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Token Investors May Sue After Former Korean Social Media Giant Shuts Down

A once hugely popular social media site, Cyworld's abrupt closure brings uncertainty to holders of its recently launched crypto token.

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Roll Wants to Take Power From YouTube With Cryptos for Content Creators

"Social money" startup Roll raised a $1.7 million seed round from BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes, Gary Vaynerchuk and Techstars.

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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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DARPA-Funded Study Looks at How Crypto Chats Spread on Reddit

A U.S. Department of Energy science lab has been studying how well three popular cryptos performed in Reddit chats. Here's what they found.

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Block.One's New Social Media Site Will Do Identity Checks for Every User

Details are emerging about Block.one's new social platform, Voice. Here's what we know so far.

Crowded room at the Block.One announcement for Voice. Photo by Brady Dale.

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Block.One Is Launching a Social Media Platform on the EOS Blockchain

Multibillion-dollar startup Block.one is announcing a new social platform, Voice, which aims to give users more control over their content.

CEO Brendan Blumer announces Voice, June 1, 2019, screenshot via Block.one livestream

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Ethereum-Powered Social Network Cent Launches Payments via Chat

Cent now enables direct messages with ether payments, even without downloading crypto wallet software.

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Facebook's Blockchain Hiring Spree Continues With 5 New Job Postings

Social media behemoth Facebook is advertising for five more blockchain-related positions – adding to the 20 posted by the company in recent weeks.

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2018: When Privacy and Decentralization Collided

In an op-ed written exclusively for CoinDesk, Enigma CEO Guy Zyskind says 2019 must be about building decentralized solutions for data privacy.

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Elon Musk Sparks Speculation With Cryptic Crypto Tweet

Elon Musk mentioned bitcoin in a mysterious tweet, and it's whipping up plenty of speculation across the crypto community.

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