<story><title>Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Gets Big Backers</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-new-cryptocurrency-gets-big-backers-11560463312?mod=rsswn</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pjc50</author><text>&amp;gt; Facebook-bucks&lt;p&gt;Missed opportunity to call them &amp;quot;Marks&amp;quot;, although maybe only German speakers will get the joke.</text></item><item><author>superkuh</author><text>Is it really a cryptocurrency when it&amp;#x27;s completely centralized? No. This is just Facebook-bucks. Store dollars. It&amp;#x27;s has absolutely none of the benefits of a real cryptocurrency.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>stillworks</author><text>With all due respect to nations&amp;#x27; currency names... can I but recommend &amp;quot;Douche Mark&amp;quot; in this instance ?</text></comment>
<story><title>Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Gets Big Backers</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-new-cryptocurrency-gets-big-backers-11560463312?mod=rsswn</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pjc50</author><text>&amp;gt; Facebook-bucks&lt;p&gt;Missed opportunity to call them &amp;quot;Marks&amp;quot;, although maybe only German speakers will get the joke.</text></item><item><author>superkuh</author><text>Is it really a cryptocurrency when it&amp;#x27;s completely centralized? No. This is just Facebook-bucks. Store dollars. It&amp;#x27;s has absolutely none of the benefits of a real cryptocurrency.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>turtlecloud</author><text>Word on the blockchain is that the crypto people are calling them “Zuck Bucks”</text></comment>