Every Bitcoin transaction is public, so anyone can open a block explorer and read the amounts and the addresses of every payment. In contrast, privacy in RGB Protocol on Bitcoin follows a different logic: the details of an asset transfer are retained by the parties of the transfer. For this reason, the article follows a…
At Origin Seoul 2026, Birkan Kayadibi hosted a fireside chat with Federico Tenga, both co-founders of the RGB Protocol Association: “RGB: What It Is and What It Makes Possible”. The conversation covers stablecoin privacy on Bitcoin, compliance, and Lightning payments.Watch the full video at the top of the page for the whole interview. In Brief…
At BTCHEL 2026, The Nordic Bitcoin Conference in Helsinki, Birkan Kayadibi, COO of RGB Protocol Association, gave a talk with a simple question as its title: “What can you actually issue on Bitcoin?” The whole talk was based one thesis: the dollar left Bitcoin for engineering reasons, but they now belong to the past. In…
On Sunday, October 25, 2026, RGB Protocol Association hosts the Stablecoin Summit in Lugano: four hours on how digital dollars get issued, lent, and delivered to the people who use them, and on why Bitcoin keeps coming up as the place where they settle. The Summit starts the morning after Plan ₿ Forum ends. In…
This article is based on the panel “Pragmatic Maximalism: The Market Wants Stablecoins,” held on the Nakamoto Stage at Bitcoin Asia, Hong Kong, on August 27, 2026, with the participation of Birkan Kayadibi, COO of RGB Protocol Association. In Brief: What Was This Panel, and Why Does It Matter for RGB? “Pragmatic Maximalism: The Market…
RGB Protocol Association is hosting Agentic Dollars on Bitcoin, a two-day Bitcoin hackathon in Turin, Italy, with Tether as main sponsor, where teams will build self-custodial dollar apps on RGB Protocol on Bitcoin, incorporating AI models that run locally on-device. In Brief What Is Agentic Dollars on Bitcoin? Agentic Dollars on Bitcoin is a weekend…
This interview was recorded at the Tuscany Lightning Summit 2026 in Viareggio, Italy, where Renat Skitsan talks about the pivot from ThunderStack to Utexo, why blockchains hit a scaling ceiling without client-side validation, and where he sees RGB Protocol on Bitcoin fitting into the future of Bitcoin’s layers. He is a co-founder of Utexo, and…
This clip is from an interview with Federico Tenga, co-founder of the RGB Protocol Association, recorded at the Tuscany Lightning Summit 2025 in Viareggio, Italy, where he covers topics like RGB, stablecoins, and Lightning. We believe it’s interesting to see the interview, to remember the state of development at the time. See Further Reading below…
Stablecoins have quietly become one of the largest settlement systems in the world. In February 2026 they settled roughly $7.2 trillion in a single month, enough to surpass the US ACH network for the first time, according to data compiled by Artemis and reported across industry trackers. That is no longer a crypto trading story….
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…