{"id":"tp-2900","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Walmart patents new centralized stablecoin that could rival Facebook's Libra","author":"Charissa Echavez","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2900","datePublished":"2019-08-05T03:38:57.000Z","dateModified":"2019-08-05T03:38:57.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"Retail giant Walmart is mulling a fiat-backed digital currency that is similar to Facebook’s Libra currency, according to its new patent filing.","section":"Business","references":[{"title":"filing","url":"http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=20190236564&OS=20190236564&RS=20190236564#Cite_@inthepixels"},{"title":"backing the Libra","url":"https://tokenpost.com/David-Marcus-opening-statements-released-ahead-of-Facebooks-Libra-hearing-2647"},{"title":"report","url":"http://tokenpost.com/Facebooks-cryptocurrency-Libra-may-never-happen-network-admits-in-SEC-filing-2847"},{"title":"blockchain initiative","url":"http://tokenpost.com/Walmart-China-using-blockchain-to-convince-shoppers-of-food-safety-2355"}]}