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Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark States Stablecoins Are Coming to the Lightning Network
13.5.2024
Elizabeth Stark, CEO of Lightning Labs, stated that tokenized assets, such as stablecoins, are next to appear on top of the lightning network (LN), Bitcoin’s layer two scaling protocol. Stark highlighted the transformative possibilities of this upgrade, stressing that it would allow users...
Lightning Labs CTO Conducts First Mainnet Multi-Hop Asset Payment via Taproot Asset Channels
10.5.2024
Olaoluwa Osuntokun, co-founder and CTO of Lightning Labs, recently executed the first successful mainnet multi-hop asset payment using Taproot Asset channels, marking a new development in asset transfer capabilities over the Lightning Network. Asset Transfer Achieved on Lightning Network Using...
Stablecoins on Bitcoin coming soon, says Lightning Labs CEO
9.5.2024
Elizabeth Stark unpacked the basics of Bitcoin Lightning at FT Live’s Crypto summit and teased a new development on Bitcoin’s leading layer 2
Lightning devs must ‘wake up’ and fix security bugs, not please VCs: Bitcoin dev
27.11.2023
Antoine Riard, who left the Lightning Network in October, argues the Lightning Network is also at risk of becoming increasingly centralized and susceptible to single points of failure and censorship risks
Stablecoins Built on Bitcoin — Lightning Labs Launches Taproot Assets Mainnet Alpha
19.10.2023
Lightning Labs has released the mainnet alpha of its Taproot Assets daemon, advancing the project that seeks to enable stablecoins and other token assets on the Bitcoin blockchain. The software provides developers with tools to begin issuing and managing assets on Bitcoin and integrating them with...
Lightning Labs releases Taproot Assets alpha, bringing stablecoins to Bitcoin
19.10.2023
Taproot Assets is “how we bitcoinize the dollar and the world’s financial assets,” says Ryan Gentry, director of business development at Lightning Labs
Lightning Labs Rolls Out 'Taproot Assets,' to Make Bitcoin 'Multi-Asset' Network
18.10.2023
Taproot Assets will give developers "the tools needed to make Bitcoin a multi-asset network, but in a scalable manner," according to Lightning Labs
Lightning Labs Enables AI to Hold, Send, and Receive Bitcoin with New Tools
9.7.2023
Blockchain infrastructure company Lightning Labs has unveiled a set of developer tools that enable the integration of Bitcoin (BTC) with AI applications and Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT.
The company, which develops software that powers the Lightning Network, said these new tools...
Today in Crypto: Saga Pulls Back From Blockchain Gaming, Bitfinex Recovers More Stolen Assets, BarnBridge DAO Members Told to Stop 'All Work' Amidst Investigation, Lightning Labs Releases Tools for Bitcoin Lightning & AI Devs
7.7.2023
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Lightning Labs Unveils Bitcoin Tools for AI
6.7.2023
“We are in the realm of enabling use cases that weren't previously possible,” Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark told CoinDesk
Lightning Data Analytics Firm Amboss Launches New ‘Liner’ Index for Bitcoin Yield
6.6.2023
The company says the new index dubbed Lightning Network Rate (Liner) could be like Bitcoin’s version of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor), a global reference rate for loans. Liner complements Magma, the Lightning liquidity marketplace launched by Amboss last year
Lightning Labs launches rebranded 'Taro' amid Bitcoin's BRC-20 bottleneck
17.5.2023
Lightning Labs have unveiled a new solution to the clunky process for minting new assets on the Bitcoin network
Lightning Labs Releases 'Better' Version of Token Minting on Bitcoin After BRC-20s Clog System
16.5.2023
The project formerly known as "Taro" has been rebranded "Taproot Assets" after Lightning Labs was hit with a trademark infringement lawsuit. The new offering comes with a "core set of features to bitcoinize the dollar," according to the firm
Lightning Labs’ Taro Project Faces Halt as Judge Issues Temporary Injunction for Trademark Infringement
16.3.2023
The decision in the case brought by fellow blockchain software developer Tari Labs raises questions about trademark enforcement in the open source community
Lightning Network’s New Liquidity Marketplace Attracts a ‘Surprising’ Mix of Individuals, Enterprises
19.11.2020
Lightning Labs’ new liquidity marketplace, Lightning Pool, has seen more early-stage growth than its creators expected
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Getting a Marketplace for Payment Channel Liquidity
2.11.2020
Lightning Labs new service, Pool, provides a marketplace for Lightning Network businesses and users to lease payment channel liquidity
New on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network: LND Adds Accounting Feature, c-lightning Gets an Upgrade
18.9.2020
Lightning Labs made bookkeeping easier for node operators. Blockstream’s c-lightning 0.9.1 release improves channel opening and routing mechanisms
Total Value on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Sets Another Record High Amid Market Rally
2.9.2020
The Layer 2 protocol holds $12.4 million worth of bitcoins
Ready to Wumbo: LND Enables More, Larger Bitcoin Transactions on Lightning
20.8.2020
LND now supports Lightning Network wumbo channels. These channels have the capacity to hold more funds, and users can send larger bitcoin transactions
‘Breakthrough’ as Lightning Uses Web's Forgotten Payment Code
2.4.2020
Lightning Labs believes its Lightning Service Authentication Tokens will do away with passwords and credit cards online