Finance


Finance

MoonPay Buys Crypto Payment Processor Helio for $175M

MoonPay's acquisition of Helio is reportedly valued at $175 million.

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Finance

DeFi’s Path to Mass Adoption Goes Through Fintech Firms, Centralized Exchanges, Morpho Labs Chief Says

Paul Frambot, CEO of DeFi lending firm Morpho Labs, says fintechs, having relied on traditional finance rails until now, are all optimizing for layer-2 infrastructure.

Paul Frambot, CEO Morpho Labs (Morpho)

Opinion

Bitcoin ETFs Approved: The Industry Reacts

In a milestone for crypto adoption, the SEC today gave the green light to the trading of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). CoinDesk rounded up reaction from across the crypto industry to the news.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Markets

Ex-Meta Engineer’s Layer-1 Blockchain Linera Raises $6M in New Funding

The layer-1 blockchain’s initial seed funding round was led by a16z crypto and has now raised $12 million in total.

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Opinion

Crypto’s Path Forward Could Follow the Financial World's Departure From LIBOR

The financial services industry has a way of spawning innovation and growing from its crises.

Citi bank and HSBC skyscrapers at night (Miquel Parera/Unsplash)

Tech

Aave Should Block Curve Token Borrowing, Risk Management Firm Proposes

An ongoing crisis situation stemming from a large curve token collateral can be prevented by pausing all borrowing activity, Gauntlet argued in a Wednesday protocol.

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Policy

3% Tax on Crypto Transfers Part of Kenya's Proposed Budget: Bloomberg

The nation's budget will be presented on June 8.

Nairobi, Kenya (Amani Nation/Unsplash)

Consensus Magazine

Lamina1 Is Building for the Open Metaverse

Co-founders – including the man who coined the word "metaverse" – envision the next iteration of Web3 to be interoperable, fair to artists and creators, and accessible to all. This expansive vision is why Lamina1 is one of CoinDesk’s Projects to Watch 2023.

LAMINA1

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