A new collaborative effort spearheaded by Lightning infrastructure company LNFi intends to accelerate the adoption of the Lightning Network. Leveraging the progress of novel protocols such as Taproot ...

The world of financial assets and alternative currencies has officially arrived to Bitcoin. If it wasn’t clear already following the slew of new protocols birthed by the Ordinals’ movement, the ...

The team behind Bitcoin layer-2 protocol Ark has formed a new company that will build a faster, cheaper payments system on the world's largest blockchain, aiming to create a better venue than ...

I was asked repeatedly throughout this year’s Bitcoin 2024 conference what my highlight of the moment was — what the signal was amongst the noise. As I returned from Nashville, it occurred to me that, ...

New Fundstrat data shows Bitcoin's mean block size has increased since the Ordinals protocol, which allows for NFTs to be stored on Bitcoin's blockchain, started to gain traction towards the end of ...

Cash App on Thursday rolled out a crypto-focused upgrade that adds Bitcoin Lightning payments and stablecoin transfers, ...

A segment of the population has begun using Bitcoin as a mechanism for financial preservation and for conducting transactions ...

Elizabeth Stark unpacked the basics of Bitcoin Lightning at FT Live’s Crypto and Digital Assets Summit and teased a new development on Bitcoin’s leading layer 2. Stablecoins running on Bitcoin are ...

Bitcoin evolves on two clocks: slow, consensus-driven changes at the base layer and fast experimentation at the edges.Major ...

Xapo Bank, the “fully” licensed bank that makes it simple for members to bank with Bitcoin, today announces that it has integrated further with the Lightning Network to facilitate Bitcoin deposits ...

This week’s Crypto Biz features the Lightning Network rollout on Coinbase, Avalanche integration with Stripe, MicroStrategy earning results and BlackRock’s new tokenized fund. While developers have ...

Imagine trading your BTC for stablecoins in seconds, keeping full control—no apps, no wrappers, just pure self-custody ...