Meta and mining collide with new WhatsApp cryptocurrency wallet option

Once again, crypto makes its way into everyday life.

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What you need to know

Everywhere you look, there’s crypto. The big guys likeMark CubanandElon Muskhave already weighed in on it, and every day, it seeps into more parts of life even for non-enthusiasts. Take, for example, crypto’s fresh infiltration of WhatsApp.

Via Novi, users can exchange crypto within WhatsApp.It’s in pilot, so not everyone’s going to get to start sending their digital currency to friends with ease through the Meta app. Plus, the wallet’s pilot is only going on in the U.S. and Guatemala, and even then, not all U.S. states are in on the fun. In other words, check your WhatsApp to see if you’re invited to get sending and receiving, but don’t be disappointed if that’s not an option yet.

Novi’s move is just the latest in the mainstream embrace of crypto. El Salvador, on a country level, has opened its arms wide to the notion of digital currency and is committed to building aliteral Bitcoin City. Meanwhile,AMC Theatres announcedcrypto tolerance is coming to its chain, meaning you should be able to buy your Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie tickets with a bit of Litecoin.

If you’renotin the digital currency circuit already and want to learnhow to mine crypto, we have you covered. Furthermore, don’t worry about doing the research on what hardware you need to get in the game: Here are thebest GPUs for crypto mining.

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Robert Carnevale is the News Editor for Windows Central. He’s a big fan of Kinect (it lives on in his heart), Sonic the Hedgehog, and the legendary intersection of those two titans, Sonic Free Riders. He is the author ofCold War 2395. Have a useful tip? Send it to robert.carnevale@futurenet.com.