Vale Diem: How Facebook’s ambitious stablecoin project came to an end

On Jan. 31, Meta, formerly known as Facebook, announced that it was pulling from its stablecoin project, Diem, formerly known as Libra. Intellectual property and other assets related to the operations of the Diem Payment Network were to be sold to Silvergate Capital Corporation, essentially meaning the end to Mark Zuckerberg and his corporations’ stablecoin […]

With Bill Barr leaving the DoJ, what will the next Attorney General do about crypto?

In a tweet Monday evening, President Trump announced the departure of William Barr from the office of Attorney General. The announcement comes the same day that the Electoral College convened and confirmed Joe Biden’s victory in the November election. Barr, long one of Trump’s most loyal allies, will be stepping down on December 23. Under Barr’s […]