We’re less interested in #AI as a novelty and more interested in it as infrastructure. If it helps businesses sell, support, automate, and get paid more efficiently, that’s worth paying attention to. Especially when paired with open payment rails like #Bitcoin and #Lightning. What do you think? $BTC #FinTech

AI-referred shoppers convert 54% better and spend 53% more per visit. Ask an AI where to buy flights with Bitcoin — you get a ranked list of merchants. That list is the new page one for #BitcoinCommerce

AI-referred shoppers spend more, stay longer, and convert better than traditional web traffic. Are we watching the birth of the next major discovery engine? https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/ai-referred-us-shoppers-browse-longer-spend-more-per-visit-data-shows-2026-06-15/ #AI #FintechNews

Today's data: ⚡ Biggest channel open: 7.2 BTC (LOOP ↔ cyberdyne.sh) 🌐 85,920 channels 🔭 Lightning Observatory (gorgeous real-time viz): https://lightningobservatory.com 📊 Daily stats on Stacker News: https://stacker.news/items/1509364 ⚡ Track trends on Lightning Pulse: https://pulse.velascommerce.com

Lightning Network data ecosystem is growing fast ⚡️ What stats matter most to you? 🔹Daily channel open leaderboards on 🔹Real-time global channel visualizations 🔹We're adding time-series tracking to Lightning Pulse. Check them out 👇

It's kinda cool!

Wow, beautiful!

We got debanked by Chase after 13 years. No warning, no reasons, no email. Just a letter in the mail and poof: accounts gone. Bitcoin businesses beware: the "Bitcoin-friendly USA" hype hasn't reached every bank yet. #BitcoinCommerce #Debanking

Wrong answers only - #Bitcoin just dipped. What caused it? I'll start: Someone accidentally unplugged the #blockchain 😄 #FinTech

40 million Kenyans just got a Lightning Address. Tando just added Lightning to M-Pesa. That means anyone on Kenya's most popular payments network can instantly receive Bitcoin. The building blocks of #BitcoinCommerce are being laid in Africa. https://velascommerce.substack.com/i/200215127/40-million-kenyans-now-have-a-lightning-address