Crypto payments firm MoonPay mulls $150M Helio acquisition: Report

1. I’ve never heard of this before. What is it? Decentralized finance (known as DeFi, for short) essentially involves a brand-new monetary system being built on public blockchains. You may know Bitcoin and Ethereum as cryptocurrencies, but in fact they are vast, open-source networks that allow anyone to create applications that enable financial activity to…

Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekAMC Theatres mobile app accepts Dogecoin, Shiba Inu and more Retail traders’…

One user, referred to as Robert for anonymity purposes, stated he put roughly six figures on Voyager, representing 70% of his life savings, and feels lost on what to do moving forward. 225 Total views 26 Total shares Many Investors are reeling from Voyager Digital’s recent bankruptcy filing, with some claiming to have either ‘millions’…

Blue-chip NFTs are nonfungible tokens that hold high value and are considered prestigious within the NFT market. Blue-chip nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are coveted for their reputation, quality and potential for long-term value appreciation, just like blue-chip stocks in conventional finance. These tokens frequently have certain qualities that add to their prestige, such as: Famous artists…

Stock and crypto trading platform Robinhood has applied for a bank charter with regulators in the United States, S&P Global Market Intelligence reported on April 19.According to a statement, Robinhood says securing approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency would be a first step towards being able to offer traditional banking products and services.Any full-service bank…

Reports are trickling in via social media and mainstream news outlets, but so far, there hasn’t been any official confirmation.

The Iota Foundation joined Dell along with ClimateCHECK and BioE to fight climate change using real-time carbon footprint data. 161 Total views 2 Total shares Iota Foundation, a non-profit distributed ledger technology ecosystem provider, partnered with tech giant Dell Technologies to develop a data-driven solution for the real-time tracking of carbon footprints. Edge solutions from Dell…

In a March 30 blog post, The Avalanche Foundation announced the launch of Avaissance, an initiative designed to support digital artists and boost the growth of the Avalanche nonfungible token (NFT) ecosystem.Avaissance has two main components, an Artist in Resident program (AIR) for over 50 artists and the Mona Lisa Initiative (MLI) to curate digital…

A panel of three judges at the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York reportedly will consider requests from Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers for early release from jail. 249 Total views 3 Total shares A three-judge panel from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has reportedly taken arguments from lawyers