{"id":40292,"date":"2021-04-06T22:17:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T19:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=40292"},"modified":"2025-08-30T13:29:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:29:16","slug":"signal-adds-mobilecoin-support-in-beta-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/signal-adds-mobilecoin-support-in-beta-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Signal adds MobileCoin support in beta release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The privacy-centric messaging app Signal has released a beta version that includes support for MobileCoin (MOB). Signal Payments is currently available only to residents of the United Kingdom. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">The latest Signal betas are rolling out today! If you\u2019re a beta tester in the UK, you can also help us test payments in Signal: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/mwKOCkm8yn\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/mwKOCkm8yn<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/XuLtqThQ38\\\">pic.twitter.com\/XuLtqThQ38<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Signal (@signalapp) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/signalapp\/status\/1379472676905963523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">April 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Signal emphasised that it does not have access to balance data, transaction histories, or the funds themselves. The developers added that assets can be withdrawn to external services at any time. <\/p>\n<p>On March 27, MobileCoin traded around the $7 mark \u2014 at the time of writing its price stood at $66.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"578\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2021-04-06-v-22.00.28-1024x578.png\\\" alt=\\\"Daily MOB\/USD Stablecoin chart. Data: FTX\/TradingView.\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-130813\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2021-04-06-v-22.00.28-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2021-04-06-v-22.00.28-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2021-04-06-v-22.00.28-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2021-04-06-v-22.00.28-1536x867.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2021-04-06-v-22.00.28.png 1864w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption>Daily MOB\/USD Stablecoin chart. Data: FTX\/TradingView. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The MobileCoin team did not focus on media promotion. According to some observers, settlements in the network take 3-5 seconds and could scale to hundreds of millions of users. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Mobilecoin built a private payment system that settles in 3-5 seconds and scales to hundreds of millions of users but they did 0 PR til launch. Even now people don\u2019t get it at all. I just increased our funds position\u2014timestamp this \ud83d\ude43<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric\/ (@wheatpond) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wheatpond\/status\/1379526872053075968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">April 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/media-report-on-testing-of-cryptocurrency-payments-in-signal-messenger\">Details of Signal&#8217;s cryptocurrency payments testing first emerged in late January<\/a>. At that time, information surfaced that some staff were unhappy with the crypto integration \u2014 in their view, it would attract undue attention from regulators and bad actors.<\/p>\n<p>After changes to WhatsApp terms of use <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/whatsapp-troubles-150-million-for-ryuk-operators-and-other-cybersecurity-news\">Signal&#8217;s user base grew significantly.<\/a> It was also backed by Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Use Signal<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1347165127036977153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">January 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In mid-March Signal <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/signal-begins-accepting-cryptocurrency-donations\">began accepting donations in cryptocurrency<\/a>, and it was recently revealed that even Mark Zuckerberg uses Signal. Among leaked data, the founder of the social network&#8217;s phone number was found and exposed on Signal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>Mark Zuckerberg respects his own privacy and uses a messenger with end-to-end encryption that is not owned by Facebook. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2018, the MobileCoin team raised $30 million. The funding round was led by Binance. Among the project&#8217;s founders is Signal&#8217;s founder Moxie Marlinspike. <\/p>\n<p>Last May, Pavel Durov announced the closure of Telegram Open Network (TON) amid a clash with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Many in the community had expected Gram to be integrated into Telegram, but those expectations did not materialise. <\/p>\n<p>The Libra project from Facebook and partners also underwent significant changes after regulatory pushback and even underwent a rebranding. <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/facebook-confirms-plans-to-launch-diem-formerly-libra-in-2021\">It is now called Diem.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full stream of news, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news, infographics and opinions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Signal released a beta version with MobileCoin (MOB) support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2088,1789,465],"class_list":["post-40292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-mobilecoin","tag-signal","tag-social-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"16","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40294,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40292\/revisions\/40294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}