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CEO & co-founder @Lightspark, the open infrastructure for money movement. Ran Payments/Crypto & @Messenger at @Meta, led @PayPal + 3 startups.

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Realizing that this was and continues to be a lie was a turning point for me. Regardless of where you stand on this election, you should watch the video below and compare it with the spin pushed by the campaign just to know you’re being manipulated.
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Realizing that this was and continues to be a lie was a turning point for me. Regardless of where you stand on this election, you should watch the video below and compare it with the spin pushed by the campaign just to know you’re being manipulated.

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33,472,899 views • 2 years ago

Wait. Did 1X just invent remote immigration?
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Wait. Did 1X just invent remote immigration?

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1,064,850 views • 10 months ago

I come from the future and I’m here to tell you CorpChains are not the way. Come and build the open internet of money on Bitcoin. The only network fit for purpose.
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I come from the future and I’m here to tell you CorpChains are not the way. Come and build the open internet of money on Bitcoin. The only network fit for purpose.

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328,092 views • 1 year ago

The very first stablecoin payment on a Square terminal! Works with any Spark wallet. Bitcoin is TCP/IP for money. Name one other network that allows using stablecoins to pay in person at up to 4 million merchants. Demo time:
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The very first stablecoin payment on a Square terminal! Works with any Spark wallet. Bitcoin is TCP/IP for money. Name one other network that allows using stablecoins to pay in person at up to 4 million merchants. Demo time:

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188,356 views • 9 months ago

My keynote at @Lightspark Sync earlier this week. Learn how we built products and technologies to make Bitcoin the standard open protocol to move money (fiat, stablecoins, and ofc BTC) 24/7, in realtime globally, at the lowest cost.
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My keynote at @Lightspark Sync earlier this week. Learn how we built products and technologies to make Bitcoin the standard open protocol to move money (fiat, stablecoins, and ofc BTC) 24/7, in realtime globally, at the lowest cost.

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154,005 views • 10 months ago

About 2 months ago we launched @Lightspark Grid Global Accounts. Empowering platforms to become a “neobank” for their customers globally. Today, we unlock an incredible new dev experience for builders. Super proud of the team for this. Try it here:
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About 2 months ago we launched @Lightspark Grid Global Accounts. Empowering platforms to become a “neobank” for their customers globally. Today, we unlock an incredible new dev experience for builders. Super proud of the team for this. Try it here:

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35,780 views • 2 months ago

My new favorite “impress your friend” thing to do on weekends is showing off SoFi’s new, realtime, ultra-cheap international payment experience. I show 🇺🇸 to 🇲🇽, on a weekend (other banks can’t do it), and the $ magically gets to MX in 2 seconds. Built on invisible Bitcoin.
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My new favorite “impress your friend” thing to do on weekends is showing off SoFi’s new, realtime, ultra-cheap international payment experience. I show 🇺🇸 to 🇲🇽, on a weekend (other banks can’t do it), and the $ magically gets to MX in 2 seconds. Built on invisible Bitcoin.

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128,130 views • 10 months ago

Showcasing @Lightspark team's relentless work leading to shipping Grid Global Account today the best part of this morning's keynote The Bitcoin Conference. If you spent time in payments, you know how much needs to go into a global dollar account that can be spent virtually everywhere!
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Showcasing @Lightspark team's relentless work leading to shipping Grid Global Account today the best part of this morning's keynote The Bitcoin Conference. If you spent time in payments, you know how much needs to go into a global dollar account that can be spent virtually everywhere!

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33,782 views • 4 months ago

Super rough edges still, BUT this morning, we had the very first end-to-end Universal Money Address (UMA) transactions between different countries, wallets, and currencies powered by #Bitcoin Lightning Network under the hood : 1) In terminal mode from the US with Bakkt in US dollars (with the wrong fee) to Bitnob in Ghana in Ghanaian Cedi (client-side receive not complete yet, so not shown, but received server-side, performance not optimized yet); 2) From Argentina with Ripio in USDC to POUCH in the Philippines in Philippines peso; 3) From Ghana with Bitnob in BTC (perf not optimized yet) to POUCH in the Philippines in Philippines peso. For all but one of these transactions, consumers will never need to know #Bitcoin was the net settlement asset and network between these institutions, just like sending an email doesn't require consumers to know anything about SMTP. Lightspark open-sourced and announced UMA less than two months ago, so we're still in the very early phase of the standard roll-out. But, by the time these implementations get into the hands of consumers, the experience will be magical. An always-on, currency-agnostic, 24/7 settlement network with human-readable addresses. We wanted to share the same day even though much more work will happen to make this production ready in weeks to come. We're incredibly grateful to all our partners across the world and the ones actively implementing now. We really can't wait to make this mass market in 2024!
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Super rough edges still, BUT this morning, we had the very first end-to-end Universal Money Address (UMA) transactions between different countries, wallets, and currencies powered by #Bitcoin Lightning Network under the hood : 1) In terminal mode from the US with Bakkt in US dollars (with the wrong fee) to Bitnob in Ghana in Ghanaian Cedi (client-side receive not complete yet, so not shown, but received server-side, performance not optimized yet); 2) From Argentina with Ripio in USDC to POUCH in the Philippines in Philippines peso; 3) From Ghana with Bitnob in BTC (perf not optimized yet) to POUCH in the Philippines in Philippines peso. For all but one of these transactions, consumers will never need to know #Bitcoin was the net settlement asset and network between these institutions, just like sending an email doesn't require consumers to know anything about SMTP. Lightspark open-sourced and announced UMA less than two months ago, so we're still in the very early phase of the standard roll-out. But, by the time these implementations get into the hands of consumers, the experience will be magical. An always-on, currency-agnostic, 24/7 settlement network with human-readable addresses. We wanted to share the same day even though much more work will happen to make this production ready in weeks to come. We're incredibly grateful to all our partners across the world and the ones actively implementing now. We really can't wait to make this mass market in 2024!

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150,049 views • 2 years ago

Demo Friday: realtime Claude assisted 🇺🇸 USD → 🇧🇷 BRL in seconds using Lightspark Grid. Magic money movement available to everyone and in 60+ countries. We recorded this in one shot. So easy.
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Demo Friday: realtime Claude assisted 🇺🇸 USD → 🇧🇷 BRL in seconds using Lightspark Grid. Magic money movement available to everyone and in 60+ countries. We recorded this in one shot. So easy.

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33,179 views • 6 months ago

Showcasing 🇺🇸 USA ⇒ 🇲🇽 Mexico realtime bank-to-bank settlement. USD to MXN. Instant and 24/7. Using Lightspark Extend and UMA (Universal Money Address) on the Bitcoin Lightning network. But who cares how it’s done? it’s magical, just like email for $!
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Showcasing 🇺🇸 USA ⇒ 🇲🇽 Mexico realtime bank-to-bank settlement. USD to MXN. Instant and 24/7. Using Lightspark Extend and UMA (Universal Money Address) on the Bitcoin Lightning network. But who cares how it’s done? it’s magical, just like email for $!

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68,069 views • 1 year ago

Weekend quest… Experimenting sending $ from a US bank to Cash App using UMA + Lightspark Grid. Very little work left to make this fully native within Cash App to enable sending and receiving to/from 65+ countries. Open networks FTW! Hat tip to Cash App team.
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Weekend quest… Experimenting sending $ from a US bank to Cash App using UMA + Lightspark Grid. Very little work left to make this fully native within Cash App to enable sending and receiving to/from 65+ countries. Open networks FTW! Hat tip to Cash App team.

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32,633 views • 9 months ago

Sending and receiving any currency in realtime, 24/7 on Bitcoin (in the background) as simply as sending an email or a text is a reality and it’s going live with many more banks and wallets. Lightspark built and open-sourced a test wallet. Try it here:
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Sending and receiving any currency in realtime, 24/7 on Bitcoin (in the background) as simply as sending an email or a text is a reality and it’s going live with many more banks and wallets. Lightspark built and open-sourced a test wallet. Try it here:

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45,570 views • 1 year ago

Incentivizing users with realtime Bitcoin rewards has never been possible like this until now without custody. Great for card issuers (earn BTC at every tap), game developers, and so much more. Here's a little fun demo the team built using Lightspark Grid and Spark wallets.
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Incentivizing users with realtime Bitcoin rewards has never been possible like this until now without custody. Great for card issuers (earn BTC at every tap), game developers, and so much more. Here's a little fun demo the team built using Lightspark Grid and Spark wallets.

David Marcus

28,774 views • 9 months ago

My keynote from @Lightspark Sync24: ➡️Why money not moving on the Internet is an anomaly holding us back ➡️Why we’re due for an infra inversion (🤝 Andreas (aantonop Team)) ➡️Why #Bitcoin is the only asset and network that’s neutral enough ➡️What we built together so far ➡️The Money Grid
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My keynote from @Lightspark Sync24: ➡️Why money not moving on the Internet is an anomaly holding us back ➡️Why we’re due for an infra inversion (🤝 Andreas (aantonop Team)) ➡️Why #Bitcoin is the only asset and network that’s neutral enough ➡️What we built together so far ➡️The Money Grid

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33,378 views • 1 year ago

Lightning ➡️ Spark seamless & realtime. From Cash App to Wallet of Satoshi (self-custody) like magic! Tested from Coinbase 🛡️ too (can’t screen record somehow 🤷🏻‍♂️).
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Lightning ➡️ Spark seamless & realtime. From Cash App to Wallet of Satoshi (self-custody) like magic! Tested from Coinbase 🛡️ too (can’t screen record somehow 🤷🏻‍♂️).

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21,738 views • 1 year ago

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