Libra and the Future of Cryptocurrency 
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On June 18, 2019, Facebook announced its plan to launch a more stable and useful “next generation” cryptocurrency in 2020, called “Libra.” And although this plan garnered strong corporate backing initially, over the last few months we’ve seen a growing amount of skepticism.

Does this new “global digital currency” mark the beginning of a new phase in the evolution of cryptocurrency, or will it fall flat? What impact will the launch of Libra have on other cryptocurrencies? Will global currency markets be impacted? How will regulators respond?

Join Stanford Professor and former SEC Commissioner Joe Grundfest, one of the world’s leading experts in cryptocurrency and related regulatory matters, in a conversation about Libra and the future of cryptocurrency.

You will learn
  • What Libra is and the potential effect it has on the global economy
  • Why Libra is a threat to banks and credit card companies
  • What key challenges Facebook must overcome in order to achieve success
  • Why regulators are skeptical of this new plan

About the Speaker

Joseph GrundfestJoseph A. Grundfest, JD ’78, is a nationally prominent expert on capital markets, corporate governance, and securities litigation. Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty in 1990, Professor Grundfest was a commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, served on the staff of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors as counsel and senior economist for legal and regulatory matters, and was an associate at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. His scholarship has been published in the Harvard, Yale, and Stanford law reviews, and he has been recognized as one of the most influential attorneys in the United States.

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