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exdsq
4y ago
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One issue with Libra was Facebook. FB has the user numbers and money to roll out a potentially successful cryptocurrency that's marketed
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a currency. Regulators got scared and it got critiqued/shut down across almost every market.
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MuffinFlavored
4y ago
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why would a successful cryptocurrency scare regulators? bitcoin is "successful". coinbase and popular wallets are "regulated" (reported to IRS, etc.)
Vespasian
4y ago
Facebook controlling what is equivalent to a central bank is scaring regulators. No one wants Mark in charge of the money supply.
Partnering with a project that isn't Facebook helps with that (at least a little bit)
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