The Long Strange Journey of Facebook's Libra Project

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode is sponsored by</span></em> <a href= "https://nydig.com/nlw/?utm_source=coindesk&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=nlw"> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">NYDIG</span></em></a><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s episode, NLW does a retrospective of Facebook’s libra project, which was renamed late last year to diem. He argues that, whatever happens with diem specifically, it has a place in the historical record as the starting gun for a new era in stablecoins and central bank digital currencies.</span></p> <div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true">Enjoying this content?</div> <div> </div> <div>SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast</div> <div>Apple:  <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb" rev= "en_rl_none">https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb</a></div> <div>Spotify: <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ" rev= "en_rl_none">https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ</a></div> <div>Google: <a href= "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=" rev= "en_rl_none">https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=</a></div> <div> </div> <div>Join the discussion: <a href="https://discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8" rev="en_rl_none">https://discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8</a></div> <div> </div> <div>Follow on Twitter:</div> <div>NLW: <a href="https://twitter.com/nlw" rev= "en_rl_none">https://twitter.com/nlw</a></div> <div>Breakdown: <a href="https://twitter.com/BreakdownNLW" rev="en_rl_none">https://twitter.com/BreakdownNLW</a></div> <p> </p> <p><a href= "https://nydig.com/nlw/?utm_source=coindesk&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=nlw"> <strong><em>NYDIG</em></strong></a><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, the institutional-grade platform for bitcoin, is making it possible for thousands of banks who have trusted relationships with