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PayPal Ditches Libra, Crypto Stagnant, Mark Cuban Hates BTC: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 30–Oct. 6

Published 10/06/2019, 02:56 PM
Updated 10/06/2019, 03:21 PM
© Reuters.  PayPal Ditches Libra, Crypto Stagnant, Mark Cuban Hates BTC: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 30–Oct. 6

© Reuters. PayPal Ditches Libra, Crypto Stagnant, Mark Cuban Hates BTC: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 30–Oct. 6

Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.

PayPal officially pulls out of the Libra AssociationIt’s official: PayPal has left the Libra Association — the governing body of Facebook’s embattled digital currency. Although the payment processing giant says it remains supportive of the stablecoin’s aspirations, the company was absent from a meeting of 28 Libra backers on Thursday. Others may follow suit. On Wednesday, reports suggested Mastercard (NYSE:MA) and Visa (NYSE:V) were also unsure about whether they wished to become paid-up participants. Some companies believe Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) exaggerated claims that regulators were comfortable with Libra — something that evidently isn’t the case given the recent backlash. They also fear that regulatory scrutiny could end up bleeding into their own businesses. In other developments this week, leaked audio of Q&A sessions hosted by Mark Zuckerberg in July revealed the CEO wanted to take a consultative approach to get the project off the ground. Meanwhile, American banks on the Federal Advisory Council warned Libra has the potential to create a “shadow banking” system — substantially reducing bank payment volumes.

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