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PayPal CEO Dan Schulman on why he left Libra Project

In an interview with Fortune, CEO of PayPal Mr. Dan Schulman revealed why he left Facebook’s Libra project. Facebook announced the ambitious cryptocurrency project Libra in June. A total of 28 companies joined a project called Libra association but PayPal left in October. Schulman said in an interview that “We were interested in financial inclusion and Libra is too slow in that” and also mentioned that he is holding bitcoins.

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Thu Nov 21 - Fortune

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