I posted on Tuesday Asia time the launch was coming, and indeed it did.
- Facebook's alternative financial system centres on 'Libra'. their cryptocurrency
- FB has 27 partners in the venture, including Mastercard and Uber
- Facebook hopes to expand that by the start of 2020 to 100 partners
- FB wants this to become the basis for a new financial payments system:
"It feels like it is time for a better system
This is something that could be a profound change for the entire world."
- David Marcus, head of Facebook's blockchain technology research
