Unruly social media no model for Facebook's cryptocurrency: Bank of England

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Unruly social media no model for Facebook's cryptocurrency: Bank of England

Open minds but no open door.

Facebook cannot expect its new Libra currency to benefit from the same unregulated free-for-all that helped the company achieve a dominant position in social media, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Thursday. The US social media company drew worldwide interest earlier this week when ...

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