Facebook is unveiling an ambitious plan to create a new digital currency and financial system to transform the way money moves around the world, and not just on its own apps.
It’s leading a consortium to create an open-source digital currency called Libra, set to launch in the first half of next year. The goal is for developers to create services for consumers to send money around the world easily and for free — with the same convenience as sending a photo or a message.
The Libra currency will not be run by Facebook, but rather by a nonprofit association supported by a range of companies and organizations. But Facebook does have a plan to profit from it with a new subsidiary, Calibra, which is building a digital wallet of the same name for storing and exchanging the currency.
Facebook is about to announce a global cryptocurrency in a bid to become the world’s central bank. Promising “know your customer” intel on steroids, they have government signing on to the scheme and wealthy individuals buying in as controllers. Meanwhile, BitCoin is surging. Are they creating volatility?
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