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
May 12, 2022
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
Feb 1, 2022
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
Jan 31, 2022
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
Nov 30, 2021
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
Oct 19, 2021
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
Sep 7, 2021
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
Aug 18, 2021
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
Jun 22, 2021