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Paystand Launches USDb Stablecoin on Bitcoin Layers for $100T B2B Payments

Paystand, the Bitcoin-powered B2B payments network processing over $20B in volume, today launched USDb, a 1:1 USD-backed stablecoin native to Blockstream’s Liquid and Rootstock layers for commercial-scale accounts receivable, payable, payroll, and treasury.

$1.3M-Funded OpenAgents Pays Gamers and Everyday PCs in Bitcoin via Pylon Distributed AI Network

Founder Christopher David is building a Bitcoin-native AI lab that rewards everyday hardware owners directly, creating a new compute market that routes value back to contributors instead of hyperscalers.

Satochip Announces Bridge Financing as It Prepares U.S. Push for Open-Source Hardware Wallets

Satochip’s bridge round will fund local U.S. operations, sales channels, and B2B partnerships as the hardware company attends the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas at the end of April.

Stacked (formerly Lightning Pay) launches self-custodial Lightning wallet as New Zealand’s last major non-custodial Bitcoin exchange

Stacked, the rebranded Lightning Pay, has emerged as one of the few remaining non-custodial Bitcoin platforms in New Zealand after a wave of mergers and shutdowns. The company today launched a self-custodial Lightning wallet built on Breez and Spark SDKs, enabling users to receive Bitcoin directly into their own wallets and pay utility bills or rent via Open Banking.

Second’s Bark Boasts New era of Bitcoin Payments, drawing in former Blockstream developers

Second, the Bitcoin development lab founded by ex-Blockstream executives including CEO Steven Roose and CTO Erik De Smedt, has unveiled Bark — its custom Ark protocol implementation promising self-custodial payments that are faster and cheaper than Lightning channels.

LNVPN Rebrands to Nadanada.me as Privacy Infrastructure Expands with Anonymous eSIMs and Lightning Payments

Nadanada.me, formerly LNVPN, now offers anonymous eSIM data plans in over 200 countries, disposable and rental phone numbers, WireGuard VPN, and no-login AI chat — all powered by Lightning Network pay-as-you-go access with zero user data collection.

Boltz Exchange Launches Atomic USDT Swaps for Lightning Network Users

Boltz Exchange today introduced atomic, non-custodial swaps enabling direct Lightning Network sats to USDT0 on Arbitrum, powered by LayerZero's OFT standard for seamless, risk-free bridging.

Breez SDK Launches Passkey Login for Seedless Bitcoin Wallets

Breez SDK now supports Passkey Login, allowing developers to build self-custodial Bitcoin wallets without mandatory seed phrases using FIDO2 PRF extensions for deterministic key derivation.

Public Bitcoin Miners are Dumping Bitcoin for AI, a Historic Mistake

Major U.S. public Bitcoin miners including Cipher Digital, Bitfarms, and Core Scientific are selling Bitcoin holdings and rebranding to chase AI/HPC leases with hyperscalers like Microsoft and Google, amid industry-wide profitability challenges.

Satlantis Emerges as Bitcoin-Native Alternative to Luma for Real-World Events

Satlantis positions itself as the direct Bitcoin-native alternative to Luma, embedding Lightning wallets for instant BTC payments, Nostr integration for portable data, and just 2% fees—outpacing Luma's rumored Solana ties and higher costs.

Cake Wallet Launches Bitcoin Lightning Network Support With Full Self-Custody and Privacy Defaults

Cake Wallet has rolled out Bitcoin Lightning Network integration using Breez SDK and a privacy-focused Spark implementation, enabling instant payments while keeping users in full self-custody and limiting on-chain visibility.

Miles Suter: Cash App Now Offers Best Bitcoin Pricing, Higher Withdrawals for Users

In an exclusive interview, Cash App aims to make Bitcoin foundational with improved limits, lower costs, and future Lightning payments, as shared by Miles Suter.

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