Visa should be ‘scared:’ Lightning Labs raises $70M to add stablecoins
The firm has built a new protocol called Taro that enables stablecoins to be sent and received on the Bitcoin Lightning Network.
The firm has built a new protocol called Taro that enables stablecoins to be sent and received on the Bitcoin Lightning Network.
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