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Facebook's Libra Co-Founder Morgan Beller Departs to Return to VC

Beller, 27, will become a general partner at NFX. She'd worked at a16z before joining Facebook.

Morgan Beller, general partner at NFX

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European Ministers Call on EU Commission to Regulate Stablecoins

Finance ministers from five European countries have called on the EU Commission to introduce tough regulation for stablecoins.

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Finanças

Libra Taps Ex-Homeland Security General Counsel as New Legal Chief

The new general counsel is Libra's second in just three months.

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Facebook Taps David Marcus to Lead Payments Initiatives

Marcus will continue running Libra's Novi digital wallet as he takes on Facebook Financial.

David Marcus is the co-creator of the Facebook-backed libra stablecoin. (CoinDesk archives)

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Federal Reserve Is Rushing to Get Its Instant Payments Offering Ready

COVID-19 proved the need for FedNow, even though the U.S. central bank admits the service is still years away.

Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard (Shutterstock)

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Libra Hasn't Abandoned Multi-Currency Stablecoin: Policy Director

The Libra Association's head of policy said ongoing dialogues with central bankers had not dented their original ambition.

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Vídeos

Libra Vice Chair Dante A. 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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Blockchain Tech Vendor Bison Trails Adds Ethereum 2.0 Support

Bison Trails announced it would provide services to help its clients transition to the Ethereum 2.0 network.

Bison Trails' Viktor Bunin speaks with CoinDesk's John Biggs at ETHDenver. (Image via CoinDesk video)

Política

EU Creating a Regulatory Regime for Cryptocurrencies, Says Economic Chief

The planned regulatory regime could include stricter rules for projects deemed "global stablecoins," a subtle reference, possibly, to Libra.

Valdis Dombrovskis,  Executive Vice President of the European Commission for An Economy that Works for People (Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock.com)

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Blockchain Bites: Rethinking Libra, Craig Wright and Something Smells Fishy in Blockchain

Craig Wright will go to trial, while IBM and a Norwegian association team up to track salmon on blockchain.

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