According to CoinTelegraph, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, Binance, is in “official” talks with Facebook regarding the latter’s new Libra coin.
The exchange’s strategy officer, Gin Chao, told BlockTV yesterday that the company is “very excited” about the Libra project.
What we know so far, according to Chao, is that the talks “have largely focused on dealing with infrastructure.”
Binance and Libra Coin
While the pair’s discussions are in the early stages, it seems Binance is not holding back its desire to work with Libra “as much as [it] can.”
Chao continued:
“I think the potential that libra can have, not just on mass adoption but what it means to payments and forcing regulators’ hands to catch up a bit, is all good news.”
In a separate interview, the strategist gave more details on the likelihood of Facebook’s Libra listing on Binance:
“It wouldn’t just be in [Facebook’s] interest to list their coin on our exchange. It would also be in their interest to list on other exchanges as well and that’s probably going to happen. So if they decide to go on a public chain, and they get the sort of adoption that they could get, we would probably want to list them.”
And further, he said that Binance would be enthusiastic about becoming a validator node on the Libra network.
Facebook’s Libra Coin
Facebook announced its new cryptocurrency called Libra last week. Rumors about its existence were rife for over a year, however.
According to the Whitepaper, the objective of the coin is simple; users can send money via the internet all over the world faster and with lower fees than standard banking. It also aims to incorporate the 1.7 billion people around the world who don’t have a bank account or a line of credit.
Libra differs in several ways to traditional cryptocurrencies. One of the most interesting facts of Facebook’s currency is that it is more “stable” than regular cryptos. Facebook sought to create a coin that could facilitate every-day online consumer transactions and has done this by “backing all its issued digital currency by a reserve.”
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According to Digitaltrends:
“Founding Members are required to pool money into the reserve, with the prospect of a return on their investment via dividends from low-yield investment of the reserve’s assets.”
With Libra coin only announced, it’s official launch is not expected until sometime in the first half of 2020.
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