Thunderstruck⚡️7.16.25⚡️

Bitcoin is hanging out in new ATH territory! 🎉 We’ll keep this Lightning⚡️Ventures update short and sweet so you can get back to watching the chart.

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⚡️ Orange Pill App's Seed Round on Thunder Funder raised 72% of their goal!

⚡️ Bold launched a virtual Visa debit card offering up to 10% back in Bitcoin on all purchases, the highest rewards rate currently available among Bitcoin cards. Check out Bold’s Banking for bitcoiners.

⚡️Bitstack became the first company in France to secure a MiCA cryptocurrency asset service provider (CASP) license, enabling full EU‑wide operation

⚡️ Bringin, a financial platform bridging Bitcoin and traditional banking, launches the world's first virtual IBAN supporting Lightning addresses for instant Bitcoin to euro conversion and seamless spending.

⚡️ Swan Bitcoin explains how Bitcoin is transitioning from speculative asset to institutional collateral as the FHFA directs mortgage giants to recognize Bitcoin holdings, while billionaires express regret over missing Bitcoin's rise, and analysts predict future price growth despite current whale selling pressure.

⚡️ Swan Bitcoin: Swan Bitcoin launched a new mining unit, Swan Mining, focusing on institutional-grade Bitcoin mining operations. The unit aims to leverage Bitcoin’s recent price surge to enhance profitability and scale.

⚡️ Breez, a self-custodial Lightning service, and Spark, a Bitcoin-native L2, debut a new SDK for easy Bitcoin payment integration by app developers.

⚡️ Unchained launches Gannett Trust Company, Wyoming's first regulated bitcoin-native trust service to deliver fiduciary solutions for long-term family and institutional wealth.

⚡️ AQUA Wallet launches the Dolphin Visa Card for bitcoin and Liquid BTC spending directly from the wallet, offering beta access to 50 users with on-chain top-ups.

⚡️ Fountain introduces episode summaries, offering faster insights into lengthy podcasts for premium users or in exchange for a small sat payment.

⚡️ Foundation Devices Passport Prime release planned: The company is gearing up to release Passport Prime, its next-gen NFC- and 2FA-enabled Bitcoin hardware wallet, in Q3 2025

🚀 🚨 LAST CALL! 🚨🚀

• 🔑Invest in Foundation Devices🔑

• Follow-on round for Lightning Ventures portfolio company Foundation Devices! Arche Capital is leading this $3 million Seed+ Round with participation from Polychain Capital, Third Prime, Greenfield, and other existing investors. Co-syndication with our good friends at Gaingels/FlightVC. 

• 8,500+ devices sold across two prior Passport hardware generations

• 1,400+ devices sold in the last 60 days, generating approximately $365K in revenue

• Targeting 10,000 Passport Prime units sold by end of Q2 2025, projected to reach breakeven profitability

• Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 74, reflecting strong customer satisfaction

• Fully open-source software (KeyOS) and hardware, distinguishing it from closed-source competitors

• Introducing Foundation Shield, a subscription service that provides magic backups, extended warranty, transaction intelligence (AI), and priority support for recurring revenue

• Check out the deal memo -> Invest in Foundation Devices

  

  Latest Interview with Zach Herbert of Foundation

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In this Founder Deep Dive, we talk with Sati CEO Felipe Servin and discuss how Sati is enabling Bitcoin access to billions of WhatsApp user.

Short on time? No problem! We recorded a Quick Pitch for you as well:

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