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The USDT RGB Bitcoin integration has actually been announced by Tether at the Plan B Forum in El Salvador, and this brings the world’s largest stablecoin natively to Bitcoin’s network through the RGB protocol. This development enables lightning network transfers, stablecoin scalability, and even Bitcoin tokenization while also offering fast crypto transactions directly within Bitcoin wallets. Plan B Forum event banner with Bitcoin logo and El Salvador flag, advertising tickets from $99 – Source: PlanB How USDT RGB Bitcoin Integration Boosts Lightning Network Transfers Source: cryptonomist.ch The USDT RGB Bitcoin integration actually marks a big change for both Bitcoin and stablecoin markets. RGB protocol, which went live on mainnet back in July 2025, enables private and scalable asset transactions right on Bitcoin’s base layer. RGB Protocol Technical Framework RGB uses client-side validation to process transactions on users’ devices rather than directly on ...

In 2023, Protos interviewed Fabio Frontini, the fund manager of Malta-based Heka Funds. Heka is one of the biggest Tether whales, and with its Elysium Global Arbitrage Fund, it arbitrages tether (USDT) by buying and selling around its intended $1 peg. Protos recently interviewed Frontini again, this time about the latest developments in crypto, including the effect of MicroStrategy’s (MSTR) historic acquisition spree of 447,470 bitcoins (BTC) – 2.2% of the world’s circulating supply. We began by asking Frontini whether he thinks MicroStrategy poses a structural risk to the BTC market.  “That is a very good question!” he said. “We are trying to dig into MicroStrategy to understand if an arbitrage is possible given the MSTR shares look particularly expensive compared to the value of the underlying BTC but at the moment it is not a clear-cut trade.” He added, “Generally speaking, their position is very significant indeed. However, in the past,...