Lightspark
Since
2022
About
Instant, transparent money transfers for the future of finance
Lightspark revolutionizes the outdated financial system by enabling businesses to move money swiftly, transparently, and continuously. Addressing the traditional system's slowness, high costs, and fragmentation, Lightspark offers a cutting-edge solution that is always on, ensuring financial transactions are fast, open, and efficient, empowering businesses to thrive in a modern economy.
Use Cases
Instant Global Wallets
Create self-custodial Bitcoin and stablecoin wallets for instant, low-fee globaltransfers and programmable money access.
Bitcoin Exchange Enhancement
Boost Bitcoin exchange growth by enabling instant Bitcoin transfers withbuilt-in compliance and low costs.
Digital Bank Expansion
Enable digital banks to launch globally with 24/7 real-time cross-borderpayments and local currency settlement.
Seamless Payment Integration
Use Lightspark Connect to integrate Bitcoin Lightning payments for global,real-time, compliant transactions.
Key Features
Web3 Payment Infrastructure
- Lightspark enables real-time, cost-efficient, and programmable Web3 payments on open networks.
- Web3 payments involve digital value transfers conducted over blockchain-basednetworks, typically without the need for centralized intermediaries.
- Lightspark is building infrastructure that enables real-time, cost-efficient,and programmable Web3 payments on open networks.
- Web3 payment infrastructure relies on public or permissionless blockchains(like Bitcoin or Ethereum), Layer 2 networks (such as Lightning or rollups), anddecentralized identity and key management systems.
- Web3 payment systems are built on foundational principles that directlyaddress long-standing limitations in traditional financial infrastructure, suchas security through cryptography and decentralization.
Bitcoin and Lightning Network Solutions
- Lightspark powers instant, low-cost Bitcoin and Lightning Network payments.
- Lightspark provides Lightning-native payment rails for instant settlementusing Bitcoin.
- They offer Lightspark Connect for liquidity routing and compliance tooling.
- The Lightning Network provides the foundational payment rails for Layer 3protocols on Bitcoin.
- Lightspark gives you the tools to integrate Lightning into your product andtap into emerging use cases, from gaming to streaming to real-time commerce.
(Chief Executive Officer)
David Marcus
(Senior Vice President of Engineering)
James Everingham
(Chief Architect)
Kevin Hurley
(Chief Strategy Officer)
Christian Catalini
(Chief Legal Officer)
Jai Massari
(Chief Marketing & Communications Officer)
Christina Smedley
(Operating Partner)
Tomer Barel
Headquarters
🇺🇸 Los Angeles
Website
lightspark.com
153M+
Lightspark users
300M+
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