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Facebook Co-Founder Calls Its Cryptocurrency Plans ‘Frightening’

CASHING IN

Facebook’s big digital currency play could sow instability in the developing countries it struggles to understand.

Taylor Hatmaker
Taylor Hatmaker 

Senior Technology Editor

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Taylor Hatmaker

Taylor Hatmaker

Senior Technology Editor

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