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From PayPal to Libra: Big Tech Has Forced Central Banks to Wake Up to CBDCs, Says Benoit Coeure

Libra was the final wake-up call for central banks that prompted serious consideration of digital currency issuances, according to the head of the BIS Innovation Hub.

Benoit Coeure, head of the BIS Innovation Hub

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FSB Recommends Stablecoin (Libra) Safeguards as G7 Continues Blockade

Finance officials never once named libra. But they didn't have to; the proposed stablecoin's shadow still looms large.

Regulators have effectively placed "global stablecoin projects" (read: libra) under siege.

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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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Finance

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.

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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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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)