Meta – Facebook is winding its cryptocurrency division

On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Meta Platform Inc.’s digital currency project Diem Association is shutting down and selling its technology to California-based Silvergate Capital for about $200 million. Formerly Facebook Inc., Meta first unveiled plans for Diem, called Libra previously, in June 2019, as part of an effort to expand beyond social…

Government denies any data on active crypto users or exchanges

In a reply to a query asked by former Bihar deputy CM and Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi, Nirmala Sitharaman, the Finance Minister, on July 27 informed the Rajya Sabha that the Indian Government isn’t gathering any information on the cryptocurrency market and has no clue about the count of active crypto exchange platform…

Amazon to Hire Blockchain Professional for Payment Team

Amazon, the worldwide e-commerce firm’s current job posting suggested that Amazon is in a quest for a blockchain product and digital currency head for its payment team. A vacancy post by Amazon mentioned that its Payment Acceptance and Experience team is in search of an experienced product leader to create the company’s Digital Currency and…