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Yield Farming Pool Concept May Solidify Ethereum’s Role as BTC’s Main Sidechain
26.6.2020
Decentralized finance (defi) applications on the Ethereum chain have been growing wildly during the last two years. Now a number of synthetic versions of bitcoin, that leverage the Ethereum chain, has outpaced offchain solutions like Blockstream’s Liquid and the Lightning Network. Just...
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
Analysts Say Bitcoin Breakout Imminent: Silver-like Suppression, $5 Trillion in Cash Could Flow Into BTC
18.6.2020
A number of venture capitalists and macro investors believe bitcoin’s price will break out soon following suit with gold’s recent climactic rise. Dan Tapeiro, cofounder of Gold Bullion International, thinks that $4.6 trillion in cash sitting on the sidelines right now, could very well...
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
Blockstream Launches Ventures Initiative to Grow Liquid’s Ecosystem
3.6.2020
Blockstream has launched an initiative intended to connect developers building on its Liquid sidechain with Bitcoin-focused investors and entrepreneurs
Bitpay Has ‘No Current Plans’ to Support Liquid or the Lightning Network
29.5.2020
According to Bitpay’s Chief Marketing Officer, Bill Zielke, onchain bitcoin payments still rule the roost as far as payments are concerned. Zielke detailed that at least in the near future, Bitpay won’t be supporting the Lightning Network or Blockstream’s Liquid project. Liquid...
Bitpay Shuns Lightning and Liquid, Says Actual Bitcoin Payments Still Dominate
29.5.2020
Bitpay won’t be using Lightning or Liquid any time soon, with actual Bitcoin payments still accounting for 95% of transactions
Despite Trust Model Debates, Ethereum Is Bitcoin’s Largest Sidechain by Total Value Locked
26.5.2020
The Ethereum network now has more bitcoin held in reserves than the Lightning Network, according to onchain statistics. At the time of publication, Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) has close to 4,000 BTC ($34.7M) held in reserves, while the Lightning Network has only 925 BTC ($8.3M). Wrapped Bitcoin...
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 Liquid Sidechain a Path for Better Bitcoin Privacy?
26.4.2020
Although Bitcoin (BTC) first hit the mainstream as a sort of anonymous Internet currency that allowed people to order drugs via darknet markets like Silk Road, the reality is transactions made on the network are completely public. Indeed, the current level of privacy offered by Bitcoin and many...
Liquid CAD: Canadian Dollar Payments on the Liquid Sidechain
20.4.2020
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com.
PEER-TO-PEER PREPAID PAYMENTS BY BULL BITCOIN
Liquid CAD is a non-custodial prepaid payment system denominated in Canadian dollars. Units of Liquid CAD (L-CAD) consist of vouchers issued on the Liquid Network...
Liquid Federation Announces 10 New Members
28.3.2020
The new additions bring the Liquid Federation’s total membership to 45
Liquid Gold vs Digital Gold: Why Bitcoin Beats Oil in the Current Climate
23.3.2020
Extreme volatility. Sudden loss of value. A purported store of value. An economic hedge. An alternative to gold. On the face of it, bitcoin and oil have a lot in common. Both markets have been buffeted by the covid-19 economic downturn, but while bitcoin has stabilized, oil keeps plummeting. What...
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...
Bitcoin Finds Support at Key Level After Massive Long Liquidations
27.2.2020
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After a sharp market sell-off caused a flurry of long liquidations over the past 24 hours, both bitcoin (BTC) and several other major cryptoassets found support Thursday morning as the number one cryptocurrency bounced off a key level in the chart.
As of press time...
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
Lightning Network Increasingly Fragile to Attacks – Hope Turns to Drivechain for Bitcoin Scaling
19.2.2020
A report published February 7 and authored in part by Blockstream researcher Christian Decker found that the BTC Lightning Network is “evolving towards an increasingly centralised architecture.” Proponents of LN say this is not a problem, and even critics of the network point to...
Wyre Announces Partnership with Blockstream to Support Liquid Bitcoin
12.2.2020
Crypto payments development platform Wyre announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with crypto-blockchain solutions company Blockstream, to introduce support for Liquid Bitcoin. As per a tweet by Wyre, it has become the first fiat on-ramp platform in the United States to support the Liquid...
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...