The Lightning Network enables fast, low-cost Bitcoin payments using a secure layer-2 protocol. Payment channels allow instant, off-chain transactions, settling on-chain only when channels close.

Bitcoin is often praised as a long-term savings technology, but its role as a medium of exchange is just as important—especially for businesses. From local cafés to large corporations, more merchants ...

Barclays is about to become the first mainstream bank to openly and directly support bitcoin transactions, The Sunday Timesreports. The Daily Mailechoed the news for its huge readership. Barclays has ...

A common phrase you might have heard if you were born before the economic system was digitized and credit cards became the standard form of payment for Americans was “cash is king.” Cash is valuable ...

Flash, a Bitcoin payment platform, has officially launched Flash 2.0, its latest version designed to simplify and accelerate Bitcoin adoption for businesses. The update introduces a redesigned ...

SoFi Technologies is using blockchain technology to bring cross-border remittance payments to its customers. The digital bank announced on Tuesday that it is partnering with Lightspark, a payments ...