In a new interview, CoinShares’ Executive Chairman Daniel Masters explaiend the potential for the gold tokenization project DGLD, noting that the precious metal could do even better by “being more like bitcoin.” The DGLD project tokenizes gold to give many of the features of Bitcoin, making gold a permissionless, censorship-resistant asset.
Square Crypto, the bitcoin-focused arm of the payments company, revealed it’s working on a “Lighting Development Kit” for bitcoin wallets and apps that’ll help developers add support for the layer-two scaling solution to their existing products.
British telecommunications giant Vodafone has become the latest firm to leave Facebook’s Libra Association. The Association has lost a few founding members already, but plans on adding more later this year. It has a 1,500-strong waiting list.
Top stories in the Crypto Roundup today:
- Gold ‘Could do Better Being More like Bitcoin’, says CoinShares’ Executive Chairman
- Square Crypto Unveils It’s Working on a ‘Lightning Development Kit’ for BTC Wallets
- Vodafone Becomes Latest Firm to Leave Facebook’s Libra Association
At the time of writing, bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $8,658.67 (0.46%) with a daily Top Tier volume of $1.48 billion. As for ether (ETH), it is trading at $167.96 (0.86%) with a daily Top Tier volume of $405.25 million. The MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 10 Index is currently tracking at 3,102.11 (0.59%).