.

Heifer International becomes the 23rd member of the Libra Association after joining on Monday. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

Facebook Affirms Libra Commitment With 50 New Job Openings in Ireland

Libra may have been scaled back but Facebook is significantly expanding the team working to support the stablecoin project.

Facebook's Dublin Office. (Credit: Derick Hudson / Shutterstock)