Pushback may delay Facebook’s digital currency plans
Facebook announced details about Libra, its planned digital currency, in June.
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Facebook could delay its plans to launch a cryptocurrency next year. The social media giant wants to build a global digital currency called Libra, but that means having to deal with regulators around the world, who have concerns about what that could mean for the financial sector.
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