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What does the future hold for social media-powered payments?

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Despite fresh waves of online fraud and scams, czars of social media platforms, peer-to-peer networks and blockchain products have renewed ambitions to marry financial services with social apps.

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Bitcoin Daily: Block.one Gets Patent For DLT That Monetizes Social Media Posts; Bitfinex Seeks US Subpoenas To Track Down $800M In User Funds

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Block.one, which is behind the EOSIO (EOS) protocol, now has a patent for a blockchain-based bidding system for promotional exposure for social media, according to Cointelegraph. The system could possibly monetize every single social media post on a given network for operators as well as content creators.

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Bitcoin Daily: Brazil Debuts Blockchain Solution For Gov’t Bids; BitFunder CEO Gets 14 Months For Crypto Fraud

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The Brazilian state of Bahia has rolled out a blockchain application to monitor the public bidding process of contracts with the government, Cointelegraph reported. Design and Cayenne Technology reportedly created the Online Bid Solution (SOL), which is said to be a technology based on the blockchain. at the World Bank. ”

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Fraud Decisioning Pulls Ahead In A Tight Race

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The world’s biggest social media platforms are cracking down like never before. Companies are getting much better at fraud detection and prevention, partly in response to its rapid spread. A leading index of digital theft found that loyalty fraud exploded by 89 percent over 2018, opening a vast new front in the battle.

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Ripple Files Lawsuit Against YouTube For Not Removing Crypto Scams Fast Enough

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The scams often impersonate legitimate companies and have fake social media accounts. In the crypto and blockchain sphere, Ripple said integrity is important — and hard to attain with the presence of so many fraudulent actors and predatory scams. More than $13 million has been lost overall due to coronavirus-related fraud.

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Facebook Hires Former PayPal Employees For Blockchain Team

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Facebook is shoring up its secretive blockchain team with hires from PayPal, according to a report by Bloomberg , and the company might be planning to release its own type of cryptocurrency, which could be announced as soon as the next quarter. Tomer Barel, who spent almost 10 years watching risk and fraud for PayPal, was also hired.

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Bitcoin Daily: China Regulator Eyes Digital Currency Veteran As Chief; Crypto Firm Founder Charged With ICO Fraud

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Yao’s hiring was anticipated because of his contribution to the development of the central bank digital currency (CBDC) and his deep understanding of FinTech and blockchain, according to Caijing. Cybercriminals that commit payment fraud with banking and money transfer apps like Tikkie can face one to four years in prison.

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