Facebook Seeks Counsel to Forge Blockchain Partnerships for New Products
Facebook is looking to hire a lead commercial counsel for blockchain to negotiate “partnerships needed to launch new products.”
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Business News
Square Is Hiring New Crypto Engineers — And It Wants to Pay Them in Bitcoin
Payments startup Square wants to bring on crypto-focused engineers and designers, and may pay them in bitcoin.
BitPay
Fortune 500 Tech Firm Avnet Now Accepts Crypto Payments via BitPay
Avnet, one of the world’s largest distributors of electronic components and services, is now accepting crypto payments through BitPay.
Business News
IBM Signs 6 Banks to Issue Stablecoins and Use Stellar’s XLM Cryptocurrency
Six banks have signed up to issue stablecoins through World Wire, an IBM network built on the Stellar blockchain.
API
A Lightning API for Bitcoin Futures Data Has Launched
An experimental service that allows users to pay for futures data from exchanges Kraken and BitMEX via the lightning network is now live.
Banking
Banking Startup Launching Visa Card That Lets You Spend 7 Cryptos
Banking startup 2gether is launching a prepaid Visa debit card that allows eurozone-based users to spend cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin
Bitfury Integration to Bring Bitcoin Lightning Payments to More Merchants
The Bitfury Group has partnered with business payments processor HadePay to bring lightning network-based bitcoin payments to merchants.
Binance
Binance’s Trust Wallet Adds Support for XRP, Credit Card Payments
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s official wallet, Trust Wallet, has added support for XRP and credit card payments.
Credit Unions
IBM Scores Deal With US Credit Union Group to Use Hyperledger Blockchain
Credit union consortium CULedger will use IBM’s Hyperledger Fabric, in addition to several other blockchains it’s been working with.
Business News
UNICEF Explores Blockchain to Improve Internet for ‘Every School’ in Kyrgyzstan
International children’s charity UNICEF is exploring how blockchain technology could be used to help connect local schools in Kyrgyzstan to the Internet.