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…
In episode 692 of the Stephan Livera Podcast, Anant Tapadia and Federico Tenga talked about RGB Protocol on Bitcoin. Anant is product lead at Bitcoin Tribe, while Federico is head of R&D at Bitfinex. Together, they covered the launch on mainnet, USDT on Bitcoin and Lightning, real-world assets, and the differences from other asset protocols.Watch…
At Lightning2049, a side event of Token2049 in Singapore, Darius Koh gave a talk about self-custodial yield on Lightning. Darius is co-founder of LNFI Network, a financial layer on top of the Lightning Network. LNFI supports assets issued with RGB Protocol on Bitcoin and Taproot Assets. In his talk, Darius explained why Lightning still lags…
At Lightning2049, a side event of Token2049 in Singapore, Federico Tenga of Bitfinex gave a talk about trading on Lightning. In his view, trading is the most realistic way to grow the Lightning Network. Moreover, RGB Protocol on Bitcoin provides the missing piece: assets other than bitcoin.Watch the full talk in the video below. In…