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Payments startup Bottlepay said it has been approved by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to carry out crypto-asset activities in the U.K., making it the first Lightning network-based firm to win permission from the country’s financial regulator .Bottleplay, which is owned by bitcoin investment company NYDIG, allows users to make
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NYDIG is purchasing British payments startup Bottlepay for between $280 million and $300 million in stock, the company confirmed Friday.The bitcoin investment firm closed the deal earlier this week. The Block first reported the news.U.K.-based Bottlepay is a global payments firm powered by the Lightning Network. Users can make micropayments
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The social payments app Bottlepay (née Bottle Pay) aims to relaunch in the next few weeks, after shuttering due to regulations in December 2019. After restructuring the bitcoin wallet product to fit Europe’s anti-money laundering directive (AMLD5), the British startup is offering an exchange wallet with social features on Reddit, Twitter
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