{"id":1243888,"date":"2022-01-26T15:39:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T20:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1243888"},"modified":"2022-01-26T15:39:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T20:39:28","slug":"report-no-more-zuckerbucks-facebooks-cryptocurrency-project-seems-to-be-shutting-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-no-more-zuckerbucks-facebooks-cryptocurrency-project-seems-to-be-shutting-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: No More Zuckerbucks &#8211; Facebook&#039;s Cryptocurrency Project Seems to Be Shutting Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-no-more-zuckerbucks-facebooks-cryptocurrency-project-seems-to-be-shutting-down%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1243888&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">According to recent reports, the Facebook-sponsored cryptocurrency project Libra appears to be shutting down.<\/p>\n<p>The Verge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/1\/25\/22901830\/facebook-meta-libra-diem-crypto-project-explores-sale\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;that two years since it was first announced, Facebook\u2019s cryptocurrency project Libra seems set to shut down. Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-01-25\/zuckerberg-s-stablecoin-ambitions-unravel-with-diem-sale-talks?sref=ExbtjcSG\">recently reported<\/a> that the group set up by Facebook to oversee and manage the cryptocurrency, The Diem Association, is reportedly looking into a sale of its assets after facing significant pushback from regulators over the crypto project.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18447810\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/oct25-19-Facebook-CEO-Mark-Zuckerberg-antitrust-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18447810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/oct25-19-Facebook-CEO-Mark-Zuckerberg-antitrust-ap.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2019, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Paley Center in New York. FILE - In this April 23, 2021, file photo, the Facebook app is shown in the app store on a smart phone in Surfside, Fla. Facebook on Wednesday, July 14 2021, is asking that the new head of the Federal Trade Commission step away from antitrust investigations into the social network giant, asserting that her past public criticism of the company\u2019s market power makes it impossible for her to be impartial. ( (AP Photo\/Mark Lennihan, FIle)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(AP Photo\/Mark Lennihan, FIle)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18507186\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/facebook-meta-name-change-mark-zuckerberg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18507186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/facebook-meta-name-change-mark-zuckerberg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Zuckerberg introduces Meta (Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to Bloomberg, the U.S. Federal Reserve put a final stop to the project by putting pressure on the banking partner that Diem partnered with to launch the token. The banking partner, Silvergate, also allegedly faced pressure from the Federal Reserve, causing the bank to reconsider the partnership.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Michael Crittenden, a Diem Association spokesperson, claimed that recent reports from Bloomberg and the Verge contained \u201csome factual errors,\u201d but did not clarify what these were. Unsurprisingly, a mass sell-off of assets could be a major indication that the cryptocurrency is failing.<\/p>\n<p>The initial plan for Libra was that it would be a cryptocurrency backed by a number of real-world currencies. But regulators quickly stepped in to put an end to this plan, so the association pivoted to connect the Diem token directly to the U.S. dollar. This still did not appear to be enough for regulators.<\/p>\n<p>Another sign that the Diem project may be dead is that Facebook recently launched a digital wallet that was originally built for Diem with another cryptocurrency from Paxos. David Marcus, the executive behind Libra and leaders of Facebook\u2019s digital wallet, also left the company last year after most of the founding team members of Diem also quit.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/1\/25\/22901830\/facebook-meta-libra-diem-crypto-project-explores-sale\">the Verge here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to recent reports, the Facebook-sponsored cryptocurrency project Libra appears to be shutting down. 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