Kevin Hurley and the team at Lightspark want to make it easier for institutions and everyday people to transfer value via bitcoin. This is why they’ve created Lightspark, a Lightning Service Provider ...

The world of financial assets and alternative currencies has officially arrived to Bitcoin. If it wasn’t clear already following the slew of new protocols birthed by the Ordinals’ movement, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bitcoin journalist and financial analyst based in London. The Lightning Network is revolutionizing bitcoin transactions by ...

In the early days, holding Bitcoin on your balance sheet felt like the boldest move you could make as a company. Companies locked in exposure to a scarce, appreciating asset with the conviction it’s ...

Roy Sheinfeld says the time for orange pilling is through. Sheinfeld, one of the three founders of Breez, a company that provides a software development kit (SDK) to institutions looking to utilize ...

SoFi announced it will add Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to its app, becoming the first U.S. bank to use the technology for money transfers. This move lets millions of SoFi members send money abroad ...

Graham Krizek, founder and CEO of Voltage, predicts the Lightning Network will capture billions in global stablecoin volume within the next few years. Bitcoin’s layer-2 scaling platform, Lightning ...

A cryptocurrency trading company completed a $1 million payment using Bitcoin’s Lightning Network on Jan. 28, 2026, finishing the transaction in less than half a second and likely setting a record for ...