Bitcoin Magazine BitGo Enables Lightning Network Payments Directly from Custody BitGo, a digital asset infrastructure company, announced it now offers Bitcoin Lightning Network access directly from its qualified custody platform. The move makes it one of the first companies to provide Lightning payments for institutional custody. The service aims to give clients faster and cheaper […]

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Capacity Hits New-All Time High Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, the layer-2 payments system designed to make Bitcoin faster and cheaper to use, has reached a new all-time high in capacity, signaling renewed institutional interest even as grassroots adoption lags. Data from AMBOSS shows Lightning capacity climbed to 5,637 BTC yesterday, surpassing

Bitcoin Magazine Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Backs Metaplanet’s Bitcoin Strategy Norway’s Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the manager of the country’s $1.7 trillion sovereign wealth fund, has voted in favor of all five management proposals at Metaplanet’s upcoming Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on Dec. 22, endorsing the firm’s bitcoin treasury strategy. NBIM, which held roughly

Bitcoin Magazine Bhutan Pledges Up to 10,000 Bitcoin to Build New Mega-City Bhutan has committed up to 10,000 bitcoin to support the long-term development of Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC), marking one of the most ambitious sovereign uses of bitcoin for national infrastructure and economic development to date. The Himalayan kingdom unveiled the Bitcoin Development Pledge

Bitcoin Magazine Celebrating One Year of Hashrate Redirect™: How Abundant Mines Redefined Uptime and Protected Millions in Client Bitcoin Rewards Hood River County, Oregon – December 16th, 2025 – This month last year, Abundant Mines quietly began to launch a feature that would go on to change how the bitcoin mining industry defines performance. Today,

Bitcoin Magazine Bitwise Says Bitcoin’s Four-Year Cycle Is Dead, Predicts Bitcoin New Highs in 2026 Asset manager Bitwise released a new report that argues that bitcoin is poised to break from its historical four-year market cycle, setting new all-time highs in 2026 while becoming less volatile and less correlated with equities. Bitwise’s Chief Investment Officer

Bitcoin Magazine MetaMask Launches Native Bitcoin Integration for 30 Million Active Users Metamask, the popular Ethereum and DeFi wallet, announces Bitcoin integration as the company continues its expansion into multiple chains other than Ethereum. The wallet boasts 143 million downloads and over 30 million monthly active users, making it one of the most popular crypto

Bitcoin Magazine Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Treasury Strategy Now Accounts for 3.2% of BTC Supply Over the last two months, the broader bitcoin market has bled to semi-surprising lows and it seems like fear has crept into the forefront of market sentiment. But Strategy’s Michael Saylor, in true Saylor fashion, just put his head down and

Bitcoin Magazine Tether Leads $8 Million Investment in Lightning-Powered Payments Startup Speed Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, announced a strategic investment in Speed1, Inc. (“Speed”), a payments infrastructure company leveraging the Bitcoin Lightning Network and stablecoins to build instant, global settlement rails. Tether led the company’s $8 million funding round alongside

Bitcoin Magazine American Bitcoin ($ABTC) Enters Top 20 Public Bitcoin Treasury Companies, Holds 5,098 BTC American Bitcoin Corp. (Nasdaq: ABTC) has entered the top 20 publicly traded bitcoin treasury companies by holdings after growing its strategic reserve to approximately 5,098 BTC as of December 14, according to company disclosures. The Miami-based firm said its bitcoin