Fed chief calls for Facebook to halt Libra project

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Fed chief calls for Facebook to halt Libra project
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on Wednesday that Facebook's plan to build a digital currency called Libra "cannot go forward" until serious concerns are addressed, comments that pressured the project and dented the price of the original cryptocurrency bitcoin. The strong comments ...

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