Bitcoin Thunderbolt Station Raises $900 Million, Surpassing Pump.fun by 150%

The Bitcoin Thunderbolt Station, a project initiated by Nubit, has successfully concluded its reservation phase with a remarkable achievement. The project has amassed over $900 million in deposits, significantly surpassing the fundraising volume of Pump.fun by approximately 1.5 times. This milestone underscores the strong institutional interest in the Bitcoin Lightning Network Power Station, which plays a pivotal role in securing the mainnet and enabling revenue distribution to qualified users and institutions.

During the reservation phase, a diverse range of participants, including family offices and investment firms, contributed deposits using various assets such as BTC, USD1, BRC-20, Runes, and other Taproot inscription assets. This marks a pioneering use of Bitcoin native assets in mainnet infrastructure engagement, highlighting the innovative approach of the Bitcoin Thunderbolt Station.

The upcoming second phase of the power station, scheduled to open this week, will allow qualified entities to deposit BTC or USD1 and leverage tsUSD quotas to optimize mainnet revenue generation. The Bitcoin Thunderbolt Network, developed by early Bitcoin core contributors alongside the Nubit team, is the sole protocol on the Bitcoin mainnet supporting native acceleration and stablecoin settlement. Since its inception, it has processed over 4 million on-chain transactions and attracted more than 267,000 independent users.

One notable development is the integration of the Trump family’s crypto initiative, WLFI, which has incorporated its stablecoin USD1 into the Thunderbolt Network. This makes USD1 one of the earliest native settlement assets on the network. Additionally, HSBC revealed on April 15 that the Bitcoin Lightning Network implemented UTXO Bundling and OP_CAT instructions via a mainnet soft fork. This upgrade facilitates native asset issuance and high-frequency transaction verification, enhancing on-chain processing efficiency by a factor of 1000 to 2000 compared to the Bitcoin main chain. This reinforces the network’s scalability and operational performance, positioning it as a robust and efficient solution for mainnet infrastructure.