Record $1M Lightning transfer tests Bitcoin payments for institutions

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Record $1M Lightning transfer tests Bitcoin payments for institutions

Thu Feb 05 2026

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cointelegraph.com

A $1 million Lightning transfer between SDM and Kraken was used to test whether Bitcoin’s main scaling layer could handle seven‑figure, institutional‑grade payments.