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Facebook’s Libra Launch Opposed By G7 Until Regulations In Place

October 13, 2020

Facebook's Libra launch opposed by G7 until regulations in place. According to a report by Reuters on Oct. 12, central bankers and finance ministers from the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Ita...

Aragon Exec Says Blockchain May Solve Twitter And Facebook’s Moderation Issues

October 10, 2020

Aragon exec says blockchain may solve Twitter and Facebook's moderation issues. Aragon co-founder Luis Cuende said that the decentralized technology his company has been developing could find its perfect use ...

Libra Association Adds Blockchain Capital as a New Member

September 18, 2020

San Francisco-based Blockchain Capital has become the latest member of the Libra Association to support the consortium’s attempt to launch a stablecoin for the Facebook ecosystem. The venture capital has bec...

Facebook’s Libra Networks Taps Former HSBC Exec James Emmett

September 17, 2020

The Libra Association, the governing body that will oversee Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency, has appointed, former HSBC Europe CEO, James Emmett as managing director of Libra Networks. Emmett is expected ...

Ex-Homeland Security Legal Head Stevan Bunnell Joins Libra Association

August 27, 2020

The Libra Association has replaced its general counsel in merely three months, on-boarding Stevan Bunnell, a former general counsel at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as the new top lawyer. As ...

Facebook Removes Unlicensed Norwegian Gambling Pages

June 24, 2020

Facebook removes unlicensed Norwegian gambling pages. Facebook has removed 36 pages belonging to online gaming operators who are accused without local permission of targeting Norwegian punters. After Norway's...

Apple Rejects Facebook’s Gaming Platform From The iOS App Store

June 20, 2020

Apple has once again rejected the Facebook Gaming app on the iOS App Store, reinforcing that the company is not as open to competition. The app was being reviewed by Apple for the past few weeks, but now the ...

Libra Association Appoints Sterling Daines as Chief Compliance Officer

June 10, 2020

The Libra Association, an independent member organization, today announced the appointment of Sterling Daines as its chief compliance officer. Daines has been a leader in the financial crime compliance indus...

Facebook Rebrands Libra-Wallet Calibra To Novi

May 27, 2020

Facebook has announced on Tuesday a name change of its Calibra wallet subsidiary to Novi. In a blog post the company said that the new name was inspired by the Latin words “novus” and “via,” which mean “new”...

Libra Association Names Robert Werner as General Counsel

May 20, 2020

The Libra Association announced on Tuesday that it has appointed Robert Werner as its General Counsel, to help guide the non-profit as it tries to get regulators onboard the proposed digital currency of Faceb...