Meta – Facebook is winding its cryptocurrency division

On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Meta Platform Inc.’s digital currency project Diem Association is shutting down and selling its technology to California-based Silvergate Capital for about $200 million. Formerly Facebook Inc., Meta first unveiled plans for Diem, called Libra previously, in June 2019, as part of an effort to expand beyond social…

Facebook reverses cryptocurrency advertisement ban

On Wednesday, Facebook announced its decision to end the much-awaited policy that obstructed many crypto firms from running advertisements on its services. The stance comes post the firm, which is now renamed as ‘Meta’, tried and failed to introduce crypto that could be utilized to send money online to anyone worldwide through Facebook products. On…