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Payment Provider Bitrefill Runs Successful Lightning Transaction Test

This may have been the first real consumer transaction using the Lightning network.

By Brady DaleDec 29, 2017

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Stripe and Swift race to control the next generation of global payments infrastructure

Crypto and blockchain experts say this week's moves show the two established finance companies are increasingly competing for control of the infrastructure behind digital payments.

4:23 PM

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Cardano hands core development to outside teams in decentralization push

Input Output will transfer control of the Haskell node, Plutus, Hydra and other components as founder Charles Hoskinson says the network must change and start growing again.

3:36 PM

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Inside Robinhood’s high-stakes bet to onboard 10 million casual users onto decentralized finance

The company says its advantage lies in bringing retail customers onchain, but early activity remains dominated by memecoins, while its original tokenization vision remains small.

1:46 PM

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Japan's SBI Group is building Asia's first cross-border digital asset empire

The securities giant announced today the consolidation of Singapore-based Coinhako as part of a rapid regional expansion that includes a tokenization partnership with Ondo Finance.

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