South American online marketplace Mercado Libre is currently working with Facebook to support the latter’s cryptocurrency initiative.
It was revealed that Libra will be integrated into the e-commerece platform of Mercado Libre as a form of payment.
In addition to this the an anonymous source who was familiar with the partnership shared that the e-commerce company would operate as a node in Facebook’s upcoming blockchain network.
Testnet for the much anticipated cryptocurrency from the social media giant will be launched anytime next week and those who have joined the Libra consortium will be the first ones to test the new blockchain.
Facebook was able to gather support from dozens of industry heavy weights coming from various industries such as Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and Uber, which will form the Libra consortium that will independently operate as nodes for the Libra blockchain.
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