Facebook’s Diem Unveils Its Latest Stablecoin Plans and Strategic Move to the...
Diem, the cryptocurrency project headed by Facebook originally known as Libra, recently announced its plans to launch a stablecoin with its focus scaled back to the United States. The company stated earlier this year that it would be relocating its primary operations from Switzerland back to the United States, and would withdraw its payment system […]
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There are two big questions on everyone’s lips now: What exactly is Facebook’s Diem, and what it will offer its potential 2 billion users? The year 2021 seems to be a big year for the blockchain world as several projects, such as nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and centralized decentralized finance exchanges (CeDeFis), are taking the central stage. Also at the forefront is Facebook’s Libra.Not too long ago, the media was rife with the news that the world’s largest social media network was developing plans for a global digital currency. Then, after a while, it looked like Facebook shelved plans....
In response to a letter from the U.S. calling on Facebook to halt its stablecoin and crypto wallet projects, Diem stated that it “is not Facebook. We are an independent organization” Stablecoin project Diem has distanced itself from its Facebook in response to Democrat Senators calling for the immediate cessation of the firm’s Novi crypto wallet.Diem also claimed senior regulators had called it “the best-designed stablecoin project that the U.S. government had seen.”In an Oct. 19 letter sent to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the Senators including crypto critic Elizabeth Warren, voiced....
German finance minister says “A wolf in sheep's clothing is still a wolf.” Facebook’s Diem stablecoin, which recently changed its name from Libra, is still failing to impress German regulators.As reported by Reuters, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz voiced his criticism of the project on Monday after a conference between G-7 finance ministers and central bank directors. Scholz called Facebook’s project “a wolf in sheep’s clothing,” highlighting that changing its name would not change its fundamentals. According to him, Facebook and the Diem Association have failed to adequately address....
Facebook-backed cryptocurrency project Diem, formerly Libra, is moving from Switzerland to the U.S. In collaboration with Silvergate Bank, the association, which oversees the development of the diem cryptocurrency, has unveiled a new launch plan. Facebook-Backed Stablecoin Has New Launch Plan The Diem Association announced Wednesday a partnership between Diem Networks U.S. and Silvergate Capital Corporation (NYSE: SI). Silvergate is a California state-chartered bank and a member of the Federal Reserve. Diem Networks U.S. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the association. It plans to register....
The Facebook fronted stablecoin, Diem (formerly Libra)’s dismal testnet results undercut the assertion that the digital currency is a threat to global financial stability. This is the conclusion that can be deduced from a Diem blockchain explorer update which shows the network only processes an average of six transactions per second (tps), with the highest reported figure of 24 tps. The testnet for Diem has been live for more than 43 days at the time of writing. The stablecoin performance suggests more still needs to be done before the expected launch in 2021, if the coin’s....