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Xapo Bank, Lightspark to Support Fast Bitcoin Payments via Lightning Network Integration

Xapo Bank, a Bitcoin custodian and licensed private bank, has partnered with Lightspark and integrated with the Lightning Network “to enable lightning-fast Bitcoin payments for its customers.” Xapo Bank members “can now instantly pay for small purchases of up to $100 USD at any vendor… Read More

Xapo Founder Emphasizes Bitcoin’s Experimental Nature, Suggests it Could Become “Nonpolitical Standard of Value”

Wences Casares, an early Bitcoin adopter and founder of the bitcoin wallet and vault company Xapo, has told reporters at Bloomberg that Bitcoin, “is a really interesting intellectual experiment…” that still has a “non-trivial chance of failing,” though he considers success more likely than failure…. Read More

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