The president of Switzerland blasted Facebook’s troubled Libra digital currency plans, telling Swiss broadcaster SRF that “the project, in this form, has thus failed.” Ueli Maurer, Switzerland’s president and finance minister, said that central banks won’t accept the basket of currencies underpinning Libra, according to Reuters. While Libra has been met with fierce opposition by politicians...
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