Lightning

Cold storage and instant payments now share one app, one backup, and one balance sheet.

The burger franchise started accepting bitcoin over Lightning last year and claims business is booming.

Payment rails haven't kept pace for would be customers around the globe wanting Japanese anime and games. The Japanese Bitcoin Industry wants to fix this with Bitcoin and Lightning.

Following the suspension of Boltz, Blocksteam is debuting a feature allowing trustless Bitcoin swaps.

The open-source payment processor is funding a recovery bounty worth 10% of any funds returned, capped at 3 Bitcoins, and says it will prioritize security patches over new features indefinitely.

Available immediately on Signet and testnet (mainnet invitation-only), Wavelength exposes the same API to AI agents through the Model Context Protocol so machines can pay machines in fractions of a cent while users retain full key control.

Polymarket has enabled instant self-custodial Bitcoin deposits via the Lightning Network using Spark.

Wavespace, the Bitcoin-only neobank, has achieved MiCA compliance and launched its self-custodial wavecard® that uses Nostr Wallet Connect to automatically top up from users’ Lightning nodes, eliminating custodial preloading risks.

Senior developers including Andrew Poelstra highlighted broken merge scripts, hidden diffs, and unreliable tracking, pushing Bitcoin projects toward self-hosted Forgejo solutions.

BitGo launched Lightning Earn, enabling institutional bitcoin holders to earn BTC-denominated fees by providing Lightning Network liquidity through an integration with Amboss Rails.