Lightning Network


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La Haus Exec on Accepting Bitcoin for Property Purchases in Latin America

La Haus, a Latin American proptech company, is now accepting bitcoin for home purchases through on-chain transactions and the Lightning Network. La Haus Vice President Jehudi Castro-Sierra joins "Community Crypto" to share insights on how this works and the implications of crypto in real estate.

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BitPay Co-Founder on Launching Bitcoin Lightning Network Payment Services

BitPay co-founder Tony Gallippi discusses the crypto payment company’s newly added support for transactions on the Lightning Network, offering increased speed and efficiency. Plus, the growth of crypto payments in emerging markets, tax implications and bitcoin's varying use cases. 

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Finance

Michael Saylor: Biden’s Executive Order Akin to POTUS Giving ‘Green Light to Bitcoin’

The longtime bitcoin maximalist was as optimistic as ever about the cryptocurrency in a conversation with Ark’s Cathie Wood at Bitcoin 2022 in Miami.

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BitPay Merchants to Get a Boost From Lightning Network Payment Integration

The crypto payments provider on Wednesday announced immediate support for Bitcoin Lightning Network payments.

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Lightning Labs Raises $70M to Bring Stablecoins to Bitcoin

The Taproot-powered “Taro” protocol aims to bring low-fee stablecoin and asset transfers to the Bitcoin Lightning Network.

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Bitcoin-Focused VC Stillmark Hires Former Google X Engineer Vikash Singh

Singh joins the fund as principal investor as the firm looks to deploy capital to Bitcoin-related companies.

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Finance

Twitter Joins $20M Funding Round for Bitcoin Payments Provider OpenNode

The round, which valued OpenNode at $220 million, also included well-known venture capitalist Tim Draper.

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Pro-Bitcoin California Congressional Candidate: BTC is a ‘Way For Economic Justice,’ Lightning Network ‘is the Future’

Aarika Rhodes, U.S. congressional candidate for California’s 32nd District seeking to unseat Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), explains bitcoin as “a way for economic justice.” “Do I love the Lightning Network? Absolutely, I think it is the future,” Rhodes said.

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Bitcoin Isn’t Private – But Its Recent Taproot Upgrade Will Help

The upgrade could give the network a much-anticipated privacy boost once its effects ripple throughout the ecosystem.

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Block’s Cash App Is Finally Integrating the Lightning Network

First promised back in 2019, Block’s move will allow users to quickly send bitcoin to each other for free,

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