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Story: Power to Create Money Stays with the Sovereign Not Libra

By Dan Saada

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Bitcoin has not recovered too well, and it is going back to decline before the weekend.  Apple is clear that they are not about coming up with their cryptocurrency.

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Tim Cook, Apple Chief Executive, stated that it is not healthy for companies to compete with governments by coming up with their currencies.

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Cook opines that it is not healthy about private companies by gaining power by issuing their own cryptocurrencies.

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The topic is becoming the hottest in the discussion as Facebook's Libra has been threatening the sovereignty of nations.

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With Libra, there is no creation of new money.  The power to create money stays with the sovereign.

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While the trends are such, it appears that PayPal might not be supporting Libra.  The guesswork in this regard is happening as PayPal did not show up for a critical meeting…

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It is a point of discussion that PayPal leaving the show will be a significant blow to the overall project scenario.

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One of the PayPal spokesperson stated that he was worried about Facebook not having done enough to deal with the concerns of regulators about money laundering.  

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The spokesperson stated, “It doesn’t seem that there was a lot of pre-work done with regulators.

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While PayPal seems to have backed down, none are denying the probability for PayPal rejoining the project in the future.

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Dante Disparte, head of policy and communications for Libra Association, reinstated about their mission by stating: "This journey to building a generational payment network is…

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