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Taproot
Lightning Labs Raises $70M to Bring Stablecoins to Bitcoin
Lightning Lab's Elizabeth Stark announced a Taproot-enabled protocol called Taproot Asset Representation Overlay (Taro) that has received $70 million in Series B funding to bring stablecoin capability to the Bitcoin network. “The Hash” panel discusses how this project can revitalize Bitcoin’s early function as a means for payments and the technological capabilities of the Taproot upgrade.
Lightning Labs Raises $70M to Bring Stablecoins to Bitcoin
The Taproot-powered “Taro” protocol aims to bring low-fee stablecoin and asset transfers to the Bitcoin Lightning Network.
Bitcoin Isn’t Private – But Its Recent Taproot Upgrade Will Help
The upgrade could give the network a much-anticipated privacy boost once its effects ripple throughout the ecosystem.
Most Influential 2021: The Developers Who Wrote Bitcoin’s Taproot Upgrade
With Taproot, Bitcoin has gained a valuable set of tools for developers to integrate new features that will improve privacy, scalability and security.
5 Reasons for Crypto to Be Thankful
CoinDesk’s Chief Content Officer picks out five big trends to be pleased about.
Bitcoin Attempts Price Recovery After a Derivatives-Led Slide to Sub-$56K
Bitcoin is looking to regain its footing, having reached five-week lows early Friday in a move market participants said was driven by derivatives. Haohan Xu, CEO of crypto trading firm Apifiny, discusses his views on bitcoin's trajectory and how low it could go. Plus, whether the benefits of Taproot could already be priced into BTC.
Taproot Unlocks Bitcoin Opportunities, Mintable Aims Big
Bit Digital says the entire crypto mining fleet is now out of China. Taproot upgrade unlocks greater bitcoin network utility. Singapore's Mintable aims to become the world's largest NFT marketplace. We'll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."
After Taproot, What’s Next for Bitcoin’s Future?
Now that Bitcoin has Taproot, here are some other interesting soft fork changes developers have been eyeing.
Market Wrap: Analysts See Bitcoin as Still in ‘Bullish Phase,’ Despite Pullbacks
But it remains to be seen whether investors will continue to accumulate BTC in hopes of long-term gains.
