Global digital peer-to-peer (P2P) payments company MoneyGram has announced on Nov. 1 that users in nearly all U.S. states and the District of Columbia, can buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrency; specifically, Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Litecoin (LTC), via its MoneyGram mobile app. The digital payments company said that it plans to add more digital currencies to its app in 2023, as global regulations allow. Alex Holmes, Chairman and CEO of MoneyGram, stated: "As consumer interest in digital currencies continues to accelerate, we are uniquely positioned to meet that demand and bridge the gap between blockchain and traditional financial services …

The Solana team has brought mobile phones to Web3 after revealing Saga, Solana’s Android mobile device that will go out with the project’s latest stack for Web3 developers, the Solana Mobile Stack. The community welcomed the new development with various reactions from comparing the project to Apple and Ethereum to bringing up concerns over Solana’s network outages. Vinny Lingham praised the move and called it Web3’s very own “iPhone moment” and thanked Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko for making it possible. Meanwhile, David Ticzon was also impressed, calling Solana the “Apple of Web3” in a tweet. Some community members also took …

Hong Kong tech company Meitu has taken a $17.3-million hit on its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings — but on the upside, its Ether (ETH) holdings have gained $14.7 million. The developer of popular Photoshop-style apps spent a total of $100 million on BTC and ETH between March and April this year, acquiring a total of 940.89 BTC for $49.5 million and 31,000 ETH for $50.5 million. According to a Tuesday voluntary announcement from Meitu, the fair value of its BTC and ETH holdings is based on the market prices as of June 30, which is the final day of the firm’s …

Ethereum wallet and interface MyEtherWallet, or MEW, has brought decentralized applications to its 1.3 million monthly users through a new “DApps Browser” feature in the MEW mobile app. The collaboration with DApp analytics site DappRadar opens the door for MEW users to access more than 2,000 Ethereum based decentralized applications including DeFi and NFT based protocols directly from their smartphone. Through the DApps Browser, users can browse, search for and interact with DeDApps like UniSwap, SushiSwap and Balancer to access financial services such as loans, asset swaps, and staking. They can also track their DeFi portfolios of loans and deposits. …

Using a decentralized exchange, or DEX, on a mobile device does not necessarily make for greater hacking risk, according to Kadan Stadelmann, CTO of blockchain platform Komodo. "I don’t think that the risk to a mobile DEX is necessarily higher than that of a DEX accessed through another medium," Stadelmann told Cointelegraph. "The risk would vary depending on the user’s device, OS [operating system], version, etc.," he added. DEX built on Komodo Constructed on Komodo's network, AtomicDEX is a decentralized exchange working with multiple blockchains, in contrast to other DEXs that only host tokens based on one chain. The DEX …