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Unbanked Iranian University Students Turn to Bitcoin to Pay Tuition

Stranded Iranian students in the United Kingdom have turned to Bitcoin as a tool to circumvent the economic sanctions placed on their country, according to a Guardian report

Bitcoin’s Tech Trends of 2018: What This Year Brought Us (Part 2)

Bitcoin technologies made great progress in 2018. In part two of our series, we look at advances in privacy, sidechains and Schnorr signatures.

Bitcoin Payment Processor OpenNode Gets $1.25M From Investors

Bitcoin payment processor OpenNode has announced a seed investment round of $1.25 million with venture capitalist Tim Draper and early-stage investment firm Draper Associates.

Syncing Data Between Bitcoin Nodes Is About to Get Easier

The minisketch open-source initiative is designed to achieve set reconciliation between the mempools of each full node.

New Shakepay Feature Turns Your Spare Change Into Bitcoin

The new service for Canadians connects to a user's bank credit and debit card, rounds up every purchase made to the nearest dollar and uses the resulting change to purchase bitcoins automatically.

BTCPayServer Expands Lightning Operability, Integrates Spark Wallet

Decentralized payment processor BTCPayServer now offers wallet support for c-lightning users.

This New Lightning Wallet Allows You to Receive Tips Without Running a Node

A new program to set up Lightning Network micropayments, tippin.me, has recently entered beta testing.

The Lightning Network’s First ERC-20 to Bitcoin Atomic Swap Has Taken Place

Thanks to researchers at TenX's CoBloX, the world's first solution for ERC-20-to-bitcoin atomic swaps on Lightning has arrived.

Coinbase Might Be Behind Those 856,000 BTC Worth of Transactions

It seems likely that the recent movement of a large number of bitcoins was just part of a scheduled Coinbase platform maintenance.

Cherry on Top: Bitcoin ABC, Bitmain, Ver Target of Suit Following BCH Split

A suit spearheaded by UnitedCorp is taking legal aim at Bitmain and its cofounder Jihan Wu; Bitcoin.com and its CEO, Roger Ver; Kraken and its CEO, Jesse Powell; and others.

R3 Announces Global Payment App With XRP as Base Currency

R3 has unveiled a new app on their international blockchain, a global payment platform that uses Ripple’s XRP as its initial base currency.

Bitfury Is Implementing Lightning Into Crypto Payment Platform Paytomat

The Bitfury Group has recently announced a partnership with crypto payment processing system Paytomat, working to bring the Lightning Network to Paytomat’s participating merchants.
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