was sheryl sandberg, facebook ask a chief operating officer. bitcoin makes strides in 2019.ll hear from galaxy digital next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> bitcoin has fallen more than 30% since it's peak in july. around the same time a battle over bitcoin erupted on twitter. salamatgs rishaad caught up with both in taipei. >> it's been around for 10 years. killer apps in this space? there are none. rishaad: what's going on here? he was questioning your finances and you got very heated. >> he is a hater. he's a no-coiner. some but who doesn't have any bitcoin and has watched the price rocket in their face. rishaad: that's a bit harsh? >> i think so, but it's true. >> the price slid after a brief gain. >> facebook is working on creating a stable coin, something to use for payment. needs to be stable. currency i spend a if i thought it would be worth more in three months? you need more stability for a payment currency. it's difficult to change the rules around bitcoin so it becomes like a digital gold. people don't own enough of it and i see the price going significantly higher over

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taylor: that was sheryl sandberg, facebook ask a chief -- facebook's chief operating officer.ts high price volatility bitcoin makes strides , in 2019. we will hear from galaxy digital next. this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: bitcoin has fallen more than 30% since it's peak in july. around the same time, a battle over bitcoin erupted on twitter. bloomberg's rishaad salamat caught up with both in taipei. >> it's been around for 10 years. what are the killer apps in this space? there are none. 75% of the distributed apps, what are they? rishaad: what's going on here? he was questioning your finances and you got rather fragrant with him. >> he is a hater. he's a no-coiner. that a fragrant term for someone? >> someone who doesn't have any bitcoin and has watched the price rocket in their face. rishaad: that's a bit harsh? >> i think so, but it's true. taylor: the price slid after a brief gain. >> facebook is working on creating a stable-ish coin, something to use for payment. currencies needs to be stable. otherwise why would i spend a currency if i thought it would be worth more in thre

in an exquisite interview with caroline hyde, chief operating officer sheryl sandberg explained why.re not doing it because of the money. this is less than 1% of revenue. revenue is not worth the controversy. what mark said is, we believe in free expression, political speech and ads can an important part of that. where we are really focused and leading on transparency. we put up an ad library. we announced presidential at d tracker. you can see any ad anyone is running anywhere in the u.s., anywhere in the world if it is not targeted at you. that kind of transparency is really important to people understanding. we talked about investing in protection. one thing we talked about on the earnings call was the size of the investments we are making. prepared for 2020, working with election commissions, hiring engineers, using machines and human reviewers. really doing what we can to make sure people are kept safe. >> when twitter decides to go the opposite direction, does that make you question your decision? >> mark said on the call we thought about this for years. we have been thinking a

facebook ceo sheryl sandberg spoke with caroline hyde in november.ssed the 21 election and her biggest -- the 2020 election and her biggest concerns for facebook. : the 2020 election is a massive issue for us. if you look back to 2016, of course we prepared for state actors but what they did was hack in and take information. this more insidious stuff we never thought of, we missed it, everyone missed it. now we work hard to find what we think of as coordinated in authentic behavior, state actors, groups of people trying to do fake stuff. in 2016 we never heard of this. in 2017 we could -- we took down one, and the last two years we took down 50. we are in a very different place. we are going after fake accounts. everything that happens for the ira on facebook and 2016, we are now able to take down millions every day, most before anyone sees them. haveinformation, we do not a fact checking program in 2016. now if something is marked false by our third party fact checkers, we can reduce distribution and we can show related articles so people see the ot

matt: that was chief operating officer of facebook, sheryl sandberg, speaking to bloomberg's carolinein an interview last month. let's look at some stocks to watch, ahead of the open. retail clearly one of them, after amazon said it had a record christmas or holiday season. you saw that drive the nasdaq up to over 9000. one stock on the nasdaq, one q,ock that trades on the nasda slumping after saying it would stay independent. to watch.e th is is bloomberg. ♪ beyond the routine checkups. beyond the not-so-routine cases. comcast business is helping doctors provide care in whole new ways. all working with a new generation of technologies powered by our gig-speed network. because beyond technology... there is human ingenuity. every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected. to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. ♪ matt: minute from the open of cash trading here. top headlines. a record-breaking christmas, after amazon says it had the strongest holiday season ever as the nasdaq hits 9000. apple closes at double the price of its january low as buyers a

viviana: regulators turned up the heat on facebook, but sheryl sandberg says the social media giant doesave to change is business model. >> i think we have to help people understand targeted ads and privacy are not at odds. viviana: this is bloomberg. ♪ viviana: welcome back. this is a special edition of "bloomberg best." we are wrapping up 20 in the americas by playing back the years top interviews. in april, the international monetary fund warned of slowing growth will glov -- global grow. trade tensions and the trend towards protectionism influenced the forecast. spoke aboutn, she the situation. many forcesinced around the world are supportive of

go grayscale. ♪ >>> for facebook's sheryl sandberg, 2010 saw the highest of highs and the lowest of lows sal rodriguez is here with more, having written this article on cnbc.com, sal, it's titled, here's how sheryl sandberg plunged from global icon to just another powerful tech executive it's a great read, sal i recommend everyone go to cnbc.com to read it. i wonder whether the term "plunged" in the title, you feel, really sums things up. when you read the full article, i don't feel like you've come away thinking that this decade has been that bad for her at all. >> yeah, well, thank you, wilf, for having me. i think the word fits in that her highs were just so high at the start of the decade, right she took, you know, facebook from $2 billion in revenue in 2010 to projected $70.5 billion in 2019. and all of that success, you know, it made her a billionaire, it made her a board member for the company, a female icon in the business world and a household name across america. but more recently for facebook, following the cambridge analytica's scandal, all the election interference, that's r

upin 2019, regulators turned the heat on facebook, but sheryl sandberg said the social media giant doesel. >> i think we have to help people understand that targeted ads and privacy are not at odds. viviana: this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ back.a: welcome i am viviana hurtado. this is a special edition of "bloomberg best." we are playing back the years top interviews in americas. international monetary fund warned of slowing global growth. ,ccording to christine lagarde trade tensions and a trend towards protectionism influence the forecast. in washington, kristin lagarde spoke with tom keene francine lacqua about the situation. ♪ manyam convinced authorities around the world including president trump are supportive of trade, but we need fair trade. we need to have reciprocated benefits in trade, and as a result, clearly things need to be fixed at the wto level, but also at the domestic level, where people should not be left to the side of the road. statistic, is of president trump's trade war with china? of factors a series that impact our forecast. it has to do with many countries around the w

stephen breyer and notorious rvg were ranked 18 collectively and facebook mark zuckerberg and sheryl sandberg as a pair number 35. [laughter] so my question is it a blessing or a burden when your parents look at that list and say that's great but you should have ranked higher. [laughter] >> i would like to thank my tiger mother who did everything in my dad who has been almost like a father to me. [laughter] of course. my entire life is a blessing. my entire life would have been unimaginable to my great-grandparents or my grandmother sitting in the front row to whom this book is dedicated. hi grandma. my inheritance was unbelievable but i was born in this country and the golden age for american jewelry and after the feminist broke down the barriers that were the obstacle between my grandmother and her dreams i think about what she would have been if born in my era another part of my inheritance is that i was born in a country of founders and the jewish story. those new israelites and acting that modern day exodus then there was the fact my grandparents generation that you had to change her nam

[laughter] sheryl sandberg's book came out lean in and of course we want to stand up for ourselves andilence those doubts in our minds that we have but when youug juggle whether an aging parent for the best parent you can be it's not always pretty. i ran into secretary clinton before she was running for president and she said how's it going? i said they said it's lean in but i said feel low - - fall down she said no it's lean on. so if there is any foundation to my ability to barely keep the juggle going because the nanny for our children, my mother and stepfather an emergency meeting security council was called. can you get down here? my stepfather is retired maybe my friend is in new york just any number of people who were on call and allowed themselves and i wasn't the kind of friend that i wish to be and i hope i can be now that they just show up. >> i know we will open questions but because this book is so personal you are so vulnerable sharing so much not only your family history but also how it has impacted you , how you had to go through your emotional and psychological journey

emily: mark zuckerberg and sheryl sandberg have been scrutinized for their leadership.u think they went wrong? maha: i mean, it is pursuing dollars at any cost at the end of the day, right? they were willing to -- whether it is them or people under them, i have no idea. that is for you to figure out as journalists, but i think they were willing to sacrifice a lot of their principles for the almighty dollar and share price. emily: sheryl sandberg, specifically, has been heavily criticized for whatever shortcomings she may have had. do you think that criticism has been fair, or do think that criticism has been disproportionate? aileen: i think in many sectors of society we are witnessing how women are treated and viewed in the public media than men are treated. emily: so you think she is getting criticized more because she is a woman? aileen: obviously, it is not binary. right? she is the chief business officer of the company, and there are a lot of business issues or business decisions and policy decisions that fall under her purview. but, i think if you look at politics

but still have to sway to sheryl sandberg given her connections with washington. >> her connections are they're bringing in, people that they know the washington frame work better. >> neil: the two big cheeses at google are stepping down. then we see the ceo taking over. this is a development that's been played out before but in fairly dramatic fashion. we'll see the fall out of this after this. >> neil: all right. kamala harris announcing she's out of the 2020 campaign. peter doocy is in jackson, mississippi with the very latest on what happens now. peter? >> neil, there was no sign of a dropout for kamala harris when we were in her office in des moines seven days ago. i asked about the state of play in a state where she was all in. >> and from thanksgiving to caucus day, does anything change or you just -- >> we're pushing through. >> and now, she's out. joe biden is continuing his bus tour through iowa just days after politco reported that barack obama told another unnamed candidate that biden doesn't have it anymore in iowa. now biden is telling politco about obama "he may have said

. >> so let's talk about you brought up sheryl sandberg, dani daniel economy, t daniel eck.he fou the founder of this organization. talk about the balancing act that we're going to have to do in the future and how an organization like brilliant minds can educate not only people there, but around the world. like, for instance, i'm sure you're house is the same as mine, we're constantly month storing how much time our kids are on devices. and we understand that many tech leaders don't even let their children have devices in their own homes because they understand some of the dangers. what -- what will brilliant minds do? what should we all -- who should we look for to be a leader in this area? >> in the tech world? >> well, my daughter recently spent four consecutive hours on tick tock so i then know we have a problem. >> i watched it, yes. she's additional. >> she's engaging our husband. i think those two will go viral, stay tuned for that. but i think it's really interesting what you're saying here, and it's very much the reason that we really started this. and we knew we ha