Tagged: diem

December 2, 2024 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

David Marcus, the current CEO and co-founder at Lightspark, which claims to be building the open Money Grid on Bitcoin (and previously who ran Payments/Crypto and Messenger at Meta) recently shared via social media just how the Facebook-led Libra(at one point called Diem) initiative was… Read More

January 5, 2023 @ 11:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Silvergate (NYSE:SI), a west-coast regulated bank that has moved into the digital asset sector in a big way, announced that it was writing down its purchase of Diem to zero. Diem was the digital currency project launched by Facebook – META (NASDAQ:FB) that attempted to create… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 10:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Novi, the Facebook – Meta (NASDAQ:META)  project to launch a digital wallet, is shutting down. According to the Novi website, the Novi App and Novi on WhatsApp (another Meta firm) will cease operations on September 1, 2022, blocking all access to any existing accounts. Novi, along… Read More

March 14, 2022 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

David Marcus was previously the head of Facebook / Meta’s (NASDAQ:FB) initiative to create a non-sovereign global digital currency. First branded as Libra, and then as Diem, the digital currency launched with much fanfare but eventually sputtered – largely due to global regulatory pushback that made… Read More

February 1, 2022 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alan Lane, CEO at Silvergate Capital (NYSE:SI), has noted that the bank holding company aims to introduce a stablecoin by the end of 2022.  The plan has been revealed after the firm’s recent acquisitions of assets and intellectual property (IP) from Meta’s (Facebook) (NASDAQ:FB) crypto project… Read More

January 27, 2022 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Facebook/Meta’s (NASDAQ:FB) digital currency venture Diem will be sold to Silvergate Capital for $200 million, according to WSJ.com. It was previously rumored that the failed cryptocurrency project was on the auction block as Meta threw in the towel on a project that once sought to… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 9:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Diem, the digital currency project previously known as Libra created by Meta (NASDAQ:FB) (formerly doing business as Facebook) may be for sale. According to a report by Bloomberg, Diem is on the auction block due to “regulatory pressure.” Initially launched with great fanfare as a… Read More

November 30, 2021 @ 4:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

David Marcus, the lead executive at Facebook / Meta (NASDAQ:FB) heading the charge for Facebook’s botched attempt to create a digital currency is exiting the firm to “pursue other projects,” according to a report in Bloomberg. Marcus joined Facebook from PayPal in 2014. According to… Read More

November 18, 2021 @ 3:19 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

While the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is conducting research into various applications of cryptocurrencies and distributed ledger technologies, they are under no pressure to quickly roll out solutions to address clear needs in the marketplace, a representative said earlier today. Speaking to the Australian… Read More

October 21, 2021 @ 12:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Formerly known as Libra and then Diem, Facebook’s (NASD:FB) scaled-back entrance into the digital currency sector has announced the firm’s Novi digital wallet pilot program is rolling out – starting with Guatemala and the United States. The pilot is designed to confirm operational readiness as… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 12:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

First DAG, which has created global virtual payment platform as a service, reveals that Diem Association’s Technical Steering Committee (TSC) has appointed its CTO, Daniel Prinz, as an official Maintainer of the Diem blockchain, which is a distributed, programmable database developed to act as the… Read More

July 4, 2021 @ 6:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The dramatic growth of stablecoin issuance may eventually have implications for the overall functioning of short-term credit markets, according to Fitch Ratings. The statement by Fitch follows comments late last month by Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren stating that Tether is a looming risk for… Read More

June 22, 2021 @ 11:33 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This time Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) believes its added QR code functionality finally hits the mark. After earlier attempts at testing the technology, Facebook has added QR code functionality on Messenger, a move analysts see as a direct charge at Venmo and Zelle. What is different this… Read More

May 12, 2021 @ 5:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Silvergate Capital Corporation (NYSE: SI) will partner with Diem, formerly Libra, to issue a US dollar stablecoin in the US. Silvergate is a Federal Reserve member bank and a provider of financial infrastructure solutions and services for the growing digital currency industry. Shares in Silvergate… Read More

May 12, 2021 @ 4:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a significant twist of events, Diem, formerly Libra, has withdrawn its payment systems application in Switzerland. Diem had submitted an application to Switzerland, a crypto-friendly jurisdiction, in anticipation of launching a global cryptocurrency. The  Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) said that Diem Networks… Read More

April 21, 2021 @ 3:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Christian Catalini, an MIT Professor and co-founder of Diem (formerly Libra), visited with CNBC yesterday providing a minor update on the much-anticipated cryptocurrency. Libra/Diem lurched into the crypto-sphere in 2019 with great expectations of becoming a non-sovereign digital currency utilized by the hundreds of millions… Read More

April 9, 2021 @ 3:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech has become ubiquitous in big tech as users benefit from the convenience of not having to dig for a wallet or hit an ATM for cash as well as other services. It is commonplace for people to whip out their iPhones and pay at… Read More

March 21, 2021 @ 2:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Researchers at Deutsche Bank (XETRA: DBKGn.DB /NYSE: DB) have published an update, titled The Future of Payments in which they look into whether Bitcoin (BTC) may offer any value to the financial system. The bank’s research team points out that Bitcoin or BTC’s market capitalization… Read More

March 15, 2021 @ 11:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Diem, a startup that aims to combine traditional banking with a service that allows users to sell their unwanted items to the company, has secured $5.5 million in capital via a seed round that was led by Fasanara Capital. Diem provides a user account,… Read More

December 11, 2020 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Kingdom has maintained its status as a major global Fintech hub. But will the country be able to capture a significant share of the world’s financial technology business after Brexit and can it retain its dominant status despite the challenges created by the… Read More