Facebucks? Zuckercoin? Libra.

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Facebucks? Zuckercoin? Libra.

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Jun 24, 2019

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A new currency offered by Facebook among others stands to be a substantial financial innovation, but important elements about the sort-of cryptocurrency have yet to be revealed. Diego Zuluaga comments.

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Jun 24, 2019

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