Weil calls Facebook's Libra the biggest disappointment of his career
“Honestly, Libra is probably the biggest disappointment of my career.”
Weil: Aptos and Mysten Labs are built on Facebook's Libra technology
“There are a couple of current blockchains that are built on the tech because the tech was open sourced from the beginning. Aptos and Mistin are two companies that are built off of this tech, so, you know, at least the, all of the work that we did not die, but,…”
Baker: Meta's Libra project would have eliminated immigrant remittance fees
“And I think you can argue it would have been really, really good for not just America, but the entire world. You know, there are a lot of immigrants in America and in America who send remissions back to their home countries at extremely high predatory rates. Y…”
Marcus: Regulators killed Libra because they distrusted Facebook leading internet money
“It was just really hard for regulators and others to accept that Facebook would be at the center of a protocol for money for the internet, and that's why we devolved so much power into this consortium that we didn't control, that we're just a member of, but th…”
Novogratz: Bitcoin and major currencies will trade on the same broker desks within five years
“There is absolutely no way that in a five years time, at least, you're not calling up your broker and saying, you know, dollar yen and cable and Bitcoin and Libra and gold, and they're going to all get traded on the same desk.”
Mónica: Anchorage worked with Facebook on Libra for 1.5 years pre-launch
“We've been involved in the initiative even before it was called Libra. So, we've been Talking to Facebook about it for about a year and a half now.”
Mónica: Anchorage will run one of 100 validator nodes on Libra
“We're going to be one of the a hundred nodes on this proof of stake Byzantine full tolerant protocol the Libra blockchain and the Libra BFD, which is, by the way, a modification of hot stuff.”