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  • Market Cap: $2,410,748,377,033.96
  • 24h Vol: $56,303,878,603.08
  • BTC Dominance: 56.50%

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Lightning Network-Focused Startup Lightspark Sets Its Sights on Latam

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Lightspark hopes to enter Latin America’s cryptocurrency market through its partners in the region, including exchanges like Bitso and fintech institutions like Nubank. Nicolas Cabrera, Lightspark’s vice president of product, explained that the company will focus on targeting Latin America’s remittances and cross-border payments market, using its products to streamline these processes. Lightspark Aims to […]

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Bitcoin’s Role in Defi Evolves: CMC Research and Footprint Analytics Report

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Coinmarketcap (CMC) Research and Footprint Analytics have released a thorough report exploring the swift expansion of decentralized finance (defi) on the Bitcoin blockchain. The report delves into Bitcoin’s evolving role, driven by innovations that are redefining its potential within the defi space. Bitcoin’s Defi Ecosystem Grows: $1.07 Billion Locked According to the findings from the

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Lightspark Presents Solution Linking Lightning Network Payments to Bank Accounts in the U.S.

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Lightspark, a Bitcoin Lightning Network financial services company, has announced the release of its UMA Extend feature, which focuses on increasing the interaction between crypto and legacy rails in the U.S. With UMA Extend, businesses can opt in for a direction that can be linked to an account, allowing them to instantly receive LN payments

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Lightning Network Protocol Stacks Completes Nakamoto Upgrade With Defi Features

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The Bitcoin Lightning Network’s Stacks protocol has completed its Nakamoto upgrade, finalizing a series of enhancements that began in April 2024. This latest phase, delivered on August 28, 2024, introduces stronger transaction finality guarantees, reduces miner extractable value (MEV) opportunities, and improves network resilience. Additionally, the upgrade prepares the network for the introduction of sbtc,

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Decentralized Bitcoin Exchange Bisq 2 Adds Support for Lightning Network

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Bisq 2, the decentralized Bitcoin exchange, has announced the integration of the Lightning Network in its latest release, version 2.1.0. This update introduces faster and cheaper transactions, leveraging the Lightning Network’s off-chain capabilities. Alongside this, Bisq 2.1.0 also features a QR code scanner for easier address and invoice input, enhanced chat functionalities, and improved user

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Speed Launches USDT-L, Tether’s First Iteration on Top of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

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Speed, the company behind the Speed Wallet, has launched USDT-L, the first iteration of Tether, the largest stablecoin on the crypto market, on top of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network (LN). The wrapped token, which takes advantage of the “taproot assets” protocol recently rolled out by Lightning Labs, seeks to bring all the benefits of LN to

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Lightning Labs Rolls out Taproot Assets Seeking to Bring Stablecoins to Lightning Network

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Lightning Labs, an institution dedicated to research and development related to the Lightning Network, Bitcoin’s second layer, has announced the rollout of Taproot Assets. This solution allows for issuing multiple tokens on top of it. The institution aims to capitalize on the popularity and volume of stablecoins to establish bitcoin as the global routing currency.

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Nubank Partners With Lightspark to Bring Lightning Network Access to Over 100 Million Customers in Latam

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Nubank, Latam’s most valuable bank, has partnered with Lightspark, a cryptocurrency-focused financial services company, to bring its customers access to Lightning Network transactions. With this partnership, Nubank expects to lower costs and get more flexibility for users to take advantage of its trading platform, according to Thomaz Fortes, Executive Director for Nubank Crypto. Nubank to

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Strike Expands Bitcoin and Lightning Services to the UK

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Strike has announced its expansion into the United Kingdom. This move allows individuals and businesses in the UK to access Strike’s suite of Bitcoin and Lightning Network services. The features include buying, selling, sending, and withdrawing bitcoin, global payments, and more. The company’s founder, Jack Mallers, believes that bitcoin can solve some of the world’s

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CBDC Debate Heats Up: BIS Project Sparks Controversy Among Critics; Lynette Zang Warns of Dangers of CBDCs

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During the weekend, discussions about central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, trended on social media as many people believe the idea will result in increased financial surveillance and a totalitarian monetary system. In a recent interview, Lynette Zang, the chief market analyst at ITM Trading, warned that CBDCs will “take the world into a full

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