Facebook’s Libra finds a home in Geneva, Switzerland
By Bloomberg
27 June 2019 |
11:52 am
Facebook Inc. picked Geneva as the home of the Libra Association, which will govern the payment network and manage a financial reserve for the planned Libra cryptocurrency.
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