Crypto remittances are a lifeline for many people who need to send money to their loved ones, as they provide faster, cheaper and more transparent transactions than traditional methods.
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The Lightning Network is growing, but liquidity issues and a need for greater user awareness continue to hinder mainstream adoption.
10679“Imagine if Best Buy, Bank of America, Fox News and an NFL team were all owned by the same individual. All of them will have lightning capabilities in the future,” Jose Lemus, CEO of Ibex Mercado, told Cointelegraph.
6558Glassnode data demonstrates that the Lightning Network outcompetes traditional payment networks in terms of commission costs.
28836Cointelegraph’s Elisha Owusu Akyaw shares how cryptocurrency is changing the financial landscape in Africa — and the opportunities and challenges that come with it.
4390What is Bitcoin adoption like on the ground as peer-to-peer cash in the home of Bitcoin worldwide? Cointelegraph visits El Salvador to find out!
10381The Central American country of Guatemala is getting inked on the path to greater Bitcoin merchant adoption.
8819A Bitcoiner has literally taken the Lightning Network into his own hands, installing a tiny payment chip into his hands to make NFC contactless payments.
6534Mexico has a burgeoning crypto remittance market that has immense potential.
7249The famous Stanford Marshmallow Experiment takes the orange pill during a study of 25 school kids on the Isle of Man.
3387The partnership with the "super app enabler" will allow users to pay for taxi services and food deliveries with crypto using Binance Pay.
5780The layer-2 technology built on Bitcoin now has 4,000 Bitcoin or $120 million locked up allowing for near-instant payments around the world.
6581A data analyst on the Isle of Man demonstrated how contactless payments work on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network using an NFC enabled Bolt Card.
5492A class of 2021 Bitcoiner in Mozambique is using the Lightning Network to transact while using Bitcoin to protect his savings.
4719When a Lamborghini owner didn’t have cash on them to pay for their repair job, they used Bitcoin to pay Kansas City welder JayFab.
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