Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has hit a record 5,637 BTC in capacity, driven by increased capital from institutions, even as user adoption and node growth lag behind. Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, the ...

Cash App will offer access to Lightning Network payments from cash balances to BTC wallets, without the need to own the digital coin in advance. The feature allows users to send dollars, which will ...

Blockstream’s app now supports atomic swaps between the Lightning and Liquid networks, enabling private bitcoin payments without channel management. The update lets users pay Lightning invoices ...

A Lightning Bitcoin wallet allows for instant and low-cost Bitcoin transactions by utilizing the Lightning Network, a second-layer solution built on Bitcoin. These wallets make microtransactions ...

A $1 million Lightning transfer between SDM and Kraken was used to test whether Bitcoin’s main scaling layer could handle seven‑figure, institutional‑grade payments. Institutional trading and lending ...

Boltz Exchange launched USDT Swaps on March 18, 2026, introducing atomic, non-custodial swaps between sats on the Lightning Network and USDT on Arbitrum-based networks via USDT0. The integration ...

One of the longest running criticisms of Bitcoin is that it cannot function as everyday money. The network’s proof of work design is energy intensive, transactions can take minutes to confirm, and ...