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Bitcoin Steady at $17K Ahead of Fed Decision; The Lightning Network's Potential Privacy Upgrade

CoinDesk Markets Managing Editor Brad Keoun weighs in on bitcoin's stagnant price action in December, along with news of Sen. Cynthia Lummis calling ether a security. Plus, CoinDesk Tech Managing Editor Christie Harkin discusses how protocol-based solutions like BOLT-12 could improve privacy for Bitcoin's Lightning Network.

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Galaxy Digital to Cut 20% of its Workforce; Core Scientific Reportedly in Talks With Lawyers

Michael Novogratz-led crypto-focused financial services firm Galaxy Digital plans to cut at least 20% of its global workforce. Convertible bond holders of BTC miner Core Scientific are in talks with restructuring attorneys at Paul Hastings. South Africa's leading supermarket chain Pick n Pay is now allowing BTC payments via Lightning Network-enabled apps. A poll from Grayscale reveals fears over inflation have translated to a growing interest in crypto for a quarter of voters surveyed.

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La empresa de software de Bitcoin, Synonym, lanza Bitkit, una billetera Bitcoin impulsada por el protocolo Slashtags.

La empresa afirma que Slashtags permitirá la portabilidad web y la autenticación “sin contraseña”.

Synonym's Bitkit wallet unveiled at Lugano's Plan B Forum (Stephen Alpher/CoinDesk)

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Finance

La startup Tecnología Bitcoin Synota recauda 3 millones de dólares en una ronda de capital semilla.

El nuevo capital se utilizará para la comercialización del software de Synota, incluidos los planes para un servicio relacionado con la minería de Bitcoin .

Synota team at an active bitcoin mining site. (Synota)

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River Financial ofrece una pasarela de pagos para la actualización multiactivo de Bitcoin

La solución River Lightning Services quiere ayudar a los desarrolladores a utilizar Taro, la actualización de Lightning Network que incorpora monedas estables y otros activos a la red Bitcoin .

River Financial CEO Alex Leishman at BTC 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Sources Say DeFiance Capital Founder Is Raising Money for New Fund; MicroStrategy’s Latest Job Listing

Arthur Cheong, founder of the DeFiance Capital crypto investment fund that was hit by Three Arrows Capital’s collapse this year, is raising money for a new fund, according to CoinDesk sources. Plus, MicroStrategy is looking to recruit a software engineer to build a Lightning Network-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform.

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MicroStrategy LOOKS contratar un ingeniero de software para construir la infraestructura de la red Lightning de Bitcoin.

El nuevo empleado también tendrá la tarea de diseñar tecnologías Finanzas descentralizadas.

Executive Chairman MicroStrategy, Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

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Jack Mallers’ Crypto Payment Firm Strike Raises $80M

Jack Mallers, CEO and founder of Chicago-based bitcoin payment provider Strike, discusses bitcoin as a store of value, use cases of the Bitcoin payments system, and the Lightning Network. Plus, Mallers’ take on El Salvador’s bitcoin experiment and how Strike plans to use its latest $80 million raise.

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La empresa de pagos Cripto de Jack Mallers recauda 80 millones de dólares en huelga

La Universidad de Washington en St. Louis y la Universidad de Wyoming estuvieron entre los inversores en la ronda de financiación de Serie B.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaks at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)