Kasriel succeeded David Marcus, who managed Messenger and later Meta’s dormant cryptocurrency project after leaving Meta at the end of last year. While Meta abandoned that cryptocurrency initiative in January, Kasriel’s blog published on Thursday shows that the company still sees numerous additional prospects in payments and blockchain. Marcus is still interested in cryptocurrencies; on Thursday, he announced the formation of Lightspark, a firm formed to “research, grow, and extend the possibilities and utility of Bitcoin.”
