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Liquality 10 Years Later: Enter Liquality Liquality is releasing the testnet Alpha of its atomic cross-chain swap wallet interface, empowering users to retain control over their keys using their preferred wallets and swap assets across blockchains without counterparty risk, middlemen or fees - all in a simple and user friendly way.
WBTC: Wrapped BTC or Wat BTC? Wrapped BTC (WBTC) grabbed headlines by describing a way for participants of the Ethereum network to “own” BTC in ERC20 form. Unfortunately it s an IOU that reincarnates existing institutions, creates more problems than it solves, and dismisses Bitcoin's value proposition
