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Markets

Blockstream Issues Security Token Tied to Bitcoin Hashrate, Payable in BTC

The tokens will offer non-U.S. qualified investors a way to invest in bitcoin mining without handling machines themselves.

Mining devices and power units mounted in racks.

Markets

Galaxy Digital Taps Blockstream for Hosted Mining Operations

Galaxy Digital is now hosting its bitcoin mining operations at Blockstream facilities.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (CoinDesk)

Markets

Blockstream Buys $25M Worth of Bitcoin Mining Machines From MicroBT

The ASICs are set to be deployed in Blockstream facilities through the U.S. and Canada.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back

Tech

Blockstream Is Working on Simpler, More Private Multisig Bitcoin Transactions

Made possible by Taproot, MuSig2 is designed to make multi-signature Bitcoin transactions less complex without sacrificing privacy.

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Tech

New on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network: LND Adds Accounting Feature, c-lightning Gets an Upgrade

Lightning Labs made bookkeeping easier for node operators. Blockstream’s c-lightning 0.9.1 release improves channel opening and routing mechanisms.

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Finance

Unpacking the Avit, Avanti Bank's New Digital Asset Being Built With Blockstream

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.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back

Tech

'Rat Poison Squared on Steroids': What's New in Bitcoin's Latest Lightning Release

With a sly poke at Warren Buffet's comment that Bitcoin is "rat poison squared," c-lightning developers' latest release adds some key new Lightning features.

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Finance

Charlie Lee, Adam Back Lead $3.1M Private Token Raise for Blockchain Game Infinite Fleet

A game developed by Samson Mow's Pixelmatic has completed a $3.1 million private SAFT sale of tokens.

Infinite Fleet artwork

Tech

Blockstream's Liquid Network Sent $8M in BTC Unsafely, Says Bitcoin Developer

Bitcoins stored on the Liquid Network were temporarily able to be seized by network moderators Thursday night.

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