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Libra isn't dead yet -- the killer blow will come from governments issuing their own digital currencies

  • Written by Elvira Sojli, Associate Professor of Finance, Scientia Fellow, UNSW
Libra isn't dead yet -- the killer blow will come from governments issuing their own digital currenciesMajor players in global electronic payments are shying away from Libra, spooked by the scrutiny Facebook's operations are attracting from regulators around the world.Shutterstock

Barely six months after Facebook announced its own digital currency, a plan heralded as the beginning of the end for central banks and government controls over the money...

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