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Markets

Bitcoin Adoption News: Top Win Rebrands, Steak N Shake Accepts BTC, Galaxy's Nasdaq Debut

Galaxy Digital shares started trading on Nasdaq today, but the listing will have to jostle for the crypto sphere's attention.

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Finance

Revolut to Roll Out Bitcoin Lightning Payments for Europe Users Through Lightspark

The integration will offer users cheaper, faster transactions using Lightspark's payment infrastructure built on top of the Bitcoin-based Lightning Network.

Revolut CEO Nikolay Storonsky (Stephen McCarthy/Web Summit via Sportsfile/Flickr)

Finance

Blockstream Opens New Office in Tokyo as It Expands in Asia

The company plans to drive Japanese adoption of Bitcoin Layer-2 and self-custody technologies.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back at Consensus 2019. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Tether Brings Its $140B USDT Stablecoin to Bitcoin and Lightning Networks

Stablecoins are increasingly popular for everyday uses like payments, remittances and savings, and Tether's expansion aims to spur activity to the Bitcoin-based ecosystem.

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Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Stacks’ Muneeb Ali: Let the Bitcoin L2s Bloom

Fresh off completing significant technical upgrades, Ali is now laser focused on growing Stacks’ user base.

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Finance

Telecom Giant and T-Mobile Parent Deutsche Telekom Plans to Mine Bitcoin

The company also revealed that it's running Bitcoin and Lightning network nodes.

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Tech

Bitcoin Layer 2 Ark Protocol's Team Forms New Firm as Lightning Network Competitor

Layer-2 protocol Ark is built to allow off-chain payments in a way that avoids what creator Burak Kecli referred to as "inbound liquidity" problem of Lightning.

Ark (Greg Reese/Pixabay)

Finance

Bitcoin-Focused Payments App Strike Rolls Out Services to Africa

"Many countries on the continent are grappling with high inflation rates and devaluing currencies, making it challenging for people to save and build wealth," the firm said in a blog post.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaking at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach, Florida (Frederick Munawa)

Opinion

Which Is the Best Self-Custody Lightning Wallet?

Bitcoin educator Anita Posch tested the Blixt, Green, Mutiny, Phoenix and Zeus Lightning wallets while traveling in Zimbabwe.

(Michał Mancewicz/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Bitcoin Could See Growth in Layer-2 Ecosystem, Drawing on Ethereum's Experience: Report

The report by Singapore-based blockchain investment Spartan Group and Kyle Ellicott details how these auxiliary networks have drawn a page from the Ethereum blockchain's playbook, and could spring up as demand grows for blockspace on Bitcoin.

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