February 2020

Lightning Labs has raised $10 million in Series A financing as it gears up to launch its first paid service for merchants accepting bitcoin payments.

Libra Vice Chair Dante A. Disparte said some departing Libra partners left the door wide open for an eventual return. They will be welcomed back when they’re ready.

Intercontinental Exchange, Bakkt’s parent firm, has acquired loyalty services provider Bridge2 Solutions to boost Bakkt’s efforts to build a consumer-focused crypto payments app.

The funding will help the Boston-based startup expand its non-custodial settlement system, potentially to institutional players.

The exchange has added a feature allowing users put up their crypto holdings as collateral to fund futures trading.

An unexpectedly improved reading of the UK’s January PMI for the services sector helped to boost the Pound Sterling during London trading on Wednesday.

Bitcoin has bounced strongly in the last 24 hours, opening the doors for retest of recent highs above $9,600.

The Seattle-based startup sets out to bring real-time settlement to financial infrastructure through a cryptographically secured, distributed payment network.

Intermex has said it will use use RippleNet for its U.S.-Mexican remittance corridor.

IHS Markit recently released its services and composite PMI data for the Eurozone. The data shows a firm but slower expansion in the Eurozone services sector