Facebook reportedly set to launch its own cryptocurrency in 2020

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Facebook has been in contact with US and British financial regulators with a view to launching its own cryptocurrency next year, ssl giá rẻ – http://raycompany.ru/bitrix/redirect.php?event1=&event2=&event3=&goto=https://www.trustpilot.com/review/bigitexco.com the BBC reported on Friday.

‚GlobalCoin‘ would work with a new digital payments system in about a dozen countries, starting in the first quarter of 2020, the BBC said.

Previous reports have said Facebook is taking a serious look at blockchain technology under its ‚Project Libra‘, in part to tackle doubts about privacy among its many users following a series of scandals.

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Facebook has been in contact with US and British financial regulators with a view to launching its own cryptocurrency next year. The firm’s cryptocurrency would be called ‚GlobalCoin‘ 

But the targeted date appears new. The BBC said Facebook had already spoken to Bank of England governor Mark Carney and to officials at the US Treasury, and was expected to flesh out its plans this northern hemisphere summer.

Speculation began building that Facebook would pursue some kind of financial services after it scooped up former PayPal president David Marcus to lead its blockchain division. 

Facebook’s currency – http://www.modernmom.com/?s=currency would be ’stablecoin‘, a digital unit pegged to the dollar in contrast to more anarchic means of virtual payment such as bitcoin, according to earlier reporting by Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal among others.

It would allow users to not only send money to each other, but also pay for things on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, across the internet and even in stores where it’s an accepted form of payment. 

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With more than two billion users across its platforms, which include WhatsApp and Instagram, Facebook could have the clout to take a cryptocurrency mainstream and emulate the likes of WeChat in China, where the US site is banned.

WeChat allows its users to chat, shop and play games without leaving its platform, generating more revenue by offering a one-stop portal.

The social media giant is also said to have held talks with Jump and DRW, two of the most well-known high-frequency trading firms, about establishing a trading market for its cryptocurrency, according to the Financial Times.  

Facebook is expected to launch a ’stablecoin,‘ which is a type of digital currency that’s typically tied to the U.S. dollar. It generally has less volatility than others like bitcoin (pictured)

Facebook has even met with cryptocurrency exchanges including Coinbase and Gemini, which is run by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who went to Harvard with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and ultimately sued the company for stealing their idea for a social network. 

Zuckerberg has said that adding e-commerce is the logical evolution of the company’s advertising-based business model.

But such a step is likely to invite more intense regulatory scrutiny at a time when Facebook is already under a cloud for abuses of privacy and the spread of fake news.

Facebook said it had disabled 2.19 billion fake accounts in the first quarter of this year, nearly double the number of the three months prior.

But Zuckerberg on Thursday rejected the idea of breaking up the social media giant, saying that would hamper the fight against deceit and harmful online content.