Facebook’s blockchain hires hint at direction

Ledger Insights previously reported that the head of Messenger, David Marcus, was leading Facebook’s blockchain team. He was President at Paypal for three years before joining the Facebook Messenger team four years ago. In 2015 as part of Facebook Messenger, the company launched Facebook Payments which allows friend-to-friend money transfers.

Paypal pedigree

Last month Marcus made several new blockchain hires which might give some hints at Facebook’s direction. Of the seven people listed on LinkedIn, three are ex Paypal, including two that have jumped ship within the last two months.

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