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WhatsApp will support cryptocurrency transfers.
Novi, Meta’s finance business, is testing the sending and receiving of digital money over WhatsApp on a small number of users in the United States.
The messaging platform’s end-to-end encryption attracts consumers; the new function does not infringe on users’ privacy.
Following a setback in the launch of Diem, Novi shifted its emphasis to facilitating bitcoin transactions on the messaging network.
Novi from Meta has unveiled a pilot program in which a restricted number of people has been evaluating the capabilities and services of WhatsApp payment. The acceptance of cryptocurrency payments on a messaging network is a significant step forward, given millions of people utilize WhatsApp’s encrypted chat service.
Meta adds cryptocurrency payments to WhatsApp.
Meta (previously Facebook) has reached a new milestone by allowing bitcoin payments to be made to users of the messaging app WhatsApp.
Novi Chief Stephane Kasriel announced the news on Twitter. Kasriel indicated that just a small percentage of WhatsApp users in the United States could send and receive cryptocurrency.
Despite setbacks in the launch of Meta’s digital currency (Diem), the company made a significant milestone with the…
