时间:2025-04-26 20:17:54 来源:网络整理编辑:綜合
Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra, announced in June last year and then delayed after running into a s
Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra, announced in June last year and then delayed after running into a seemingly endless set of obstacles, might finally launch as early as Jan. 2021.
This is according to a report by the Financial Times, which cites three unnamed people involved with the project. However, it seems that this new Libra will be a limited version of what Facebook originally envisioned.
Libra was supposed to launch several digital coins, with some of them representing individual fiat currencies, like the U.S. dollar, and one being a composite of all these coins. And even this was a change from Libra's original plan of launching one coin that would be backed by a basket of several currencies.
Now, the FTreports, the company plans to launch a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin, and roll the other currencies at a later point.
Dollar-pegged stablecoins are a fairly well-known type of cryptocurrency at this time. Companies such as Coinbase, Tether Limited, and Paxos have launched such coins (USDC, USDT, and BUSD, respectively), with the coins' total market caps reaching hundreds of millions, or even billions of dollars. The point of stablecoins is to provide some price stability and predictability to users, as opposed to the notorious price volatility of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.
This is probably why the The Libra Association, a Geneva, Switzerland-based non-profit founded by Facebook and several other companies, has decided to pare down its ambitions when it comes to Libra. Dollar-pegged stablecoins have been around for a while, and it's harder for regulators to dismiss them as dangerous, as they did with Libra's original plan.
Launching just one coin that's pegged to a single currency might cause other problems for Libra, however. At launch, people at Libra told me that the plan is to minimize volatility, "so holders of Libra can trust the currency's ability to preserve value over time." The company also said one of the primary goals of the project is to give the 1.7 billion people who are unbanked access to a global currency, and remittances were often mentioned as an important use case. But if the Libra, the coin, is pegged to the U.S. dollar, this could mean additional costs for people in countries outside of the U.S.
To get where it is now, Libra had to shed a couple of partners (notably, PayPal, which recently launched support for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on its platform) and appoint a couple of new executives, including ex-chief legal officer of HSBC, Stuart Levey, who currently serves as Libra CEO. The company expressed hope the changes it has implemented will placate regulators, which worry about large tech companies acting as financial institutions.
Disclosure: The author of this text owns, or has recently owned, a number of cryptocurrencies, including BTC and ETH.
TopicsFacebookCryptocurrency
Two states took big steps this week to get rid of the tampon tax2025-04-26 19:55
今日賽事:英足總杯(曼聯vs埃弗頓)2025-04-26 19:31
兆修聊球 :英超 熱刺 VS 西漢姆聯,英超 曼聯 VS 萊切斯特城2025-04-26 19:21
紅魔衝擊四冠王 !英聯杯決賽,曼聯VS紐卡 ,滕哈赫誓拿賽季首冠!2025-04-26 19:13
Fake news reports from the Newseum are infinitely better than actual news2025-04-26 18:58
香港蘇富比2023年春季拍賣中國內地巡展啟幕2025-04-26 18:54
英超最新積分榜 :曼聯三球大勝穩居第三 ,熱刺完勝西漢姆衝進前四2025-04-26 18:40
誰是Anthony Davis交易的贏家和輸家 ?(2020年nba交易情況)2025-04-26 18:38
Visualizing July's astounding global temperature records2025-04-26 18:31
NBA 對解雇教練和裁掉球員有哪些規定?(公牛nba)2025-04-26 17:57
Nancy Pelosi warns colleagues after info hacked2025-04-26 20:08
今日賽事 :意甲(都靈vs維羅納)2025-04-26 19:58
2023年英超積分榜:升班馬第1,阿森納第8,利物浦4場1分倒數第一2025-04-26 19:47
時隔2年羽超聯賽重啟 印尼常青樹亨德拉和阿山成唯一外援2025-04-26 19:36
'The Flying Bum' aircraft crashes during second test flight2025-04-26 19:14
國羽開啟新賽季 ,世界羽聯馬來西亞公開賽開拍2025-04-26 18:59
原創 世界羽聯宣布2023年至2026年巡回賽將增加四站賽事!! !2025-04-26 18:14
長期打羽毛球的危害有很多 ,主要有三個身體部位容易受傷!2025-04-26 18:05
Whyd voice2025-04-26 18:03
梅西要去英超了 ?西媒:曼城和切爾西都希望得到梅西,續約已失敗2025-04-26 17:35