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In the early days, holding Bitcoin on your balance sheet felt like the boldest move you could make as a company. Companies locked in exposure to a scarce, appreciating asset with the conviction it’s the best form of money. But now a new paradigm is emerging: using Bitcoin as money, not just as a long-duration asset reserve. Thanks to the Lightning Network, Bitcoin treasury companies can begin to earn native, non-custodial yield by supporting the payments infrastructure itself, a complete breakthrough for corporations looking to put their BTC treasury strategy to work. In the short term, Bitcoin treasury companies gain a new yield source by deploying idle BTC into Lightning liquidity channels, earning routing fees and transaction volume rewards. They also improve treasury efficiency by keeping capital liquid and revenue-generating, rather than passively held. This turns their Bitcoin from a dormant store of value into productive digital capital that compounds both financial and strategic returns. The ability to leverage native bitcoin payments for revenue growth matters in a way that transcends mere yield. It aligns the incentives of treasurers, payments companies, and the broader Bitcoin mission: the more companies route payments and provide liquidity, the better the Lightning network becomes, encouraging more usage, adoption, and value. The payments stack of Bitcoin-as-money is no longer hypothetical. This week, Square announced that beginning November 10, all four million+ small businesses with Square terminals will be enabled to accept Bitcoin payments using Lightning. Earlier this year, at Bitcoin 2025, Cash App reported that already 25% of its Bitcoin payments were processed over Lightning. That combination — treasury companies deploying Bitcoin as productive capital, plus payment volume scaling via Lightning-enabled merchant — represents a powerful inflection point for the Bitcoin economy. From passive reserve to active utility What does it look like in practice?…

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Filed under: News - @ October 16, 2025 12:29 pm