Meta Platforms cryptocurrency wallet, dubbed Novi, will enable sending and receiving money through the popular messaging app–WhatsApp.
WhatsApp is a unit of Meta– a tech giant formerly known as Facebook.
The pilot program is open to a limited number of users in the US, according to Novi head Stephane Kasriel, who announced the launch on Twitter.
Testing transactions
“Using Novi doesn’t change the privacy of WhatsApp personal messages and calls, which are always end-to-end encrypted,” according to Kasriel, who added that the pilot will be extended following the users’ feedback.
We’re still very early in the Novi pilot journey, so we made the decision to test this new entry point in one country to start and will look to extend it once we’ve heard from people what they think of this new experience.
— Stephane Kasriel (@skasriel) December 8, 2021
The payments feature is included in WhatsApp as a new attachment option, and there is no cap on the number of transa
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