Facebook’s David Marcus calls for “fair shot” at crypto payments

Facebook’s David Marcus calls for “fair shot” at crypto payments

Marcus shares his honest thoughts on the crypto market, as well as declaring that Novi is ready to launch. In a newly published Medium piece titled "Good stablecoins, a protocol for money, and digital wallets: the formula to fix our broken payment system", Facebook’s crypto pioneer David Marcus shared his views on topics of economic inequality, regulatory challenges and Novi’s proposed stablecoin solution.Marcus has spent the last couple of years building Diem’s crypto wallet Novi – a interoperable digital wallet designed to integrate with the Diem payment system. It is meant to enable....


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