Messaging

Payments

Secure Messaging App Signal Reportedly Toying With Crypto Payments

Tanzeel AkhtarJan 26, 2021

Staff at the firm are said to be worried the addition would bring bad actors and unwanted regulatory attention.

Privacy

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

Sebastian SinclairJul 7, 2020

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

Donations

Encrypted Messaging App Signal Now Accepts Crypto Donations

Tanzeel AkhtarMar 16, 2021

The nonprofit behind the popular messaging app is accepting donations in 12 cryptocurrencies through The Giving Block.

Crime

Encrypted Messaging Site Privnote Cloned to Steal Bitcoin

Sebastian SinclairJun 15, 2020

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.

Coronavirus

Blockchain Gaming, Messaging Apps See User Growth Amid Coronavirus Lockdowns

Brady DaleApr 3, 2020

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

Messaging

Airdrops

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

Brady Dale

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

Privacy

How Bitcoin’s Lightning Can Be Used for Private Messaging

Alyssa Hertig

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

Keybase

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

William Foxley

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

Facebook

More Details Emerge on Team Behind Facebook’s Secretive Blockchain

Zack Seward

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

David Marcus

Libra: Everything We Know About Facebook’s Cryptocurrency

Brady Dale

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

Security

Israel’s Securities Watchdog Builds Blockchain Into Its Messaging Tool

Daniel Palmer

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

Ethereum

Origin Is Rolling Out a Decentralized Messaging App Built on Ethereum

Wolfie Zhao

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