Meta to Shutter Novi Crypto Payments Wallet in September, Ending Libra Saga
Three years into its stablecoin gambit, Meta’s final Libra dinosaur is going out the door.
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Jul 1, 2022 at 9:37 p.m. UTC
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Libra Creator David Marcus Begins New Lightning Network Venture, Lightspark
Details are vague, but Lightspark has raised an undisclosed funding round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Paradigm.
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May 12, 2022 at 9:15 p.m. UTC
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Ex-Meta Coders Raising $200M to Bring Diem Blockchain to Life: Sources
Aptos is eyeing a $2 billion valuation for its bid to bring the Diem blockchain into users’ hands, sources tell CoinDesk.
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Feb 24, 2022 at 2:06 p.m. UTC
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Diem May Be Gone, but Its Legacy Lives On
It's still not yet time to lay this much plagued stablecoin project to rest.
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Feb 1, 2022 at 6:04 p.m. UTC
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Diem Confirms Shutdown as Silvergate Acquires the Project's Assets
Facebook (now Meta) is officially winding down the stablecoin project it announced in June 2019.
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Jan 31, 2022 at 10:10 p.m. UTC
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Libra Creator David Marcus Says He’s Leaving Facebook at Year’s End
He leaves the stablecoin project, first announced in June 2019, as it continues to face stiff regulatory headwinds.
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Nov 30, 2021 at 6:10 p.m. UTC
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US Lawmakers Push Back on Facebook’s Novi Wallet Launch
A group of Democrat senators is taking umbrage with a pilot launch involving Novi and Paxos’ USDP stablecoin.
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Oct 19, 2021 at 11:45 p.m. UTC
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Former Libra Director Joins Polkadot Builder
Bertrand Perez is joining the Web3 Foundation as chief operating officer after resigning from the Facebook-linked Diem in July.
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Sep 7, 2021 at 8:07 p.m. UTC
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Facebook: Novi Digital Wallet Is ‘Ready to Come to Market’
Most states in the U.S. have approved the product.
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Aug 18, 2021 at 2:11 p.m. UTC
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State of Crypto: Reflecting on Libra's (Regulatory) Legacy
Facebook unveiled the Libra project a little over two years ago today. The original vision may have died but its legacy will live on.
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Jun 22, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. UTC
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