Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Can Facebook launch its cryptocurrency without support of lawmakers?
The House and Senate are looking into Facebook’s plan to launch a currency called Libra. Neither side of the political aisle trusts Facebook, believing it's too big.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe House and Senate are looking into Facebook’s plan to launch a currency called Libra. Neither side of the political aisle trusts Facebook, believing it's too big. Facebook has said it won’t launch Libra without regulatory approval, but it’s shown no signs of slowing down.
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The full episode
3 of 5With Libra, Facebook wants to create its own money. Lawmakers are skeptical- 0:00Chaos and confusion as immigration officers get trained on new asylum rule
- 11:47Culture of crime and corruption within Customs and Border Protection
- 21:38Can Facebook launch its cryptocurrency without support of lawmakers?You’re reading this
- 30:58Network TV news is still more popular than cable news
- 42:38Area 51 and the plan to find out what the government knows about aliens