What Facebook’s Libra really is
What Facebook’s Libra really is
- August 7, 2019
- Bill Maurer, anthropology, in Dhaka Tribune, Aug. 7, 2019
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Bill Maurer, Professor of Anthropology and Law, University of California, Irvine and
Daniel Tischer write, “Libra is being hyped as Facebook’s bitcoin but it’s really
a proposal for a global payments system and that system will be controlled by a small
and exclusive club of private firms.”
For the full story, please visit http://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2019/08/07/what-facebook-s-libra-really-ishttp://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2019/08/07/what-facebook-s-libra-really-is.
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