Facebook began piloting its Novi crypto wallet in the U.S. and Guatemala on Tuesday, even though the diem cryptocurrency the company is helping to develop is not yet ready. Diem was originally supposed to pair with Novi, but the wallet will use Paxos ’ USDP stablecoin instead—stablecoins are cryptocurrencies that have their value tied to an outside asset and in USDP’s case, it’s the U.S. dollar....
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