EU Reaffirms Potential Move to Block Facebook’s Cryptocurrency

The European Union is doubling down on its commitment to block the launch of Facebook’s Libra should it deem the project to present “unmanageable or excessive risks.”

A draft document to be discussed at a meeting of E.U. finance ministers this Friday states that “all options should be on the table” — including impeding the stablecoin’s very development. The news was reported by EU policy site EurActiv on Nov. 6.

Libra’s lack of clarity makes decision “impossible”

The document is an initial text prepared by Finland, which currently holds the six-month rotating presidency of the E.U. Council. 

Beyond emphasizing that preventing the project’s development remains a possible measure, the document states that Libra and similar initiatives “should not begin operation in the EU” until all challenges and risks have been identified and tackled.

Currently, lack of clarity about Libra “makes it impossible to reach definitive conclusions on whether and how the existing…