Libra, Frax, The Battle of the Centuries and The Rise of The Meta-Dollar

Written by ralphbenko | Published 2019/10/18
Tech Story Tags: facebook-libra | libra | frax | libra-competitor | keynes-vs-hayek | monetary-questions | latest-tech-stories | hackernoon-top-story

TLDR Bank of England Governor Mark Carney raised the possibility of the emergence of a “Synthetic Hegemonic Currency” (SHC) His remarks left the door open for this currency to emerge from the private, rather than government, sector sector. Sam Kazemian and Ralph Benko are co-founders of Facebook's rival cryptocurrency, Frax. They say Libra erred in tying to a basket of currencies rather than the dollar; in relying on full rather than fractional reserve and, with apologies to Alfred Owen Crozier, in adopting a centralized system of governance.via the TL;DR App

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Written by ralphbenko | General Counsel, F1r3fly.io, Buzz Aldrin Ventures; co-founder and chairman, The Capitalist League
Published by HackerNoon on 2019/10/18