Facebook should forget Libra, launch stablecoin on Bitcoin SV

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I think Facebook is realizing the obvious — its Libra stablecoin project is never going to properly get off the ground. Several countries have already come forward to say that they will completely ban the digital currency, while others are pushing for a complete and thorough investigation, coupled with regulatory approval, before allowing the project to see the light of days. The social media giant has stated that it is willing to wait as long as it takes regulators to determine the viability of the project, but there is a much simpler, much more accessible alternative: give up the standalone crypto and launch a fully-backed stablecoin on the Bitcoin SV (BSV) blockchain.

Facebook could also go a different route and just let BSV become its currency. With the lowest fees of any crypto and the proven capability of being able to handle a large number of transactions simultaneously, thanks to the Quasar upgrade, Mark Zuckerberg can stop beating his head against the wall and offer a cryptocurrency that meets his Libra goals — a worldwide payment solution that is available to everyone, even those who have no access to banks.

The U.S. government is trying to prevent large tech companies from entering the financial space. A bill has been drafted by the House of Representatives that is aptly called the “Keep Big Tech Out Of Finance Act” bill. It states, in part, “A large platform utility may not establish, maintain, or operate a digital asset that is intended to be widely used as medium of exchange, unit of account, store of value, or any other similar function, as defined by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.”

This would preclude the participation in a financial system by companies like Google, Facebook and virtually any large tech entity.

The Tokenized Protocol on BSV is a great way for businesses to tokenize assets and offer those assets to customers. This would be a solution that could be easily integrated and easily implemented by Facebook, saving the company from the hassles it currently faces through global regulatory scrutiny. According to Tokenized founder and CEO James Belding, “That simple truth is that organizations must comply with the laws and regulations of the jurisdiction they reside in. Building the technology around a sensible assessment of these solution requirements allows for a token system that is much more expressive, performant, secure and lower cost than competing solutions.”

BSV understands something that other major crypto projects don’t. Bitcoin wasn’t created to be above the law, nor is it meant to allow users to circumvent the law. On the contrary, it was designed to work within regulated financial frameworks while giving consumers easier access to currency solutions. This is what Libra has professed itself to be and, given that BSV is already a regulation-friendly digital currency, it is fitting that Facebook turn to the real Bitcoin in order to fulfill its goals.

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