Inside Aptos — the $1.9 billion blockchain born out of the shuttered Libra project

Episode 116 of Season 4 of The Scoop was recorded live with The Block’s Frank Chaparro and Kevin Peng, and Aptos Co-Founders Avery Ching and Mohammed Shaikh. Listen below, and subscribe to...

Terra could leave a similar regulatory legacy to that of Facebook’s Libra

New draft legislation on stablecoins in the United States House of Representatives proposed to impose a two-year ban on new algorithmically pegged stablecoins like TerraUSD (UST). The proposed legisla...

Washington is too obsessed with cryptocurrencies, CFPB director says

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra sees stablecoins as a rapid growth area that regulators will need to monitor for risks to the rest of the financial system. “A stableco...

Meta to Shutter Novi Crypto Payments Wallet in September, Ending Libra Saga

“We are already leveraging the years spent on building capabilities for Meta overall on blockchain and introducing new products, such as digital collectibles,” Meta said in an emailed statement. “You ...

Blockchain reward programs. Interview with Libra Incentix’s Co-Founder Andrew Doxsey

Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies have firmly placed themselves in the global financial economy over the past decade. While fiat currencies are simply a form of payment, blockchain technologi...

Facebook Crypto Projects Fail! Here’s why DIEM and LIBRA Dumped

The blockchain space has grown with exciting updates and new upgrades over the years. These changes make the blockchain space accessible and usable. While the space is relatively new, the major challe...

Five Social Networks Defending Against Blockchain Disruption

Getty Images, Illustration by Forbes Social networks are really the ultimate middlemen. We yearn for communication; they orchestrate it, reaping hefty profits—a situation ripe for disruption by blockc...

Facebook Announces Plans to Sell Libra Crypto Project

The Libra/ Diem cryptocurrency project that was started so long ago by Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook is presently up for sale. The project has come crashing down underneath the heavy regulatory scrutin...

Mark Zuckerberg And Co. Consider Selling Diem / Libra, Their Stablecoin Project

Another one bites the dust. The Diem project is dead, according to Bloomberg. The report comes from anonymous sources and does its best not to assure anything. However, considering the project’s head ...