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The Lightning Address protocol allows users to send bitcoin over the Lightning Network to a wallet identifier resembling a conventional email address.

By Frederick Munawa

Apr 18, 2023 at 12:33 a.m. UTC

Apr 18, 2023

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Jack Mallers' Strike Service, Send Globally, Tackles Bitcoin-Fiat Remittances

The new Lightning-based service gives foreign workers a new way to send their pay back home quickly and cheaply. That’s why Send Globally is one of CoinDesk’s Projects to Watc...

By David Z. Morris

Apr 17, 2023 at 12:12 p.m. UTC

Apr 17, 2023

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Zebedee Co-Founder on Global Payment Service Powered by Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

Bitcoin gaming and payments company Zebedee has debuted a payment feature on its app that allows users to instantly send any amount of money to five jurisdictions, including t...

By CoinDesk Inc

Apr 3, 2023 at 7:57 p.m. UTC

Apr 3, 2023

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Zebedee Debuts Global Payment Service Powered by Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

The service is currently available in the U.S., U.K., EU, Brazil and the Philippines, but Zebedee plans on expanding the service to accommodate “all countries and currencies a...

By Frederick Munawa

Mar 28, 2023 at 7:56 p.m. UTC

Mar 28, 2023

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Jack Dorsey's Block Launches Service Provider to Make Lightning More Reliable

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Jack Dorsey's Block Launches Service Provider to Make Lightning More Reliable

TBD, a division of Jack Dorsey's financial-technology company Block, has launched a new business entity named “c=” that focuses on improving liquidity and routing on the Light...

By CoinDesk Inc

Mar 3, 2023 at 8:46 p.m. UTC

Mar 3, 2023

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Jack Dorsey's Block Launches Service Provider to Make Lightning More Reliable

The new entity dubbed “c=” aims to improve liquidity and routing on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. The name references the speed of light in Einstein's famous equation E=MC2.

By Frederick Munawa

Mar 2, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 2, 2023

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Xapo

Xapo Bank Integrates Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, Partners with Lightspark

Crypto pioneer Xapo has quietly assembled interest-bearing, deposit-guaranteed USD bank accounts with a view to providing alternative financial services in emerging market cou...

By Ian Allison

Mar 2, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 2, 2023

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Strike Extends Bitcoin Lightning Network-Powered Remittances to Philippines

Digital payments firm Strike is expanding its international money transfer service that runs on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to the Philippines to tap into the country’s remitt...

By CoinDesk Inc

Jan 31, 2023 at 7:02 p.m. UTC

Jan 31, 2023

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Strike Expands Lightning Network-Powered Remittances to Philippines

The Philippines is one of the world’s largest remittance markets, at $35 billion, and Strike says it will use its service, powered by the Bitcoin blockchain's Lightning Networ...

By Frederick Munawa

Jan 31, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. UTC

Jan 31, 2023

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