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• Facebook wants to pay you to answer social media questions

  We already know apps like Facebook try to learn as much about you as possible, so why not at least get paid for it? Facebook ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Italians apparently prefer Bitcoin over Visa or MasterCard for online payments

  It seems Italians are quite keen on using Bitcoin for online payments. Use of the cryptocurrency surpasses direct payments ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Facebook defends Libra comparing it to some of the 'most meaningful innovations' of our time — lol

  Facebook’s Libra lead has defended the technology giant’s ‘cryptocurrency’ project at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas.

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Facebook’s Libra ‘cryptocurrency’ gets desperate as it considers stablecoins

  Facebook's controversial 'cryptocurrency' Libra could be based on national currencies such as the dollar, the tech giant ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• An overview of Facebook’s 'cryptocurrency' supporters — who’s in and who’s out

  Finding it hard to keep track? We've put together a quick overview of every organization that's still involved with Facebook's ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Facebook's ‘cryptocurrency’ Libra unveils official backers, but its future is still uncertain

  Facebook has managed to officially sign up 21 organizations to its Libra Association following several high-profile departures ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Facebook faces EU grilling over Libra 'cryptocurrency' after losing PayPal backing

  As Facebook deals with the loss of PayPal's backing for its 'cryptocurrency' Libra, the tech giant must now get ready to ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Moonday Mornings: Investigations into UK crypto businesses rise 74% in 1 year

  Welcome, it's time for Moonday Mornings. It's Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• PayPal may be getting cold feet over Facebook’s ‘cryptocurrency’ Libra

  Facebook’s ‘cryptocurrency’ Libra is reportedly on the verge of losing another one of its partners after Paypal pulled ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency lead fires back at Wall Street Journal report

  David Marcus, the man in charge of getting Facebook's controversial 'cryptocurrency' Libra off the ground, has fired back ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Coinbase thief goofs by emailing apology to police, gets arrested while in jail for something else

  Now he's stuck in jail because he can't afford the $150,000 bail. A tip for cryptocurrency thieves - don't use PayPal to ...

  • David Canellis

• European Central Bank bigwig outlines why Facebook's Libra isn't real cryptocurrency

  Here's a challenge: replace all Libra/Facebook references in this speech to the name of your favorite shitcoin. All the concerns ...

  • David Canellis

• 'Crypto Twitter' anxiously awaits white paper for Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency

  Facebook is set to release its white paper for the new Libra 'cryptocurrency,' and the industry seems divided over exactly ...

  • David Canellis

• PSA: Set your Venmo transactions to private right now

  A new research has found that Venmo continues to make it easy for third-parties to scrap users' public transaction history ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• PayPal snitched on bullish movie pirate who bought $1M in cryptocurrency from Coinbase

  US authorities have seized over $4 million worth of cryptocurrency and cash following in a movie piracy investigation conducted ...

  • Mix

• Wikileaks’ Bitcoin donations spike following Julian Assange’s arrest

  Bitcoin donations to Wikileaks have suddenly started rolling in by the bulk, as news broke that Julian Assange has been arrested ...

  • Mix

• PewDiePie to give $50K via blockchain app that deplatformed Alex Jones

  PewDiePie will donate up to $50K in cryptocurrency during a live broadcast on DLive, but the app is likely not the streaming ...

  • David Canellis

• Payment options in apps can be designed better

  Let’s start with a simple thought: What was the last meal that you had? How did you decide to eat a certain dish as opposed ...

  • Dharmesh Ba

• PayPal makes its first blockchain startup investment

  The payments giant, PayPal, has invested in Cambridge Blockchain, a startup developing digital identity management software ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• 4 cryptocurrency Twitter takes you really need to read

  Did you miss these hot Twitter takes from cryptocurrency insiders? Hard Fork has you covered, we wouldn't let them go to ...

  • David Canellis

• HOLD: On-chain vs off-chain transactions: An explainer so simple your grandparents would understand

  Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Twitter let someone promote an obvious PayPal phishing scam

  How did this slip through the cracks?

  • Matthew Hughes

• This new site gives you an easy way to request money via PayPal, Venmo, Patreon, and Cash App

  Moneyyy.me is a new site that lets you easily request payments from people.

  • Callum Booth

• EOS rumored for new wave of investments from Bitmain and billionaire Peter Thiel

  Peter Thiel, the tech billionaire who co-founded PayPal, is rumoured to have backed development group Block.one and by extension ...

  • David Canellis

• PayPal won't refund Twitch troll's $50,000 in donations

  Many Twitch streamers are no stranger to large donations, but what if a random stranger dropped $11,500 on you after seeing ...

  • Bryan Clark