Luno Blog

We are delighted and incredibly honoured to be named UK’s fastest growing startup in the Tech5 competition hosted by TNW and Adyen. Joining the ranks of previous title holders, Deliveroo, Transferwise, Lyst, Delivery Hero, Cabify, Onfido and iZettle, is an achievement we do not take lightly. Tech5 is a renowned…

We are happy to announce full SegWit integration on Bitcoin send and receive transactions. What is SegWit? SegWit, short for Segregated Witness, is an improvement to the way Bitcoin transactions are sent. With SegWit, certain information is restructured in Bitcoin transactions, rendering them effectively smaller, which means more transactions can…

As we’ve said many times before, there are two sides to keeping your digital currency safe. There are the (many) things that Luno does to keep your money safe and then there are the things that you can (and should) do to keep your money safe. Things you should do…

Over the past months, the number of transactions and traffic processed by Luno has skyrocketed. Keeping pace with this growth has required the engineering team to scale and optimise the performance of all our systems. In this blog post, we’ll describe a tool we developed to investigate and optimise our…

Looking to spend your Bitcoin? We've done some digging to find out which merchants accept Bitcoin as a means of payment in the United Kingdom. We’re pleased to announce that the UK has a bustling Bitcoin market, with more and more merchants accepting the digital currency as a payment method.…

The central bank of Indonesia, Bank Indonesia (BI), recently issued a statement regarding the use and ownership of digital currencies. Here is Luno’s position (and actions) regarding three areas of interest: Using digital currencies as payment mechanism Owning digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum Buying, selling and trading digital currencies…

As Bitcoin and Ethereum continue their record-breaking run over the past few weeks, we’d like to take a moment during this euphoria to explain the dynamics of runaway markets and how to protect yourself against transactions you might come to regret. Investment decisions don’t start with deposits or purchases, they…