1.Swiss Bank Dukascopy to Introduce Its Own Cryptocurrency
2.Users Now Have ‘Recharge’ Capabilities With Bitcoin Lightning Network by bitrefill
1.Swiss Bank Dukascopy to Introduce Its Own Cryptocurrency
The new Dukascash can be printed and traded against Dukascoins or fiat currencies deposited by the client who wants to get Dukascash.
To ensure transparency, the bank publicizes three addresses of the token smart contracts.
EUR+ 0x57dae83653dd99e876ff1f11b970c686b90a9a2e
USD+ 0x3ecf807b8a10e053d5273312f2384e5d59f81057
CHF+ 0x18aa37548adc1826411b5da2aa026e7e7af9ca4f
About Dukascash
As indicated by the bank, another important benefit of Dukascash is that these transactions would be directed by the bank, a trusted financial institution. This may sound not very decentralized, but at least the traders would get their bank statements recognized and accepted by any kind of financial authority.
2.Users Now Have ‘Recharge’ Capabilities With Bitcoin Lightning Network by bitrefill
A new service cell Recharge has been added to Bit refill’s Thor Lightning service. This would allow Coinbase users to leverage the Lightning Network using their accounts on the platform. The news was published via official tweet from Bitrefill .
Coinbase is one of the biggest and most prominent exchanges around the world. With this new implementation, it is possible to send on-chain bitcoin from Coinbase to top-off Lightning channels on other services. Moreover, users can pay invoices directly from a Coinbase account.
I always talk shit of Conibase, but this time they really surprised me. They basically support LN now!
Without even knowing it.
Because of the great work of a real Bitcoin company like @bitrefill.
Ultimate trolling.??? https://t.co/CQDvEunGMJ
— Giacomo Zucco [I identify as boat accident victim] (@giacomozucco) June 25, 2019
With this implementation made by Bitrefill that is called Thor, users can have exposure and access to Bitcoin’s secondary payment network called Lightning. This on-request service opens a payment channel for users to connect to the Bitrefill’s Lightning Network node and it provides a routing hub for payment channels.
Thor Turbo is the first product that they rollout for the service, which enables users work with Thor without having to wait for on-chain confirmations. However, users have to trust Bitrefill to make the transaction.
Recharge is also part of Bitrefill’s new Thor API service that exchanges can use to integrate Lightning directly on their platforms.The new service was tested by the CEO of Bitrefill, Sergej Kotliar, during the first day of the Bitcoin 2019 conference in San Francisco. The Lightning Network has now over 8,885 nodes.
