We cannot accept parallel currencies such as Facebook's Libra: German Finance Minister

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Berlin to reject plans.

We cannot accept parallel currencies such as Facebook's Libra: German Finance Minister
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday policymakers could not accept the emergence of parallel currencies such as Facebook's planned Libra, adding that Berlin would reject any such plans. Facebook's planned Libra is the most well-known of the stablecoins, a certain form of cryptocurr...

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