Facebook owner Meta targets finance with 'Zuck Bucks' and creator coins
Social media group seeks alternative revenue streams as popularity of its main products falls
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Social media group seeks alternative revenue streams as popularity of its main products falls
A recent report claims that tech giant Facebook (now known as Meta) is still planning on developing its own digital currency despite previous failures in the crypto space. Mark Zuckerberg and the Masters of the Universe are reportedly exploring the "least regulated way to offer a digital currency."
Meta's move into the financial space is reportedly aimed at developing alternative sources of revenue as interest in Facebook and Instagram drops.
Suspension of the project has left 100 employees at Facebook's Israel R&D center facing an uncertain future, sources have informed "Globes."
Facebook announced the Libra project in 2019, at the time envisioning it as a stablecoin based on a basket of national currencies that could serve as a global currency for the unbanked around the world.