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New Libra Fork Will Create Permissionless Stablecoin Free of Corporate Control

Thirty blockchain companies and nonprofit organizations plan to fork the Facebook-led Libra cryptocurrency to build an open alternative.

By Christine KimOct 9, 2019

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Top cryptographers can't agree on Bitcoin's biggest quantum question

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