Payment channels

Steak ’n Shake teased a Bitcoin-themed “Milkshake” for the Bitcoin Conference 2026, reinforcing its broader Bitcoin-focused strategy spanning payments, treasury, and payroll.

Bitcoin’s Lightning Network topped $1.17 billion in November monthly volume across 5.22 million transactions, according to River Financial, which says the milestone reflects growing adoption despite flat price action.

Oklahoma proposed a bill letting employees, vendors, and residents voluntarily receive bitcoin payments within existing legal frameworks.

BTC Inc has rebuilt its events, payroll, and treasury operations around the self-custodial BTCPay Server, using bitcoin as a functional payments backbone rather than just a balance-sheet asset.

ICE, owner of the NYSE, is in talks to invest in crypto payments firm MoonPay, which is targeting a $5 billion valuation and recently strengthened its regulatory standing in New York.

American fast-food chain Steak ‘n Shake has abandoned plans to accept Ethereum payments following criticism from Bitcoin supporters. The 90-year-old chain, which began accepting Bitcoin...

Samsung is partnering with Coinbase to let 75 million U.S. Galaxy users access Bitcoin and crypto with Coinbase One’s premium features directly through Samsung Wallet, no extra apps required.

The third article in the Bitcoin Layer 2 series. This article covers the Lightning Network created by Joseph Poon and Tadge Dryja.

With an OP code arguably simpler than CTV, Actuaries could trustlessly solve the problem of everyone needing to be online to update a channel factory.

Developers are working out ways to brainstorm potential problems and test their solutions for certain shortcomings of the Lightning Network.