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Inside Lugano’s crypto revolution — A documentary
10.7.2024
Bitcoin journalist Joe Hall tests Lugano, Switzerland, to see if it truly merits the title of the world’s most crypto-friendly town
Bitcoin reaches one billion transactions
6.5.2024
An average of 178,475 daily transactions have been made on Bitcoin in its 5,603 day existence
Crypto remittances offer cheaper alternative, but still face challenges to adoption
2.11.2023
Crypto remittances are a lifeline for many people who need to send money to their loved ones, as they provide faster, cheaper and more transparent transactions than traditional methods
Governments See CBDCs Making Their Countries ‘More Economically and Financially Efficient’ — Venom Foundation CEO
29.8.2023
According to Louis Tsu, the CEO of Venom Foundation, governments that are seeking to introduce central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are not being driven by the fear that privately issued digital currencies may soon become the preferred method for cross-border and micropayments. Instead, some...
Bitcoin adoption in Mexico boosted by Lightning partnership with retail giant
21.6.2023
“Imagine if Best Buy, Bank of America, Fox News and an NFL team were all owned by the same individual. All of them will have lightning capabilities in the future,” Jose Lemus, CEO of Ibex Mercado, told Cointelegraph
Bitcoin Lightning Network is 1,000x cheaper than Visa and MasterCard: Data
21.4.2023
Glassnode data demonstrates that the Lightning Network outcompetes traditional payment networks in terms of commission costs
Paying the way for Bitcoin adoption in El Salvador: Video
15.2.2023
What is Bitcoin adoption like on the ground as peer-to-peer cash in the home of Bitcoin worldwide? Cointelegraph visits El Salvador to find out!
Bitcoin adoption of Guatemalan merchants grows one BTC tattoo at a time
30.1.2023
The Central American country of Guatemala is getting inked on the path to greater Bitcoin merchant adoption
Not medical advice: Bitcoiner implants Lightning chip to make BTC payments by hand
13.12.2022
A Bitcoiner has literally taken the Lightning Network into his own hands, installing a tiny payment chip into his hands to make NFC contactless payments
Why crypto remittance companies are flocking to Mexico
16.10.2022
Mexico has a burgeoning crypto remittance market that has immense potential
Satoshi milkshake experiment shows kids can HODL Bitcoin too
7.7.2022
The famous Stanford Marshmallow Experiment takes the orange pill during a study of 25 school kids on the Isle of Man
Binance aims to become a super app with Splyt crypto partnership
14.6.2022
The partnership with the "super app enabler" will allow users to pay for taxi services and food deliveries with crypto using Binance Pay
Bitcoin Lightning Network Capacity charges through 4,000 BTC
10.6.2022
The layer-2 technology built on Bitcoin now has 4,000 Bitcoin or $120 million locked up allowing for near-instant payments around the world
The Lightning Network Lunch: A Bitcoin contactless payment story
18.5.2022
A data analyst on the Isle of Man demonstrated how contactless payments work on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network using an NFC enabled "Bolt Card."
Making money, escaping poverty: Bitcoin and Lightning in Mozambique
10.5.2022
A class of 2021 Bitcoiner in Mozambique is using the Lightning Network to transact while using Bitcoin to protect his savings
Bitcoin's Unfinished Business: Why Micropayments Still Matter
28.4.2022
Tiny, cheap-to-deliver payments can open up new markets of small digital goods. Can a new wave of crypto-inflected startups plug a long-standing gap in the internet?
US grassroots adoption: the Bitcoin Lightning party in Portland
31.3.2022
A grassroots Bitcoin Lightning festival in Portland, U.S. demonstrated that the Lightning Network is the perfect companion for payments
Bank of America Says Solana Could Take Market Share From Ethereum, Become the ‘Visa of the Digital Asset Ecosystem’
16.1.2022
Bank of America’s analyst says that Solana could take market share away from Ethereum. Noting that Solana is optimized for micropayments, gaming, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the analyst expects “Solana could become the Visa of the digital asset ecosystem.” Bank of America...
Altcoin Roundup: 3 ways blockchain technology could further mainstream in 2022
15.1.2022
The trend of blockchain adoption is set to continue in 2022. Here are three sectors that are likely to pivot toward DLT solutions
NYDIG acquires Bitcoin micropayments firm Bottlepay
1.11.2021
Former Goldman Sachs partner NYDIG partook in Bottlepay’s seed funding round in March 2021