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Finance

Telefónica, Spain's Largest Telco, Allows Purchases With Crypto, Invests in Local Exchange Bit2Me

The company activated purchases with crypto on its technology marketplace after adding a payment feature provided by Bit2Me.

Casa central de Telefónica en Madrid. (Cristina Arias/Getty Images)

Markets

Helium Developer Nova Labs Buys FreedomFi to Accelerate Push Into Mobile Service

As part of the acquisition, FreedomFi team members will join Nova Labs to lead the network's expansion.

Helium's parent company is pushing into mobile service. (Unsplash/Al Soot)

Finance

Helium Becomes Nova Labs After Raising $200M in Fresh Capital

Chief Operating Officer Frank Mong said the firm wanted to make a clear distinction between the parent company and the network itself.

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Finance

Oxio Raises $40M to Bring Tokenized Telco Model to US and Brazil

The company's white label product allows any brand to serve as a mobile operator. It’s already working with Grupo Bimbo and other big brands in Mexico.

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Finance

Crypto Connectivity Startup GIANT Raises $5M From CoinFund

CoinFund, Gumi and others are backing GIANT’s plans to tokenize cellular bandwidth.

GIANT founders (left to right) Merijn Terheggen, Suruchi Gupta and Jinesh Doshi. (GIANT)

Finance

A16z Leads $111M Token Sale for Helium's HNT

The token-powered decentralized telecommunications project is bringing on fresh capital.

Helium team, left to right: Pierre Defebvre, Andrew Allen, Rahul Garg, Brian Bussiere.

Markets

Telecoms Giant Swisscom Launches Chainlink Node for DeFi Data

Swisscom joins Deutsche Telekom in providing data to the oracle service.

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Markets

Borderless Capital Raises $10M for HNT Staking and Mining

HNT.Fund is the first non-Algorand fund that Borderless Capital has been involved in.

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Markets

Todd Morley Plans to Build Blockchain Tower in Manhattan: Report

The tower will incorporate a wireless network aiming to improve access to digital ledgers.

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Finance

Helium to Launch 5G Network With Blockchain-Powered Mesh of DIY Telco Hubs

The number of Helium hotspots has reached 30,000 since 2019, with 200,000 more in the pipeline.

Helium team, left to right: Pierre Defebvre, Andrew Allen, Rahul Garg, Brian Bussiere.

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