{"id":108470,"date":"2019-06-18T14:54:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T21:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=108470"},"modified":"2022-03-14T00:46:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T00:46:14","slug":"facebooks-libra-sparks-concerns-european-financial-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/facebooks-libra-sparks-concerns-european-financial-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook&#8217;s Libra sparks concerns among European financial institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following <a href=\"http:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/facebook\">Facebook\u2019s<\/a> unveiling of its <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/cryptos\/stablecoin\/\">stable cryptocurrency<\/a>, not only did top crypto influencers <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/cryptocurrency-influencers-react-facebook-libra-bitcoin\/\">criticize<\/a> the plan, but some European officials immediately called for deep scrutiny of the project, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-06-18\/france-calls-for-central-bank-review-of-facebook-cryptocurrency\">reported<\/a> by Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<h2>It must not become a \u201csovereign currency\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Facebook finally revealed its highly anticipated cryptocurrency, \u201cLibra.\u201d With <a href=\"http:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/libra\">Libra<\/a>, the social network giant aims to bank the unbanked and power transactions between individuals across the globe. The token will be a sign of \u201cfreedom, justice, and money,\u201d which, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/david-marcus\/\">David Marcus<\/a>, is exactly what Facebook is trying to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its mission to provide financial services everywhere, the announcement raised concerns among European officials who believe consumers' privacy will not be protected.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis instrument for transactions will allow Facebook to collect millions and millions of data, which strengthens my conviction that there is a need to regulate the digital giants,\u201d stated French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire in an interview on Europe 1 radio.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Frech Finance Minister is concerned that the new cryptocurrency will be used as a money laundering scheme to help finance terrorism. Le Maire said he asked the Group of Seven (G7) central banks to write a report on Facebook\u2019s project by mid-July in anticipation of their meeting.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt is out of the question [that Libra will] become a sovereign currency. It cannot and it must not happen,\u201d added Le Maire.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Facebook\u2019s 2 billion user base, which represents more people than the most populous country in the world\u2014China, poses an existential threat to monetary institutions and governments across the globe. As Markus Ferber, a German parliamentarian put it, Facebook could become an unregulated \u201cshadow bank,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-06-18\/france-calls-for-central-bank-review-of-facebook-cryptocurrency\">reported<\/a> Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p>Along the same lines, Mark Carney, the Bank of England Governor, expressed that \u201canything that works in this world will become instantly systemic and will have to be subject to the highest standards of regulation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A combination of Facebook\u2019s user base with its ability to leverage WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram could set the stage for Libra to become widely adopted in the short-term, but unlike <a href=\"http:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\">Bitcoin<\/a>, its success will depend on the regulatory demands that some of the world\u2019s most powerful nations will impose on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Facebook\u2019s unveiling of its stable cryptocurrency, not only did top crypto influencers criticize the plan, but some European officials immediately called for deep scrutiny of the project, as reported by Bloomberg. It must not become a \u201csovereign currency\u201d Facebook finally revealed its highly anticipated cryptocurrency, \u201cLibra.\u201d With Libra, the social network giant aims to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":108471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61045,11,32631,37],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.9 (Yoast SEO v21.9.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Facebook&#039;s Libra sparks concerns among European financial institutions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Not only did top crypto influencers criticize Facebook&#039;s Libra, but some European officials immediately called for deep scrutiny of the project.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/facebooks-libra-sparks-concerns-european-financial-institutions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Facebook&#039;s Libra sparks concerns among European financial institutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Not only did top crypto influencers criticize Facebook&#039;s Libra, but some European officials immediately called for deep scrutiny of the project.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/facebooks-libra-sparks-concerns-european-financial-institutions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CryptoSlate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-18T21:54:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-14T00:46:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/libra-social-01.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ali Martinez\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Facebook&#039;s Libra sparks concerns among European financial institutions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cryptoslate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cryptoslate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ali Martinez\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/facebooks-libra-sparks-concerns-european-financial-institutions\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/facebooks-libra-sparks-concerns-european-financial-institutions\/\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/ali-martinez\/#person\",\"name\":\"Ali Martinez\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/ali-martinez\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/ali-martinez\/\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/ali-martinez\/#authorimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/victor-charles-profile-e1555981456737-300x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/victor-charles-profile-e1555981456737-300x300.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Ali Martinez\"},\"jobTitle\":\"Analyst\",\"description\":\"Ali came across Bitcoin\u2019s whitepaper in 2014. 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