Facebook has set up a new company called Calibra to manage it, as well as an independent"Libra Association" to govern the currency along with a few dozen founding members.It's official, Facebook's making its own currency., the secretive cryptocurrency it's been working on for more than a year. The currency is being backed by investment from big payment companies like Mastercard, Visa, and PayPal, as well as tech giants including Uber and Spotify.
It's set up a subsidiary company called Calibra, a wallet to handle users' cryptocurrency dealings, plus an independent not-for-profit"Libra Association," made up of founding companies that have already thrown their weight behind Libra to the tune of $10 million each. Users will be able to convert their local currency into Libra and then store that balance of Libra in their Calibra wallet. They'll be able to do this electronically, converting currency into Libra either using the Calibra app itself or third-party wallet apps.In terms of converting real-world cash, they'll also be able to head brick-and-mortar shops like grocers or convenience stores to top up their balance, much like people can now with top-up phone pay-as-you-go phone plans.
"Over time there will be many others including in-store payments, integrations into point-of-sale systems, and more." Point-of-sale systems typically just means a till, or a card reader.
Facebook reveals what their new currency will look like.
If they blow this would it be catastrophic for their other business ventures? btcforlife
BIAUS A solution to a problem that never existed thanks Facebook
Rude_Astrology this gonna work or naw?
As a young salamander he used to just annoy me. Now he's gone full reptile it's starting to freak me out.
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lovetogive2 I need crypto from Facebook like I need a new phone from Russia
His face though! He's like hey everyone I made another shitcoin hopefully we don't get hack because in 2017 I ban crypto ads on FB and now I'm coming out with my coin
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Cryptocurrency is the future ..
mkbijaksana mas ini faktanya gimana mas?
How much is enough? How many worthless currencies can you have? And what happens when a company controls currency? AND facebook cannot be trusted WHATSOEVER!
Ew
realDonaldTrump when a single man has 500 million users, their lives, their photos and more creates a cryptocurrency, that's never good news for the future of humanity, wanting to dominate the world is to play to god and dangerous man
Is it just me or as time passes... the Zuck looks more and, more like Data for Star Treck TNG?!?!
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