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Bitfinex Invests in Derivatives Exchange Built With Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

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Sep 8, 2020 at 08:45 UTCUpdated Sep 8, 2020 at 14:08 UTC

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LN Markets aggregate volume since March 2020

Lightning Network-based derivatives platform LN Markets closed a pre-seed funding round joined by Bitfinex and other early-stage Bitcoin startup investors.

  • Launched in March 2020, LN Markets has reached nearly $10 million in aggregate traded volume and has over 100 channels connected to its exchange.
  • The platform is designed to avoid slow and costly on-chain transactions by connecting traders to a bitcoin derivatives market by “streaming” their funds through the Lightning Network, according to the project’s founders.
  • When asked, the LN Markets team declined to disclose the amount raised.
  • The exchange offers up to 50x leverage, according to a presentation shared with CoinDesk, and users can trade directly from any Lightning Network wallet.

ln-markets-demoLN Markets trading portal demonstration shared with CoinDeskSource: LN Markets

  • Bitfinex’s CTO Paolo Ardoino said, “This is one of our first public investments and underlines our support for the Lightning Network.”
  • Because the Lightning Network is a technology that Bitfinex “loves,” it is “important for us to provide funding and to participate in such an innovative venture,” he added.
  • Directly linking users’ wallets to the derivatives exchange “sets an example of how exchanges should let users operate with their funds,” said Tobias Hoffmann, bitcoin developer and trader on LN Markets.
  • Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has enjoyed steady growth over the past few years, adding its largest number of new nodes in a single month in August, as CoinDesk previously reported.

ln-markets-volLN Markets aggregate volume since March 2020Source: LN Markets, CoinDesk Research

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