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Polymarket launches Bitcoin Lightning Network instant deposits and integrates the Spark protocol.
BlockBeats reported on July 8th that prediction market platform Polymarket announced support for instant, self-custodied deposits via the Bitcoin Lightning Network, powered by the Spark protocol. Compared to the previous on-chain deposit method, which required 3 to 6 block confirmations and took approximately 10 to 60 minutes, the new solution achieves near-instantaneous deposits, lowering the deposit threshold and transaction costs. According to reports, Spark performs checks for double-spending risk, fees, and Replace-by-Fee (RBF) during transaction broadcasting, achieving "zero-confirmation" deposits. It also supports on-chain, Lightning Network, and stablecoin payment channels, eliminating the need for the platform to operate its own Lightning Network nodes. Polymarket stated that this move will further improve the efficiency of Bitcoin users' fund utilization and enhance its competitiveness against rival Kalshi.
USDT will return to the Bitcoin network; UTEXO will natively issue a Bitcoin version of USDT via the RGB protocol.
According to Mars Finance, on July 7th, Tether is preparing to natively issue USDT on the Bitcoin network based on the RGB v0.11.1 protocol, with UTEXO responsible for commercial issuance and distribution. This will mark USDT's return to the Bitcoin mainnet after many years, since its initial appearance on the Bitcoin network in 2014 via the Omni protocol. UTEXO co-founder Viktor Ihnatiuk stated that the company has received support from Tether, which is responsible for promoting the native Bitcoin USDT rollout. The RGB protocol employs client-side validation combined with the Lightning Network, enabling instant, low-cost, and privacy-focused USDT transactions while inheriting the Bitcoin UTXO security model. Users will be able to hold USDT directly through their native Bitcoin addresses and send and receive payments using Lightning Network wallets that support RGB, without relying on other public chains or intermediary service providers. Compared to the current account-based networks like TRON and Ethereum, where USDT is primarily circulated, RGB naturally supports one-time addresses using the UTXO model and combines this with off-chain payments via the Lightning Network, effectively enhancing transaction privacy. Meanwhile, UTEXO is deeply integrated with Tether, reducing intermediary fees and data collection. Users can also convert USDT between different public chains at low cost through its online cross-chain bridge.
Cloudflare launches a monetization gateway that enables stablecoin payments via the x402 protocol.
PANews reported on July 2nd that, according to The Defiant, Cloudflare opened its Monetization Gateway waiting list on Wednesday, allowing customers to pay for the use of web pages, datasets, APIs, or MCP tools via stablecoin settlement using the x402 protocol. Cloudflare stated that it handles approximately one-fifth of global internet traffic, and this product is designed to address the trend of AI agents gradually replacing humans as the primary source of web traffic, arguing that traditional per-seat or subscription-based charging models are unsuitable for machine-to-machine transactions—where agents only read a page or call an API once, rather than maintaining a monthly account. Monetization Gateway provides website operators with a unified control panel, executing payment policies at the Cloudflare network edge before requests reach the origin server.
Anchorage expands institutional custody to Etherlink, tokenized uranium
Anchorage Digital Bank added custody support for Etherlink and several Etherlink-based assets, including xU3O8, a token representing physical uranium.
Michael Saylor: The biggest evolution for Bitcoin over the next decade will be stability at the protocol layer and expansion at the capital markets and application layers.
According to BlockBeats, on July 5th, Michael Saylor published an article stating that the biggest evolution of Bitcoin over the next decade will come from fewer changes at the protocol layer and a greater role in other areas. He believes that the Bitcoin base layer will become more robust, capital markets will continue to deepen, applications will expand, institutions will enter, and the world will be built on top of Bitcoin. Bitcoin is not a tech stock, a payment company, or a software platform racing to add features; it is a monetary network whose purpose is not to act quickly and break things, but to move slowly and without disruption. Saylor stated that Bitcoin has won its first major battle, and the world is increasingly understanding that Bitcoin is digital capital with attributes such as scarcity, durability, portability, divisibility, programmability, and global transferability. The strongest version of Bitcoin is not to "replace all payment tracks," but to become a neutral, global, scarce asset around which capital, credit, and commerce are organized. The base layer is not optimized for coffee payments, but designed for final settlement, reserve assets, collateral settlement, and final transfer of ownership. He believes that the four-year Bitcoin cycle is still important, but no longer the dominant model. Over the next decade, Bitcoin's price movements will be driven less by miner issuance and more by capital flows from ETFs, corporate treasuries, sovereign reserves, bank credit, derivatives, insurance, collateral, and global savings. Halvings will tighten supply, while capital flows will determine the growth trajectory. Digital lending will accelerate Bitcoin adoption, connecting Bitcoin capital to the broader financial system. Saylor states that the main issue for the next decade is not whether Bitcoin will survive, but whether economic exposure will remain linked to real Bitcoin or create too much "paper Bitcoin." Custody transparency, proof-of-reserve, risk management, capital structure, and counterparty risk will all become crucial. He predicts that by 2036, Bitcoin will be more widely held, more deeply institutionalized, more politically significant, and a major collateral asset in the digital lending market; while the underlying protocol itself may change less than anything else built around it.
The UXLINK attacker bought 6,001 ETH with 10.54 million DAI and then transferred the funds via Tornado Cash.
PANews reported on July 4 that, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, the UXLINK attackers spent 10.54 million DAI at an average price of $1,757 to buy 6,001 ETH and transferred the funds through Tornado Cash.