Bitcoin transaction volume (monthly)BTCLightning Network (a BTC secondary layer that allows payment cases) has surpassed $1 billion in 2025 according to River, the Bitcoin financial services provider.
Transaction volume on the Lightning Network According to Sam Wouters’ report, River Marketing Director, the company had 5.2 million sales in November and accounted for an estimated $1 billion. According to the report:
“Lightning adoption happened despite the price declining all of November and generally not doing much in 2025. The adoption was largely driven by exchanges, as well as a growing number of businesses accepting bitcoin payments.”
The total number of transactions in 2025 will be lower than in 2023 when Lightning monthly transactions reached a peak in August that year at 6.6 millions. River attributes this to the experiments River conducted with micropayments for gaming apps and messaging applications.
This report predicted a surge of Lightning transactions, as businesses and individuals experimented with AI-based payments.
Bitcoin Lightning Network allows for faster Bitcoin transactions between two parties. Instead of waiting minutes to settle, Bitcoin Lightning Network provides instantaneous settlements. medium of exchangeInstead of just being a store of value or a high-risk asset.
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Lightning Network is now available to institutional and exchange clients.
Lightning Network lowers transaction fees and reduces settlement time by creating a channel of payment between two or multiple parties for off-chain transactions. The channel is then closed, with only its net balance being posted to the Bitcoin ledger.
Bitcoin block additions to ledger take on average 10 minutes, which severely limits BTC transactions, especially when it comes to smaller payments at physical shops.
By December 2025 the Lightning Network will have reached its maximum capacity. This is the number of coins on the Lightning Network that can be used for liquidity. reached 5,606 BTCAs more and more businesses and institutions started using it.
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Source: cointelegraph.com
