Facebook's new cryptocurrency

Facebook recently announced plans to launch Libra, it's own cryptocurrency. But how will this differ to existing cryptocurrencies?

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Unlike Bitcoin, Libra will not be a decentralized coin as it would be managed and run by Facebook and its financial backers.

In Henley Business School's Leading Insight, Dr Andrew Urquhart discusses the new cryptocurrency and the problems facing Bitcoin.

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Published	20 June 2019
Topics: Business News

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