Voltage is excited to announce a major advancement for enterprise Bitcoin payments: BitGo has launched Lightning Network access directly from qualified custody; powered by Voltage’s automated Lightning infrastructure.
This is a new era for institutions: instant Bitcoin payments with enterprise-grade security, zero operational overhead, and simple API-driven integrations.
How This Redefines What’s Possible in Enterprise Payments
Until now, institutions wanting Lightning capabilities faced heavy engineering lift. Running production-grade Lightning infrastructure requires:
- Secure key management
- High-availability nodes
- Dynamic channel and liquidity operations
- 24/7 monitoring and rebalancing
- Deep Lightning expertise
Voltage eliminates that barrier completely. Through our partnership, BitGo clients now gain turnkey Lightning with the same security, compliance, and operational rigor they expect from qualified custody; all via simple APIs.
Enterprises can finally integrate Lightning without touching node operations.
Lightning, Delivered the Right Way
Voltage brings the flexibility, automation, and reliability needed to run Lightning at scale. Now integrated directly into BitGo’s custody stack, clients get:
Automatic Node & Liquidity Management
Voltage handles routing, channel opens/closures, liquidity balancing, capacity forecasting, and uptime; so teams don’t need Lightning expertise to use Lightning.
Instant API Access
BitGo clients can now easily:
- Create Lightning wallets
- Send and receive global payments instantly
- Generate invoices
- Pull full transaction histories
- Subscribe to webhook notifications
All without integrating multiple vendors or running Lightning infrastructure internally.
What Makes Lightning Different?
The Lightning Network is Bitcoin’s real-time settlement layer; built for speed, scale, and microtransactions.
Key advantages include:
Instant Finality
Payments settle in milliseconds; no block confirmations required.
Near-Zero Fees
Ideal for high-volume, low-margin transactions, such as withdrawals, deposits, gaming transactions, rewards, or streaming payments.
Scalable Throughput
Lightning channels support thousands of payments without touching the base chain.
Optimized for Micropayments & Consumer Flows
Perfect for iGaming, exchanges, fintech apps, and global payouts.
Voltage ensures that liquidity is always available and managed for payment success.
Enterprise Payments, Now Practical at Scale
This integration makes Lightning finally accessible to institutions that require:
- SOC 2–backed operational rigor
- Qualified custody
- Auditability and policy controls
- Role-based access and approval workflows
- Automated infrastructure with guaranteed uptime
With BitGo’s custody and Voltage’s infrastructure, businesses can deploy Lightning the same way they deploy any other modern payments rail: clean, compliant, and predictable.
Start With Lightning From Custody
Voltage is proud to power BitGo’s Lightning offering as we continue moving the world’s institutions onto Bitcoin’s fastest, most efficient payments network.
If you’re building global payments, user withdrawals, microtransactions, or next-generation financial APIs, Lightning from custody is the simplest, most secure path to production.
👉 Get in touch to launch Lightning inside your existing BitGo workflow; with Voltage powering the infrastructure behind it.
