Press coverage: Libra Shrugged

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• Book reviews (blogs)
• Academic citations
• Press interviews
• Podcast and video interviews

Book reviews (press)

• CryptoTips, 28 November 2020: Has PayPal Launched a Version of Facebook’s Libra? by Jeroen Kok

Book reviews (blogs)

• David S. H. Rosenthal, 27 October 2020: Unbanking The Banked
• Andrew M. Bailey, 2 November 2020: Review of Libra Shrugged
• Roger Bell-West, 6 November 2020: Libra Shrugged, David Gerard
• Marco Fioretti, 1 April 2021: What’s good in Libra Shrugged? Arrogance, exposed.
• Bill Ryan, 17 May 2021: Battling Megaliths: Facebook and the American Government Battle Over Digital Currency and the Future of Money
• Bob Morris, 21 June 2021: Libra Shrugged: How Facebook Tried to Take Over the Money

Academic citations

• Olivier Jutel. Blockchain humanitarianism and crypto-colonialism. Patterns, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2022. ISSN 2666-3899. DOI:10.1016/j.patter.2021.100422.

Press interviews

• New Money Review, 5 November 2020: Why Libra was bound to fail by Paul Amery

Podcast and video interviews

• New Money Review podcast, 5 November 2020: Why Libra was bound to fail
• New Kids On The Blockchain, 14 November 2020: BTC heading to ATH? | YFDAI Featured DeFI Project | Libra Shrugged — interviewed by Ashley Pugh
• Decrypt Daily, 13 November 2020: David Gerard Talks New Book on Facebook’s Libra — interviewed by Matthew Aaron
• Finance Magnates, 17 November 2020: Whatever Happened to Facebook’s Libra? Down the Rabbit Hole with David Gerard — interviewed by Rachel McIntosh
• South Mimms U, 23 November 2020: Zuckerberg wants ALL your money! — interviewed by Jerome Vincent
• CoinGeek Conversations, 14 January 2021: David Gerard: The birth pangs of Facebook’s crypto project — interviewed by Charles Miller
• The Blockchain Debate Podcast, 26 January 2021: Motion: Diem is a glorified Paypal (David Gerard vs. Bryce Weiner) — panel discussion
• NTD Business, 17 May 2021: Expert on Facebook’s Latest Digital Currency Attempt

Press crypto commentary (including book mentions)

• International Bar Association, November 2020: New rules for digital currencies – but not yet a new era by Polly Botsford
• Crypto News, 8 December 2020: Facebook’s Libra Rebrand Hits Another Name-Change Snag as UK Diem Lawyers up by Tim Alper
• LSE Business Review, 15 December 2020: Central bank digital currency – nine key questions answered by Martin C. W. Walker
• The New Republic, 20 April 2021: Cryptocurrencies Are the Next Frontier for the Surveillance State by Jacob Silverman