Coil

Hacker Noon Raises $1M From Former Ripple CTO’s Firm for Content Micro-Tipping

Tech site Hacker Noon is adding micropayments following an integration with Coil that runs on the Interledger protocol.

Business  ·  10 June 2020

Bitcoin’s Lightning Becomes Latest Protocol to Court Publishers With Micropayments

With paywall systems for a whole bevy of assets, crypto payments could revolutionize the media industry – if demand actually matched supply.

Business  ·  31 March 2020
Venture Capital

Ripple to Give Away 1 Billion XRP in Massive Bid to Fund Online Content

Ripple is making a major investment in Coil, a media platform that pays content creators XRP.

Business  ·  15 August 2019
XRP

Imgur Raises $20 Million From Ex-Ripple CTO’s Micropayments Startup

The popular image hosting site Imgur is tying up with a micropayments startup founded by Ripple's former CTO.

Markets  ·  26 June 2019
XRP

Ex-Ripple CTO Launches Blogging Platform to Pay Content Creators XRP

The Coil blogging platform offers tipping via XRP and in future plans to work with a variety of assets.

Business  ·  1 May 2019
Payments

Gates Foundation Partners With Former Ripple CTO’s Blockchain Project

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has partnered with Coil, a startup founded by Ripple's former CTO, to provide payment services for the unbanked.

Tech  ·  18 October 2018
Ripple

Former Ripple CTO’s Blockchain Project Coil Enters Closed Beta

The new company, which incorporates the Interledger and Codius technologies Thomas helped develop at Ripple, is now available to try out.

Tech  ·  31 August 2018