**NIP-15: Nostr Marketplaces Merged**
NIP-15 enables the creation of marketplaces on Nostr.
**BTCPay Server v1.9.0 Released**
BTCPay Server is a free and open-source Bitcoin payment processor which allows you to accept bitcoin without fees or intermediaries.
**Montana's 'Right To Mine' Bitcoin Bill Ready To Be Signed Into Law**
Senate Bill 178 prohibiting local authorities from obstructing the crypto mining operations was passed by 64 votes to 35.
**Fuji App Announces Public Beta**
Fuji Money is a Lightning-enabled non-custodial synthetic asset protocol on the Liquid Network to borrow bitcoin-backed stablecoins and synthetic stocks without intermediaries.
**ZEBEDEE Integrates Bitnob Cash Out Option**
Now ZEBEDEE users from Nigeria, Kenya, and Rwanda can earn Bitcoin with ZEBEDEE and then spend their earnings through Bitnob using their local currency.
**Bitcoin Amsterdam 2023 Will Take Place on October 12-13**
"The continent’s largest Bitcoin conference will return to Westergas once again in 2023 to connect Bitcoiners and celebrate Bitcoin."
**Block's TBD Partners With Yellow Card To Enable Global Payments in 16 African Countries**
Block’s TBD announced a partnership with Yellow Card to unlock a network of global fiat on- and off-ramps that bridge traditional payments rails to stablecoins and bitcoin.
**Strike Partners With Bitnob For Transfers To Senegal, Benin, Rwanda, Ivory Coast & Togo**
Send Globally is now available in Senegal, Benin, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, and Togo.
**Proposal: Resizing Lightning Channels Off-Chain With Hierarchical Channels**
"It's hoped that hierarchical channels will eventually be adopted in BOLTs and implemented in order to improve the scalability, efficiency, and usability of the Lightning network."
**Pocket Bitcoin Acquired Bitkipi Wallet**
Swiss-based non-custodial bitcoin exchange Pocket Bitcoin has acquired a bitcoin wallet app Bitkipi to onboard more new bitcoin users to self-custody.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/pocket-bitcoin-acquired-bitkipi-wallet/
**Liana v0.4 Released: Multiple Recovery Paths**
Liana is an open source Bitcoin wallet that features a timelocked recovery path for your coins.
**Lightspark Platform: Enterprise AI for Optimizing Lightning Liquidity, Connectivity and Routing**
Lightspark, David Marcus’s new startup, revealed its Lightning product suite for Lightning enterprises and business.
**GrapheneOS v2023041100 Released: April Security Patches**
GrapheneOS is a private and secure mobile operating system with Android app compatibility that is developed as a non-profit open source project.
**RoboSats v0.4.3-alpha: Small Fixes & New Features**
RoboSats is a simple and private way to exchange bitcoin for national currencies.
**BTCMap For Android v0.6.4: Speed Up Initial Sync**
BTCMap lets you discover places where you can spend bitcoin.
**RGB Core v0.10.0 Released**
RGB Core library provides consensus-critical and validation code for private and scalable client-validated smart contracts on Bitcoin and Lightning.
**Arkansas Bitcoin Mining Bill Headed To Governor's Desk**
The Arkansas Data Centers Act of 2023 establishes definitions and guidelines for bitcoin miners and regulators.
**Block 784487: Important News of the Week**
News. Updates. Research. Stats. Everything Important You Need to Know.
**COLDCARD Mk4 v5.1.2: SIGHASH Other Than ALL**
COLDCARD Mk4 is a Bitcoin-only signing device produced by Coinkite.
**US Treasury Targets "DeFi"**
New 39 page report by the U.S. Department of Treasury called "Illicit Finance Risk Assessment of Decentralized Finance" explores "how illicit actors are abusing what is commonly referred to as decentralized finance (DeFi) services as well as vulnerabilities unique to DeFi services."