Facebook-backed Libra unveils scaled-back digital money project
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The Facebook-backed Libra Association unveiled plans Thursday to seek approval for digital coins in individual currencies, a move enabling cryptocurrency transactions with less disruption to the global monetary system.

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The plan submitted to Swiss regulators would create separate "stablecoins" pegged exclusively to real-world money such as the US dollar and the euro.

The Swiss-based association, which includes Facebook and a variety of partners and has touted its plan as democratizing the financial system, said a shift to using individual currencies was made after hearing comments and complaints on its original proposal.

"A key concern that was shared was the potential for the multi-currency Libra Coin to interfere with monetary sovereignty and monetary policy," the association said in a white paper.

The group said its so-called stablecoins could be part of a digital payment system as develops a broader multi-currency Libra coin.