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Tech

UK Exchange CoinCorner Adds Bitcoin Lightning Network Support

Exchange support for Bitcoin's Lightning Network is growing as U.K.-based CoinCorner's integration of the scaling solution goes live.

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Finance

Bitcoin Lightning Startup Zap Goes Global, Adding Multiple Fiat Pairs, Stablecoins

Visa partner Strike is adding support for multiple fiat currency pairs plus stablecoins as part of its journey to become a “Bitcoin neo-bank.”

Zap founder Jack Mallers speaks at Bitcoin 2019 in San Francisco.

Tech

Statechains Scaling Solution Offers New Potential for Bitcoin Privacy

Statechains offer another way to scale bitcoin payments and could boost privacy as well.

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Finance

Panthers’ Russell Okung Becomes First NFL Player to Be Paid in Bitcoin

Okung’s $13 million salary is being split 50-50 between bitcoin and fiat by way of Zap’s Strike product.

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Tech

Kraken Exchange Will Integrate Bitcoin's Lightning Network in 2021

The Kraken Exchange will be implementing Bitcoin’s Lightning Network in 2021, and it’s begun hiring a team to manage the feature.

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Tech

Becoming Self-Sovereign: How to Set Up a Bitcoin Node, With Lightning

Setting up a RaspiBlitz Bitcoin node (with Lightning!) is an easy way to become self-sovereign and support the Bitcoin ecosystem.

A completed RaspiBlitz node

Tech

Lightning Network's New Liquidity Marketplace Attracts a ‘Surprising’ Mix of Individuals, Enterprises

Lightning Labs’ new liquidity marketplace, Lightning Pool, has seen more early-stage growth than its creators expected.

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Tech

Lightning Operators Are Bracing for a Bitcoin Bull Run

Lightning routing node operators are preparing for the horde of new users that will come in bitcoin's next bull run.

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Tech

Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Getting a Marketplace for Payment Channel Liquidity

Lightning Labs new service, Pool, provides a marketplace for Lightning Network businesses and users to lease payment channel liquidity.

Lightning Labs co-founder Olaoluwa Osuntokun at the 2019 Lightning Conference in Berlin.

Tech

Putting Pressure on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Vulnerabilities Will Strengthen It

These vulnerabilities are reminders that improvements come with trade-offs – and that security and usability are two sides of the same coin.

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