Lightning

Bitcoin Startup Zap Is Working With Visa

Lightning Network startup Zap, Inc. is partnering with Visa to offer the most user-friendly bitcoin services since Cash App.

Business  ·  2 July 2020

Bitcoin Shopping Gets a Boost From Social Distancing

State-imposed quarantines and policies set to work-from-home are boosting bitcoin-based shopping.

Business  ·  13 March 2020
Opinion

Lightning Solves Bitcoin’s Speed Problem, but Watch Out for Fraudsters

Lightning-based fiat-bitcoin systems could popularize crypto payments, as long as fraud and bitcoin's non-reversibility don't get in the way.

Business  ·  25 February 2020
Bitcoin

Square Crypto Is Creating a ‘Lightning Development Kit’ for Bitcoin Wallets

Square Crypto is hoping to galvanize Lightning development with a new tool kit, currently under construction.

News  ·  21 January 2020
Bitcoin Protocol

Grasping Lightning: Mapping the Key Players in Bitcoin’s Next Phase

All kinds of groups are developing for lightning, the likely future of bitcoin payments. Here's a guide to notable players and projects.

Tech  ·  17 January 2020
Bitcoin

Nayuta Claims Its Android Lightning Wallet Is the First to Build in a Bitcoin Full Node

Japan-based startup Nayuta has released what it says is the first lightning network wallet with a built-in bitcoin "full node."

Tech  ·  10 December 2019
Lightning Network

State-Owned French Bank Joins Bitcoin Startup’s $8 Million Series A

Lightning-focused bitcoin startup ACINQ added an interesting investor to its cap table: Bpifrance, a state-owned bank that just made its first crypto investment.

Business  ·  8 October 2019
Lightning Network

Bitcoin Startup Casa Updates Lightning Nodes After Shipping 2,000 in Year 1

Casa, a bitcoin custody provider, is launching a new version of its flagship device.

Markets  ·  8 October 2019
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Shopping App Fold Raises $2.5 Million to Bring Lightning to Retailers

Competition among bitcoin retail apps is heating up, with the newly funded Fold App doubling down on lightning network experiments.

Business  ·  25 September 2019
Bitcoin

Fold App Adds Bitcoin ‘Kickbacks’ for Purchases at Target, Starbucks

Mobile shoppers can earn bitcoin for purchases from Amazon, Starbucks and Target, just to name a few. 

Business  ·  31 July 2019
Bitcoin

Casa Launches Lightning Node Mobile App for Bitcoin Newbies

Casa's new wallet aims to help aspiring cypherpunks graduate from getting their first bitcoin to running their own lightning node.

Policy & regulation  ·  3 July 2019
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Startup Bitrefill Raises $2 Million Funding for Global Expansion

The lightning-centric bitcoin startup plans to use this funding to expand services to almost every country in the world by 2020.

Business  ·  13 June 2019
DeFi

From Crypto Winter to DeFi: A Year of Loss and Opportunity

The year since the last Consensus event wasn't just a crypto winter. It also included impressive progress in blockchain evolution, writes Michael Casey.

Markets  ·  13 May 2019
Ethereum

Don’t Believe the FUD: Ethereum Can Scale

The narrative that ethereum can't scale is being actively disproved in production environments on a daily basis.

Tech  ·  2 February 2019
Bitcoin

State of Lightning: What’s the Path for Network Adoption in 2019?

The "instant payments" network running atop bitcoin saw fast user adoption levels in 2018. Will the trend continue this year?

Tech  ·  27 January 2019