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…
This interview was recorded live by Federico Rivi of Atlas21 at the Bitcare Forum 2026 in Brescia, Italy, on May 23rd, 2026. Birkan Kayadibi is Chief Operating Officer of the RGB Protocol Association, the non-profit organization supporting RGB Protocol on Bitcoin v0.11.1. In Brief What Is the RGB Protocol Association? The RGB Protocol Association is…
This article is based on an X Space recorded on July 29, 2026, the first Chinese-language community call hosted by RGB Hub, in collaboration with LNFI Network. Darius (@dariusnostr) is a co-founder of LNFI Network, a multi-asset DeFi platform for the Bitcoin Lightning Network. In Brief How Did You First Get Into Bitcoin? I first…
RGB Protocol on Bitcoin has shipped v0.11.1 RC11, a maintenance release across the protocol’s libraries that tightens two specific behaviors inside the validation logic. In Brief What’s New in RGB Protocol RC11? “RC11” is the eleventh release-candidate tag of the v0.11.1 line. As fixes and improvements land on top of that same protocol version, the…
This article is based on the talk “RGB Protocol: Asset Issuance on Bitcoin and Lightning Network,” given by Federico Tenga (Bitfinex team) at Plan ₿ Forum 2022 in Lugano. Before RGB Protocol on Bitcoin reached mainnet, before v0.11.1, before Tether chose it for USDT, there was this talk. In 2022, Federico Tenga stood in front…
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…
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…
RGB vs RGB++ — in brief What is RGB Protocol on Bitcoin? RGB Protocol on Bitcoin is a protocol for issuing and transferring digital assets and private contracts natively on Bitcoin and Lightning Network, without sidechains, bridges, or companion blockchains. How it works — client-side validation RGB uses a technique called client-side validation: the data…