The co-creator of Meta’s ill-fated crypto payment project Libra says a political hit job stymied their efforts. David Marcus says Libra, later renamed Diem, would have “solved global payments at scale.” The tech executive notes his team spent months briefing “key regulators” in the US and abroad prior to announcing the project in June 2019 alongside […]
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David Marcus, former head of Libra at Meta, described how the project ended at the hands of personalities in the high echelons of political power. He remarked that this happened even after satisfying the demands of lawmakers and regulators. David Marcus Tells How Libra Died for Purely Political Reasons David Marcus, the former head of […]
Nubank, Latam’s most valuable bank, has partnered with Lightspark, a cryptocurrency-focused financial services company, to bring its customers access to Lightning Network transactions. With this partnership, Nubank expects to lower costs and get more flexibility for users to take advantage of its trading platform, according to Thomaz Fortes, Executive Director for Nubank Crypto. Nubank to […]
Lightspark will also integrate the Universal Money Address standard for Nubank, which gives an email-like address for users to send and receive money.
Brazilian neobank Nubank has partnered with payments platform Lightspark to offer the Bitcoin Lightning Network to its 100 million customers in Latin America.
Lightspark said on June 25 that it’s working with Nubank to start the Lightning “integration, mapping, and building potential products” and would have “more to share in the future.”
Lightspark will also integrate the Universal Money Address standard — a payment system built on top of Lightning that gives users an email-like address to transfer money.
David Marcus, CEO of Lightspark, a company that offers lightning network (LN) related services, has stated that LN will become the “interoperability neutral settlement layer” for the world. Marcus declared that only Bitcoin is “neutral enough” to be implemented as the enabler between national payment systems, granting companies and institutions adopting it an edge for […]
David Marcus, the former president of Paypal and the current CEO of Lightspark, envisions bitcoin as the primary currency for artificial intelligence (AI) in the future. He describes bitcoin as “maximally neutral,” highlighting its advantages over conventional fiat currencies like the euro or the U.S. dollar. Bitcoin Poised to Become Default Currency for AI, Says […]
The former president of PayPal and ex-Facebook vice-president, David Marcus, says Bitcoin (BTC) is in a class of its own compared to other crypto assets. In an appearance on the What Bitcoin Did podcast, the founder of Lightning Network payments protocol Lightspark says he now has the “unshakeable conviction” that Bitcoin “is the only form of […]
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The co-creator of Facebook’s cryptocurrency project Diem thinks the future of real-time payments will have utility in multiple sectors across the world. David Marcus is the co-founder and CEO of Lightspark, a startup that aims to build Bitcoin (BTC)-based enterprise payment solutions for the Lightning Network. Marcus says in a new interview with Anthony Pompliano […]
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Ticketmaster, the global provider of event ticketing services, has launched “token-gated sales,” allowing fans access to concert tickets using non-fungible token (NFT) technology. The first to use the service is the metal band Avenged Sevenfold (A7X), whose “Deathbats Club” NFT collection gave owners early access to the group’s shows in Los Angeles and New York […]
On March 2, Xapo Bank announced its partnership with Lightspark, a company led by David Marcus, former crypto boss at Facebook. The partnership aims to extend the utility of bitcoin and the Lightning Network. Xapo revealed on Thursday that it is the first fully licensed private bank to offer payments through the Lightning Network. Xapo […]