Weekly Brief 2026/23

South Africa stacked three Bitcoin checkout wins: Lift Airlines flight bookings, OzowPay integration, and a bitcoin-only online store paying suppliers in BTC. In Mexico, AureoBitcoin linked Lightning to bank accounts — pesos in seconds.

https://www.blink.sv/blog/weekly-brief-2026-23

Weekly Brief 2026/22

Wallet of Satoshi says POS merchants must switch to self-custody addresses or stop accepting payments — citing worsening custodial reporting rules. Kenya's 40M Lightning-addressable M-Pesa numbers now sit on a $4B remittance corridor. And an AI agent just bought FRED economic data for 20 sats.


https://www.blink.sv/blog/weekly-brief-2026-22

Weekly Brief 2026/21

Cash App is giving 5% back for Lightning payments at Square sellers — no bitcoin required to start. Bitcoin Pizza Day hit five countries. Bootlegger Coffee rolled out Bitcoin checkout across 100+ South African locations. And a school in Uganda was built almost entirely in sats.

https://www.blink.sv/blog/weekly-brief-2026-21

Huge milestone: 40 Million Kenyans now have a Bitcoin Lightning Address

Simply using their current phone number.

Smart analysis from @Destiny
https://www.blink.sv/blog/40-million-kenyans-now-have-a-bitcoin-lightning-address

Weekly Brief 2026/20

Every M-Pesa number in Kenya is now a Bitcoin Lightning Address — 40 million endpoints. Lightning volume hit $1B/month. Bolivia quadrupled its merchant count in a year. And LDK just released the server node that powers Cash App, Square, and Alby.

https://www.blink.sv/blog/weekly-brief-2026-20

Weekly Brief 2026/19

Pick n Pay is accepting Bitcoin at thousands of South African stores. BTCPay reported $40M processed by one operator in six months. BTC Map logged 2,500 net new merchants in April. The numbers are compounding.

https://www.blink.sv/blog/weekly-brief-2026-19

X: https://x.com/blinkbtc/status/2052770565014892937?s=20

Nostr: https://yakihonne.com/article/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzprl98vm4rr3ah6d6kfkezg5jqqwchzpda9zkk7cgkc2ljyku3062qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqp27rs2arj64fcta0njknydff57a6hgeghgeg0qk89q

Stacker News: https://stacker.news/items/1486641

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Weekly Brief 2026/15

Hundreds of South African fuel stations go Lightning-friendly. Square confirms 100% default enablement for new U.S. sellers. And Arnhem Bitcoin City — running since 2014 — keeps quietly adding merchants.

https://de.blink.sv/blog/weekly-brief-2026-15

Weekly Brief 2026/14

Square started auto-enabling Bitcoin payments for millions of U.S. sellers. Bolivia passed 105 merchants with its first business in Oruro. In Zambia, a remote market is accepting Bitcoin on dumb phones.

https://www.blink.sv/blog/weekly-brief-2026-14

Weekly Brief 2026/13

Zambia's Livingstone has 115+ Bitcoin merchants in a city of 177,000 — verified at restaurants, markets, and the airport. Guatemala completed its first Lightning transactions. In rural Kenya, a savings group bought a goat and a mattress with sats.

https://www.blink.sv/blog/weekly-brief-2026-13

Drop beats not bombs 🎼

Weekly Brief 2026/12

Square is planning to auto-enable Lightning for more than 4 million eligible merchants on March 30. Bolivia's Bitcoin merchant network hits 86. And in Kenya, Bitcoin is now buying groceries, water, and snacks at 30-shilling ticket sizes.

https://www.blink.sv/blog/weekly-brief-2026-12

Weekly Brief 2026/11

Bringin just gave any euro bank account its own Lightning address — sats in, euros out via SEPA, no exchange required.

In Kenya, lunch at two Nairobi restaurants: buyer paid in Bitcoin, merchants received shillings, zero fees.

Bitcoin payments advancing through rails that already exist.

https://www.blink.sv/blog/weekly-brief-2026-11