Threads

Meta's Threads app saw over 100 million registered users within a week of its launch, becoming one of the fastest-growing apps in history. CoinDesk Executive Director of Global Content Emily Parker discusses her take on the Threads hype and why Twitter has been ripe for disruption for years now.

13 jul 2023

Crypto firm Gemini sued Digital Currency Group last week, alleging the industry conglomerate and its founder Barry Silbert committed "fraud" through DCG subsidiary Genesis, which held funds for Gemini tied to the latter company's Earn program. Hodder Law Firm Managing Partner Sasha Hodder discusses the key takeaways. Plus, what to make of Twitter threatening to sue Facebook parent company Meta over the Threads app. CoinDesk and Genesis are both owned by DCG.

10 jul 2023

Sasha Hodder, founder and managing partner of Hodder Law Firm, addresses Twitter's threat of legal action against Facebook parent company Meta. "If it's true that these people went over there and took their trade secrets that they learned for years at Twitter, and then handed it over to Facebook and built this program using the same source code, certainly there would be some remedies available Elon, under various trade secret laws," Hodder said.

10 jul 2023

"The Hash" hosts discusses the hype around Threads, a new social media app built by the Instagram team at Facebook parent company Meta. Plus, Twitter's response to the competition as Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has drawn 30 million users just a day after the launch of its initial version.

7 jul 2023