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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.

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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.

Airdrops

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

Brady DaleDec 13, 2019

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 HertigNov 9, 2019

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

Messaging

Keybase

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

William FoxleySep 9, 2019

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 SewardJun 6, 2019

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

David Marcus

Libra: Everything We Know About Facebook’s Cryptocurrency

Brady DaleMay 29, 2019

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 PalmerOct 3, 2018

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 ZhaoAug 29, 2018

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

Exchanges

Messaging Giant Line to Launch South Korean Blockchain Subsidiary

Nikhilesh DeApr 3, 2018

Japan-based social messaging platform Line is launching a blockchain-focused subsidiary in South Korea.

Privacy

Startup Wickr Hints at Vision for Blockchain in Private Messaging

Brady DaleNov 1, 2017

The company behind Wickr, the privacy-oriented instant message app, has been awarded a patent that proposes using blockchain to maintain chat records.

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