Blockstream


Financiën

Crypto-investeringsmaatschappij Blockstream neemt TradFi hedgefonds Corbiere Capital over

De geplande overeenkomst zal Corbiere’s aandelen- en event-driven strategieën onderbrengen bij de assetmanagementtak van Blockstream.

Adam Back, CEO Blockstream (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Technologie

Het Protocol: Stripe’s Tempo Testnet Gaat Live

Ook: ZKSync Lite gaat ten einde, Blockstream App-update, Axelar’s AgentFlux

Contactless payment via a mobile phone (Jonas Lupe/Unsplash)

Technologie

Blockstream Verbindt Lightning en Liquid voor Snellere, Privé Bitcoin-betalingen

De nieuwe update maakt trustloze swaps mogelijk tussen Lightning en Liquid, waardoor technische obstakels voor snelle, zelf-custodiale BTC-betalingen worden weggenomen, aldus het bedrijf.

Adam Back, CEO Blockstream (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Technologie

Adam Back's Blockstream onthult Bitcoin-aangedreven, op het Liquid-netwerk gebaseerde smart contracts

Medegesticht door de vroege Bitcoin-bijdrager Adam Back, introduceerde Blockstream Simplicity om de beperkingen van Bitcoin als platform voor slimme contracten op te lossen

Blockstream CEO Adam Back at Consensus Hong Kong in February (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Financiën

Blockstream breidt uit in Europa met de overname van het Zwitserse cryptobedrijf Elysium Labs

Blockstream bouwt momentum op rond zijn Europese ondernemingen, naar aanleiding van de oprichting van het Lugano Research Center.

Adam Back, CEO Blockstream (second from right) speaks at Consensus Hong Kong 2025 by CoinDesk (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Video's

Blockstream Developer Discusses 'Lightning V2' Outlook

CoinDesk's Most Influential 2023 recognizes 50 people who defined the year in the digital assets space, which includes Lisa Neigut, Blockstream Lightning Protocol Engineer and founder of Base58 School of Engineering. Neigut joins "First Mover" to discuss the problems she wants to solve with "Lightning v2."

Recent Videos

Video's

Bitcoin: When Lightning Strikes

Lightning Labs Director of Business Development Ryan Gentry, Blockstream's Lightning Protocol Engineer Lisa Neigut and Miles Suter, Crypto Product Lead at Cash APP join Consensus 2022 to introduce the Lightning project. Moderator: George Kaloudis, Research Analyst, CoinDesk

Explorations Stage at Consensus 2022

Video's

Bitcoin’s Many Narratives: Digital Gold, Payments, Platform

Dr. Adam Back, CEO and Co-founder of Blockstream, Mike Brock, TBD Lead at Block and Researcher Tadge Dryja join Consensus 2022 for a conversation on the many narratives of bitcoin. Moderator: Christie Harkin, Managing Editor, Technology, CoinDesk

Main Stage at Consensus 2022

Video's

Consensus 2022 Foundations: Bitcoin

Data Scientist Alyssa Blackburn discusses the early days of Bitcoin, followed by a Q&A moderated by CoinDesk's David Morris. Plus, a conversation between Jimmy Song (Bitcoin Today Coalition) and CoinDesk's Christie Harkin on the Taproot upgrade and the future. The session ends on a panel discussion with Dr. Adam Back (Blockstream), Yan Pritzker (Swan.com) and Todd Sharpe (Foundry Digital).

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Blockstream CEO Breaks Down the BIP119 Saga

Reacting to Bitcoin core developer Jeremy Rubin lobbying for a Speedy Trial of his Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) 119, Blockstream CEO Adam Back discusses what BIP119 is and why it’s so controversial. Back explains the proposal’s ability to bring smart contract capability to the Bitcoin network and risks it could introduce.

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