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Tech

Blockstream Connects Lightning and Liquid for Faster, Private Bitcoin Payments

The new update enables trustless swaps between Lightning and Liquid, removing technical hurdles for fast, self-custodial BTC spending, the company said.

Adam Back, CEO Blockstream (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Finance

SoFi Taps Bitcoin Lightning Network for Global Remittances With Lightspark

SoFi will use Lightspark’s Lightning-based UMA tech to offer real-time, low-cost international transfers directly in its app

SoFi (Shutterstock)

Tech

Square Begins Rollout of Bitcoin Payments for Sellers, Targets Full Availability by 2026

Payments are settled in real-near time using Bitcoin layer-2 Lightning, with Square processing the exchange into fiat

Square PoS (Square/Unsplash)

Tech

Square Flies the Flag for the Lightning Network With 9.7% Yield on Bitcoin Holdings

Block's Miles Suter said that the firm is earning "real BTC returns from our corporate holdings...by efficiently routing real payments across Lightning"

16:9 Lightning (Nordseher/Pixabay)

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Markets

Bitcoin Adoption News: Top Win Rebrands, Steak N Shake Accepts BTC, Galaxy's Nasdaq Debut

Galaxy Digital shares started trading on Nasdaq today, but the listing will have to jostle for the crypto sphere's attention.

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Finance

Revolut to Roll Out Bitcoin Lightning Payments for Europe Users Through Lightspark

The integration will offer users cheaper, faster transactions using Lightspark's payment infrastructure built on top of the Bitcoin-based Lightning Network.

Revolut CEO Nikolay Storonsky (Stephen McCarthy/Web Summit via Sportsfile/Flickr)

Finance

Blockstream Opens New Office in Tokyo as It Expands in Asia

The company plans to drive Japanese adoption of Bitcoin Layer-2 and self-custody technologies.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back at Consensus 2019. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Tether Brings Its $140B USDT Stablecoin to Bitcoin and Lightning Networks

Stablecoins are increasingly popular for everyday uses like payments, remittances and savings, and Tether's expansion aims to spur activity to the Bitcoin-based ecosystem.

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Stacks’ Muneeb Ali: Let the Bitcoin L2s Bloom

Fresh off completing significant technical upgrades, Ali is now laser focused on growing Stacks’ user base.

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Finance

Telecom Giant and T-Mobile Parent Deutsche Telekom Plans to Mine Bitcoin

The company also revealed that it's running Bitcoin and Lightning network nodes.

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