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Facebook’s Calibra Rebrands to Novi, Details Wallet Tie-Up With WhatsApp

26.5.2020
In the run-up to launch, libra's digital wallet subsidiary has been given a new look and a new name: Novi, which means "new way."

Digital Yuan Rollout Is 'Response to Facebook’s Libra'

26.5.2020
A South Korean financial expert says that China’s forthcoming digital yuan will be used in cross-border trading – possibly replacing the United States dollar in many international deals – and has been sped up as a response to Facebook’s Libra project. Per Maeil Kyungjae, Kim Jong-han, a senior...

Libra Exec Hirings Suggest Commitment to Anti-Crypto Regulations

25.5.2020
Most crypto pundits believe that Libra’s revised white paper and recent hirings signify a major shift in the company’s willingness to adhere to the SEC’s existing monetary framework

Facebook’s Toothless Oversight Board Has Lessons for Blockchain

20.5.2020
Facebook's new "oversight" board includes impressive names, but its formal powers are necessarily limited. There are learnings for blockchain governance

Chinese Communist Party Adds Crypto to Curriculum

20.5.2020
Chinese Communist Party school publishes a new book on crypto

Libra Association Appoints Former FinCEN Head as General Counsel

19.5.2020
The Libra Association has appointed former FinCEN and OFAC head Robert Werner as its chief lawyer

Libra Taps Another Former FinCEN Official as General Counsel

19.5.2020
Robert Werner is the second former FinCEN staffer to join the Libra Association this month

Facebook Libra ‘Rival’ Celo Says its Mainnet Is Now Live

19.5.2020
Celo, a blockchain project that has been deemed as a competitor to Facebook’s Libra project, says its mainnet is now live, following almost three years’ worth of development. The project’s operators stated that the mainnet’s Celo Gold (cGLD) stablecoin was now available for transfer after work...

Visa CEO Leaves Door Open for Libra Return, Says Bitcoin Is Commodity

19.5.2020
Alfred Kelly. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Business Live ME Payments giant Visa has suggested that its foray into digital currencies is not over, and – although it is still distancing itself from cryptocurrencies – has admitted that it is open to the idea of returning to Facebook’s Libra...

Pantera Capital Founder Says Regulators ‘Triggered’ by Grams and Libra

15.5.2020
‘The U.S. government will not let random startups’ challenge the dollar, says Dr. Waterhouse

First Sovereign Wealth Fund Joins Libra Association

15.5.2020
One of the Singapore government’s two sovereign wealth funds, Temasek, is joining the Libra Association, alongside Paradigm and Slow Ventures in the latest round of additions to the stablecoin project

FireBlocks CEO Pours Cold Water on Libra Excitement

12.5.2020
FireBlocks' CEO was quick to dampen down enthusiasm for Facebook's libra project

Can Central Bank Digital Currencies Protect Individual Privacy?

11.5.2020
Top crypto industry and policy experts debated the privacy ramifications of state-issued virtual currencies during the first day of Consensus

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

7.5.2020
In the news: a new blockchain voting proposal, Cash App's bitcoin profits and why we're sooner having a halving

75 Companies Back Facebook Libra’s Competitor Celo

7.5.2020
Celo, a competing project to Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, has added 50% more new members to its alliance, bringing the total number of supporting organizations to 75. Some Celo members are also supporters of the Libra project, such as Coinbase Ventures, Anchorage, and Andreessen Horowitz....