Facebook Vice President David Marcus is the face of the company's Libra digital currency, but the original driving force was a 26-year-old female engineer named Morgan Beller.
But in the blockchain community, Beller is known as the original driving force behind Facebook's push into cryptocurrency. On LinkedIn, Beller lists herself as head of strategy for Calibra as well as co-creator of Libra -- one of three Facebook employees to do so, alongside Marcus and Vice President Kevin Weil.
Before working with Marcus and Weil, she was the sole person working on a Facebook blockchain initiative. For months in 2017, Beller spent time researching the technology and meeting with folks in the industry, according to Wu and another person familiar with the matter. Beller may not have a high profile, but she's become a fixture in the crypto scene, said Bill Barhydt, CEO of Abra, a digital wallet startup in Mountain View, California. Barhydt said Beller has spent a lot of time making the rounds in the crypto community, having meetings with folks like Wu and attending conferences focused on the technology.
In addition, many people in the crypto community praise her effort to amplify their feedback -- both praise and concern -- to her colleagues within Facebook.
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