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Highlights from Facebook's Libra Senate hearing

Highlights from Facebook's Libra Senate hearing

Facebook will only build its own Calibra cryptocurrency wallet into Messenger and WhatsApp, and will refuse to embed competing wallets, the head of Calibra David Marcus told the Senate Banking Committee today. While some, like Senator Brown, blustered that "Facebook is dangerous!," others surfaced poignant questions about Libra's risks.