Galoy Brings U.S. Dollars To Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

Galoy Brings U.S. Dollars To Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

In addition to its new bitcoin-backed U.S. dollar balance on Lightning, Galoy also announced a $4 million raise.Galoy Inc., the team behind the wallet of El Salvador’s Bitcoin circular economy Bitcoin Beach, is adding a new feature to that infrastructure: bitcoin-backed synthetic U.S. dollars.Often seen as a need among citizens of developing countries, a representation of the U.S. dollar backed by BTC promises to enable anyone to hedge against the daily volatility of bitcoin. While it can be argued that bitcoin is the better currency and could be used as such in daily transactions, some....


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