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Invisible Lightning: Why exchange channels break a favorite Bitcoin metric
November 1, 2025
CoinFeed News
The Bitcoin Lightning Network was once the crown jewel of Bitcoin’s scaling story, a living map of open channels and growing liquidity that reflected adoption in real-time. However, as the network matures, the picture has blurred. Behind the steady decline in public Bitcoin Lightning capacity lies a quiet transformation: exchanges, wallets, and merchants are routing The post Invisible Lightning: Why exchange channels break a favorite Bitcoin metric appeared first on CryptoSlate.