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…

IITian-founded exchange CoinDCX becomes India’s first crypto unicorn

CoinDCX is now India’s first crypto unicorn after the exchange raised $90 million from investors led by Facebook Inc. co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital Group. On Tuesday, in an interview, co-founder and CEO Sumit Gupta said that the latest funding round values at $1.1 billion. Other investors include existing partners Polychain Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Jump…