DiscoverChina Tech Talk80: Libra lessons from WeChat and QQ
80: Libra lessons from WeChat and QQ

80: Libra lessons from WeChat and QQ

Update: 2019-07-031
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On June 18, Facebook announced the Libra cryptocurrency, a solution to their P2P payments conundrum. As to be expected, this move has gotten a lot of attention. In China, that attention has taken the form of comparing Libra to Tencent's breakthrough Q Coin as well as how WeChat has integrated payments.


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  • What is Q Coin?

  • What's the difference between a virtual currency and a cryptocurrency?

  • What is the relationship between Libra, Calibra, and Facebook?

  • Will China ever have something like this?


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80: Libra lessons from WeChat and QQ

80: Libra lessons from WeChat and QQ

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