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In First 'Pure Crypto' Hire, Silvergate Bank Recruits Blockstream Liquid Network Exec

Benjamin Richman, formerly director of business development and partnerships at Blockstream, will help the crypto-friendly bank pursue its ambitious goals for serving the crypto industry.

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Blockstream Co-Founder Joins Bitcoin-Only Startup Rupiver Financial

Jonathan Wilkins, a co-founder of Blockstream, is joining up-and-coming bitcoin brokerage River Financial as Chief Security Officer.

GOT YOUR BACK: River Financial focuses on "what is best for users in the long term instead of pushing altcoins and encouraging more active trading in order to increase fees," says new CSO Jonathan Wilkins. Image courtesy of River Financial

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BTCPay Server Now Processing Blockstream's Liquid Assets

BTCPay Server now accepts assets issued on Blocksteam's sidechain, Liquid.

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

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Crypto Trading Privacy Gets a Boost as $15M of Tether Moves to Liquid Sidechain

Innocuous at first glance, the transfer of $15 million worth of USDT from ethereum to Liquid has big implications for the tether market and digital asset trading more broadly.

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'Multi-Part' Payments Could Bring Bigger Bitcoin Sums to Lightning Network

With its latest "major release," bitcoin tech startup Blockstream said its c-lightning software team is the first to release a working version of "multi-part payments."

Blockstream's Christian Decker at Construct 2019, image via CoinDesk archives

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Blockstream's 'Watchtowers' Will Bring a New Justice System to the Lightning Network

Watchtowers, a semi-trusted payment channel sheriff, is designed to keep the peace among lightning nodes.

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BTSE Exchange Plans $50M Token Raise on Blockstream's Ethereum Rival Liquid

If successful, the offering could help put bitcoin sidechains back on the map as an alternative to ethereum for launching assets.

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Bull Bitcoin Joins Blockstream’s Liquid Exchange Network

Liquid adds another exchange to its collection of global partners.

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Blockstream Launches Bitcoin Mining Farm With Fidelity as Early Customer

Blockstream is further stepping into bitcoin mining with the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman as customers.

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Bitcoin Could Help Stop News Censorship – From Space

An advocacy group is testing out the idea that the combination of bitcoin and orbital communication can help fight news censorship.

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