Bitcoin Lightning News

Libra co-creator David Marcus says Bitcoin’s alternatives are too centralized and not secure enough. Lightspark CEO David Marcus is apparently a big fan of Bitcoin (BTC), as he believes that the cryptocurrency made by Satoshi Nakamoto is the only “viable…

Strike CEO Jack Mallers admitted high fees for crypto purchases with debit card but noted the firm is working to find a cheaper way. Bitcoin (BTC) payments firm Strike is rolling out its services globally, allowing users in 35+ countries…

Bitcoin’s Lightning Network saw a 1,212% increase in transactions since August 2021, reaching 6.6 million in August 2023, as per a new report by River Financial. Bitcoin’s (BTC) layer-2 scaling solution, the Lightning Network, achieved impressive growth, according to a…

Coinbase is considering integrating Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to facilitate quicker crypto payments. The exchange’s CEO, Brian Armstrong, hinted at it in response to a tweet by Jack Dorsey. The Twitter co-founder, in his turn, questioned Coinbase’s approach toward Bitcoin (BTC) and…

Binance, a cryptocurrency trading platform, has successfully integrated the Bitcoin Lightning Network

The Lightning Network, a second-layer payment protocol built on the Bitcoin blockchain, has set a new record in terms of capacity.

Michael Saylor, the chairman of MicroStrategy, has revealed that the software company developers are working on solutions to enable large numbers of people to be able to use the Lightning Network, a layer-2 payment solution on top of Bitcoin. The…