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Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike Steps Down, Is He Right About Web 3?
Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike Steps Down, Is He Right About Web 3?
Moxie Marlinspike has stepped down as chief executive at Signal, the encrypted messaging app he founded in 2014. WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton will serve as interim CEO. “Th...
Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike Steps Down, Is He Right About Web 3?

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MobileCoin Raises $66M to Build Out Privacy-Focused Payments Tech
The round, joined by Alameda Research, Coinbase Ventures and others, looks to put MobileCoin in more messaging apps.
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Signal Founder Hacks Phone-Hacking Tool Cellebrite
Signal Founder Hacks Phone-Hacking Tool Cellebrite
As CoinDesk’s Ben Powers puts it, Signal has narc’d on the narcs. In a recent blog post, private messaging app Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike announced he hacked Cellebrite’...
Signal Founder Hacks Phone-Hacking Tool Cellebrite

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Signal Founder May Have Been More Than a Tech Adviser to MobileCoin
Moxie Marlinspike founded Signal and is on record as being an adviser to MobileCoin. An old white paper suggests his involvement in the latter may be more complicated.
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Encrypted Messaging App Signal Launches Payments Feature
Encrypted Messaging App Signal Launches Payments Feature
Signal, a popular private messaging app, has added a new payments feature in beta with a privacy-focused cryptocurrency called Mobilecoin. “The Hash” panel dives into the deta...
Encrypted Messaging App Signal Launches Payments Feature

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Signal Messaging App Launches MobileCoin Payments Feature in Beta
Yes, but: The feature will only be available to users in the U.K., and only on iOS and Android.
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Encrypted Messaging App Signal Now Accepts Crypto Donations
Encrypted Messaging App Signal Now Accepts Crypto Donations
Encrypted messaging app Signal has partnered with The Giving Block to take donations in 12 cryptocurrencies. Why wouldn’t Signal just set up its own crypto wallet, as opposed...
Encrypted Messaging App Signal Now Accepts Crypto Donations

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Encrypted Messaging App Signal Now Accepts Crypto Donations
The nonprofit behind the popular messaging app is accepting donations in 12 cryptocurrencies through The Giving Block.
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Secure Messaging App Signal Reportedly Toying With Crypto Payments
Staff at the firm are said to be worried the addition would bring bad actors and unwanted regulatory attention.
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