Facebook's planned cyber currency, libra, is little more than a glorified currency board – the failed arrangement that in 2001 caused the largest sovereign default the world had ever seen. A major risk is devaluation – and the problems don't stop there.
When it announced its plans to launch a cyber currency, Facebook emphasized that its libra will benefit “people with less money [who] pay more for financial services,” especially in developing countries. But when one compares Facebook's current blueprint to those same countries' experiences, libra starts to look like a hazard.
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