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Blockstream launches Simplicity for optimised contracts on Bitcoin

04 Aug 2025 / 5 min read / Crypto, Web3 and CBDC

Blockstream has announced the launch of Simplicity in order to provide safer and more efficient contracts on Bitcoin.

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Komainu receives USD 75 million in Bitcoin-funded investment

17 Jan 2025 / 5 min read / Crypto, Web3 and CBDC

Komainu, a regulated provider of digital asset custody and services has announced a USD 75 million strategic investment from Blockstream Capital Partners.

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Tesla to provide solar energy for Bitcoin mining

12 Apr 2022 / 5 min read / Crypto, Web3 and CBDC

Blockchain company Blockstream has partnered with payments firm Block and Tesla to create a solar-powered Bitcoin mining facility in the US, according to edie.

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Lightning Labs Raises USD 70 mln to bring stablecoins to Bitcoin

07 Apr 2022 / 5 min read / Crypto, Web3 and CBDC

Lightning Labs has raised USD 70 million in Series B funding and has introduced Taro, an open-source protocol meant to bring assets such as stablecoins to the Bitcoin blockchain, CoinDesk reports.

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El Salvador to launch first Bitcoin bond

10 Feb 2022 / 5 min read / Crypto, Web3 and CBDC

El Salvador has announced plans to issue its first Bitcoin bond in March 2022, as finance minister Alejandro Zelaya said on 8 February.

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El Salvador to create 'Bitcoin City'

22 Nov 2021 / 5 min read / Crypto, Web3 and CBDC

El Salvador, the only country in which Bitcoin is a legal tender, has announced plans to build an entire city based on the cryptocurrency.

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Square to invest USD 5 million to build solar-powered Bitcoin mining facility

08 Jun 2021 / 5 min read / Crypto, Web3 and CBDC

Square has announced plans to team up with blockchain technology provider Blockstream Mining to build an open-source, solar-powered Bitcoin mining facility.

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Bpifrance joins Bitcoin startups USD 8 million Series A

09 Oct 2019 / 5 min read / Payments

Partially state-owned French investment bank Bpifrance had made its first investment in a crypto startup, as the bank wants to play an active role in building Bitcoin’s infrastructure.

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GoTenna, Blockstream Satellite to facilitate the use of Bitcoin without Internet

13 May 2019 / 5 min read / Payments

Blockstream Satellite and goTenna have integrated their techs to facilitate Bitcoin transactions, via technology used to onboard people without direct internet connections.

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BTCC rolls out Bitcoin to USD exchange in China

04 Nov 2016 / 5 min read / Crypto, Web3 and CBDC

BTCC, originally founded as BTCChina in 2011, has launched a new Bitcoin to USD exchange.

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