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Lightning Network

What is Lightning Network? The Lightning Network is a Bitcoin scalability solution. The Bitcoin Lightning Network operates as a layer-two transaction network involving… What is Lightning Network? The Lightning Network is a Bitcoin scalability solution. The Bitcoin Lightning Network operates as a layer-two transaction network involving payment channels separate from Bitcoin’s main blockchain, with transactions eventually being… What is Lightning Network? The Lightning Network is a Bitcoin scalability solution. The Bitcoin Lightning Network operates as a layer-two transaction network involving payment channels separate from Bitcoin’s main blockchain, with transactions eventually being…

Zeus Wallet taken offline after cyberattack, says no customer funds at risk

Helen PartzAug 6, 2026

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Tether joins $5.2M round in stablecoin infrastructure builder Ark Labs

Mar 12, 2026

Satlantis launches Bitcoin-native ticketing platform with built-in Lightning wallets

Feb 23, 2026

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Bitcoin Lightning Network exceeds $1B in monthly volume: Report

Feb 19, 2026

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Voltage rolls out USD-settled Bitcoin Lightning credit line for businesses

Feb 19, 2026

Christina Comben

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Record $1M Lightning transfer tests Bitcoin payments for institutions

Feb 5, 2026

Christina Comben

Lightning Network: All latest articles

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Bitcoin job listings rise 6% in 2025, led by non-technical roles

Non-developer Bitcoin job openings, such as product manager and marketing roles, made up nearly three-quarters of listings last year.

Jan 27, 2026

Brayden Lindrea

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Lightning Network hits record capacity on crypto exchange adoption

Lightning Network’s capacity reached an all-time high as exchanges increased adoption, while a new Taproot Assets update has enabled multi-asset transactions.

Dec 17, 2025

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Breez launches Time2Build to boost Bitcoin Lightning development

Time2Build will pay developers to add Bitcoin Lightning Network features to existing open-source apps, rewarding only code accepted by project maintainers.

Oct 7, 2025

Adrian Zmudzinski

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SoFi to become first US bank to integrate Bitcoin Lightning, UMA

SoFi Technologies will leverage the Bitcoin network under a partnership with Lightspark to better compete in the $740 billion global remittance market.

Aug 20, 2025

Brayden Lindrea

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Lightning Network could nab 5% of stablecoin flows by 2028: Voltage CEO

Graham Krizek, founder and CEO of Voltage, predicts the Lightning Network will capture billions in global stablecoin volume within the next few years.

Jul 25, 2025

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‘Bitcoin Standard’ author backs funding dev to make spamming Bitcoin costly

Saifedean Ammous says he would “throw in a few sats” to fund a developer dedicated to making Bitcoin spam more costly.

May 18, 2025

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Bitcoin builders defend venture capital's role in layer-2 growth

At Token 2049, Bitlayer’s CEO defended VC funding in Bitcoin, arguing that their investment and connections spur protocol and service development.

May 13, 2025

Adrian Zmudzinski

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Spar supermarket in Switzerland starts accepting Bitcoin payments

Spar shoppers in Zug, Switzerland, can pay for their groceries in Bitcoin via the Lightning Network, as over 1,000 Swiss businesses have implemented Bitcoin payments.

Apr 18, 2025

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StarkWare researchers propose smart contracts for Bitcoin with ColliderVM

StarkWare and Weizmann Institute researchers have introduced ColliderVM, a system that overcomes Bitcoin script limitations to enable complex smart contracts.

Apr 11, 2025

Adrian Zmudzinski