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Watch the Facebook Libra Hearing Live
Facebook's hearing in front of the U.S. Senate is live online and we will be running commentary all day.
By John Biggs
Updated Sep 13, 2021, 11:11 a.m. Published Jul 16, 2019, 2:37 p.m.
Facebook has gotten a beating of late, not least of all from the U.S. government. Today the social media giant faced off with the Senate Banking Committee in a hearing that should define cryptocurrency and the legality of corporate exploration into this odd – and politically frightening – future.
You can watch the full hearing directly below and we have real-time commentary coming up on CoinDesk LIVE today.
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