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Finance
Micropayments
Hacker Noon Raises $1M From Former Ripple CTO's Firm for Content Micro-Tipping
Tech site Hacker Noon is adding micropayments following an integration with Coil that runs on the Interledger protocol.
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By William Foxley
Jun 10, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Jun 10, 2020
MicropaymentsCoilStefan ThomasHacker Noon
Lightning Labs co-founder Olaoluwa Osuntokun at the 2019 Lightning Conference in Berlin.
Finance
Payments
Bitcoin's Lightning Becomes Latest Protocol to Court Publishers With Micropayments
With paywall systems for a whole bevy of assets, crypto payments could revolutionize the media industry – if demand actually matched supply.
Lightning Labs co-founder Olaoluwa Osuntokun at the 2019 Lightning Conference in Berlin.
By Leigh Cuen
Mar 31, 2020 at 7:50 p.m. UTC
Mar 31, 2020
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Construct 2017, Stefan Thomas
Finance
Ripple
Ripple to Give Away 1 Billion XRP in Massive Bid to Fund Online Content
Ripple is making a major investment in Coil, a media platform that pays content creators XRP.
Construct 2017, Stefan Thomas
By Leigh Cuen
Aug 15, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Aug 15, 2019
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Markets
Micropayments
Imgur Raises $20 Million From Ex-Ripple CTO's Micropayments Startup
The popular image hosting site Imgur is tying up with a micropayments startup founded by Ripple's former CTO.
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By Daniel Kuhn
Jun 26, 2019 at 3:12 p.m. UTC
Jun 26, 2019
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Stefan Thomas Coil
Tech
Ripple
Ex-Ripple CTO Launches Blogging Platform to Pay Content Creators XRP
The Coil blogging platform offers tipping via XRP and in future plans to work with a variety of assets.
Stefan Thomas Coil
By Leigh Cuen
May 1, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
May 1, 2019
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Bill Gates
Markets
Ripple
Gates Foundation Partners With Former Ripple CTO's Blockchain Project
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has partnered with Coil, a startup founded by Ripple's former CTO, to provide payment services for the unbanked.
Bill Gates
By Yogita Khatri
Oct 18, 2018 at 2:05 p.m. UTC
Oct 18, 2018
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Markets
Ripple
Former Ripple CTO's Blockchain Project Coil Enters Closed Beta
The new company, which incorporates the Interledger and Codius technologies Thomas helped develop at Ripple, is now available to try out.
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By David Floyd
Aug 31, 2018 at 8:15 p.m. UTC
Aug 31, 2018
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