# Professor Lawrence White explains why cryptocurrencies will continue to be a big topic of interest and regulatory scrutiny in 2020

1 Faculty News January 2, 2020 ![nbc-news-logo_190x145](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/nbc-news-logo_190x145.jpg?itok=tKI2CcPN)>

Excerpt from [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/what-s-ahead-economy-markets-2020-n1109146) -- "Facebook’s introduction of its Libra cryptocurrency platform is a shot across the bow to gatekeepers of traditional financial and currency systems that will continue to reverberate, said [Lawrence White](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/lawrence-white), an economics professor at New York University's Stern School of Business."

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