FTX Has Held Acquisition Talks With Webull, Apex, Public.com: Report

FTX's US arm previously acquired crypto derivatives trading platform LedgerX in August of last year.

Prepare for Recession: Musk and Goldman Sachs’ Blankfein Weigh In; Galaxy Digital’s CEO Talks on Terra Collapse — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review

This week, both Goldman Sachs’ Lloyd Blankfein and Tesla boss Elon Musk weighed in on the issue of an impending recession in the US, issuing sobering estimations.

Infura Co-Founder E.G. Galano Talks Otherside NFT Mint, Ethereum Gas Fees

Infura co-founder and general manager E.G.

Bittrex CBO: Why Bittrex Lost its Lead, Token Sales’ Critical Mistakes, and How to Get Listed (Interview)

In this interview, Chris Sinkey - the CBO at Bittrex Global - talks about the biggest mistakes teams do when structuring their token sales, how Bittrex lists and delists coins, and why it fell behind after being one of the leading veteran crypto exchanges.

Coinbase's plans to purchase firm behind Mercado Bitcoin fall through: Report

The crypto exchange previously announced the acquisition of blockchain infrastructure platform Bison Trails as well as the Routefire platform. Coinbase and Brazilian company 2TM, the parent company of Mercado Bitcoin, have reportedly scrapped talks around the crypto exchange purchasing the firm.According to a Tuesday Bloomberg report, 2TM and Coinbase have ended discussions around the United States-based crypto exchange buying the Brazilian company, which was valued at more than $2 billion.

Coinbase Won’t Acquire Brazilian Crypto Giant 2TM

The Brazilian cryptocurrency company has ended the acquisition talks with Coinbase.

Hong Kong's K11 MUSEA Launches Large-scale Showcase of NFTs

Hong Kong's K11 MUSEA is launching a large-scale showcase of non-fungible token (NFT) art from April 29 to June 19, 2022, along with educational workshops and talks for all ages.

Coinbase Looking To Make $3,000,000,000 Acquisition of Turkish Crypto Exchange: Report

Leading US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is reportedly in talks to purchase BtcTurk, a digital asset trading platform based in Turkey.

Coinbase in Talks to Buy Turkish Crypto Exchange BtcTurk

Coinbase is reportedly in talks to acquire Turkey’s BtcTurk cryptocurrency exchange.

Crypto startup Blockchain dot com planning 2022 IPO

Blockchain.com would be just the second crypto exchange to go public in the US if it can perform an IPO before Binance.US which is attempting to do the same. Crypto exchange and block explorer Blockchain.com has begun talking with American banks to explore how it may hold an initial public offering (IPO) as soon as this year.Bloomberg reported on April 19 that sources familiar with the situation said that the talks were merely preliminary conversations and that the tech startup’s plans could change at any time.If it succeeds in going public with an IPO, it would be only the second crypto exchange in the US to pull off the feat.

Astronaut Scott Kelly Discusses NFT Project, Crypto Holdings, and the Metaverse

Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly talks to Decrypt’s Andrew Hayward about his new Ethereum NFT collection, which benefits relief efforts in Ukraine, plus the cryptocurrencies he holds and his excitement about the metaverse.

Gemini COO Talks to Decrypt at Bitcoin Miami 2022

Gemini COO Noah Perlman talks to Decrypt's Kate Irwin at Bitcoin Miami 2022 about Gemini's approach to competing with other exchanges, its focus on regulatory compliance, and his own views on Bitcoin maximalists.

Robinhood Crypto CTO Talks to Decrypt at Bitcoin Miami 2022

Robinhood Crypto CEO Johann Kerbrat talks to Decrypt's Kate Irwin at Bitcoin Miami 2022 about Robinhood's new Lightning Network integration, potential NFT plans, and Kerbrat's personal history with crypto, including mining Bitcoin back in 2010.

The first-ever Metaverse Fashion Week: Digital fashion is here to stay

The digitalization of the fashion industry is inevitable with the rising popularity of the Metaverse, but technological improvements are still required to gain momentum. Incredible as it may seem, digital fashion has developed so much that it already needs its own fashion week with all that implies: from the shows and presentations of new collections to public talks and parties with true DJs.

ECB executive board member talks about current state of digital euro CBDC research

Fabio Panetta outlined recent findings and remaining challenges while emphasizing the necessity of a well designed European CBDC. European Central Bank executive board member Fabio Panetta provided an overview of the central bank’s current research on a retail central bank digital currency Friday when he spoke at the IESE Business School Banking Initiative Conference on Technology and Finance.

Ice Cube: NFTs Are the 'Ultimate Fuck You' to Media Gatekeepers

The rapper and actor talks to Decrypt about his plans for music NFTs and how the tech can disrupt the entertainment industry.

Terra Adds Another $230M Worth of Bitcoin as the BTC Price Dips to $44K

Terra bought yet another $230 million worth of BTC, and Do Kwon talks about the protocol's future.

Ice Cube: Crypto and NFTs Are ‘The Ultimate Fuck You to the Mainstream’

The legendary rapper, actor, and entrepreneur Ice Cube talks to Decrypt's Andrew Hayward about why his BIG3 basketball league plans to offer fractional team ownership in the form of NFTs, plus his personal interest in crypto.

Crypto Stories: YouTuber DataDash talks about his most expensive mistake

A crypto YouTuber with more than half a million followers shares his crypto story and one of his biggest regrets. Nicholas Merten, also known as DataDash, found Bitcoin (BTC) when it was $3.

How to make a Metaverse: Secrets of the founders

Cointelegraph Magazine talks to some of the leading Metaverse founders to discover their secret sauce for Web3.Featuring co-founder of The Sandbox Sebastien Borget, co-founder of Upland Idan Zuckerman, head of metaverse growth of Unique Network Irina Karagyuar, chief marketing officer of Univers Peter Nguyen, co-founder of Alien Worlds Sarojini McKenna, co-founder of Immersys Daniel Knott, head of metaverse and NFT of Zilliqa Sandra H and co-founder and chief marketing officer of Bloktopia Paddy Carroll.Sand duesThe Sandbox has established itself as a major player in the Metaverse and appears to some to have catapulted onto the main stage overnight.

The state of Web3: Community talks about opportunities around the world

Web3 is bringing “endless” opportunities to Indonesia, changing lives in Nigeria, breaking qualification barriers in India, changing skeptics' minds in the Philippines and is making its way to Uruguay.

Solidus AITECH Founder Paul Farhi Talks Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing

Using the world’s first AI utility token AITECH, Government Authorities, Megacorps, SMEs, and Professionals will be able to acquire AI services through Solidus’ Artificial Intelligence infrastructure.

Cardano founder talks about Web3 and the comfort of Bitcoin at Binance Blockchain Week

“When you move past the comfort of Bitcoin, you start entertaining many other ideas,” said Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson in his keynote speech. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson gave a keynote speech on the first day of this year’s Binance Blockchain Week, held at the Dubai World Trade Centre in the United Arab Emirates.  Addressing the audience, Hoskinson used his keynote to discuss topics like Bitcoin (BTC), Web3 and philosophy, bringing up topics like what happens next when the community moves forward from the comfort of Bitcoin and toward centralization.“As blockchains become more advanced and more powerful, we have to start making some difficult and uncomfortable philosophical decisions.”The CEO raised questions about Web3 and what the lines are between decentralization and regulation.

Report: Morocco Central Bank Discusses Crypto Regulation Best Practices With IMF and World Bank

The Moroccan central bank is currently holding talks with multilateral lending institutions and other central banks, centered on establishing cryptocurrency regulation best practices.

Pastel Network's Georgiades: How to Protect Your NFTs

Anthony Georgiades, co-founder of Pastel Network, talks to Decrypt's Andrew Hayward at Camp Ethereal 2022 about NFT security and the importance of protecting your digital artwork.

Finance Redefined: Hoskinson talks about DApps, Coinbase Cloud launches Avalanche tools and more

In this week's DeFi newsletter we discuss Cardano founder's admission about his DApp prediction, Coinbase Cloud's latest Avalanche-based developer tool, some of the biggest gainers and much more. The week was filled with ups and downs for the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, with several tokens registered new weekly highs.

Lunar Labs Co-Founder Luke Youngblood Talks Moonwell Artemis and Over-Collateralized Loans

Moonwell is an open lending and borrowing DeFi protocol on Moonbeam and Moonriver.

Vitalik Buterin talks crypto’s perils in Time Magazine interview

The “prince of crypto,” as Vitalik is referred to in the magazine, said the cryptocurrency industry has an image problem.

Gitcoin's Scott Moore Talks Ukraine Fundraising Grant

Gitcoin co-founder Scott Moore tells Decrypt's Jason Nelson all about Gitcoin's GR13 grant, which is raising money for Ukraine and has matching participation from a range of Web3 names like OpenSea, OlympusDAO, NounsDAO, Polygon, Algorand, and more.

The Importance of Layer 2: ConsenSys, Nomad, and LayrLabs at Camp Ethereal

Robert Drost, Head of R&D at ConsenSys, talks Layer 2s and building atop Ethereum with James Prestwich of Nomad and Sreeram Kannan of LayrLabs at Camp Ethereal 2022 in Wyoming.