Libra Association

Facebook’s Libra Hires HSBC Veteran As Managing Director
Facebook’s Libra Hires HSBC Veteran As Managing Director
September 17, 2020  |  Personnel

The Libra Association has named James Emmett as managing director of Libra Networks, the association’s operating company subsidiary. The association said in a news release...

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Andreessen Partner Predicts More Libra-Type Crypto Efforts
Andreessen Partner Predicts More Libra-Type Crypto Efforts
June 01, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

On the heels of the U.S. Mint’s decision to phase out production of pennies next year, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a California-based venture capital...

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Libra Association New General Counsel Is Former US Treasury Exec
Libra Association New General Counsel Is Former US Treasury Exec
May 19, 2020  |  Personnel

A former clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and late Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. has been named general counsel...

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Facebook’s Libra Association Hires Its First CEO
Facebook’s Libra Association Hires Its First CEO
May 06, 2020  |  Personnel

The group founded by Facebook to launch the social media company’s entry into digital currency has named a former U.S. Treasury Department executive as its...

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UK’s Checkout.com Joins Libra Association
UK’s Checkout.com Joins Libra Association
April 28, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

British startup Checkout.com is the first payments firm to join Facebook’s Libra Association after Visa, Mastercard and Stripe exited the program in October. “In the...

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Crypto Broker Tagomi Joins Libra Association
Crypto Broker Tagomi Joins Libra Association
February 27, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Tagomi, a digital currency upstart, will reportedly become the newest Libra Association member. According to reports on Wednesday (Feb. 26), a formal announcement is to occur Friday...

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Shopify Joins Libra Association
Shopify Joins Libra Association
February 21, 2020  |  Facebook

Facebook’s Libra Association added a new member after a number of participatory companies left the organization in the past few months, according to a report...

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Vodafone Bails On Libra
Vodafone Bails On Libra
January 21, 2020  |  Facebook

Another company has left the Libra Association, a conglomerate of companies meant to help get Facebook’s cryptocurrency off the ground and handle regulatory initiatives and...

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Libra Chair Says Bitcoin Is Not A Payment System
Libra Chair Says Bitcoin Is Not A Payment System
January 08, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Dante Disparte, vice chairman of the Libra Association, spoke at the Digital Money Forum at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Tuesday...

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