Facebook unveils details of its cryptocurrency project: Tech
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
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Facebook's cryptocurrency project is called Calibra, will launch in 2020: Facebook (FB) on Tuesday announced the details of its widely-rumored cryptocurrency project: a financial services offering called Calibra. Calibra is a “newly formed Facebook subsidiary” and its first product, launching in 2020, will be a digital wallet to store and send Libra, a new cryptocurrency. The digital wallet will initially be available inside WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, and eventually as a standalone app for iOS and Android.
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