This article is based on the talk “Sovereign Trading on Lightning Network,” given by Walter Maffione at Plan ₿ Forum 2024. Before KaleidoSwap settled its first trade on Lightning mainnet, before Spark and Arkade support, there was a regtest demo running on Walter Maffione’s own laptop, showing sovereign trading on RGB Lightning for the first…
USDT on the Lightning Network is the next step for RGB Protocol on Bitcoin’s stablecoin infrastructure. Utexo is building the pieces that will make it work end to end: RGB Lightning Nodes, a wallet development kit, and a cross-chain bridge. In Brief How Does RGB Work on the Lightning Network? A normal Lightning channel moves…
This interview was recorded at the Tuscany Lightning Summit 2026 in Viareggio, Italy, where Matteo Branchetti talks about bringing stablecoins on Bitcoin, privacy, and where RGB Protocol on Bitcoin is heading next. He is Chief Product Officer (CPO) of Utexo, which is building a stablecoin ecosystem on Bitcoin and Lightning powered by RGB Protocol on…
Based on the talk “RGB as a Multi-L2 Standard” by Federico Tenga at the Tuscany Lightning Summit 2026, Viareggio, Italy, May 12–13, 2026. In Brief Bitcoin Is Building a Multi-Layer Ecosystem. RGB Protocol on Bitcoin is the universal asset standard for Bitcoin’s multi-layer ecosystem: a protocol that allows digital assets issued on Bitcoin to move…