Facebook Wants To Make Crytpocurrency Mainstream

(CNN) — For the last year, Facebook has been signaling it wants in on the cryptocurrency phenomenon. At its F8 developers conference last month, cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he wants to make sending money as easy as sending a photo: digital, immediate, free and secure.
On Tuesday, the company formally unveiled its highly-anticipated digital currency project. It’s called Libra. Facebook also announced the creation of the Libra Association, an independent organization that wi