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Sofi Partners With Lightspark to Launch Lightning-Enabled International Money Transfers
20.8.2025
Sofi (NASDAQ: SOFI) has announced the launch of its international money transfer service, allowing members to send funds abroad directly from the Sofi app with lower fees and faster delivery than traditional remittance providers. The service will utilize technology from Lightspark, which leverages...
SoFi Taps Bitcoin Lightning Network for Global Remittances With Lightspark
19.8.2025
SoFi will use Lightspark’s Lightning-based UMA tech to offer real-time, low-cost international transfers directly in its app
Revolut to Enhance Bitcoin Lightning Infrastructure in Europe via Lightspark
8.5.2025
Lightspark has announced a new partnership with Revolut to enhance payment infrastructure using the bitcoin network in the UK and select European countries. This collaboration aims to eliminate delays and high network fees associated with traditional payment systems, enabling seamless transactions...
Revolut to Roll Out Bitcoin Lightning Payments for Europe Users Through Lightspark
7.5.2025
The integration will offer users cheaper, faster transactions using Lightspark's payment infrastructure built on top of the Bitcoin-based Lightning Network
Lightspark-Built Bitcoin L2 Spark Launches on Mainnet
3.5.2025
Spark, a bitcoin L2 platform fully compatible with the Lightning Network, has launched on mainnet. Promoted as “the fastest, cheapest, most UX-friendly way to build financial apps and launch assets on bitcoin,” the network enables a series of use cases destined for monetary...
Yellow Card, Lightspark Partner to Bring Instant Bitcoin Transfers to Africa
15.12.2024
Yellow Card, an African stablecoin platform, has partnered with Lightspark to integrate Universal Money Addresses (UMA) into its services. Yellow Card Connects African Businesses to UMA Network Yellow Card, the Africa-focused stablecoin platform, has partnered with Lightspark to connect businesses...
Latam Insights: Bukele Announces Self-Financed Budget; Salvadoran Coffee Purchase Settled With Bitcoin
23.9.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the past week. In this issue, President Nayib Bukele announces a zero debt budget, a batch of Salvadoran coffee gets purchased using bitcoin, and Lightspark eyes the region’s markets....
Lightning Network-Focused Startup Lightspark Sets Its Sights on Latam
19.9.2024
Lightspark hopes to enter Latin America’s cryptocurrency market through its partners in the region, including exchanges like Bitso and fintech institutions like Nubank. Nicolas Cabrera, Lightspark’s vice president of product, explained that the company will focus on targeting Latin...
Lightspark Presents Solution Linking Lightning Network Payments to Bank Accounts in the U.S.
31.8.2024
Lightspark, a Bitcoin Lightning Network financial services company, has announced the release of its UMA Extend feature, which focuses on increasing the interaction between crypto and legacy rails in the U.S. With UMA Extend, businesses can opt in for a direction that can be linked to an account...
Crypto is democratizing investment banking options—Lightspark founder
25.7.2024
Cryptocurrencies will challenge the current banking hegemony layer-by-layer, the speakers noted at the 2024 Bitcoin event in Nashville
Bitso Integrates Lightspark for Bitcoin Lightning Network
17.7.2024
Bitso, a leading Latin American cryptocurrency platform, has announced its partnership with Lightspark to incorporate the Bitcoin Lightning Network into its services. This integration aims to enhance the speed and affordability of bitcoin transactions for Bitso’s users. Bitso Adds Lightning...
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...
Coinbase Announces Support for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
2.5.2024
Coinbase, a leading U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, has finally announced the implementation of the lightning network, a Bitcoin layer 2 scaling solution. Coinbase will now allow its users to take advantage of this scaling protocol to avoid paying high fees for Bitcoin transactions, enhancing...
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...
Coinbase chooses Lightspark for Bitcoin Lightning Network
4.4.2024
Coinbase, a large and impactful industry leader, has chosen Lightspark to enable the Bitcoin Lightning Network on its platform, adding yet another feather to the company’s cap. Lightspark is amid technological integration with assistance from the Coinbase team. This coordinated effort results...
Coinbase Uses Lightspark for Bitcoin Lightning Transactions
4.4.2024
Coinbase Global has announced it will be using Lightspark to bring the Bitcoin Lightning Network to its network for faster and cheaper payment transfers.
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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...
Lightspark Open Sources Email-Like Protocol UMA; Raises Debate on Compliance
25.10.2023
Lightspark, a Lightning Network (LN) financial services company, has announced it has open-sourced Universal Money Address (UMA), a protocol similar to email, but for money. The protocol will be interoperable, allowing platforms to exercise due compliance on the transactions facilitated,...