## [Libra](https://libra.org/en-US/)

[Facebook’s digital currency may force central banks to create their own](https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613909/facebooks-digital-currency-may-force-central-banks-to-create-their-own/)

[ One plausible scenario is that Libra succeeds in becoming the legal-tender medium of  exchange for much of the traditional commerce in the world and that cryptocurrencies thrive for non-traditional exchanges.](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/3724/Libra.pdf) by Aaron Brown

[Libra isimperialism by stealth](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/3725/Libra%2Bis%2Bimperialism%2Bby%2Bstealth%2B_%2BFT%2BAlphaville.pdf)
> A common criticism against dollarisation (and currency blocs) is that they are a form of neocolonialism

[How Facebook can win the global currency battle](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/3726/How%2BFacebook%2Bcan%2Bwin%2Bthe%2Bglobal%2Bcurrency%2Bbattle%2B_%2BEuromoney.pdf)
> Being able to identify what its users are paying for is a
> treasure trove. The banking system and the world’s central banks, as the more
> enlightened already see, had better gear up for new competition.