Bitcoin Suisse, Switzerland’s biggest BTC broker, has now made Lightning Network technology available for its crypto payment system. Bitcoin Suisse will use the Lightning Network to make Bitcoin (BTC) transactions both cheaper and faster. It will be the first cryptocurrency payment processor in Switzerland to integrate the technology, according to a press release dated Nov. 10 Armin…
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Twitter’s stock feels the benefit of the “orange pill” as surging stocks add to positive tailwinds for Bitcoin. Bitcoin (BTC) hit four-day highs of $45,000 on Sept. 24 as the market digested news that Twitter had enabled BTC tipping. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Twitter stock surges 3.8% on Bitcoin news Data from…
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Larger payment channels on Bitcoin’s Lightning network could be exploited according to an independent developer Independent Bitcoin Lightning developer, Joost Jager, has outlined an exploit of the micro-payments network that could result in channels being compromised with very little effort and negligible cost. However, he said he’s hard at work on a possible solution. 1/…
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Zap, the crypto wallet which allows users to purchase Bitcoin instantly via the Lightning Network, raised $3.5M in April, filings show. Zap, the Lightning startup behind a non-custodial Bitcoin wallet, has raised $3.5 million in a seed round in April. As reported by Forbes on July 15, previously undiscovered filings by the U.S. Securities and…
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Bitpay won’t be using Lightning or Liquid any time soon, with actual Bitcoin payments still accounting for 95% of transactions. Pioneering crypto payments service Bitpay has revealed that Bitcoin still overwhelmingly dominates payments and that it has no plans to use second layer solutions like the Lightning or Liquid networks. Bitcoin is often criticised as…
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