BreakingNews·190620 - Facebook將推出一種全球加密貨幣

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to unveil details of an ambitious plan for his company to create a new global crypto-currency. A white paper outlines a plan that is designed to create a new global currency. It will represent the entry of the social network site into the lucrative financial services market. The crypto-currency is called Libra. Facebook said it is aimed at the millions of people around the world who cannot get a bank account. Libra will allow people to send and receive payments anywhere in the world with minimal fees. The banking will be done online via the myriad of Facebook-owned apps. The 2.7 billion users of Facebook and WhatsApp will have access to the Libra crypto-currency.

Facebook首席執(zhí)行官馬克·扎克伯格預計將公布一項雄心勃勃的計劃的細節(jié)，該計劃旨在讓他的公司創(chuàng)建一種新的全球加密貨幣。一份白皮書概述了一項旨在創(chuàng)造一種新的全球貨幣的計劃。這將代表這家社交網(wǎng)站進入利潤豐厚的金融服務市場。這種密碼貨幣被稱為天秤座。Facebook表示，其目標用戶是全球數(shù)百萬無法獲得銀行賬戶的人。天秤座允許人們在世界上任何地方用最少的費用進行支付。銀行業(yè)務將通過facebook擁有的無數(shù)應用程序在網(wǎng)上完成。Facebook和WhatsApp的27億用戶將可以使用天秤座加密貨幣。

Analysts say Libra has some similarities to the Bitcoin crypto-currency. However, a major difference is that Libra will be a more stable currency and will avoid the wild fluctuations in value that Bitcoin has experienced. Libra will be backed up by a basket of currencies, such as the dollar, euro and yen. It will also have the backing of major multi-national companies like Mastercard, PayPal, Spotify and Uber. The new crypto-currency could revitalize Facebook's fortunes. The finance company RBC Capital Markets said: "We believe [Libra] may prove to be one of the most important initiatives in the history of the company, to unlock new engagement and [generate new] revenue streams."

分析人士說，天秤座與比特幣有一些相似之處。然而，一個主要的不同之處在于天秤座將是一個更加穩(wěn)定的貨幣，并將避免比特幣經(jīng)歷的劇烈波動。天秤座的后援是一籃子貨幣，如美元、歐元和日元。它還將得到萬事達(Mastercard)、貝寶(PayPal)、Spotify和優(yōu)步(Uber)等大型跨國公司的支持。新的加密貨幣可以重振Facebook的財富。加拿大皇家銀行資本市場(RBC Capital Markets)表示:“我們相信(天秤座)可能會被證明是該公司歷史上最重要的舉措之一，以開啟新的業(yè)務，(創(chuàng)造)新的收入流。”