FT SeriesLibra: Facebook’s digital currencyWorld’s biggest social network makes first major foray into financeFacebook unveils global digital coin called LibraInitial backers for new currency include Visa, Uber, Vodafone and SpotifyFacebook’s full-frontal assault on financeDigital currency plan has already garnered a backlash, but may still be hugely disruptiveFour big questions facing Facebook’s Libra coinRegulators will want answers before currency launchesHow Facebook raced to build Libra coinSocial network quietly assembled a crypto team and courted partners for more than a yearWill Facebook’s Libra currency shake up financial services?Banks were notably absent from list of initial backers Facebook's Libra will not help the unbankedIf they want to help, just start a foundation, without the new currency.More from this SeriesFacebook data pledges for digital currency questionedPrivacy experts dispute assertions financial information would not be used to target adsDon’t let Facebook capture the monetary system Premium contentThe road to Libra is paved with good intentionsFacebook/Libra: pros and coins Premium contentIf users do not trust Facebook with their phone number why would they trust it with their money?Facebook’s Libra currency draws instant response from regulatorsG7 countries establish group to examine risk to financial system from ‘stable coins’Alphaville's Libra cheat sheet Facebook's LibraCoin: how is it going to work?FT's Tim Bradshaw explains the new currency launched by the tech giantFacebook’s Libra coin is a symptom of banks’ flawsSocial media group hopes to target obvious goal of costly transfersFacebook’s Libra: blockchain, but without the blocks or chainY NO BLOCKCHAIN? (But also: Y BLOCKCHAIN?)
