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Square Is Hiring New Crypto Engineers — And It Wants to Pay Them in Bitcoin

Payments startup Square wants to bring on crypto-focused engineers and designers, and may pay them in bitcoin.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey (U.S. House of Representatives)

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Fortune 500 Tech Firm Avnet Now Accepts Crypto Payments via BitPay

Avnet, one of the world's largest distributors of electronic components and services, is now accepting crypto payments through BitPay.

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IBM Signs 6 Banks to Issue Stablecoins and Use Stellar's XLM Cryptocurrency

Six banks have signed up to issue stablecoins through World Wire, an IBM network built on the Stellar blockchain.

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A Lightning API for Bitcoin Futures Data Has Launched

An experimental service that allows users to pay for futures data from exchanges Kraken and BitMEX via the lightning network is now live.

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Banking Startup Launching Visa Card That Lets You Spend 7 Cryptos

Banking startup 2gether is launching a prepaid Visa debit card that allows eurozone-based users to spend cryptocurrencies.

Ramon Ferraz, CEO of 2gether

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Bitfury Integration to Bring Bitcoin Lightning Payments to More Merchants

The Bitfury Group has partnered with business payments processor HadePay to bring lightning network-based bitcoin payments to merchants.

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Binance's Trust Wallet Adds Support for XRP, Credit Card Payments

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s official wallet, Trust Wallet, has added support for XRP and credit card payments.

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IBM Scores Deal With US Credit Union Group to Use Hyperledger Blockchain

Credit union consortium CULedger will use IBM's Hyperledger Fabric, in addition to several other blockchains it's been working with.

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UNICEF Explores Blockchain to Improve Internet for 'Every School' in Kyrgyzstan

International children's charity UNICEF is exploring how blockchain technology could be used to help connect local schools in Kyrgyzstan to the Internet.

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LinkedIn Founder, Fidelity Latest to Carry Bitcoin's 'Lightning Torch'

The latest big names to join the bitcoin payments experiment are financial giant Fidelity Investments and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.

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