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'Make Bitcoin Fun Again': New Lightning App Lets You Buy Pizza With BTC

Using the Lightning Network, more than 150 people bought Domino's pizza with bitcoin this week.

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Tech

'Already Live': Signature Bank Is Moving Millions on a JPMorgan-Like Private, Dollar-Backed Cryptocurrency

While crypto-land is abuzz about JPMorgan’s plan to move dollars via blockchain, a smaller New York bank is already doing this.

Signature Bank Chairman Scott A. Shay

Markets

Baidu Launches Plug and Play Blockchain Platform for Dapps

Chinese search giant Baidu has launched a plug-and-play blockchain platform aimed to simplify commercial deployment of decentralized apps.

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JPMorgan Has Its Own Crypto and It's Starting Real-World Trials

JPMorgan has built a crypto token and it's moving to real-world trials in "a few months," according to a CNBC report.

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Japan’s Biggest Bank Launching Blockchain Payments Network in 2020

Japanese banking giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is launching a high-throughput blockchain-based payments network next year.

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Ripple, Barclays Accelerator Back $1.7 Million Round for Remittance Firm

Barclays' accelerator program, Ripple and others have backed a $1.7 million round for a new remittance startup that will use XRP.

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Two Remittance Firms Go Live With Ripple-Based Payments to Thailand

Remittance firms UAE Exchange and Unimoni now offer blockchain-based payments to Thailand using RippleNet.

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Circle's Stablecoin Pitchman Joins Blockchain Startup Celo

Chuck Kimble, who helped promote the USDC stablecoin for Circle, has joined blockchain startup Celo as head of strategic partnerships.

Chuck Kimble image — courtesy of Celo

Markets

Cypherpunk Valentine: Why Shoppers Spend Bitcoin on Lingerie

Lingerie purchasing as a bitcoin use case is much less far-fetched than you might imagine.

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Coinbase Extends PayPal Withdrawal Option to 32 European Countries

Coinbase customers in the EU and European Free Trade Association countries can now make withdrawals into their PayPal accounts.

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