BlackRock’s proposed spot bitcoin ETF misses the opportunity to deploy those funds on the Lighting Network and earn non-custodial yield by providing payments infrastructure, Amboss CEO Jesse Shrader told The Block. BlackRock has the opportunity to disrupt not only gold but also payment processors like Visa, Mastercard and American Express, Shrader said.
TheBlockMichael Saylor has teased new BTC Lightning Network powered by MicroStrategy next year.
OthersThe alpha version of Taro will make it possible to create peer-to-peer Bitcoin and Lightning-native stablecoins.
CoindeskBitcoin provides a “sound ethical, economic, and technical foundation for DeFi,” said Michael Saylor.
CointelegraphThe latest software release, named lnd 0.15 beta (v0.15-beta), aims to empower developers to create solutions for more use cases by leveraging the Bitcoin network’s capabilities.
CointelegraphThe future is now. Both Stripe and Primer joined forces with OpenNode for separate payment solutions. The Stripe App will ...
BitcoinistLightning Labs built a new protocol called Taro to enable stablecoins to be sent and received on the Bitcoin Lightning Network.
CointelegraphKraken was previously aiming to implement the BItcoin Lightning Network in 2021 after officially announcing the plan in late 2020.
CointelegraphBitcoin’s layer-2 scaling solution, the Lightning Network, has seen payment volume increase by over 400% as real adoption grows.
CointelegraphThe Lightning Network implementation may be against business plans of some crypto exchanges, or simply not a priority for others, several community members suggested.
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