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Today in Crypto: BNB Chain Unveils 3rd Blockchain in BNB Ecosystem, Tether ‘Never Borrowed from Celsius’, Ripple Sold $226M Worth of XRP in Q4
1.2.2023
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Jack Dorsey Gives Decentralized Social Network Nostr 14 BTC in Funding
15.12.2022
The former Twitter CEO has donated roughly 14 BTC worth $245,000 to fund Nostr's development, after recently publishing his views on a native internet protocol for social media
Russian Social Media Giant Vkontakte Launches NFT Service
15.12.2022
Russia’s largest social network, Vkontakte, has launched a feature allowing users to upload digital collectibles to the platform. Account holders will also be able to buy and sell them in the future as the company intends to establish a marketplace for non-fungible tokens. Vkontakte Users...
Meta Announces Layoffs Affecting 13% of Workforce; More Than 11,000 Employees to Be Fired Amidst ‘Cultural Shift’
9.11.2022
Meta, the social network company, has announced that it will cut 11,000 jobs, letting go of 13% of the employees in its workforce amidst a “cultural shift” in the company. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the company, explained this decision was made due to a need to become more “capital...
Jack Dorsey-Backed Decentralized Social Network Bluesky Gets 30,000 Signups in 48 Hours
20.10.2022
The Web3 social media protocol aims to solve the issues associated with data silos that exist across today’s applications
Decentralized Social Network's DeSo Token Rallies Amid Stablecoin Plans
6.10.2022
Privacy-Focused Social Network MeWe Ties Into Blockchain-Powered Protocol
20.9.2022
Using Project Liberty's protocol will make MeWe the largest decentralized social media platform
Meta Launches Horizon Worlds Metaverse App in Spain and France
18.8.2022
Meta, the social network company, has expanded the services of its flagship metaverse app, Horizon Worlds, to Spain and France. This move is part of the expansion plan of Meta to offer these services to more countries in Europe this year. While the app was available as an invite-only service...
Zigazoo, a Social Network for Kids, Raises $17M to Further Web3 Ambitions
28.6.2022
The app recently sold out four NFT drops tied to top children’s brands and talent
Bastyon Crypto Social Network Integrates TOR Network and Releases Post Advertising for Pocketcoin (PKOIN)
17.6.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Bastyon as the Web 3.0 Social Platform Most crypto projects are nothing but cones of a few successful coins. Bastyon, on the other hand, is a fast-growing social platform that combines elements of Youtube, Twitter and Torrent; it recently passed four hundred thousand users...
Agoras: Cryptocurrency Designed to Evolve Alongside Humanity
15.6.2022
Agoras is the cryptocurrency of Tau. If you haven’t heard about Tau yet, it is the first-ever decentralized blockchain social network, that will be able to take the thoughts, advice, and knowledge of its users and update its own software in real-time to give all users control over what...
ECB on Crypto, African Bitcoin Hub, Coinbase in Fortune 500, Binance in Dubai + More News
24.5.2022
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Elon Musk Could Renegotiate Twitter Deal as Bot Number 'Unknowable as the Human Soul'
17.5.2022
In another installment of Elon Musk’s journey towards acquiring social media giant Twitter, the billionaire is apparently aiming to renegotiate his bid to take over the platform, declaring that a lower price tag would not be “out of the question.”
Speaking at a conference in Miami, Tesla’s...
The ‘Digital Town Square’: What Might Musk’s Twitter Deal Mean?
30.4.2022
Jean Burgess, Professor and Associate Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, the Queensland University of Technology._____
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, seems set to purchase the social media platform Twitter for around USD 44bn. He says he’s...
Elon's Twitter: bluesky Keeps Independence, Dorsey Praises Musk, Market Awaits Next Step
26.4.2022
Tesla chief and multi-billionaire Elon Musk is taking over Twitter for USD 54.20 a share, and has already received praise from Twitter’s founder Jack Dorsey. Meanwhile, the Twitter-funded decentralized social media project bluesky says it will remain independent “no matter what happens.”...
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Elon Musk in Talks with Twitter Board to Strike Deal - Report
25.4.2022
Twitter and Tesla chief and billionaire Elon Musk are reportedly in talks to strike a deal, after Musk earlier this month laid out an offer to buy 100% of the shares in Twitter for USD 45bn and take the company private. Shares of Tesla rose modestly on the news in pre-market trading...
Japan’s Top Messaging App LINE Launches Marketplace With 40,000 NFTs
15.4.2022
Japan’s top social network and messaging app, LINE, has launched a marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The new service allows 90 million LINE users to send and exchange NFTs with their friends. ‘LINE NFT’ Marketplace Launched LVC Corp., the operator of LINE’s...
Spanish Securities Watchdog Calls for Search Engines, Social Network Operators to Stop Promoting Unregistered Investment Platforms
6.4.2022
The CNMV, the Spanish securities regulator, has called for large search engines and social networks to stop offering advertising services for platforms that are not registered to offer investment or financial services. The regulator has also stated that it will take matters into its own hands...
Tether Teases Swiss Bitcoin Plan, VKontakte Mulls NFTs, FTX Ups Its Game, EU Open to Crypto + More News
21.2.2022
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Abandoned TON Crypto Project Could Be Coming to Telegram After All, in a Different Form
20.1.2022
The Russian social media giant Telegram’s once-grand crypto plans may be dead and buried, but developers working on a network based on the abandoned Telegram Open Network (TON) are edging closer to launching their own version of TON.
The TON platform, which was to make use of a coin named...