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Now bitcoin users can send someone a lightning payment without the hassle of setting up channels.

Pakistan-based Telenor Microfinance Bank has launched a remittances service using blockchain tech from Alipay.

Euro Exim Bank is tapping Ripple's xRapid product, which uses the XRP cryptocurrency, for payments and settlements.

China-based Canaan, the second largest manufacturer of bitcoin mining devices, is considering an IPO in the U.S., according to Bloomberg.

A water purifier launched by China Mobile is connected to the internet of things and will reward usage with crypto tokens.

In 2019, tokens will invade the enterprise in full force and the line between public and private networks will start to disappear, writes ConsenSys' Ajit Tripathi.

Hashed CEO Simon Seojoon Kim looks at the inherent limitations of ICOs, in particular the belief that "anyone can invest in an initial project."

The promises made for blockchain are a pipe dream that is unsubstantiated and misleading, says Farzam Ehsani.

Accepting crypto payments can help niche businesses build deeper relationships with customers – as this real-world example shows.

Medici Ventures, the blockchain investment arm of Overstock, is reassigning a top executive to focus on revenue generation at its most prominent portfolio company, tZERO.

ConsenSys is partnering with AMD to provide a new cloud computing blockchain infrastructure aimed at large companies and government agencies.

ICO-related drama overshadowed blockchain tech's enormous progress in 2018, writes EY's Paul Brody.

Overstock.com plans to be the first major business to pay state taxes using bitcoin in Ohio.

DX.Exchange, a Nasdaq-powered trading firm, will allow investors to purchase crypto tokens representing shares in major public firms.

CoinDesk profiles Fidelity's Tom Jessop, who is leading the firm's effort to link the worlds of digital assets and Wall Street.

CoinDesk profiles Jed McCaleb, the early cryptocurrency evangelist who created Stellar, now the world's sixth-largest coin by market cap.

CoinDesk profiles Nouriel Roubini, the NYU professor who won't buy the crypto hype – no matter what the price or the market says.

Despite bitcoin's price volatility in 2018, P2P exchanges Paxful and LocalBitcoins each saw significant user growth in Africa.

Investments veteran Massimo Morini believes the end of 2018 is not the end of a year, but a decade, that changed the world of finance.

The Philippines may not be the crypto capital of the world – but it may be where infrastructure building runs the deepest.

The ICO market may be waning, but a new way to tokenize assets is coming to Wall Street.

A simple lesson from the 2018 bearish crypto market: We are better together, argued Ian Simpson of the Crypto Valley Association.

The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency says blockchain technology has "enormous" potential to improve disaster relief efforts.

There will be opportunities for smart blockchain companies that can find their niche in the coming unbundling, says Ripple's Asheesh Birla.

The crypto revolution won't happen overnight – and it won't happen without pragmatism.