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Don’t Sleep on Lightning

Version One Ventures

If you want to feel bullish on how Lightning can be used as global payments rails, read this comprehensive essay by Nicolas Burtey of Galoy. TL;DR: The best analogue for Bitcoin itself is a global settlement layer like Fedwire (run by the Federal Reserve for interbank settlements with an average transaction size of $2 million).

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What is Forex Trading and How Does it Work?

The Startup Magazine

market, is the largest financial market globally, with over $5 trillion in daily turnovers. Instead, forex trading occurs “over-the-counter” (OTC) between two parties, typically through a broker or dealer. It is important to remember that forex trading is a leveraged product. stock market!

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

billion in 2007, as investors worldwide tightened their belts in the wake of the global financial crisis. real GDP growth for Israel in 2010 in the absence of extraordinary developments, and Fischer has said the economy may grow more than that if the global recovery accelerates. Foreign direct investment in Israel reached $3.8

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19 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

The name has been a great introduction to the core ideas that our brand was founded as well as our product offering. I run a product review site and every other site doing the same type of thing was using a generic business name or one that was impersonal. 8- Developed a character that people could relate to. 19- Out of a joke.

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Innovative Financial Management Solutions for Small Businesses

Transformify

This is a solution that is dedicated to small businesses that use the web as a channel for selling products and services. Transformify (TFY) A global payroll on-demand and vendor management system. Online Payment Gateways The last of the most popular facilities in today's financial applications are online payment gateways.