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Meta’s money transfer service pilot, Novi, is shutting down this September
Fortune | Olga Kharif | Jul 1, 2022
The remainder of the cryptocurrency project that Meta Platforms Inc.’s Founder Mark Zuckerberg took a beating over from Congress is officially shutting down.
- Meta’s Novi pilot—a money-transfer service using the company’s own cryptocurrency digital wallet—will end on Sept. 1, the service said on its website, a link to which it texted to its users.
- Meta launched Novi pilot in October of last year amid scaled back ambitions to dominate the crypto remittances space. Instead of a new Diem token Meta once backed, Novi ended up using Paxos Trust Co.’s USDP stablecoin to allow wallet users from parts of the U.S. and Guatemala to conduct transactions.
Starting July 21, users will no longer be able to add money to their accounts [advising users to withdraw their balance] as soon as possible. Users won’t be able to access their transaction history or other data after the pilot ends.
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Leverage Novi's technology
The company does plan to use Novi’s technology in future products, such as in its metaverse project, a company spokesperson said in an email. While scaling back this effort, Meta has been expanding its test to support nonfungible tokens—typically art like cute monkeys or penguins—on its sites.
We are already leveraging the years spent on building capabilities for Meta overall on blockchain and introducing new products, such as digital collectibles. You can expect to see more from us in the web3 space because we are very optimistic about the value these technologies can bring to people and businesses in the metaverse.
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