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Story: Transfer Cryptocurrency Using WhatsApp Messaging App

By Steven Anderson

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Facebook Inc is currently working on developing a cryptocurrency that will allow their users to be able to transfer money using the WhatsApp Messaging app.

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The App will first of all be concentrating on remittances in India.  This information was provided by people who were familiar with the matter.

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Facebook is developing a Stablecoin.  This will be a digital currency that will be pegged to the USD.

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Facebook will take some decent amount of time to release the coin; however, they are still in the process of strategizing.  They are making plans for custody assets.

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It has long been expected for Facebook to be providing financial services.  This expectation shot up when Facebook hired David Marcus, the president of PayPal to run the…

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The blockchain initiatives of the company have not been discussed in detail so far. The employee titles on LinkedIn page confirmed the hiring spree of Facebook.

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The company spokesman further remarked that “Like several other companies, Facebook will be exploring methods to leverage the power of the blockchain technology, and that the…

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WhatsApp, is a mobile-messaging app that is encrypted and very popular in India.  There are more than 200 million users.

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There has been a widespread boom of cryptocurrency projects based on the stable coins.  There was a point when there were more than 120 ventures on this theme according to a…

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It has not been easy to execute this task so far, as at least one of such high profile projects did shut down this week.

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