• Bitcoin Lightning Network exceeds $1B in monthly volume: Report Analysis by Bitcoin services company River forecasts a transaction surge as individuals and businesses experiment with AI agentic payments. • Cointelegraph in your social feed Monthly transaction volume on the Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network, a secondary layer for BTC that enables payment use cases, surpassed the $1 billion milestone in November 2025, according to a report from Bitcoin financial services company River. • Transaction volume onthe Lightning Networkhit an estimated $1.1 billion in November, across 5.2 million transactions, according to a report shared by Sam Wouters, River’s director of marketing. • The report said: However, the total transaction count in 2025 is lower compared with 2023, when monthly Lightning transactions peaked at 6.6 million in August of that year, which River attributed to experiments with micropayments in gaming and messaging apps. • The report forecast a similar surge in Lightning transactions as individuals and businesses experiment with AI payments. • The Bitcoin Lightning Network helps scale the Bitcoin network, enabling Bitcoin payments between parties that settle in seconds instead of minutes, encouraging Bitcoin’s use as amedium of exchange, instead of just a risk asset or store of value.

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  • Bitcoin’s Lightning Network surpassed a $1 billion monthly transaction volume in November 2025, according to a report from River, a Bitcoin‑focused financial services firm. The network handled roughly 5.2 million payments, totaling $1.1 billion, even as BTC prices fell throughout the month. River’s director of marketing, Sam Wouters, said the uptick was largely driven by exchanges and an expanding roster of merchants accepting Bitcoin. While 2025’s transaction count is lower than the 6.6 million peak seen in August 2023, the report projects a rebound as businesses and consumers experiment with AI‑driven payments. The network’s liquidity capacity reached 5,606 BTC in December 2025, and large institutional transfers-such as a $1 million Lightning payment from Secure Digital Markets to Kraken-demonstrate its viability for high‑value off‑chain settlements.

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