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Facebook’s cryptocurrency project has faced a lot of political and regulatory backlash since being announced in June. Now it has hired FS Vector, the...

Democratic representative Maxine Waters and five other lawmakers are going to meet Switzerland’s top data protection regulator in a meeting focusing on Facebook’s upcoming cryptocurrency Libra.

Facebook-owned WhatsApp plans to introduce a digital payment service in India. As part of the process, the country is reviewing an audit report from the company.

Facebook has revealed the potential market risks for its new cryptocurrency Libra.

Facebook's new cryptocurrency Libra has been heavily publicised, but Bitcoin still holds more trust with consumers.

Libra, Facebook's new cryptocurrency has reportedly not responded to a request from Switzerland's data privacy regulator.

While the Bundesbank is cautious about Facebook’s new cryptocurrency initiative, it seems slightly more supportive of the idea than other countries’ financial institutions.

As regulators begin to take a closer look at cryptocurrency exchanges and cryptos like Facebook's Libra, the days of old are ending.

Slow Ventures, a Californian VC firm founded by former Facebook execs, is out eyeing up to $235m for a pair of new funds.

Facebook has purchased biometric ID verification startup Confirm, which specialises in remotely verifying IDs like drivers licenses.