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David Marcus to Represent Bitcoin at White House Cryptocurrency Summit Coinotag 07 Mar 2025

David Marcus to Represent Bitcoin at White House Cryptocurrency Summit

David Marcus, CEO of Lightspark, will represent Bitcoin at the White House Cryptocurrency Summit.

U.S. Digital Assets Sub-Committee to Hold Hearing on Bipartisan Crypto Legislation Cryptonews 21 Feb 2025

U.S. Digital Assets Sub-Committee to Hold Hearing on Bipartisan Crypto Legislation

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will conduct a hearing on February 26 to discuss bipartisan crypto legislation, focusing on stablecoins, market structure, and a Bitcoin reserve.

Exploring Bitcoin’s Potential: Insights from David Marcus on Scaling and Stablecoins in Global Payments Coinotag 19 Feb 2025

Exploring Bitcoin’s Potential: Insights from David Marcus on Scaling and Stablecoins in Global Payments

David Marcus shares insights on Bitcoin's scalability and the role of stablecoins in global payments, as discussed in The Scoop podcast.

David Marcus on building Bitcoin’s global payment network with Lightspark The Block 19 Feb 2025

David Marcus on building Bitcoin’s global payment network with Lightspark

David Marcus provides insights into how Lightspark is building a global payment network using Bitcoin.

Is New Meme Coin $TST On BNB Chain The Best Crypto To Buy Now? Insidebitcoins 10 Feb 2025

Is New Meme Coin $TST On BNB Chain The Best Crypto To Buy Now?

Is meme coin $TST on the BNB Chain the best crypto investment now amidst changes in regulations?

2 months ago
Lightspark CEO Endorses Trump’s Plan for a US Crypto Reboot Coin Edition 08 Feb 2025

Lightspark CEO Endorses Trump’s Plan for a US Crypto Reboot

Lightspark CEO David Marcus supports President Trump's new cryptocurrency policies, highlighting a potentially brighter future for crypto in the U.S.

New US Rule Could Force Crypto Providers to Compensate Fraud Victims Beincrypto 11 Jan 2025

New US Rule Could Force Crypto Providers to Compensate Fraud Victims

The US CFPB proposes a rule to protect crypto users from fraud by holding service providers accountable. Critics argue it's too broad and lacks industry input, potentially complicating implementation.

3 months ago
Yellow Card, Lightspark Partner to Bring Instant Bitcoin Transfers to Africa Bitcoin.com 15 Dec 2024

Yellow Card, Lightspark Partner to Bring Instant Bitcoin Transfers to Africa

Yellow Card partners with Lightspark to connect businesses in 20 African countries using Universal Money Addresses, enabling instant Bitcoin transfers across the continent.

5 months ago
Lightspark Introduces Spark: Statechain-inspired Solution for Scaling Bitcoin No Bullshit Bitcoin 28 Oct 2024

Lightspark Introduces Spark: Statechain-inspired Solution for Scaling Bitcoin

Lightspark launches Spark, a statechain-inspired solution to scale Bitcoin and extend the Lightning Network, targeting enterprises.

Lightspark Announces New Bitcoin L2 and Upgraded UMA Capabilities Bitcoin Magazine 25 Oct 2024

Lightspark Announces New Bitcoin L2 and Upgraded UMA Capabilities

Lightspark introduces a new Bitcoin Layer 2 solution and enhances its Universal Money Address (UMA) with features like UMA Extend, UMA Auth, and UMA Request.

6 months ago
Lightspark Targets Latam Expansion with Bitcoin Lightning Network Integration for Faster, Cheaper Transactions Coinotag 19 Sep 2024

Lightspark Targets Latam Expansion with Bitcoin Lightning Network Integration for Faster, Cheaper Transactions

Lightspark plans to expand its Bitcoin Lightning Network integration in Latin America to enable faster, cheaper transactions.

Lightning Network-Focused Startup Lightspark Sets Its Sights on Latam Bitcoin.com 19 Sep 2024

Lightning Network-Focused Startup Lightspark Sets Its Sights on Latam

Lightspark, a startup focused on the Lightning Network, aims to enter the Latin American cryptocurrency market through partnerships with exchanges like Bitso and fintech institutions like Nubank.

7 months ago
Lightspark Launches UMA Extend to Integrate Lightning Network Payments with U.S. Banks Coinotag 31 Aug 2024

Lightspark Launches UMA Extend to Integrate Lightning Network Payments with U.S. Banks

Lightspark introduces UMA Extend, bridging Lightning Network payments with U.S. bank accounts, advancing crypto-finance integration.

Lightspark Presents Solution Linking Lightning Network Payments to Bank Accounts in the U.S. Bitcoin.com 31 Aug 2024

Lightspark Presents Solution Linking Lightning Network Payments to Bank Accounts in the U.S.

Lightspark unveils UMA Extend, enhancing Lightning Network payments to U.S. bank accounts for seamless crypto to traditional finance interactions.

Lightspark Introduces Instant Bitcoin Lightning Payments for U.S. Businesses with New Feature Bitcoin Magazine 28 Aug 2024

Lightspark Introduces Instant Bitcoin Lightning Payments for U.S. Businesses with New Feature

Lightspark introduces Lightspark Extend, enabling instant Lightning payments for U.S. businesses.

9 months ago
Lightspark Enables Institutions To Use The Bitcoin Lightning Network Bitcoin Magazine 03 Jul 2024

Lightspark Enables Institutions To Use The Bitcoin Lightning Network

Lightspark’s CTO Kevin Hurley leverages his experience from Facebook’s Diem to help institutions use the Bitcoin Lightning Network for cross-border payments.

Nubank Partners with Lightspark to Launch Bitcoin Lightning Network for 100 Million Users Coinotag 25 Jun 2024

Nubank Partners with Lightspark to Launch Bitcoin Lightning Network for 100 Million Users

Nubank has partnered with Lightspark to integrate the Bitcoin Lightning Network, enhancing transaction speed and reducing costs for its 100 million users.

10 months ago
Xapo Bank Enables Bitcoin Deposits via the Lightning Network No Bullshit Bitcoin 24 May 2024

Xapo Bank Enables Bitcoin Deposits via the Lightning Network

Xapo Bank, a regulated entity in Gibraltar, now allows customers to deposit Bitcoin using the Lightning Network, leveraging its partnership with Lightspark.

Xapo Bank enables bitcoin deposits via Lightning Network The Block 23 May 2024

Xapo Bank enables bitcoin deposits via Lightning Network

Xapo Bank now accepts Bitcoin deposits via the Lightning Network, expanding its collaboration with Lightspark on smaller, speedier transactions.

Lightspark CEO David Marcus: Lightning Network Will Become the World’s ‘Interoperability Neutral Settlement Layer’ Bitcoin.com 13 May 2024

Lightspark CEO David Marcus: Lightning Network Will Become the World’s ‘Interoperability Neutral Settlement Layer’

Lightspark CEO David Marcus predicts the Lightning Network will transform into a global 'interoperability neutral settlement layer', asserting Bitcoin's neutrality makes it suitable to bridge national payment systems, offering adopters a competitive advantage.

11 months ago
Lightspark CEO Expects Bitcoin to Dominate AI-Related Monetary Transactions Bitcoin.com 02 May 2024

Lightspark CEO Expects Bitcoin to Dominate AI-Related Monetary Transactions

David Marcus, CEO of Lightspark and former president of Paypal, predicts bitcoin will become the leading currency for AI transactions, due to its neutrality compared to fiat currencies like the euro or USD.

Coinbase Integrates Bitcoin Lightning for 100 Million Users Bitcoin Magazine 30 Apr 2024

Coinbase Integrates Bitcoin Lightning for 100 Million Users

Coinbase has integrated Bitcoin's Lightning Network, offering over 100 million users faster and cheaper BTC transactions through a partnership with Lightspark.

New Bitcoin (BTC) Move from Coinbase! Bitcoinsistemi 30 Apr 2024

New Bitcoin (BTC) Move from Coinbase!

Coinbase has announced support for the Lightning Network, teaming up with Lightspark.

Coinbase rolls out Lightning Network support in collaboration with Lightspark The Block 30 Apr 2024

Coinbase rolls out Lightning Network support in collaboration with Lightspark

Coinbase integrates Lightning Network for faster, cheaper Bitcoin transactions.

Lightspark Gets Debanked by Bill.com No Bullshit Bitcoin 26 Apr 2024

Lightspark Gets Debanked by Bill.com

Lightspark, a lightning infrastructure service provider, faced problems with its traditional financial services partner.

1 year ago
Coinbase Adopts Bitcoin Lightning With Lightspark Partnership stacker news 05 Apr 2024

Coinbase Adopts Bitcoin Lightning With Lightspark Partnership

Coinbase partners with Lightspark to integrate Bitcoin Lightning payments, enhancing transaction speeds and reducing costs, furthering crypto adoption.

Coinbase Integrates Bitcoin Lightning Network for Faster, Cheaper Transactions Coinengineer 04 Apr 2024

Coinbase Integrates Bitcoin Lightning Network for Faster, Cheaper Transactions

Coinbase has adopted the Bitcoin Lightning Network, aligning with other exchanges like Binance for faster, cheaper Bitcoin transactions. Lightspark provides the integration, allowing Coinbase to maintain its key controls.

Coinbase Uses Lightspark for Bitcoin Lightning Transactions Cryptonews 04 Apr 2024

Coinbase Uses Lightspark for Bitcoin Lightning Transactions

Coinbase Global will implement Lightspark for its network to enable faster and cheaper Bitcoin Lightning Network transactions.

Coinbase Partners with Lightspark for Lightning Network Integration No Bullshit Bitcoin 03 Apr 2024

Coinbase Partners with Lightspark for Lightning Network Integration

Coinbase partners with Lightspark to integrate the Bitcoin Lightning Network, expanding fast and low-cost Bitcoin transactions to millions of users in over 100 countries.

Coinbase and Lightspark: enhancing Bitcoin with the integration of Lightning Network Cryptonomist 03 Apr 2024

Coinbase and Lightspark: enhancing Bitcoin with the integration of Lightning Network

Coinbase partners with Lightspark to integrate the Bitcoin Lightning Network, representing a major development for its users and the broader digital asset space.

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