Facebook announced that it is loosening its ban on blockchain and cryptocurrency-related ads. “We’ve listened to feedback and assessed the policy’s effectiveness,” Facebook wrote in a blog post. “While we will still require people to apply to run ads promoting cryptocurrency, starting today, we will...
The news last Friday that Facebook has plans to launch its own global crypto-based payments rails is déjà vu all over again. Déjà vu because it was 10 years ago, in May of 2009, that Facebook launched the alpha version of Facebook Credits. Credits was...
June 17, 2019
Facebook’s GlobalCoin project has to overcome some big issues before its official launch. CoinDesk spoke to seven knowledgeable sources about GlobalCoin, also known as Project Libra, revealing that the project’s software has been delayed because of potential blockchain partners’ reluctance to work on something that doesn’t appear to be a true cryptocurrency. With that in […]
May 09, 2019
Facebook announced that it is loosening its ban on blockchain and cryptocurrency-related ads. “We’ve listened to feedback and assessed the policy’s effectiveness,” Facebook wrote in a blog post. “While we...