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'Rat Poison Squared on Steroids': What's New in Bitcoin's Latest Lightning Release
With a sly poke at Warren Buffet's comment that Bitcoin is "rat poison squared," c-lightning developers' latest release adds some key new Lightning features.

Charlie Lee, Adam Back Lead $3.1M Private Token Raise for Blockchain Game Infinite Fleet
A game developed by Samson Mow's Pixelmatic has completed a $3.1 million private SAFT sale of tokens.

Blockstream's Liquid Network Sent $8M in BTC Unsafely, Says Bitcoin Developer
Bitcoins stored on the Liquid Network were temporarily able to be seized by network moderators Thursday night.

Appealing to Normies: Advancing Bitcoin Starts With Better UX
At London's Advancing Bitcoin conference, developers discussed user-experience fixes for the world's leading crypto.

In First 'Pure Crypto' Hire, Silvergate Bank Recruits Blockstream Liquid Network Exec
Benjamin Richman, formerly director of business development and partnerships at Blockstream, will help the crypto-friendly bank pursue its ambitious goals for serving the crypto industry.

Blockstream Co-Founder Joins Bitcoin-Only Startup Rupiver Financial
Jonathan Wilkins, a co-founder of Blockstream, is joining up-and-coming bitcoin brokerage River Financial as Chief Security Officer.

BTCPay Server Now Processing Blockstream's Liquid Assets
BTCPay Server now accepts assets issued on Blocksteam's sidechain, Liquid.

Crypto Trading Privacy Gets a Boost as $15M of Tether Moves to Liquid Sidechain
Innocuous at first glance, the transfer of $15 million worth of USDT from ethereum to Liquid has big implications for the tether market and digital asset trading more broadly.

'Multi-Part' Payments Could Bring Bigger Bitcoin Sums to Lightning Network
With its latest "major release," bitcoin tech startup Blockstream said its c-lightning software team is the first to release a working version of "multi-part payments."


