Aug 12, 2025 Welcome to the latest edition of the Lightning Lab 🧪newsletter! 2025 started off with a bang as Tether announced they are bringing USDT to bitcoin, and the outlook for the Lightning Network has only gotten stronger as the summer has gotten hotter. In this edition, we cover how Lightning has 1000xd in volume terms over the last several years, and how stablecoins will be the catalyst behind its next phase of exponential growth.