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Is Libra 2.0 good enough?

Fintech Beat, Ep. 49

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress in October about the tech giant’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra, how his company will handle false and misleading information by political leaders during the 2020 campaign and how it handles its users’ data and privacy.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress in October about the tech giant’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra, how his company will handle false and misleading information by political leaders during the 2020 campaign and how it handles its users’ data and privacy. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images file photo)
By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted April 28, 2020 at 4:00am

Fintech Beat sits down with Cornell University’s Daniel Awrey and Cato’s Diego Zuluaga to debate Facebook’s changes to the Libra cryptocurrency —and whether consumers and the financial system are safer.

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