In this week’s bite-sized digest of the hottest stories from Bitcoin.com News, a hacker claims to have stolen a massive amount of Chinese citizens’ personal data from Shanghai police, and now wants to sell it for ten bitcoins. Also, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has ditched the Novi project, after unveiling a new metaverse wallet. These stories…
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Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is preparing to face a strong market downturn. According to reports, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, announced a change in the hiring policies of the company, lowering the number of engineers planned to be hired from 10K to 6-7K. Previously, Zuckerberg had warned about the metaverse pivot of…
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Meta’s wallet pilot Novi is set to end in September, with the announcement coming days after Mark Zuckerberg touts Meta Pay on Facebook. Meta’s first foray into the world of cryptocurrencies is set to end in September with the closure of its Novi wallet pilot project. Novi’s website landing page has been revamped to inform…
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Facebook parent company Meta has enabled a group of US creators to show non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on their profiles. Meta has launched digital collectibles support on Facebook with select creators and only in the USA, and has already begun a slow rollout, TechChrunch reported, citing a company spokesperson. The news of the launch was shared…
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Nonfungible tokens will be found under a tab on creators’ Facebook timelines in a gradual rollout starting in the United States. Facebook will support nonfungible tokens (NFTs) with a “digital collectibles” tab on creators’ timelines to display their work. Meta technical program manager Navdeep Singh displayed screenshots of NFTs and a creator’s page Thursday on…
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Earlier this week, Meta also announced it would join with other tech companies to create a Metaverse standards body. Instagram’s parent company, Meta, announced Wednesday that it will begin testing NFTs on Instagram Stories using its augmented reality platform Spark AR. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said of the news, “We’re expanding our test so more creators around the world…
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Social media giant Meta is working on a wallet for the metaverse as the company is expanding its NFTs test and launching new features for creators on Facebook and Instagram…. Read More: Meta Developing Metaverse Wallet as Social Media Giant Doubles Down on NFTs Read more »Pay, Trade, Buy Bitcoin with Credit Card
Meta announced that it was launching a designer digital clothing store that will allow users to purchase pieces of clothing for their avatars in its metaverse. The company believes that clothing and other accessories will become an important part of the users’ identity expression and that this will entice them to spend money on digital…
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Yahoo has announced its intention to launch a series of Metaverse projects in Hong Kong, apparently creating a brief rally for Decentraland’s native token, MANA. Yahoo has announced a series of Metaverse and NFT-related activities in Hong Kong, a day after Meta Platforms outlined its own metaverse plans for the region. Yahoo, a US-based internet…
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Meta Platforms Inc., formerly Facebook, has filed five trademark applications for “Meta Pay.” The filings cover a wide range of cryptocurrency services. The company is renaming Facebook Pay to Meta Pay.
Trademark Applications for Meta Pay
Meta Platforms Inc., formerly Facebook, filed five trademark applications for “Meta Pay” with the United States Patent and…
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