Tags: Lightning Network

USDT adoption on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network supports instant transactions, AI payments, and DeFi expanding Bitcoin’s real-world financial applications.

Coinbase has joined Binance, OKX, Kraken, and Bitfinex to enable cheaper and faster BTC transactions on their platforms.

Mononaut’s critique on the current state of Bitcoin Layer 2 implementations sparked discussion on the need for such scalability solutions.

Coinbase hasn’t forgotten about lightning – and has hired a company led by a payments industry veteran to make it happen.

Bitfinex has partnered with Synonym to connect traders to the Bitcoin Lightning Network.

Antoine Riard, who left the Lightning Network in October, argues the Lightning Network is also at risk of becoming increasingly centralized and susceptible to single points of failure and censorship risks.

Wallets of Satoshi said it remains hopeful that future developments will enable the app to revisit and possibly resume our operations in the United States.

Apple is facing the wrath of crypto users yet again as a popular Bitcoin Lightning wallet disappeared from its U.S.-facing App Store.

Lightning Network: David Marcus sees it as the solution to scale Bitcoin, addressing centralization and security concerns.

Athena Bitcoin plans to integrate the Lightning Network into 100 of its machines in the next couple of months.

Football meets finance: Bitcoin payments integration arrives at top-flight Bulgarian club, Botev Plovdiv FC.

Advocates for the Bitcoin Lightning Network and decentralized protocol Nostr funded Kweks’ Kilimanjaro climb.

Blockchain dev Antoine Riard warns of vulnerabilities in Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, including the theft of funds through “replacement cycling” attacks.

Security Concerns Prompt Bitcoin Core Developer to Leave Lightning Network

John Deaton’s remarks come amid concerns about alleged backdoors in the Bitcoin Lightning Network’s code.

Antoine Riard believes the Bitcoin community faces a "hard dilemma" as a new class of replacement cycling attacks threatens the Lightning Network.

Taproot Assets is “how we bitcoinize the dollar and the world’s financial assets,” says Ryan Gentry, director of business development at Lightning Labs.

Building a decentralized exchange on Bitcoin would be a “step backward,” for example, said Bitcoin developer Super Testnet.

A report from the Bitcoin-only exchange River suggests increased Lightning usage will play a key role in Bitcoin becoming a better medium of exchange.

This week’s Crypto Biz looks at PayPal’s crypto gateway, Franklin Templeton’s BTC ETF filing, Coinbase’s Lightning Network integration, and Meta’s plans for a new AI model.

To protect against routing attacks in the Lightning Network, utilize watchtowers, verify channel state changes, and prioritize well-established payment channels.