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.
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.
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.
Big Tech Signs Rare Open Source Pledge to Boost Supplies During COVID-19
Major tech firms are opening their patents to allow developers to build much needed tools during the coronavirus crisis.
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.
US Lawmaker Calls Libra's Revamp Insufficient
Rep. Sylvia Garcia's comments suggest libra's roots as a Facebook initiative remain a political liability despite the consortium's steps to sate critics.
Libra Scales Back Global Currency Ambitions in Concession to Regulators
The Facebook-spawned Libra Association has scaled back its original vision of a global digital currency backed by a basket of fiat currencies.
Private Companies Could Play Role in Digital Currency Issuance, Bank of England Says
Analysts from the U.K.'s central bank said private currencies could work alongside any future CBDC initiative if they offered real utility.
New Celo Alliance Has Same Aims as Libra – And Some of the Same Partners
Dozens of blockchain companies and investors are committing to promote Celo tokens in some fashion by joining the cLabs “Alliance for Prosperity.”
Libra Wanted a Currency, All We Need Are DeFi's Open Payment Rails
Rather than build an alternative currency like Libra, Facebook should concentrate on building new infrastructure, like the open systems in the ethereum-DeFi space, says ConsenSys's Lex Sokolin.
