Ripple is making a major investment in Coil, a media platform that pays content creators XRP.
Ripple Is Giving Away 1 Billion XRP in Massive Bid to Fund Online Content
Imgur Raises $20 Million From Ex-Ripple CTO’s Micropayments Startup
The popular image hosting site Imgur is tying up with a micropayments startup founded by Ripple’s former CTO.
Can Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Power Payments in a Japanese Bar?
A bar in Japan is teaming up with a locally-based lightning startup to let customers pay using the experimental payments network.
Proposal’s Merger Paves Way for New Bitcoin Lightning Features
A new routing proposal is expected to be merged today into the official “specifications” of lightning, the technology many advocates trumpet as the fix to bitcoin’s long-standing payment problems. Christian Decker, one of the most prolific lightning developers who engineers for the tech startup Blockstream, pointed out that the proposal, which he wrote, is moving on […]
Ethereum-Powered Social Network Cent Launches Payments via Chat
Cent now enables direct messages with ether payments, even without downloading crypto wallet software.
Bitcoin’s Lightning Comes to Apple Smartwatches With New App
A new app for the Apple Watch has been launched by bitcoin startup Bluewallet, which connects users to the nascent lightning network.
Ex-Ripple CTO Launches Blogging Platform to Pay Content Creators XRP
The Coil blogging platform offers tipping via XRP and future plans to work with a variety of assets.
Startup Behind Ethereum DEX Releases Lightning Developer Tools
Radar Relay, a decentralized exchange for trading tokens over ethereum, is branching out into bitcoin lightning technology.
Bitrefill’s ‘Thor Turbo’ Lets You Get Started With Bitcoin’s Lightning Faster
Bitcoin startup Bitrefill is launching a new service aimed at helping onboard users of the lightning network more quickly.
10 Passes To Go: Bitcoin’s Lightning Torch Will Soon Burn Out
The globe-trotting bitcoin payments experiment is nearing its end, having attracted participants like Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
This New Lightning App Aims to Make Getting Paid in Bitcoin Easier
A new service has launched to make it easier for people to accept money on bitcoin’s lightning payments network.
A Bitcoin Lightning Web Standard, Inspired By Ethereum, Is Gaining Steam
Sending bitcoin lightning payments over the web might soon get easier. That’s because a new bitcoin standard for simplifying lightning payments, the open-source WebLN standard, is gaining traction, now being used by Lightning Joule and Bluewallet, two of the more popular lightning wallets, as well as apps like Lightning Spin, to slim down the number […]
A Lightning API for Bitcoin Futures Data Has Launched
An experimental service that allows users to pay for futures data from exchanges Kraken and BitMEX via the lightning network is now live.
It’s Getting Harder to Send Bitcoin’s Lightning Torch – Here’s Why
An experiment pushing the boundaries of crypto payments, bitcoin’s Lightning Torch is suffering liquidity issues due to its success.
You Can Now Send Bitcoin Tips Over Lightning on Twitter
When “liking” your favorite tweet isn’t enough, you can now send small bitcoin tips via the lightning network.
Bitcoin’s ‘Lightning Torch’ Has Blazed Through 37 Countries So Far
The bitcoin community is currently immersed in an experiment called the “lightning torch,” and it’s reached 37 countries so far.
SatoshiPay Integrates Blockchain Payments for Major European Publisher
Micropayments startup SatoshiPay has partnered with Europe’s largest digital publisher to integrate blockchain payments for content.
Lightning-Powered Blog Sees 20,000 Bitcoin Micropayments in 7 Months
The Lightning Network is already powering a real blogging platform with bitcoin micropayments.
Sorry, I Turned Off My Bitcoin Faucet (Because Money)
At its height, 99Bitcoins’ faucet was making nearly $2,000 a month, even after giving away coins. Then things got complicated.
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Getting Its Own Hacker Camp
Chaincode is launching a new “residency” in New York that will focus on helping developers build their own Lightning Network apps
