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Bitfinex highlighted a new update to Kaleidoswap's browser extension that adds support for running your own Lightning node, Arkade-to-Lightning swaps, and RGB Hub asset access for dApps. Kaleidoswap is a trustless Bitcoin DEX built on Lightning, and the extension now acts as a wallet spanning multiple Bitcoin layers from a single interface.

• Users can connect their own Lightning node instead of relying on hosted infrastructure.
• Arkade-to-Lightning swaps bridge the Ark protocol to the Lightning network.
• RGB Hub integration lets dApps access RGB assets (and pay for them over Lightning) through a window.rgb provider.
• The roadmap also lists Taproot Assets and Liquid Network support.

The tweet frames the release as part of the broader Bitcoin ecosystem's growth, with Ark Labs and the Arkade OS tooling involved in the Ark side of the integration.

Bitfinex highlighted that Tether's USDt relaunch on Bitcoin runs on infrastructure built by UTXO and RGB Hub, with RGB acting as the settlement layer making it possible. RGB issues assets on Bitcoin while keeping contract data off-chain, and UTXO has wired the integration into the Lightning Network for instant payments.

Bitfinex published Change Log v1.138, detailing the latest performance and UI changes to its trading platform. The update continues the exchange's release cadence documented in its changelog archive, following the v1.137 release, though specific feature details were not included in the announcement.

The SEC has exempted tokenised equities, letting regulated venues trade tokenised stocks without registering as exchanges. The move came two days after the Clarity Act fell short in the Senate on 15 September, and gives the world's biggest equity market an on-chain entry point.

• The exemption bypasses Congressional action after the Clarity Act failed to reach the 60-vote threshold.
• Issued under a five-year, time-boxed authorization that opens tokenised securities trading in the US under limited conditions.
• Specific instruments and platforms covered were not disclosed.

Bitfinex Securities has listed five tokenised notes backed by bitcoin treasury companies, giving on-chain investors exposure to firms that hold bitcoin on their balance sheets. The lineup follows earlier offerings for Strategy, Strategy's STRC, and Metaplanet, with H100 Group among the companies referenced as the platform broadens its tokenisation of conventional equity-style products.

• The notes extend Bitfinex Securities' push to bring treasury-exposure products onto the blockchain.
• Tokenisation, per the exchange, "has so far been" demonstrated across these vehicles, though specific trading details were not disclosed.

In its latest 8-K filing with the SEC, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) reported that its at-the-market equity program generated $0 in new share sales during the week of March 17–23. The disclosure suggests the company has paused its share-selling program for the first time since it began using ATM issuances to fund bitcoin purchases.

Key points:

• The 8-K covers the week of March 17–23, 2025, and shows no new shares sold under the ATM program.
• Strategy's market cap has grown to roughly $88 billion while its bitcoin holdings are worth about $44 billion — a roughly 2x premium to the bitcoin on its balance sheet.
• The company accumulated ~$22 billion in bitcoin over 12 consecutive weeks of ATM sales before this pause.
• If the pause holds into the next expected weekly 8-K, the market may read it as a signal that Strategy sees limited value in further dilution at current prices.

The filing stops a buying streak that had been a notable source of institutional demand for bitcoin, and the market is watching whether the pause is temporary or a strategic shift. (Bitfinex blog)

A draft Ethereum proposal, EIP-8363, would burn a portion of validator rewards as the staked ETH supply grows — ultimately driving new staking rewards to zero. Its authors argue the network overpays for security it already has and that a formally agreed reference rate is needed.

• Staked ETH hit a record 41.7 million (a third of all ETH), even as the price fell from ~$3,400 in January to ~$1,900.
• The proposal failed its first upgrade hurdle this month (ACD meeting), after some of DeFi's largest builders and treasury companies moved to stop it.
• Critics note treasury companies and spot ETF issuers have built positions around staking yield, and that the rate no one formally set prices much of the on-chain economy.

Bitfinex released Change Log Version 1.136, an overview of performance and UI changes to its trading platform. Earlier platform changes are tracked in the blog's changelog category.