Signal reportedly exploring crypto payment features
Fast-rising messaging service Signal is rumored to be experimenting with a privacy crypto token. Privacy-focused messaging app Signal is reportedly devoting resources towards the development of a cryptocurrency payments service for its users.According to a report by Casey Newton, the founder of the technology newsletter service Platformer, Signal is mulling crypto payment integration on the app.The report claims that Signal reportedly ran pilot tests for such a token on the Binance-backed, Stellar-based privacy cryptocurrency platform MobileCoin. Moxie Marlinspike, CEO of Signal, serves as....
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