Mark Zuckerberg Swears His New Cryptocurrency Won’t Be Evil

Mark Zuckerberg’s plans to get in your wallet—the same way he wants to infiltrate your love life and your brain—may be put on hold as Facebook “[works] through” public concerns about the impact of the social media giant’s planned cryptocurrency. Zuckerberg and Facebook have been under fire for the unchecked power they’ve accumulated and the reckless way in which they’ve wielded it. Now, in a new interview, the Facebook C.E.O. says he’s considering the consequences of his actions.

“Part of the approach and how we’ve changed is that now when we do things that are going to be very sensitive for society, we want to have a period where we can go out and talk about them and consult with people and get feedback and work through the issues before rolling them out,” Zuckerberg told the Nikkei Asian Review Thursday. “And that’s a very different approach than what we might have taken five years ago.”

Zuckerberg was responding to questions about Libra, the…