{"id":92273,"date":"2019-06-18T04:22:24","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T11:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/today-facebook-is-coming-together-with-27-organizations-around-the-world-to-start-the-non-profit-libra-association-and-create-a-new-currency-called-libra"},"modified":"2019-06-18T04:22:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T11:22:24","slug":"today-facebook-is-coming-together-with-27-organizations-around-the-world-to-start-the-non-profit-libra-association-and-create-a-new-currency-called-libra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/today-facebook-is-coming-together-with-27-organizations-around-the-world-to-start-the-non-profit-libra-association-and-create-a-new-currency-called-libra","title":{"rendered":"Today, Facebook is coming together with 27 organizations around the world to start the non-profit Libra Association and create a new currency called Libra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/today-facebook-is-coming-together-with-27-organizations-around-the-world-to-start-the-non-profit-libra-association-and-create-a-new-currency-called-libra2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Libra\u2019s mission is to create a simple global financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people around the world. It\u2019s powered by blockchain technology and the plan is to launch it in 2020. You can read more about the association here: <a href=\"https:\/\/libra.org\/&amp;h=AT0Vpgfo9yMWI9A93aDq0V-7D3PwK9TiZGZPAa_BVoal0OPSc35BbUCAtGmGtYCSe1snvx4iyGgzAjJH_SNk9jXahHxaNeiXKs7G6xYhCn5uuyaLAdmvsF_Auh5d95fck0Gjutf9JLxr9JN_ROjt9rS9fxwM60QOalAjhzqyp1shbln_la1VStESZA\" target=\"_blank\" data-ft=\"{\u201d tn\u201d:\u201d-U\u201d}\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-lynx-mode=\"asynclazy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libra.org\/&amp;h=AT0Vpgfo9yMWI9A93aDq0V-7D3PwK9TiZGZPAa_BVoal0OPSc35BbUCAtGmGtYCSe1snvx4iyGgzAjJH_SNk9jXahHxaNeiXKs7G6xYhCn5uuyaLAdmvsF_Auh5d95fck0Gjutf9JLxr9JN_ROjt9rS9fxwM60QOalAjhzqyp1shbln_la1VStESZA\">https:\/\/libra.org\/&amp;h=AT0Vpgfo9yMWI9A93aDq0V-7D3PwK9TiZGZ\u2026la1VStESZA<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Being able to use mobile money can have an important positive impact on people\u2019s lives because you don\u2019t have to always carry cash, which can be insecure, or pay extra fees for transfers. This is especially important for people who don\u2019t have access to traditional banks or financial services. Right now, there are around a billion people who don\u2019t have a bank account but do have a mobile phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Libra\u2019s mission is to create a simple global financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people around the world. It\u2019s powered by blockchain technology and the plan is to launch it in 2020. You can read more about the association here: https:\/\/libra.org\/&amp;h=AT0Vpgfo9yMWI9A93aDq0V-7D3PwK9TiZGZ\u2026la1VStESZA Being able to use mobile money can have an important positive impact on people\u2019s [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1318,45,1512],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bitcoin","category-finance","category-mobile-phones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/466"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}