Ex-Diem Head David Marcus Launches Crypto Startup
David Marcus, who formerly headed Facebook and Meta’s Diem stablecoin project, is founding a new crypto company. David Marcus Unveils Lightspark Marcus wrote on Twitter today that he and a...
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