Facebook’s Marcus says he would accept his full pay in Libra
By Bloomberg
19 July 2019 |
6:00 am
David Marcus, head of Calibra at Facebook, states that he trusts Libra enough to accept his full compensation in the proposed cryptocurrency. He speaks in response to a question from Senator Sherrod Brown, ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, a Democrat from Ohio.
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