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Nubank Partners With Lightspark to Bring Lightning Network Access to Over 100 Million Customers in Latam
28.6.2024
Nubank, Latam’s most valuable bank, has partnered with Lightspark, a cryptocurrency-focused financial services company, to bring its customers access to Lightning Network transactions. With this partnership, Nubank expects to lower costs and get more flexibility for users to take advantage...
Nubank brings Bitcoin Lightning to its 100M Latin American customers
26.6.2024
Lightspark will also integrate the Universal Money Address standard for Nubank, which gives an email-like address for users to send and receive money
Lightspark CEO David Marcus: Lightning Network Will Become the World’s ‘Interoperability Neutral Settlement Layer’
13.5.2024
David Marcus, CEO of Lightspark, a company that offers lightning network (LN) related services, has stated that LN will become the “interoperability neutral settlement layer” for the world. Marcus declared that only Bitcoin is “neutral enough” to be implemented as...
Lightspark CEO Expects Bitcoin to Dominate AI-Related Monetary Transactions
2.5.2024
David Marcus, the former president of Paypal and the current CEO of Lightspark, envisions bitcoin as the primary currency for artificial intelligence (AI) in the future. He describes bitcoin as “maximally neutral,” highlighting its advantages over conventional fiat currencies like...
Lightspark’s CEO David Marcus Recognizes Current Non-Custodial Lightning Network Solutions Imply ‘Some Form of Compromise’
22.11.2023
David Marcus, co-founder and CEO of Lightspark, an institutional Lightning Network (LN) payment solutions provider, referred to the state of custodial and non-custodial transactions on the network. While Marcus believes that custodial LN for institutions is ready for prime time, he acknowledged...
Ex-PayPal President David Marcus Labels Bitcoin as Sole 'Neutral Internet Money'
13.10.2023
On Wednesday, David Marcus, the former president of PayPal and ex-vice president of Facebook, stated that Bitcoin stands alone as the only form of "neutral internet money" in existence during an episode of the What Bitcoin Did podcast....
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Bitcoin Price Prediction: Lightspark CEO David Marcus Envisions Bitcoin as a Global Payment Network
13.9.2023
In the ever-evolving landscape of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin continues to hold its ground, currently trading at $25,952, reflecting a noteworthy 3% increase on this Wednesday.
Amidst this dynamic market, David Marcus, the CEO of Lightspark, has articulated a visionary perspective, heralding...
Lightspark CEO David Marcus Profiles Bitcoin as Global Payment Network
13.9.2023
David Marcus, CEO of Lightspark and co-creator of Diem, Meta’s failed cryptocurrency project, explained his intentions of turning Bitcoin into a global payments network. Marcus explained that there was no universal protocol for sending value over the internet and that we were still in...
Former PayPal President Davis Marcus Says People Won’t Use BTC to “Buy Things” – Here’s What You Need to Know
12.9.2023
David Marcus, former PayPal President and present CEO of the Lightning Network infrastructure company Lightspark, says his firm is aiming to transform Bitcoin (BTC) into a global payment network.
In a recent interview on CNBC's Squawk Box, Marcus pointed out that while connecting with people...
Coinbase Looking to Add Lightning Network Support
4.8.2023
Coinbase, one of the largest U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchanges, is moving to add support for Lightning Network on its trading platform. Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, confirmed that the exchange was looking into the best ways to achieve this task, reaffirming his support for bitcoin payments....
Lightspark CEO David Marcus States Building on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is ‘Incredibly Complex and Hard’
1.8.2023
David Marcus, CEO of Lightspark, a company that builds business-grade solutions to facilitate payments on top of the Lightning Network, shared his experience in developing on top of the Bitcoin scaling layer. Marcus stated that it is “incredibly complex and hard to build software around this...
Ticketmaster Launches NFT-Gated Ticketing Service for Avenged Sevenfold Shows
28.3.2023
Ticketmaster, the global provider of event ticketing services, has launched “token-gated sales,” allowing fans access to concert tickets using non-fungible token (NFT) technology. The first to use the service is the metal band Avenged Sevenfold (A7X), whose “Deathbats Club”...
Xapo Bank Integrates Lightning Network Payments Through Lightspark Partnership
2.3.2023
On March 2, Xapo Bank announced its partnership with Lightspark, a company led by David Marcus, former crypto boss at Facebook. The partnership aims to extend the utility of bitcoin and the Lightning Network. Xapo revealed on Thursday that it is the first fully licensed private bank to offer...
'Crypto winter' won't end in 2023 — Bitcoin advocate David Marcus
31.12.2022
It will be "another tough year" for crypto in the wake of the FTX scandal, suggests the former Meta executive turned Bitcoin Lightning Network advocate
PayPal says policy to punish users for misinformation was 'in error'
10.10.2022
Despite the retraction, the crypto community said the policy is a perfect example of why decentralization and self-custody of funds are so important
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Thinks Bitcoin Has No Future as a Payments Network
18.5.2022
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has given his take regarding the future of Bitcoin’s usage. Bankman-Fried stated he doesn’t believe that Bitcoin will work as a payments network, due to its limited capability for scaling to fulfill this task. However...
David Marcus Launches Bitcoin Payments Startup Lightspark
16.5.2022
David Marcus, former cryptocurrency head at Meta, is launching Lightspark, another payments company that will use crypto as its central payment tool. The startup, which will have Marcus at the helm as CEO, also features some of Meta’s former employees and will explore the possibilities...
Libra Creator David Marcus Begins New Lightning Network Venture, Lightspark
12.5.2022
Details are vague, but Lightspark has raised an undisclosed funding round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Paradigm
Novi Launches Whatsapp Integration Pilot Program for Selected Users in the U.S.
10.12.2021
Novi, the remittance and payments initiative of Meta (formerly Facebook), has launched a Whatsapp pilot test for customers in the U.S. This means that a small number of Whatsapp users will be able to send and receive payments, as well as purchase digital dollars directly from the interface of...
Meta Loses its Crypto Chief as Head of Novi Wallet David Marcus Steps Aside
1.12.2021
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, has suffered another blow to its crypto plans after its head of blockchain and the co-creator of the Diem stablecoin project stepped down.
On Twitter, David Marcus wrote that the decision to leave had been “difficult,” but that “my entrepreneurial...