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Disclosures Show Shopify’s CEO Bought $3M Worth of Coinbase Shares During the Past 2 Months
4.10.2022
Public records show that Shopify’s CEO Tobias Lütke has purchased close to $3 million in Coinbase shares during the last 60 days. Lütke became a Coinbase board member last February and because he is a Coinbase associate, he’s required by law to submit his trades to the U.S....
Diem Stablecoin Prepares for Liftoff With Fireblocks Custody Partnership
16.2.2021
The rebranded Libra network aims to come out with an initial product around the end of this quarter, with help from Fireblocks and First Digital Assets
Libra Association Taps Saumya Bhavsar as General Counsel for Payments Subsidiary
25.11.2020
Bhavsar joins the Libra Association after 25 years in public and private sector banking regulation roles
Bison Trails launches QT protocol to help developers build on Libra
25.11.2020
Libra Association founding member, Bison Trails, has released a QT protocol allowing developers to read and write data to Libra’s pre-mainnet using off-chain systems
Libra Hires HSBC Veteran Ian Jenkins as CFO, Risk Chief of Digital Payments Unit
15.10.2020
Ian Jenkins joins fellow HSBC alum James Emmet, now the stablecoin group's CEO
Investment Firm Blockchain Capital Joins Libra Association
18.9.2020
One of the oldest venture firms in crypto has joined the Libra Association and will provide expertise and guidance on the launch of its payment system
Libra Association Hires Former HSBC CEO
17.9.2020
The Libra Association, the organisation developing the Facebook-led cryptocurrency payments project, has hired a banking heavyweight with 25 years at HSBC
European Union Seeks Strict Regulation of Crypto and Stablecoins in New Draft Law
12.9.2020
The European Commission, the executive arm of the E.U., has drawn up regulation to tightly monitor cryptocurrencies it considers “significant”, including asset-backed stablecoins like Facebook’s libra. Euractiv, a European news outlet, first reported the news on Sept.10, citing...
Libra Taps Ex-Homeland Security General Counsel as New Legal Chief
27.8.2020
The new general counsel is Libra's second in just three months
Libra replaces general counsel Robert Werner after 3 months
27.8.2020
Former U.S. Homeland Security Department general counsel, Stevan Bunnel, has been appointed as Libra's top lawyer
Libra Hasn’t Abandoned Multi-Currency Stablecoin: Policy Director
8.7.2020
The Libra Association's head of policy said ongoing dialogues with central bankers had not dented their original ambition
Libra Is Ready for the Digital Money ‘Space Race’: Dante Disparte
10.6.2020
Libra's most vexing challenge may be juggling inclusion and compliance. But policy chief Dante Disparte says the project is not giving up on reaching the unbanked
Facebook’s Calibra Rebrands to Novi, Details Wallet Tie-Up With WhatsApp
26.5.2020
In the run-up to launch, libra's digital wallet subsidiary has been given a new look and a new name: Novi, which means "new way."
Libra Association Appoints Former FinCEN Head as General Counsel
19.5.2020
The Libra Association has appointed former FinCEN and OFAC head Robert Werner as its chief lawyer
First Sovereign Wealth Fund Joins Libra Association
15.5.2020
One of the Singapore government’s two sovereign wealth funds, Temasek, is joining the Libra Association, alongside Paradigm and Slow Ventures in the latest round of additions to the stablecoin project
Libra Association Names HSBC Chief Legal Officer as First CEO
6.5.2020
The Libra Association has just named HSBC Chief Legal Officer and former U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury Stuart Levey as its new CEO. Levey will take the reins later this year
British Payment Firm Checkout.com Joins the Libra Association
28.4.2020
The Libra Association reinforces its efforts to launch the network in Q4 2020, adds British payment startup Checkout.com as its 24th member
Cross-Border Payment Portal Checkout.com Is Latest to Join Libra Association
28.4.2020
Checkout.com, a digital payment processor which focuses on cross-border transactions, has become the 24th member of the Libra Association
Libra’s Long Road From a Facebook Lab to the Global Stage: A Timeline
22.4.2020
A detailed chronology of Libra's journey from a skunkworks inside Facebook to a potential global monetary game-changer to a shadow of its former self
Heifer International Joins Libra Association to ‘Support Financial Inclusion’
20.4.2020
Heifer International has joined the Libra Association, just days after the group modified its stablecoin vision to focus on a series of single-currency tokens rather than one basket-backed version