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Bitfinex to refund investors of its failed El Salvador Hilton hotel project
6.7.2024
Bitfinex intends to refund all investors but is firstly awaiting a potential new offer from the debt issuer to keep the project alive
El Salvador Announces Tokenized Investment Offerings On Bitcoin Sidechain
15.5.2024
El Salvador's National Bitcoin Office launches tokenized investment offerings on the Liquid network, leveraging blockchain technology for new opportunities. Discover how to invest in El Salvador Bitcoin and benefit from its growing ecosystem.
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Bitfinex Securities Announces Successful Tokenized Bond Issuance on Liquid Network
21.12.2023
Source: Bitfinex Bitfinex Securities has successfully raised over $5 million in USDT through the issuance of one of the world’s first tokenized bonds on the Liquid Network. ???? Bitfinex Securities is proud to announce a successful raise of $5.2M USDt in one of the world’s first tokenized...
Protocol Village: Bitfinex Securities Announces First Tokenized Bond on Liquid Network
21.12.2023
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Dec 21-Jan. 3. (EDITOR'S NOTE: We will be taking much-needed time off around the end of the year, so updates will be less frequent. Happy holidays!)
Bitcoin’s Market Cap Increased by a Peak of 172% in 2023 + More News
20.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Coloures-Pic Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. In this edition: Bitcoin’s Market Cap Increased by a Peak of 172% in 2023 Bitfinex Securities Facilitates $5.2M...
Bitcoin Sidechain Liquid Comes Back To Life Amid Ordinals Frenzy
13.12.2023
Image Source: Pixabay High network congestion on Bitcoin has prompted the revival of an old, nearly forgotten scaling solution that makes BTC transactions fast, private, and cheap. According to data from mempool.space, the Liquid Network has experienced some of its highest transaction volumes...
Tether Reveals USDT Stablecoin Is Now Supported by Polkadot
23.9.2022
Tether is now live on 15 different blockchain networks, according to the company’s latest announcement on Friday as the firm detailed that it is now supported by the Polkadot blockchain system. The stablecoin’s new support follows the token being added to the Near Protocol 11 days...
Near Protocol Supports Tether USDT, Stablecoin Is Now Hosted on 14 Blockchain Networks
12.9.2022
On Monday, the stablecoin issuer Tether Operations Limited announced that the stablecoin tether is now supported by the Near blockchain network. Following a number of recent implementations, Near will be the 14th blockchain network that hosts the largest stablecoin by market capitalization. Tether...
Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino States Salvadoran Bitcoin Bonds to Be Further Delayed
1.9.2022
The launch of El Salvador’s bitcoin bonds, issued to finance part of the construction of the Bitcoin City in the country, will be delayed again. In a recent interview Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Bitfinex, the exchange in which these bonds will be offered, stated that the law framework needed...
Blockstream’s Liquid Sidechain Criticized Over Long Outage — Block Signing Issue Related to Upgrade
6.10.2021
On Tuesday, cryptocurrency supporters on social media and forums discussed Blockstream’s Liquid sidechain product as block signing had been down for over 20 hours. While Blockstream had noted the sidechain was undergoing a hard fork upgrade planned for October 5, a number of crypto...
Liquid network block production resumes following transaction processing issues
5.10.2021
Pending Liquid transactions had been queued in the mempool for roughly 22 hours after the network reported an issue which caused "block signer nodes failing to validate certain parameters against each other."
Unpacking the Avit, Avanti Bank’s New Digital Asset Being Built With Blockstream
12.8.2020
Avanti says the Avit will not encounter the legal, accounting or tax hurdles of stablecoins, but it’s not yet clear where the asset will fit under U.S. law
Exclusive: Liquid Network Gets Its First General-Purpose Javascript Library
9.7.2020
A new Javascript library for Liquid could allow external developers to build a complete ecosystem around the heavily upgraded Bitcoin sidechain
Blockstream’s Liquid Network Sent $8M in BTC Unsafely, Says Bitcoin Developer
26.6.2020
Bitcoins stored on the Liquid Network were temporarily able to be seized by network moderators Thursday night
OTC Bitcoin Trading Now Available On the Liquid Network With SETTLENET
9.6.2020
The Liquid Network will enable the latest and accurate ways of handling its financial transactions. SETTLENET has been built on the Liquid Network by the Crypto Garage team. Crypto Garage is a joint venture between Digital Garage, Tokyo Tanshi, and Blockstream. After the launch, SETTLENET will...
Ethereum Has Become Bitcoin’s Top Off-Chain Destination
4.6.2020
The most popular way to use bitcoin off-chain is on Ethereum, recent data indicates
Is Blockstream’s Liquid Network an Attempt to Compete for Tokens with Ethereum?
25.5.2020
Blockstream seems to be taking a page out of Ethereum’s book as it sponsored a game that uses Liquid to issue non-fungible tokens, despite earlier criticism of the platform
Is Twitter Helping Justin Sun and Other Cryptocurrency Celebrities Defraud?
8.3.2020
A site as hugely influential as Twitter should ideally take a balanced and responsible approach when suggesting blue check accounts and other popular influencers to follow in the crypto space. Fact is, this couldn’t be further from the reality: Twitter seems to constantly promote the same...
BTSE to Launch Liquid Network-Powered Token Sale in March
25.2.2020
BTSE, a multi-currency digital asset and derivatives exchange, will launch its Liquid Network-powered token sale on March 5
Ethereum vs Tron: Comparing Data, Defi and Stablecoins from Both Chains After Viral Tweet
9.2.2020
On February 7, Cold Card and Opendime creator, Rodolfo Novak (also known as NVK), tweeted a picture of himself with Tron founder Justin Sun and Blockstream’s CEO Adam Back. Novak said “Ethereum was over” and the three had a plan to move Tron to Liquid, a network that leverages...