The microblogging and social network firm hopes to get deeper into the decentralised internet with its latest initiative
The San Francisco-based social media company Twitter confirmed yesterday that it was moving forward with its digital currencies and blockchain project. The Jack Dorsey-led firm announced a cryptocurrency team tasked with developing crypto, Dapp and NFT technology on the platform. In a shared press release, the company said that the team would help establish the "strategy for the future of crypto at (and on) Twitter."
The team will be headed by blockchain specialist Tess Rinearson who has previously worked with Chain.com, Cosmos, and the Interchain Foundation. Rinearson also served as the Vice President of blockchain application platform Tendermint Core.
"I'm thrilled to share that I've joined Twitter, to lead a new team focused on crypto, blockchains, and other decentralised technologies—including and going beyond cryptocurrencies," Rinearson shared in a tweet.
Bearing the name Twitter Crypto, the project will involve finding crypto use cases on Twitter. The team will explore ways to satisfy the increasing interest of creatives in using DApps (and the Web3 ecosystem) to manage currencies and virtual goods. Rinearson explained that the team would also be interested in finding ways to variegate what the community can do with digital assets.
"First, we'll be exploring how we can support the growing interest among creators to use decentralised apps to manage virtual goods and currencies and to support their work and communities," she said.
Past blockchain initiatives
This is not Twitter's first rodeo on blockchain or cryptocurrencies, and so is the case because it is led by a vocal crypto enthusiast in the social media space. Jack Dorsey's Twitter profile speaks to this, let alone the fact that he already
