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#### [100 Merchants Can Now Trial Bitcoin's Lightning Network Risk Free](https://www.coindesk.com/merchants-bitcoin-lightning-network/)
> "CoinGate is making Lightning payments accessible for mainstream merchants and reaping research in return."

<sub>*Read more: [www.coindesk.com](https://www.coindesk.com/merchants-bitcoin-lightning-network/)*</sub>

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## More news sources

#### [Payment Service CoinGate Launches Bitcoin Lightning Network Pilot for 100 Merchants](https://cointelegraph.com/news/payment-service-coingate-launches-bitcoin-lightning-network-pilot-for-100-merchants)
> 100 merchants using CoinGate’s payment gateway will now be able to test transactions on the Lightning Network

<sub>*Read more: [cointelegraph.com](https://cointelegraph.com/news/payment-service-coingate-launches-bitcoin-lightning-network-pilot-for-100-merchants)*</sub>

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## Other hot crypto news today
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- [Crypto Markets Seeing Red, Total Market Cap Down Almost $15 Bln](https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-markets-seeing-red-total-market-cap-down-almost-15-bln)
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