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​​💰Libra: Facebook confirms its cryptocurrency launching in 2020 #Libra is designed not to be a speculative asset, like #Bitcoin, but a form of digital money backed by a reserve of assets. The company has formed the nonprofit Libra Association with 27 other partners to oversee Libra and its development. The partnership includes venture capital firms, nonprofit organizations, #cryptocurrency firms, and massive corporate financial, telecommunications, and technology service providers, including #Coinbase, #Mastercard, #Visa, #eBay, #PayPal, #Stripe, #Spotify, #Uber, #Lyft, and #Vodafone. While the Libra Association will have members based globally, it will be headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland🇨🇭 Facebook has a business incentive to build on top of the Libra #blockchain, and it’s launching its own subsidiary to do just that called #Calibra (see the GIF below - Credit: Facebook). According to Kevin Weil, Facebook's VP of Product, Calibra will live inside of Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp at launch, but will also have a standalone iOS and Android app. 🔗 Read more the Verge. 🚀@PerspectiveIX

​​📰#iXDailyBrief STAT ⚡️ Video consumption on mobile has been on the rise since 2012, but really started to shoot upwards in 2015, with the global number of minutes viewed per day rising from around 14 minutes in 2015 to an estimated 35 minutes in 2018. (Source: Econsultancy) INSIGHT 🏚 Photos on social media can predict the health of neighbourhoods: t.me/iXNews/26929 OTHER NEWS 📈#Revolut announces a Robinhood-like trading product: t.me/iXNews/26927 🛍#Facebook launches ads in Marketplace: prs.pctvix.co/2M4AAyF 🎧 Limited #Siri support for music apps like #Spotify is possible in #iOS12: t.me/iXNews/26925 💰#Coinbase is acquiring a securities dealer in order to trade your startup tokens: t.me/iXNews/26923 EXTRA 👨🏻‍🎨 When Crypto Meets Conceptual Art, Things Get Weird: prs.pctvix.co/2M5pEAJ — How do you like #iXDailyBrief? 👍 I like it! 😑 I don't really read it! 👎 I don't like it! Feedback: @iXContactBot Thank you! Ben, @iXNews