Tether’s Wallet Development Kit (WDK) now ships a Lightning module for RGB Protocol on Bitcoin assets, built by Utexo and announced from Tether’s own WDK account. In Brief What Was Announced A new Lightning module for RGB assets is now part of Tether’s Wallet Development Kit (WDK). The official WDK account confirmed the RLN Community…
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 article is based on the RGB community call held on July 30, 2026, a developer-focused session with Renat Skitsan, CTO of Utexo, hosted by Birk from RGB Protocol Association. Renat walked through the Utexo SDK suite and gave a live demo of the bridge and a browser-based RGB Lightning wallet. In Brief What Is…
On July 6, 2026, Bitcoin Magazine published a feature on the return of USDT to Bitcoin, reporting how Tether’s stablecoin is being issued natively on Bitcoin through RGB Protocol on Bitcoin (v0.11.1), with Utexo leading the commercial rollout. The article, written by Juan Galt, quotes Utexo co-founder Viktor Ihnatiuk on the milestone: “Finally, after eight…
August 27, 2025 — Lugano, Switzerland This article is adapted from the original announcement published by the RGB Protocol Association. Some terminology has been updated to reflect v0.11.1 conventions. Tether has announced its intention to bring USD₮ to RGB Protocol on Bitcoin, the next-generation protocol for issuing and transacting digital assets natively on Bitcoin and…
Tether USDt on RGB Protocol on Bitcoin — Paolo Ardoino’s Vision Tether USDt on RGB Protocol on Bitcoin became one of the most anticipated developments in Bitcoin-native finance after a statement by Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino in February 2025. Speaking about the long-term trajectory of stablecoins, Ardoino suggested that USDt itself could one day become…
In December 2024, Fulgur Ventures and Tether announced a joint investment in a company dedicated to building infrastructure for RGB Protocol on Bitcoin. The round signaled two things at once: that the Lightning-focused investment community saw RGB as the most credible path to Bitcoin-native digital assets, and that Tether was placing a concrete bet on…