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Tech

With Chat Privacy Under Threat in US, Firm Develops '100% User-Controlled' Messaging

Unstoppable Domains is working to give users full control over their chat data with a new decentralized protocol.

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Markets

Encrypted Messaging Site Privnote Cloned to Steal Bitcoin

The free web service, which lets users send encrypted messages that self-destruct once read, has been copied with the reported aim of redirecting users' bitcoin to criminals.

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Tech

Blockchain Gaming, Messaging Apps See User Growth Amid Coronavirus Lockdowns

Coronavirus lockdowns have led to a relative surge in a small corner of the cryptocurrency space: its more casual and entertaining end.

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Finance

Stellar Tried to Give Away 2B XLM Tokens on Keybase. Then the Spammers Came

What was advertised to be a $120 million giveaway will now be much less. Here's why.

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How Bitcoin's Lightning Can Be Used for Private Messaging

Bitcoin's lightning network might have a use case beyond faster and more scalable payments, thanks to an experimental version called Whatsat.

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Stellar to Give Away 2 Billion XLM Valued at $120 Million Today

Keybase users can expect monthly XLM airdrops, adding up to 2 billion XLM over the next 20 months.

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More Details Emerge on Team Behind Facebook's Secretive Blockchain

News outlets are beginning to identify key staffers behind Facebook's "GlobalCoin" project.

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Libra: Everything We Know About Facebook's Cryptocurrency

Here's the complete story (so far) of Facebook's potentially transformative blockchain project.

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Markets

Israel's Securities Watchdog Builds Blockchain Into Its Messaging Tool

Israel's securities regulator has launched a blockchain-based messaging system in a bid to improve security and fight fraud.

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Markets

Origin Is Rolling Out a Decentralized Messaging App Built on Ethereum

Origin Protocol, a blockchain project building a decentralized marketplace, has rolled out a P2P messaging app on its demo platform.

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