Here are the executives leading Facebook's cryptocurrency project, reportedly coming this month
As it nears a public release, there are now more than 100 people working on the project, according to information on LinkedIn, and Facebook is still expanding the team. The company has more than 40 openings for the business unit, according to the Facebook careers website.
"The blockchain team is a startup within Facebook and we're exploring lots of areas of interest across all facets of blockchain technology," several of the Facebook job listings said. "Our ultimate goal is to help billions of people with access to things they don't have now -- that could be things like healthcare, equitable financial services, or new ways to save or share information.
"The Tel-Aviv engineering team will participate in shaping and pushing forward this vision, while focusing on the development of a state-of-the-art near real-time AI platform, to serve the blockchain project," according to the Facebook job listings.David Marcus, head of Facebook's blockchain project Marcus has a background in the world of online payments. Prior to joining Facebook, Marcus spent three years at PayPal, ending his tenure there as the company's president. He joined PayPal after selling his mobile payments startup Zong for $240 million to the company in 2011.
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