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Bitcoin Lightning hacker Burak introduces new layer 2 ‘Brollups’
24.6.2024
The Bitcoin developer says Brollups can support more than 90% of decentralized finance use cases, from NFT sales to token orders on DEXs
Wasabi Wallet Lead Developer: ‘Bitcoin Developers Are Failing El Salvador’
18.6.2024
Adam Ficsor, the lead developer of Wasabi Wallet, a privacy-centric Bitcoin wallet, has revealed his position regarding the slow adoption of Bitcoin in El Salvador. In a recent interview, Ficsor stated that Bitcoin developers have failed El Salvador, having been unable to improve the situation...
Telecom Giant and T-Mobile Parent Deutsche Telekom Plans to Mine Bitcoin
17.6.2024
The company revealed that its also running Bitcoin and Lightning network nodes
T-Mobile Owner Deutsche Telekom Unveils Bitcoin and Lightning Network Node Operations
16.6.2024
This week at the BTC Prague conference, Deutsche Telekom’s subsidiary T-Systems MMS announced its operation of a Bitcoin node and a Lightning Network node. Deutsche Telekom, Europe’s largest telecommunications provider and the parent company of T-Mobile, also shared plans to mine...
Deutsche Telekom announces Bitcoin mining plans at BTC Prague
15.6.2024
Deutsche Telekom’s plans and Web3 expansion follow its recently established position as a validator on Fetch.ai’s decentralized blockchain
Bitcoin Layer 2 Ark Protocol's Team Forms New Firm as Lightning Network Competitor
4.6.2024
An Introduction to Bitcoin Layer Two Solutions
2.6.2024
Bitcoin, the pioneer of blockchain technology, has faced challenges as its adoption has grown. With its original design allowing only seven transactions per second, the network often struggles with scalability, leading to high fees and slower transaction times. To address these issues, Bitcoin...
Bitcoin Well Launches Payments via Lightning Network in Canada
29.5.2024
Bitcoin Well Inc., a non-custodial bitcoin platform, has announced the integration of the Lightning Network into its platform, enabling customers in Canada to instantly sell bitcoin from any personal Lightning Wallet. Bitcoin Well’s founder & CEO, Adam O’Brien, stated that this...
Bitcoin Lightning Payments Service Provider, Ibex Pay, to Suspend US Operations
16.5.2024
Ibex Pay, a payment rail that accepts Bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network, announced on May 15 that it will cease operations in the U.S. The payment firm stated that the suspension of services for the U.S. market will take effect on May 31, but did not provide reasons for the decision....
Forget memecoins, Bitcoin is driving the bull run — NBX Warsaw
15.5.2024
The success of Bitcoin ETFs and the influence of the Bitcoin halving is having a significant impact on cryptocurrency markets
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...
Lightning Labs successfully tests Bitcoin blockchain stablecoins
13.5.2024
The developer of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, Lightning Labs, has successfully tested a protocol intended to enable the issuance of stablecoins on the Bitcoin blockchain. Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark disclosed during her address at the Financial Times Crypto and Digital Assets Summit...
Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark States Stablecoins Are Coming to the Lightning Network
13.5.2024
Elizabeth Stark, CEO of Lightning Labs, stated that tokenized assets, such as stablecoins, are next to appear on top of the lightning network (LN), Bitcoin’s layer two scaling protocol. Stark highlighted the transformative possibilities of this upgrade, stressing that it would allow users...
Lightning Labs CTO Conducts First Mainnet Multi-Hop Asset Payment via Taproot Asset Channels
10.5.2024
Olaoluwa Osuntokun, co-founder and CTO of Lightning Labs, recently executed the first successful mainnet multi-hop asset payment using Taproot Asset channels, marking a new development in asset transfer capabilities over the Lightning Network. Asset Transfer Achieved on Lightning Network Using...
Lightning Labs Paving the Way to Bring Stablecoins to Bitcoin
9.5.2024
Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark believes the new functionality brought by the Lightning Network Taproot Assets protocol will enable stablecoins on Bitcoin.
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Stablecoins on Bitcoin coming soon, says Lightning Labs CEO
9.5.2024
Elizabeth Stark unpacked the basics of Bitcoin Lightning at FT Live’s Crypto summit and teased a new development on Bitcoin’s leading layer 2
Bitcoin Lightning Network Infrastructure Provider Mash Is Shutting Down Its Current Version
8.5.2024
In a recent announcement, Mash, a provider of Bitcoin Lightning Network infrastructure, has decided to shut down its current version. This comes nearly two years after Mash successfully closed a $6 million seed round in June 2022 to build out its usage-based revenue model for content creators....
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 Biz: The Bitcoin summer, Avalanche integrates with Stripe, and more
3.5.2024
This week’s Crypto Biz features the Lightning Network rollout on Coinbase, Avalanche integration with Stripe, MicroStrategy earning results and BlackRock’s new tokenized fund
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...