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Social media users are leaving traditional providers in droves in favor of more independent platforms over fears of unwarranted data collection, censorship, and refusal of service.
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WhatsApp News
WhatsApp Messenger is a messaging platform that was released in 2009 by WhatsApp Inc. The WhatsApp app allows text messaging, voice and video calls, and media and document exchange. WhatsApp is widening the functionality of applications and is currently working on WhatsApp Payments — a peer-to-peer feature that will allow users to send money through the WhatsApp platform. WhatsApp Messenger is one of the largest virtual community holders and, for some time, was the major platform in terms of their user base. Their large user base produced numerous groups of interest, including blockchain and Bitcoin WhatsApp groups. It is possible that WhatsApp blockchain implementation will be the first among the major messengers. The possibility for a censorship-resistant, immutable e-commerce platform has received positive feedback from the community and may become the next step in the development of the WhatsApp Messenger.
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Regulators around the globe are increasingly turning hostile to the social media behemoth.
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There are multiple ways to approach digital payments, and Facebook wants to cover them all.
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Facebook is determined not to take “no” for an answer when it comes to fintech.
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WhatsApp’s payment features have been suspended in Brazil less than one month after the Facebook-owned app rolled them out.
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WhatsApp has announced instant in-app fiat payments for over 120 million users in Brazil.
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Ex-Cambridge Analytica executive Brittany Kaiser discusses issues of global data protection crisis in an interview with Cointelegraph.
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Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of cloud-based messenger Telegram, says that Apple’s cloud service iCloud is “now officially a surveillance tool.”
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British decentralized communication startup New Vector has raised $8.5 million to promote an alternative messaging protocol.
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The integration of DLT technology into messenger apps is expected to drive mainstream crypto adoption, but possibly at the expense of centralization.
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Binance unveils its own project to rival Facebook’s Libra, Bitcoin’s dominance may not be what we all thought, and WhatsApp plots digital payments launch.
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Binance launched its own stablecoin project, but faces stiff competition from Libra and the Chinese government in its quest...
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Facebook-owned WhatsApp is in early talks with local firms to launch digital payments service in Indonesia.
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Social media giant Facebook plans to launch its own payments-focused cryptocurrency “Globalcoin” in 2020.
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A new strain of Trojan malware for Android phones is targeting global users of top crypto apps such as Coinbase, BitPay and Bitcoin Wallet.
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