3,400 BTC Returned To The Liquid Network
Liquid Network Follow-Up: 3,400 BTC Returned, But the Math on Recovering the Rest Doesn’t Work. It’s been a wild 24 hours in the Bitcoin space, while the main chain remains unaffected. Tick tick, next block! While Bitcoin’s price hasn’t moved dramatically, the Liquid side chain has been decimated and, ironically, has had more eyes on […]
The Liquid Network Gets Hacked
On September 6, 2026, Blockstream’s Liquid Network — A Bitcoin federated sidechain — watched roughly 4,000 of the 4,200 BTC in its federation reserve walk out the door in a single, devastating peg-out. At Bitcoin’s price of around $79,750, that’s approximately $320 million, drained from the exact wallet that’s supposed to back every unit of […]
What Is the RGB Protocol on Bitcoin?
RGB Protocol on Bitcoin (v0.11.1) is an open-source protocol for issuing and transferring digital assets directly on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network, without any change to Bitcoin’s base layer. It is not a third layer stacked on top of Lightning: RGB runs on Bitcoin’s base layer (Layer 1) and integrates natively with Lightning (Layer 2). […]
Tether Plans USDt Issuance On RGB
It’s been well over a decade since Tether’s flagship stablecoin was born on Bitcoin; few remember its launch, as most were introduced to it it on an altcoin chain like Ethereum and TRON, but back in 2014, USDT launched on the Omni Layer, a Bitcoin-based protocol, before congestion and high fees drove it to Ethereum […]
Liquid Activates ELIP-203 Hard Fork
On June 1, 2026, Liquid Network successfully activated ELIP-203, a coordinated hard fork that removes a constraint from the Bitcoin sidechain that was part of its legacy launch, and is a sign that the chain is looking to expand its reach beyond being just another way to move Bitcoin off-chain. Lightning has already captured the majority […]
What Are RGB Asset Swaps?
The Bitcoin Lightning Network has enabled payment scalability, removing certain on-chain limitations on Satoshis. Once on Lightning, you do not need to worry about high fees, dust transaction limits, block confirmation times or securing space in the next block. Lightning brought speedy microtransactions to Bitcoin —exclusively! Despite the improvements Lightning brings, Bitcoin as a medium […]
RGB Bridge Launched To Bring EVM Tokens To Lightning
First RGB Bridge Brings USDT From Ethereum to Bitcoin via Lightning: A Game-Changing Development It has become evidently clear over the years that the killer idea in the altcoin space has been stablecoins, while altcoins continue to lose ground to Bitcoin, USDT, and USDC continue to grow in market cap across several chains. The current […]
What Is Citrea?
Bitcoin has proven it’s the only real innovation in the blockchain space, while altcoins have made for interesting experiments with real money, real lives and real crimes, no other chain has come close to Bitcoin. With each 4-year (bull & bear) cycle that goes by, Bitcoin continues to lap these other ecosystems, draining liquidity, users, […]
Regulatory Arbitrage Versus True Bitcoin Scaling
As more people find their way into Bitcoin, it puts pressure on block space, the limited resource available every 10 minutes. That limit might not be obvious right now, but we have reached periods where demand has reached the upper bound.  The mempool doesn’t tell us the full story either, since a lot of Bitcoin […]
Foundry Starts Merge Mining Rootstock
The Bitcoin ecosystem has taken steps to extend its reach beyond the base chain and its limited capacity; while a lot of focus remains on layer two solutions like Lightning, it’s not the only method of moving Bitcoin from one use to another without touching the chain. Another option is to use a side-chain, like […]